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CAN YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OUR FANS, REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO MOVED.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PROOF AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, SIR.
UH, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 8TH.
AND ON TO OUR FIRST PIECE OF BUSINESS.
WELL, UH, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, BRIAN AND KEITH ARE HERE WITH ADOBE, UH, A ABODE.
I KNOW ABODE LOOKS LIKE ADOBE.
UM, AND MAY HAVE, UH, SOMETHING THEY'D LIKE TO PRESENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND CAMPUS.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, GENTLEMEN.
UM, I WAS LAUGHING AT THE CHECK-IN TODAY AT THE FRONT LADY, THE DESK AT THE FRONT LEE.
THE FRONT DESK SAID, HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE? I SAID ABOUT 23 YEARS AGO.
ALTHOUGH I'VE LIVED IN HILTON HEAD, UM, FOUR YEARS NOW.
I WAS A SCHOOL MET, WHICH WAS A TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT WE BROUGHT IN DISTRICT, UH, ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING A LONG TIME AGO.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CHANGED A BIT, BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK HERE.
UM, KEITH REKY, BRIAN QUIN, I'LL LET BRIAN INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
UM, BUT WE'RE HERE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
HAD A CONVERSATION, PROBABLY THE FIRST, OR JUST BEFORE SPRING BREAK.
SO LAST WEEK OF MARCH, I THINK IT WAS.
UM, AND JUST WALKED THROUGH, UM, SUPERINTENDENT AND ROBERT THROUGH A SITE THAT, UM, BRIAN AND I HAVE ACQUIRED AROUND, UH, JUST ON WILBURN APP, JUST BEHIND THE FOOTBALL STADIUM AND WITH THE GOAL AND, UM, HOPEFUL, UM, CONVERSATION WITH Y'ALL ABOUT DEVELOPING A TEACHER EDUCATOR CAMPUS, UH, FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED WITH NOVANT HEALTH AND, UH, UH, N-C-C-D-C, UM, BASED ON HILTON HEAD TO BUILD A FOUR FOUR OF THESE BUILDINGS, UM, BEHIND THE HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL CAMPUS, UH, DESIGNED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
AND IT'S, UM, KIND OF OUR MISSION AND, AND ETHOS IN THE WORLD TO KIND OF REALLY HELP REBUILD OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE WORKERS THAT ARE SERVING US EVERY DAY TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK.
AND, UM, IT'S A HIGH LEVEL OF WHERE WE ARE.
AND WE APPROACHED, UM, ELIZABETH JUST PRIOR TO THAT BEING HAD RESIDENT AND HELPED US KIND OF NAVIGATE SOME EARLY CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT AND HAVING TO PRESENT TO YOU WHAT WE'RE WE'RE THINKING, GET SOME FEEDBACK AND UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
SO THANKS FOR HAVING US, RYAN.
UH, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING US AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN, UH, I'VE BEEN A LOCAL RESIDENT ON HILTON HEAD, I GUESS GOING ON ALMOST 19 YEARS NOW.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN BUILDING EVER SINCE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE SEEN THE STRAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST AS YOU GUYS DO IN, IN EVERY ASPECT OF, OF, UM, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYMENT OF THE, UH, WORKFORCE HOUSING ISSUES, UM, AND, UH, JUST GETTING ESSENTIAL PEOPLE TO HELP WITH BUSINESSES.
UM, SO WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH A, A COUPLE OF GOOD STRATEGIES, UH, JUST IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD TO TRY TO MAKE THIS AS A, AN AFFORDABLE CONSTRUCTION METHOD THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY TRANSFER THAT INTO, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, QUALITY WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THE HOSPITAL, SO WE'VE BEEN KIND OF DIALING IN A LOT OF THE MODELS.
UM, AND ONCE WE, UH, FOUND THE WILBORN PROPERTY, UM, WE FOUND IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY SITTING AT, UH, 39 WILBORN IS 4.36 ACRES.
IT'S AN RM EIGHT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN DO EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY 34 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS.
UM, AND SO, YEAH, WE, WE CAN'T WAIT TO KIND OF SHOW YOU AROUND IT A LITTLE BIT IF YOU WANNA TAKE IT.
NOW, HAS ANYONE PREVIEWED IT, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN START OFF WITH? UM, OR ELSE WE JUST DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT? AND PLEASE ASK WADE.
IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT TO HAVE REAL TIME QUESTIONS THEN.
SO HERE'S AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT YOU CAN READ THROUGH, BUT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO 32 UNITS.
UH, BRIAN MENTIONED 34, BUT THE MODEL WE HAVE, IT JUST
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FITS BEST ON THE LAND.UM, AND SOME OF THE VISUALS YOU'LL SEE INCLUDE A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
ONE, WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH PARKING, WHICH IS ALWAYS TRICKY, SO THAT LOSE SOME OF THE GREEN SPACE THERE.
UM, BUT WE ARE, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SPOT, THERE IS A, AND LET ME SHOW, THERE IS A MAYBE ON SLIDE.
THE NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY IS PROBABLY VALUABLE TO SEE.
SO HERE'S A VISUAL OF WHERE THE LAND IS.
I, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME STANDING.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, GO AHEAD.
SO WE LOOK AT THE CAMPUS, OBVIOUSLY MIDDLE SCHOOL REC CENTER, UM, AND TWO ELEMENTARY, THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS HERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY HIGH SCHOOL LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THESE DAYS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
UM, OUR LOCATION IS HERE RIGHT UP ON WILBORN ROAD.
UM, THERE'S THIS CURRENTLY TEACHER PARKING, UM, WHICH IS NOW SERVING AS THE STAGING AREA FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.
UM, BUT WE'RE HERE AND WE'D REALLY BE A WONDERFUL WALKING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CAMPUSES, INCLUDING THE REC CENTER.
UM, SO REALLY FUN TO BE A GREAT SPOT THERE.
BETTER VISUAL OF WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED.
UM, SO THE IDEAL MIX OF ONE, TWO, AND THREE BEDROOM, UH, APARTMENTS, UH, AT WORKFORCE HOUSING MEASURES, WHICH IS BETWEEN 80% OF A MI AND 120% A MI.
SO REALLY FITS INTO BOTH YOUR STARTING AND EARLY TEACHERS TO ADMINISTRATOR LEVEL.
UH, WHICH WE KNOW THERE'S A, A LACK OF RESOURCES AND, AND, AND SPACE FOR THEM ON THE ISLAND.
AND EVEN JUST ACROSS THE BRIDGE IN, IN OLD TOWN BLUFFTON.
SO WE DO, WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL ANYONE HERE, UH, THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE FOR FINDING TEACHERS OF AFFORDABLE LIVING.
SO, UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT PRESENTED OURSELVES ITSELF TO US TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TAKE A BITE AND SUPPORT, UM, TAKE A BITE OF THAT, THAT CHALLENGE.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE LOCATION OR WHAT WE'RE THINKING? UM, OKAY.
DO YOU MIND THE NEXT SLIDE? SORRY, I DON'T LIKE, I'M NOT USED TO NOT CONTROLLING IT.
DO YOU MIND MOVE
SO HERE IS THE, THE, THE CURRENT LAYOUT OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS.
IT IS, UH, WE ARE BUILDING IT WITH THE LOW COUNTRY IN MIND, HIGH QUALITY.
THIS IS NOT A, IF YOU THINK OF MODULAR OR AFFORDABLE HOMES, THIS IS NOT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THE TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED SO MUCH IN THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS.
UH, 180 MILE WIND PROTECTION, UM, ENER, ENERGY EFFICIENT, ENERGY READY, UH, SORRY, UM, FULL ENERGY, EFFICIENT READY.
AND THESE UNITS COME WITH, UH, APPLIANCES, HIGH GRADE APPLIANCES, AND IT ALLOWS US TO BUILD IN A VERY EFFICIENT MANNER.
SO IF WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE TALKING FROM THE BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION ABOUT A FOUR TO SIX MONTH TIME PERIOD WHERE TRADITIONAL BUILDS COULD BE 18 MONTHS OR SO.
SO IT HELPS US FROM A COST EFFICIENCY TIME AS WELL AS, UM, TIME TO KEY, WHICH I DUNNO IF IT'S AN OFFICIAL TERM MM-HMM
BUT ONE THAT WHEN WE SEE A PROJECT, PROJECT INITIATION BILLING THAT SIX TO EIGHT MONTH TIMEFRAME TO HAVE OCCUPANTS IN IT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, VERY LOW COUNTRY STYLE.
EACH UNIT WILL HAVE, UM, PORCH, UM, CENTRAL ACCESS THROUGH.
SO REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY FEEL THAT THEY'RE GOING BACK TO A HOME, NOT JUST A PLACE TO LIVE.
SO, AND THEN WITH THAT PROXIMITY TO THE LOCATION, REALLY ACCESSIBLE, UM, VERY BIKE FRIENDLY IN A LOT AS WELL TOO.
SO WE'RE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND WE'RE USING, WE, WE FELT, UH, VERY EFFICIENT FOR US TO REPLICATE WHAT FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE HOSPITAL WITH REGARDS TO THE BUILDING THE APARTMENT SIZES, WE LOOKING BEYOND AESTHETIC AND TAKE THAT AND APPLY THAT TO, UM, THE PROPOSED CONCEPT.
SO ONE OF THE BENEFITS AS WELL OF THE MODULAR CONSTRUCTION, UM, THAT YOU CAN GO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT ACTUALLY.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WE, LIKE KATE SAID, WE'VE GOT, UM, NET ZERO READY, WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT WE'RE FULLY ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENT.
I MEAN, THESE UNITS ARE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE 40 TO $70 RANGE IN ELECTRIC BILL EVERY MONTH.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UH, IMPACT WINDOWS DOORS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
WE'VE GOT 185 MILE AN HOUR WIND ZONES, WHICH EVEN WITH MY SITE BUILT CONSTRUCTION CAN'T DO, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THESE BUILDINGS, WHEN WE HAVE AN EVENT WILL BE HERE, YOU KNOW, YOUR TEACHERS WILL HAVE A PLACE TO COME BACK TO.
SO THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL.
UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING LAUNDRY FACILITIES IN EACH UNIT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THESE THINGS ARE VERY, VERY NICE UNITS.
SO IT SITS AT 35 FEET, UM, IN HEIGHT, WHICH IS OUR MAXIMUM IN OUR ZONING AREA.
AND IT ACTUALLY DOES FIT ON OUR LOT.
UM, AND CHECKS ALL THE BOXES AS FAR AS THE DENSITY, ACTUALLY TWO LESS THAN WHAT WE'RE, UH, THE MAXIMUM IS ALLOWED.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
BUT ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF 'EM? UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO MODULAR? UM, ONE OF THE BENEFITS TO THIS, UH, PARTICULAR SUPPLIER THAT WE USE AS WELL, IS THEY ARE BASED IN CLIO, SOUTH CAROLINA.
UM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF NOTE THAT ALL THE DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT AND THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS,
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THEY ARE ALL SOUTH CAROLINA BASED CONTRACTORS.UM, SO WE'RE TRACKING THAT PROBABLY ABOUT 95 TO 97% OF THE DOLLARS WILL STAY IN STATE, WHICH IS, IS A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT STORY.
UM, VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN THE MODULAR, THE MODULAR CONSTRUCTION, UM, VERSUS STICK BUILT.
AND YOU SAY THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS IN C UH, CLIO, CLEO, SOUTH CAROLINA? YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME CORRECT? YES, YES, YES, CORRECT.
CAN YOU SHARE THE NAME OF THE, OF THE SUPPLIER OR IS THAT, UH, STILL CONFIDENTIAL? NO, NO.
IT'S, UH, UH,
SO WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE SPRINKLERS THAT ARE GONNA BE GOING IN THEM.
UM, BECAUSE THE PORCHES ARE MORE THAN FOUR FEET DEEP, WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE SPRINKLERS ON THE PORCHES.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A RESPONSIBLE WAY TO DO IT TOO.
I MEAN, PEOPLE DON'T, PEOPLE DON'T DIE IN SPRINKLERED HOUSES, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, SO, UH, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY KIND OF GEAR THIS THING UP TO BE AS PERFECT AS WE CAN GET IT.
UM, BUT, UM, YEAH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, UM, OUR FIRST, SO WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU A SERIES OF OPTIONS HERE.
SO, UM, PARKING IN HILTON HEAD AND BEAUFORT COUNTY IS, I'M SORRY, I, I STAND, NO, I WAS LAUGHING AT THE PARKING NOT AT YOU.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS EITHER, 'CAUSE YOU GUYS RUN EDUCATION FACILITIES THAT, UH, PARKING IS PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR HARDEST THINGS FOR THE FACILITY ITSELF.
UM, SO WE HAVE THAT SAME CONSTRAINT WITH THE MINIMUM PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR A 32 UNIT BUILDING.
SO, UM, UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST SITE PLAN HERE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY TAKING OVER THE BUILDABLE AREA OF OUR LOT.
NOW WE DO HAVE, UM, ROUGHLY, SORRY, UH, WE HAVE 4.3 ACRES AND, UM, THIS IS THE UPLAND ACRE AREA OF THE LOT ITSELF.
THAT IS ACTUALLY THE BUILDABLE AREA.
SO YOU CAN SEE THIS LITTLE DOTTED LINE THAT'S KIND OF ON THE TOP RIGHT THERE.
SO WE'RE REALLY KIND OF SQUEEZING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN IN THERE TO ACTUALLY GET THIS, UM, GET THIS DONE APPROPRIATELY.
BUT WE'VE ALSO DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND KIND OF INCLUDE, BECAUSE THOSE WETLANDS, AND I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, OBSERVATION AREAS, THAT'S THE SAME VIEW THAT THESE GUYS GET.
SO WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
SO WE, WE DO HAVE A BULKHEAD THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN OBSERVATION AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, BIRD WILDLIFE AND ALL THAT.
SO, UM, IS THERE A SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY, SORRY, I KNOW THE CAMERA PROBABLY CAN'T SEE ME WHILE I'M POINTING THROUGH HERE.
BUT, UM, WILBORN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, THIS IS ONE OF YOUR MAIN ARTERIES THAT REALLY FEEDS THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY THE, UH, INFLOW AND OUTFLOW.
UM, WE DO HAVE SCHOOL BUSES, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THERE.
WE ARE ALSO SEEING AN ADDITIONAL CURB CUT HERE IF WE WERE TO GET INTO THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, AGAIN, THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS THE, UH, TEACHER PARKING, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE, UH, STAGING AREA AS WELL.
SO, UM, THE NEXT DISCUSSION THAT WE KIND OF HAD, UH, WITH EVERYBODY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WAS POTENTIALLY TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE GREEN SPACE INTO THIS THING.
THIS, THIS MODEL FEELS VERY HARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE PARKING, UM, WE ALSO HAVE PARKING THAT'S ALREADY DESIGNED RIGHT NEXT DOOR THAT WILL FEED THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THEY'RE GOING TO WORK, WHENEVER THEY'RE STAYING THERE, WHATNOT TOO.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE ASKS THAT WE'VE KIND OF HAD, AND PROBABLY PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE, IS WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE DOING SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT.
AND THIS IS THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
WHY, WHY IS THIS A PROMISE? YEAH.
SO THE SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT, KEITH, I'LL LET YOU.
THE SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW US TO ACCESS, UM, WITH, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IF THEY AGREED TO SHARE SOME OF THE PARKING THAT'S EXISTING FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO THEN WE CAN CUT DOWN AND ADD THE GREEN SPACE INTO THIS LOT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE BE ABLE TO PUT IN A DOG PARK, A READING GARDEN, AND SOME OTHER, UH, WALK SPACES.
IT ALSO ALLOW US TO, TO PRESENT TO THE SCHOOLS AN OPTION TOO, TO ACCESS THIS.
UM, NOT THAT WE COULDN'T DO WITH THE OTHER MODEL TOO, BUT IT'D BE A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, CONDUCIVE TO HAVING MAYBE STUDENTS GOING OUT AS PART OF CLASS TO BE PART OF THAT OBS OBSERVATION, UH, PATHWAY OUT THERE AS WELL.
IT'S JUST, IT'S, UM, NOT A COST MEASURE, IT'S JUST A WAY FOR US TO ENHANCE THIS EXPERIENCE FOR THE EDUCATORS IN THE CAMPUS.
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DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? YEAH.SO WE'LL GET TO THE RESIDENTS IN A SECOND.
'CAUSE WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING THIS STRICTLY FOR THE USE OF THE EDUCATION EDUCATIONS.
AND THE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED AS WELL IS A LOT OF THOSE PARKING SPOTS WOULD BE USED BY THE EDUCATORS ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE HAVING TO DRIVE TO WORK ANYWAY.
SO IT'S A SPOT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN FILLED, BUT NOW THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE LIVING AT THIS, UM, HOUSING UNIT, THEY CAN, THEY CAN TAKE A SCOOTER OVER TO IB IF THEY ARE A TEACHER AT IB.
THEY CAN WALK TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, BUT IF IT'S RAINING, THEY CAN MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT IT'S ALL PARKING THAT WOULD'VE BEEN USED BY EDUCATORS ANYWAY.
IF WE WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, UM, SORRY FOR THE COUPLE MINUTES, WE DID A BRIEF INTRODUCTION THAT THIS WILL BE ALL COMPLIANT WITH THE HILTON HEAD WORKFORCE HOUSING FRAMEWORK.
SO KEEPING IT AMIS OF AN 80% TO 120%.
SO FITTING IN THAT BUCKET OF YOUR, UM, STARTING TEACHERS TO ADMINISTRATORS, UM, WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH CCDC.
ARE YOU ALL FAMILIAR WITH CCDC? IT'S THE COASTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
IT'S A NONPROFIT BASED IN HILTON HEAD AND SERVES THE WHOLE COUNTRY, UM, SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE WORKFORCE HOUSING.
SO THEY HAVE THAT, THE APPLICATION PROCESS GOES THROUGH THEM.
THEY HAVE FAIR HOUSING, UM, LICENSES.
THEY WOULD NOT MONITOR, UM, INCOME LEVELS, ET CETERA.
SO HAVING THAT OTHER LAYER, AND WE ARE VERY, BOTH HAVE ELEMENTARY AGE STATE, STATE AGE DAUGHTERS, AND I'VE BEEN IN THE EDUCATION SPACE FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS, KNOW HOW CRITICAL IT'S WITH HAVING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT CLOSE TO CAMPUSES, NOT JUST ONE.
SO HAVING THAT LAYER OF, OF VETTED, UM, SECURE, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER GET IT RIGHT.
BUT IT REALLY HAVING THAT LAYER IN, IN COLLABORATION WITH, WITH THE TOWN AND COUNTY, UM, SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S A VERY STRONG MM-HMM
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN ENHANCED VERSION OF THE OTHER, UM, THE SITE PLAN TWO THAT WE SAW.
UH, THIS WOULD INCLUDE ANY SORT OF POOL OR AMENITY CENTER IF WE WANTED TO, UM, ADD AN ADDITIONAL, SO THAT BASICALLY ADDS IN JUST ANOTHER ELEMENT.
UM, WE ALSO DO HAVE THE REC CENTER ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH HAS A POOL.
UM, BUT JUST TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT WE CAN TO DO BACK THERE, UM, IS KIND OF THE INTENT OF THIS ONE.
WELL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT TOO WAS PRIVACY OF THE EDUCATORS.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE REC CENTER IS THERE AND ACCESSIBLE, BUT IF THEY WANT THEIR OWN SWIMMING POOL TO GO TO AND NOT SEE THEIR STUDENTS ON THE WEEKEND OR IN THE EVENINGS MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AS BOARD MEMBERS, A LOT OF US KNOW WE CAN GO TO A PUBLIC EVENT AND BE BOMBARDED WITH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY AND OUR EDUCATORS GET THAT AS WELL.
SO THIS WOULD OFFER THEM SOMETHING PRIVATE.
SO BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SO, UH, ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT OF THE PARKING, UM, FROM WHAT'S EXISTING THERE, WHICH WOULD OBVIOUSLY ALL BE ON, UH, THE PROJECT COST IN GENERAL.
BUT, UM, THE ACREAGE FOR THE, UH, THE LOT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IS ACTUALLY THE, UH, 25 WILBORN ROAD, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
UM, YOU HAVE 10.76 ACRES BACK THERE, WHICH ALSO INCORPORATES THE, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE, UM, LACROSSE FIELD.
IS THAT RIGHT BACK IN THERE? OR WAS THAT SOFTBALL? WELL, IT WAS CALLED IT THE HIDDEN FIELD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY, I THINK IT'S
SO THAT IS, THAT FIELD IS ACTUALLY ON THAT PROPERTY THAT THE PARKING IS ON AS WELL.
UM, SO NOT NECESSARILY INFRINGING ON ANY OF THAT TYPE OF PARKING.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL PARKING LOT WHERE THEY USED TO SELL CHRISTMAS TREES THAT ARE RIGHT THERE.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S SPACE FOR US TO BE CREATIVE THAT WAS IN THE GROCERIES.
AND THEN JUST FOR GIGGLES, UM, NOT FOR GIGGLES, BUT TO JUST TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL THERE, IF THIS WAS SOME TYPE OF A PROJECT THAT TOOK OFF AND YOU HAD HIGH DEMAND, NOT ONLY FROM THE ISLAND, BUT EVEN NOW LOOKING INTO, INTO BLUFFTON, WE HAD A FOURTH OPTION HERE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DISTRACT THE CONVERSATION WITH, BUT YOU ALL HAVE IT.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS ONE THAT IF THERE WAS A INTEREST FROM THE COUNTY ON ADDING A SECOND BUILDING, UM, THIS WAS A, JUST A PRELIMINARY DRAWING OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THAT SPACE.
AND THEN THIS IS ON, ON YOUR PROPERTY AS WELL.
BUT, UM, MAYBE POTENTIAL FOR EXPANSION IF YOU SAW AN UPTICK OR HIGH INTEREST FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM YOUR COMMUNITY OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
UM, JUST THROWING THAT OUT AS AN OPTION AS WE, WE LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY.
SO JUST FOR CONTEXT HERE, THE EXISTING THAT IS BUILT RIGHT NOW IS THIS LOOP THAT IS, THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
SO THAT WOULD JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OPTION RIGHT THERE THAT IS OFF WET ONES.
UM, IF THIS BECOMES A REMARKABLY, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFUL
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ENDEAVOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ON A LATER POINT, BUT JUST TO KIND OF SHOW THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE OPTIONS IN THE FUTURE.I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT THEM.
YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE DESIGN.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OF THAT REACH OUT.
WE, I DO HAVE A COPY OF THE, A AMI LEVEL TO GIVE YOU A, WELL, THAT'S A LITTLE, THAT'S A LITTLE SMALL.
UM, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU, THIS IS 2024.
WE DO HAVE 2025 THAT JUST CAME OUT 10 DAYS AGO.
SO WE'RE MODELING OFF OF THAT.
BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE, UM, WHAT THOSE RENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU KEEP GOING.
CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT? I'M SORRY.
THIS IS THE BREAKOUT OF THE 80%, WHAT IS THAT? SALARY? THE MONTHLY INCOME AND THEN THE AFFORDABLE RENT MEASURE.
THE AFFORDABLE RENT BY HUD AND THE COUNTY IS 30% OF YOUR MONTHLY INCOME, UH, BASED OFF OF THAT LEVEL.
SO THESE ARE THE, THE LEVELS THAT WE ARE, WE'RE TARGETING FOR RENT.
UM, AND IF YOU SCROLL A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT, AND TO PUT, TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW THE ISLAND PRICES, LIKE A TWO BEDROOM, WHICH WE ACTUALLY LOOKED THROUGH WHEN WE HAD ONE OF OUR OTHER MEETINGS.
WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK THROUGH WHAT TWO BEDROOM CONDOS APARTMENTS ARE CURRENTLY GOING FOR ON THE ISLAND, IT'S MINIMUM HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
RIGHT NOW FOR A TWO BEDROOM, ANYTHING ON THE ISLAND IS MINIMUM HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THIS RENT IS INCREDIBLE COMPARED TO ANYTHING ANYONE CAN TOUCH ON THE ISLAND.
AND THEN THERE'S JUST NOT THE CAPACITY FOR THE RENTALS.
I MEAN, THE SHORT TERM RENTAL MARKET HAS REALLY GOBBLED UP ANY OF THOSE INVENTORY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE, THE MOTION OF, OF HOW IT'S GOING.
SO THIS WOULD BE RESERVED, UM, 99 YEARS
BUT THE, THE PLAN IS TO, TO RETAIN THAT.
DO YOU THE WHERE APPREHENSIVE THE OLD, UH, HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN LOCATION, UH, WHERE THEY PUT THE, UH, AQUA TERRA IS WHAT THEY CALL IT, WHICH, THAT WENT UP FAST.
UM, THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS THERE ARE JUST SHY OF 4,000 A MONTH.
UH, MRS. BOATWRIGHT, THANK YOU.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC.
MY NEXT HOUSE IS GONNA BE MODULAR.
I THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD BE MODULAR.
I JUST, I'M OVER THE STICK BELT, SO I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC.
UM, THE TWO QUESTIONS, I GUESS, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THE, THE, THE FUTURE PLANS, THE, THE SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INFRINGING ON ANY OF THE FIELDS, RIGHT? IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT ON THE DRAWING.
IT'S CURRENTLY GREEN SPACE WHERE THAT IS, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY, WE'RE SHOWING THIS AS JUST KIND OF A, A FUN SLIDE OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL, YOU KNOW, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE GOT 32 PEOPLE AND WE'VE GOT 32 MORE THAT ARE SITTING THERE GOING, WE NEED ONE, TWO, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY IF WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
THIS IS REALLY MORE DIRECTED AT, AT DISTRICT STAFF BECAUSE WE HAVE, THE HIGH SCHOOL DOES HAVE THREE FIELDS AND THEY CALL THAT THE HIDDEN FIELD, BUT IT GETS USED LIKE, LIKE CRAZY 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL FIELD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO THE DISTRICT STAFF THAT WE CAN'T GO DOWN A FIELD.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA, WHAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO LOOK AT WITH THIS, THE ARC TRAFFIC AROUND THERE IS HORRENDOUS ALREADY.
I MEAN, I HAVE BEEN HIT, I'VE SEEN KIDS HIT.
IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BACKING UP ONTO GUMTREE, GUMTREE KIND OF GETS TO BE A MESS.
I DO THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA DIRECT THAT TRAFFIC.
'CAUSE PEOPLE WILL TRY TO CUT THROUGH THOSE PARKING LOTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE, THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC THERE, THE WAY HILTON HEAD DOES IT WITH ALL FOUR SCHOOLS LIKE CLUMPED ON ONE ROUND ROAD, I'M SURE THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA AT SOME POINT, BUT IT'S KIND OF A NIGHTMARE.
SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU GUYS TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BETTER, UM, TRAFFIC FLOW AROUND THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK THAT'S A TREMENDOUS POINT TO BRING UP.
ONE, ONE THING WE ARE CONSIDERING THAT IF THE, WE'RE HOPING THAT 90 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THESE OCCUPANTS, UH, OF THESE RESIDENTS ARE WORKING ON THESE CAMPUSES.
SO IDEALLY THAT WOULD LIMIT SOME OF THE HIGH TRAFFIC TIMES IN THE MORNING.
UM, AGAIN, YOU'D SEE SOME OF THAT AND YOU SEE STUDENTS COMING INTO BUSES.
UM, IT WOULD BE THE OFF HOURS WHERE IDEALLY THAT'S WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT AT THEIR PEAK OF TRAFFIC TOO.
THE OTHER COMPONENT IS THAT IN THIS SHARED, EVEN SCENARIO TWO WHERE WE LOOK AT THE SHARED PARKING, UM, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT CURB CUT INTO THE, INTO THE LOT.
WE WOULD USE THAT THROUGH THE TEACHER PARKING.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE A ONE LESS PINCH POINT FOR ANOTHER TURN IN.
AND WE'D ABSOLUTELY DO THAT PARKING STUDY IN CONJUNCTION WITH Y'ALL ON THAT.
JUST WANTED TO, TO ADD THOSE TWO POINTS.
JUST ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT FLOW BETTER.
BUT I WILL SAY FOR A LONG TIME, I'VE BEEN AT THAT, AT HILTON HEAD HIGH SINCE 2013.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIKE, WHY CAN'T WE BUILD, LIKE, CUT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST, I MEAN, EVEN FOR EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW,
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EGRESS TYPE OF THING.SO I THINK YOU'LL HAVE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND, AND, AND IN TERMS OF, UM, FIRST OFF, I I, I KNOW THE COUNTY HAS SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON WORKFORCE HOUSES THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO BE YOUR GROUP, BUT MM-HMM
WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW SOLELY IN HILTON HEAD.
SO YEAH, JUST BRING THIS, BRING THIS TO THE BOARD ALONG WITH THIS IS, UM, HEY, HEY.
SO Y'ALL JUST BRING THIS TO BOARD, MR. ALONG WITH JOSE? IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? NO, WE NEED AN EASEMENT.
IF THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN FOR THE TEACHERS ON HILTON HEAD, THERE'S AN EASEMENT THAT'S NECESSARY.
AND THEN, AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO, AND THEN ALSO, UM, TO I GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.
SO WHAT HAPPENS, THESE APARTMENTS ARE SO, ARE SO CLOSE, UM, AND GIVING YOU THE EASEMENT, WHAT HAPPENS? BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME WHAT I SEE IS THAT THEY MAY START OFF AS AFFORDABLE TEACHING HOUSING, BUT IN YEARS TO COME, THEY MAY CHANGE.
AND SO THAT'S A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, WITH GIVING YOU AN EASEMENT AND THAT BEING THAT CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY.
I, I, I'M CONCERNED WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE TO ME, THAT, THAT, THAT'S A VERY, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY CONCERNING PIECE WITH IT BEING AS CLOSE AS THEY ARE TO THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GETTING, ACTUALLY GIVING YOU GUYS AN EASEMENT.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, MOST, MOST PART, EVEN AROUND HERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
THEY HAVE, THEY START OFF AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S THEIR, THEIR LUXURY OF LUXURY CONDOS.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WE PUT IN PLACE AND HOW WOULD THAT, THAT WOULD BE WHAT IT IS AND WHAT TYPE OF CONTRACT YOU'RE, YOU'RE AND ON HILTON HEAD, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPPOSITE PROBLEM.
THINGS WILL BEGIN AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEY WILL TURN INTO ESSENTIALLY A SLUM AND THEY DON'T GO UP.
IT'S USUALLY THE PROBLEM THAT IT COMES DOWN.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAD ASKED BRIAN AND KEITH ABOUT, WHICH IS PART OF WHY CCDC IS BEING USED TO MITIGATE ISSUES LIKE THAT HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
AND, AND THE, THE WORKFORCE HOUSING AGREEMENT, AND I THINK THE TOWN OF HILTON HAD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY, BUFORD COUNTY, CREATED A FRAMEWORK THAT ALLOWS WE SIGN A 30 YEAR COVENANT WITH THE TOWN THAT WILL COMMIT TO THE, UM, THE INCOME LEVELS BEING MET.
SO BEING WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR A MINIMUM OF 30 YEARS, OUR PLAN IS THE 99 YEARS.
UH, CCDC IS ALL OF THEIR, UM, THEIR CCDC IS ORIENTED BY BUYING ONE, TWO, AND THREE BEDROOM, EITHER SMALL HOUSES OR CONDOS, FREEING THEM AND PUTTING 'EM IN THIS MODEL.
UM, THOSE ARE NINE, THAT'S A 99 YEAR COVENANT.
SO WITH CCDC INVOLVED AS THAT NONPROFIT WE'RE SIGNING WITH THE TOWN AND COUNTY AN AGREEMENT THAT AT A MINIMUM 30 YEARS, BUT THE IDEAL IS 99 YEARS THAT THIS IS REMAINING WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THAT.
SO THAT'S, UH, LIKE, I DON'T WANNA SAY THE MAXIMUM WE CAN GO, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE TOWN HAS, HAS PUT IN PLACE AND WE'RE PUT PLACE A COVENANT WE WOULD SIGN WOULD BE A 30 YEAR COMMITMENT.
UH, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT E EVEN EVEN TO THAT, I WAS BE THINKING THAT THIS PRO THIS PROPERTY WOULD EVER BE SOLD, UH, THAT WE WOULD, THAT SCHOOL BOARD WOULD DEFINITELY GET THE, UH, THE FIRST, UH, BUYERS ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT WILL BE DEED RESTRICTED WITH THE COUNTY TOO.
SO IT, THE NEW BUYER WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE AGREEMENT AS WELL.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, WE'RE NOT ASKING, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATION FROM THE COUNTY, FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE COUNTY.
UM, JUST MORE WANT REALLY, WE'RE HERE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT COLLABORATION AND WHAT YOU ALL NEED TO SUPPORT OR ENDORSE THIS OR BE EXCITED ABOUT IT, MOST PART MM-HMM
AND I THINK AS IF WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH AN EASEMENT THAT COULD BE LOCKED INTO RIGHT.
AND EVEN CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS BEING RE RESERVED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COUNTY SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE FIRST T OVER THERE, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, YOU HAVE THE REC CENTER, UM, AND OTHER SERVICE
NO, ABSOLUTELY TAKEN AND VERY, IT'S A SENSITIVE SUBJECT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, AND YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED TO WORK THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE DETAILS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE.
THERE IS A MISSION HERE, YOU KNOW, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE MISSION IS OBVIOUSLY THE GREEN SPACE AND THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL COLLABORATE POTENTIALLY WITH AN AGREEMENT HERE WITH PARKING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE ALSO NOT COMING THROUGH ASKING FOR ANYTHING FREE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A, A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR PARKING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY OF THOSE OPTIONS.
UM, IT JUST CREATES A BETTER COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, YOU SAW HOW HARD IT LOOKED FOR THAT FIRST SLIDE, YOU KNOW.
WELL, AND REALLY, UM, DR. RODRIGUEZ
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ISN'T HERE, BUT HE AND I HAD DISCUSSED THIS AS A TOOL FOR RECRUITING AND RETENTION, BECAUSE THAT'S A PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING NATIONWIDE.WE'RE HAVING THAT ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY BEING THE COUNTY.
AND THIS IS A HUGE RECRUITING TOOL.
IF YOUNGSTERS COMING OUT OF COLLEGE OR WHEREVER, OR MAYBE THEY HAVE FIVE YEARS UNDER THEIR BELT TEACHING, BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE WHERE WE LIVE.
THIS IS A GREAT OPTION AND A TOOL THAT WE HAVE IN OUR ARSENAL THEN TO ATTRACT TALENT THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE.
I THINK IT'S A VERY ATTRACTIVE PROJECT.
UH, JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE UTILIZATION RESTRICTIONS.
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE OUT OF THE 32 UNITS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MIGHT BE ABLE TO SORT OF LOCK IN? UH, OUR, OUR INTENT HERE IS THAT THIS IS ALL FOR RIGHT OF FIRST, UH, FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY TEACHERS OR EDUCATORS ON THE ISLAND.
AND WE KNOW THAT, UH, THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO YOUR EDUCATORS.
SO, UM, FROM OUR RESEARCH, I THINK YOU COULD FILL IT,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROJECTIONS ARE FOR THE EXPANDED HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I'M SURE THAT PROJECTIONS OF THE POPULATION GROWTH WILL INCREASE.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A NICE POOL THERE.
AND YOU THINK THE REC CENTER AND, UM, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THAT ARE APPROXIMATED WELL, SO WELL, AND CURRENTLY IN THE CURRENT MARKET, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO SELL THEIR HOMES.
SO IF THERE ARE EVEN EDUCATORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN A HOME THAT THEY COULD DOUBLE THEIR PROFIT ON, IF THEY COULD SELL IT AND GET INTO ONE OF THESE, JUST LIKE INGRID JUST SAID, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LIKE, LET ME DUMP THIS MASSIVE ASSET THAT'S A DRAIN ON MY TIME, MY ENERGY, ALL THE THINGS.
AND THEY COULD END UP IN ONE OF THESE UNITS, DEPENDING ON HOW FRANK DECIDES TO UTILIZE IT.
HE MAY DECIDE HE WANTS TO THIS UTILIZED AS NEW TEACHERS TO THE AREA.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS ENDS UP BEING MM-HMM
AND COULD I GO BACK TO MY SECOND QUESTION? IF, IF, YEAH.
SO, UM, I GET THE SENSE YOU'RE WILLING TO CODIFY THE UTILIZATION RESTRICTIONS AS THEY APPLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT, THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.
THE SECOND THING IS ON WHERE YOU, UM, PUT MORE GREENERY IN, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE TWO OR FOUR, UH, NEAR THE BEGINNING.
IS THAT ALL WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE 4.3 ACRES? YES, SIR.
THE BUILD, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREE LINE, I THINK IS A GOOD DEMARCATION OF WHAT IS BUILDABLE.
UM, AND THEN THE WETLANDS ARE, ARE BEYOND THAT.
THEY'RE A LITTLE FADED OUT THERE, BUT THE PROPERTY ACTUALLY GOES OUT A FEW INTO THE WALKWAY OR THE, UM MM-HMM
AND THEN MY LA MY, AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT IS THE A MI RATES BASED ON, UH, THE RATES BASED ON THE A MI, WE HAVE MOBILE HOMES ON THE ISLAND THAT ARE GOING FOR $3,000 PLUS A MONTH SERVICE.
AND SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY ATTRACTIVE RATE THAT YOU'VE PRODUCED SO FAR.
AND, AND, AND QUITE A, A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE COUNTY AND TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ON BUILDING THIS FRAMEWORK.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE WENT OUT, IT'S NOW STARTING TO TAKE HOLD AND IT, IT, IT'S REALLY GIVEN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS THE AN ABILITY TO EXPLORE THIS IDEA.
AND SO VERY THANKFUL FOR YOUR TIME, UH, AND GREAT QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SO FAR? WHO'S THE PROPERTY MANAGER? IS IT CCC? DC CCS? SO THEY'LL BE THE PROPERTY MANAGER CHANGING OUT LIGHT BULBS AND FIXING HVAC AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF? WELL, NOT EVEN, ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS, WHICH I'LL JUST VOICE THEM TO THIS MEETING, IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS BEING A MOTHER OF YOUNG CHILDREN, SEEING THIS GO IN NEAR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IS THE VETTING OF ANY ADULT LIVING THERE.
I WANT THEM CLEARED FOR VIOLENT OFFENSES, PEDOPHILIA, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THAT NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE WITH A BACKGROUND SUCH AS THAT TO LIVE IN THERE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A TEACHER COMES TO CCDC AND APPLIES TO LIVE HERE AND THEIR SPOUSE IS A PEDOPHILE, HAS SOME KIND OF VIOLENT OFFENSE, THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY TO LIVE IN THIS BUILDING.
THAT WAS CRITICAL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH CDC.
UM, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY AND FROM FAIR HOUSING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THE PROPER VENDOR, BUT ON ANYONE WHO LIVES THERE, WHO'S AN ADULT MM-HMM
THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE OF, OF THE DESIGN OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WILL HAVE AN ACTIVE IMPACT OF BEING ABLE
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TO KIND OF THAT VETTING PROCESS AND DESIGNING IT OUT.WELL, WHAT IF IT'S WORTH OUR STRONGLY SUPPORT, UH, BOARD MEMBER, UH, HAYES, UH, COMMENTS.
IS THERE A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE ON THE CURRENT, UH, PARKING LOT OUT THERE? SO IF, IF WE'RE IT, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S NOT AN APARTMENT THERE NOW OR APARTMENT BUILDING THERE NOW, WHAT IS THE USE OF THE, OF THE PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW? IT'S BEING USED.
WAS IT, WAS IT A U USED PARKING LOT BEFORE? IT WAS A STORAGE? IT HAS NOT REALLY.
AND I WILL SAY ONCE THE HIGH SCHOOL IS FINISHED, THERE'LL BE MORE PARKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAN THERE IS TODAY WITH THAT PARKING LOT.
IT'S BEEN NEVER REALLY BEEN FULLY USED.
'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN AND DARK AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE, THAT'S WHAT TEENAGERS HATE
SO IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE VERSION THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR OR WOULD BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL WOULD BE TO USE, UH, AS MUCH AS THE PROPERTY FOR GREEN SPACE AND HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO USE THE SCHOOL'S PARKING LOT? YES.
THERE'S TWO VER I MEAN, SO GET BRETT, THERE'S TWO VERSION ONE, YOU'RE JUST GIVING THEM AN, AN ACCESS TO WILBORN ROAD.
SO THAT JUST NEEDS, THAT'S, THAT'S THIS VERSION RIGHT HERE OF WHICH THERE WOULD BE NO GREEN SPACE AND YOU WOULD USE ALL THAT FOR PARKING.
AND THE SECOND IS IF WE COME TO SOME AGREEMENT ON THE PARKING YEAH.
THEN WE COULD HAVE GREENERY OR A SWIMMING POOL FOR THE TEACHERS.
AND THAT, THAT DOCK THAT KEITH WAS TALKING ABOUT OVER TO THE RIGHT MM-HMM
IS LIKE BASICALLY A MARSH OBSERVATION AREA.
AND YES, WE KNOW THE TEENAGERS ARE BACK THERE BASED ON WHAT WE FIND
BECAUSE THE LOT IS CURRENTLY PRETTY HIDDEN, BUT IT'S ALSO PRETTY FLAT ALREADY.
SO IT'S, IT'S A HIDDEN GEM BECAUSE WHEN KEITH FIRST TOOK ME BACK THERE, I WAS LIKE, OH, I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS BEYOND THE TREE LINE.
BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH GEARED UP AND LIKE READY TO GO.
WE DID HAVE A NATURAL RESOURCES, UH, PERMIT TO DO SOME BUSH HOGGING BACK THERE.
UM, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SET UP A, A FIELD TRIP, IF YOU WANT TO COME SEE IT, I'D BE HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT AS WELL.
UM, IT IS PRETTY CLEAR TOO, SO JUST WEAR BOOTS AND NOT, OR SNEAKERS, MR. CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE 'EM UP ON THAT TO ACTUALLY VIEW IT.
I, WE, WE'VE DONE THIS, TAKEN THIS APPROACH WITH THE HOSPITAL PROJECT AS WELL.
WE WOULD LOVE THIS BUILDING AND DESIGN PROCESS IF IT GOES FORWARD TO REALLY BE COMMUNITY AND INCLUDE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO CLASSES TO WATCH THE PROCESS, UNDERSTAND THAT WE'LL COME IN AND, AND BE A PART OF TALKS THAT THEY ARE, THE MODULAR BUILD WILL BE PRETTY EXCITING TO SEE.
IT'S LIKE A, THE LAST SLIDE, IF WE GO TO THE LAST SLIDE, IT IS REAL LIFE LEGO BUILDING.
UM, YOU HAVE, YOU COME IN MAYBE A TWO OR THREE WEEK PERIOD WITH A CRANE AND THEY PULL IN, THEY PULL ONE MORE.
WE, WE LIKE, OH YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
WE CAN SET THAT ENTIRE BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE IN ABOUT SIX DAYS.
SO WE THINK SOME PROJECTS THAT WOULD, WITH SEATS WITH ACE OR ANY OF THE CTE PROGRAMS, UM, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TO BE A PART OF IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WETLAND CLEANUP AS WELL FOR VOLUNTEER AND, AND THOSE THINGS THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT WANT THAT TO BE, UH, A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
IF WE DO THAT TOGETHER, WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WELCOMING, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR READING GARDEN AND MAYBE EVEN THE OBSERVATION, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC TEACHER THAT, YOU KNOW, NAMING RIGHTS, UM MM-HMM.
THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN COME TO MIND ON THINGS TOO.
SO, I MEAN, WE REALLY WANT TO KEEP THIS AS A, AS A COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE WOULD LIKE THIS SCALABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL ENOUGH MODEL THAT WE BRING IT WHEREVER YOU GUYS NEED IT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
WE, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A, I HAVE A SIXTH GRADER RIGHT NOW AT ST.
BUT, UM, BUT UH, WE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S IN THE, SHE'S IN THE BALLET AND SHE DOES THE BALLET STUDIO OR UH, THINKS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UH, WE WERE THERE LAST WEEKEND FOR A PERFORMANCE AND SHE JUST LOOKED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON AND SHE GOES, I WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL HERE.
YOU KNOW? AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS A PERSONAL LEVEL TOO, WE'RE SITTING HERE GOING, WE WANT, WE WANT THE TEACHER FORCE AS STRONG AS IT CAN BE TOO.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SIX DAUGHTERS UNDER SIXTH GRADE FOR BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.
SO WE ARE, THIS IS OUR, THEIR FUTURE HOME AS WELL.
AND SO IT IS VERY PERSONAL, UM, TO US AS WELL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO SUPPORT MAKE THAT MOTION? YEAH.
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COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION GRANT ORGANIZE SUPPORT FOR AN EASEMENT, ALLOWING THE CONNECTION OF 39 WILBORN TO WILBORN ROAD OR A PARKING LOT ON, BUT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY.SO LET ME JUST SAY, SO THAT MOTION IS ACTUALLY, IT'S KIND OF FOR THAT FIRST VERSION.
SO IF YOU'RE WANTING TO, UM, GO INTO SHARING PARKING LOT, WE'D, UH, UH, WE'D PROBABLY NEED TO CHANGE THAT.
SAY, AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE A, UM, SHARED USE AGREEMENT.
I GET, UM, TO GRANT OR DO NOT, UH, SUPPORT FOR A SHARED USE AGREEMENT ALLOWING, UM, THE CONNECTION OF THE PROPERTY TO THE PARKING LOT.
SHARE USE AGREEMENT PARKING LOT SHARED USE AGREEMENT.
ALLOWING 30 NORTH WILBORN TO CONNECT TO THE PARKING LOT.
YOUR ADDRESS IS 25 WILBORN TO USE THE PARKING LOT ON 25 WILBORN.
I ALSO, THE PARCEL NUMBER IF YOU WANT.
NO, WE DON'T EVEN GO TO THAT LEVEL.
ASK CAN YOU FOLLOW IT? I TOLD THAT'S TERRIBLE HANDWRITING.
DALLAS WHAT OF EDUCATION SUPPORT FOR PARKING LOT SHARED USE AGREEMENT, UH, OF 39 WILBORN RIGHT.
TO USE THE PARKING LOT AT 25 WILBORN.
BUT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION GRANT OR DENY SUPPORT GRANT.
GRANT GRANT SUPPORT A GRANT SUPPORT FOR A PARKING LOT SHARED AGREEMENT EASEMENT ALLOWING OF 39 WILBORN TO, TO USE THE PROP TO USE THE PARKING LOT FOR FOR 25 WILBORN ON 25.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
MAY I HAVE A QUESTION DISCUSSION? YES.
UH, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, HOW, HOW MANY SPACES WOULD THE FIRST VERSION LOSE IN A SHARED PARKING LOT? BECAUSE CONVERSELY, THAT MEANS THAT SOME OF THE PARKING SPACES THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO TO THE, UM, SCHOOLS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WOULD LOSE THOSE TO THOSE POTENTIAL.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT'S THE NET IMPACT ON THE SPACES AVAILABLE FOR OUR OTHER REMAINING EMPLOYEES SO THAT THAT PARKING LOT IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING USED BY EMPLOYEES.
IT IS BEING USED FOR CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE QUESTION WOULD BE HOW SOON, I MEAN, NOW WE'RE GETTING DOWN INTO THE DETAILS, BUT THE QUESTION, HOW SOON DO YOU NEED THAT PARKING LOT? BECAUSE WE NEED CONSTRUCTION THROUGH, UM, SUMMER OF 26 MM-HMM
AND WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH DETAILS.
SO THIS, THIS GETS US TO A DESIGN PHASE.
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF DETAILS WE HAVE TO WORK OUT.
'CAUSE WE WOULD NEED THAT PARKING LOT, I THINK TO SOMEWHERE AROUND SUMMER OF 26.
AND UH, RIGHT ROBERT, IF WE MEET, IF WE MEET MAX DENSITY OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH ACTUALLY IS 34 UNITS, WHICH WE'RE NOT GOING TO 34, WE'RE GONNA 32, WE NEED 67 SPOTS.
AND HOW MANY OF THAT PARKING LOT AT IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY ON HERE.
SO SOME OF THE GREEN SPACE WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE USED FOR PARKING.
YEAH, WE, WE, WE ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE ROUNDABOUT TO, TO, UH, PICK UP SOME PARALLEL SPOTS.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A STUDY TO, TO UTILIZE, SO WHAT WE CAN DO, HEARING YOU, MR. UH, DALLAS, MAYBE COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE WHEN AN AGREEMENT IS FINALIZED OR WORKED THROUGH.
AND THEN ONCE WE'VE GOT, UH, MORE DETAIL, BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE WORK.
I'D LIKE TO USE THIS AS LIKE A NOTICE OF, UH, LIKE TO PROCEED WITH A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DESIGN.
SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BASICALLY, SO THE WAY THIS PROCESS GOES IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD, WHICH WILL THEN MEET NEXT WEEK TO APPROVE
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THIS.IF THE BOARD APPROVES IT, THEY'RE JUST GIVING THE SUPERINTENDENT THE AUTHORITY TO BEGIN PLANNING OUT A PROJECT.
AND THEN, UM, YOU COULD SET THAT, UH, YOU WANT IT BROUGHT BACK TO YOU ONCE THAT NEGOTIATION'S DONE OR YOU COULD SET THAT THE NEGOTIATION'S DONE, SUPERINTENDENT CAN SIGN OFF ON IT AND OFF YOU GO.
THAT'D BE UP TO THE BOARD AND THEY REVIEW IT TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
WHAT, WHAT I WAS THINKING IS JUST INCLUDE THE, THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT UP TO INCLUDING THE PARKING LOT EXCHANGE.
AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT IS EMPOWERED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE CANNIBALIZATION OF ABOUT 20 PARKING SPACES CURRENTLY IN USE OR POTENTIALLY CURRENTLY WOULD BE IN USE.
UH, IS THAT OKAY? AND THEN HE CAN COME BACK AND SAY, YEP, EVERYTHING IS FINE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DELAY THE PROJECT.
I THINK IT'S A POSITIVE PROJECT AND IT MAY BE THOSE 20 OR WHATEVER HAVE TO GO ON Y'ALL'S PROPERTY.
UH, AND, AND YEAH, MR. MR. I, I DO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT, UH, NORMALLY OPERATIONS, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A PROJECT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD JUST SO WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT BECAUSE EVERYTHING SOUNDS GOOD AND I DON'T WANT US TO GET IN THE, UH, EMOTIONAL PHASE OF IT, BUT I WANT US TO DO, DO, TO STAY FOCUSED AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE SIGNING ON AND WHAT WE'RE UH, AGREEING TO, THAT WE ARE, UH, STAY, ARE ARE STEERED FOCUSED THERE BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT HERE AND THE BOARD IS MAKING THIS DECISION.
SO I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD BEFORE THE FINAL, UH, BE, BE BEFORE, BEFORE THE FINAL DECISION IS, UM, IS MADE ALL DUE RESPECT.
AND IF I CAN MAKE A QUICK, UH, UH, LET, LEMME LEMME JUST, IF I MAY MISS VOTE, RIGHT? I I'M NOT OPPOSED, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT.
UM, JUST AS LONG AS THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS THE LATITUDE UP TO INCLUDING THE, UH, EXCHANGE OF PARKING AND THEN HE CAN COME BACK TO THE BOARD, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
MY ONLY POINT HERE IS WHAT WE DO IS WE MAKE A MOTION THAT AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ENTER NEGOTIATIONS ON THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN AS HE ALWAYS DOES, ONCE A CONTRACT HAS BEEN, OR YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S BEEN WORKED OUT DETAILS AND HE BRINGS IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR US TO APPROVE, DENY, OR SEND BACK FOR MORE INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE PHASE THAT WE'RE AT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY DONE IS RENT TO THE BOARD APPROVAL FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO GET TO NEGOTIATE, UH, WITH ABODE.
ABODE, WE SETTLED ON NOT ADOBE ABODE, UM,
WELL, THOSE WAS A GOOD ONE BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME OF THOSE, UH, THE DETAILS OF THE CONTRACT TO BE WORKED OUT WELL ON HOW THE HOUSING DIV DELTA AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE TOWN, IT'S INTERESTING, A ONE BEDROOM REQUIRES 1.4 PARKING SPOTS.
SO THE LITTLE, BUT, SO THERE IS SOME GIFT, IT'S QUIRKY SCIENCE, IT IS A LITTLE QUIRKY, BUT WE'VE ALSO HAVE, UM, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TOWN ON, WE CAN ASK FOR, UM, SOME LATITUDE ON THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE PARKING, UH, BIKE, BIKE PARKING THAT TAKES OUT SOME OF THOSE SPOTS TOO THAT WE KNOW WILL UTILIZE IN THAT SPOT TOO.
SO THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE THAT WE WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ALL AS WELL.
SO WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, UH, THE MOTION CAN INCLUDE THAT WE, UH, DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, FOR THIS NEGOTIATIONS, CORRECT? MM-HMM
Y'ALL FINALIZE AND VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT HAS TO MOVE FIRST.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ANYTHING, UH, FROM, UH, PARTICIPANTS ONLINE? SO QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.
SO THE VOTE, RIGHT? WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU JUST SAID, YOUR MOTION AND THE MOTION THAT WAS CURRENTLY READ? LET'S VOTE ON THE MOTION AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID.
I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I'LL ASK THE QUESTION.
I GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.
THIS IS TO TAKE IT TO THE FULL BOARD.
UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE FULL BOARD, THEN THE FULL BOARD CAN DIRECT THIS, THE, THIS SAVE THIS.
UH, THIS SAVES US FOR HAVING TO AMEND THE, THE MOTION AGAIN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, SEAT SPOT A BY SAYING AYE OR RAISING YOUR HAND.
UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN HAVE THAT BACK.
AND LEMME KNOW ON THAT APPEAL TRIP, OH YEAH, I'LL WALK.
I HAVE A FEW HERE IF YOU EVER NEED TO GET, YOU KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF ME.
FRONT DOOR, DO THE FRONT, THE NEW FRONT.
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YES.SO, UH, MR. DAN REBA WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON BACK IN FRONT OF YOU.
I THINK HE HOLDS THE RECORD AS THE PERSON THAT HAS COME TO THE OPERATION COMMITTEE THE MOST TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THIS IS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT OF PARKING LOT AT MC BEHIND MC RILEY ELEMENTARY ON PRICHARD STREET.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME HE BROUGHT THIS, THERE WAS SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED IN, UH, THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS SINCE BEEN CORRECTED.
SO HE IS BACK IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN WITH THE, UH, THE FINALIZED AGREEMENT, COST SHARE.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? UM, NO, JUST, JUST SINCE THE, THE LAST MEETING, THERE WERE COMMENTS, GOOD COMMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE BOARD WITH REGARDS TO THE AGREEMENT, THE COST OF THE AGREEMENT, AND THEN ALSO THE EASEMENT EXHIBIT.
UH, AND SINCE THAT TIME, UM, WE HAD GOTTEN SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DOMINION AND THEIR LIGHTING PLAN THAT IMPACTED THE EASEMENT EXHIBIT THAT YOU HAD SAW, THAT YOU SAW AT THE LE AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, AND SO THE EASEMENT EXHIBIT THAT EXISTS HERE IN THEIR PACKET TODAY IS THE FINAL EASEMENT EXHIBIT, UH, FOR LIGHTING DRAINAGE AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, DISCUSSION WITH REGARDS TO THE, UM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE, THE PORTIONS OF THE PARKING LOT COST THAT WAS ALSO UPDATED AND, AND REVISED, UH, BASED ON THE LANGUAGE AND ALSO TOTAL COST THAT, UM, AND THE COST HAS GONE DOWN FROM THE LAST DISCUSSION.
BONUS
SO THE WAY THAT THIS WILL WORK, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL PUT THIS OUT FOR PUBLIC BID BASED ON THE PUBLIC BID NUMBERS AND THE ITEMS THAT ARE PRESENTED IN THE BID FORM.
WE USE THAT, UH, NUMBERS TO DETERMINE THE FINAL, UH, REIMBURSEMENT COST AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT, INCLUDING ANY CHANGE ORDERS THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THOSE ITEMS. SO THE COST ESTIMATE ALSO, UH, INCLUDES, UH, THE COST ESTIMATE FIGURE PLUS THE 20% CONTINGENCY, UH, ON TOP OF THAT TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY POTENTIAL CHANGE ORDERS.
UM, REGARDING CHANGE ORDERS, UH, THE BIGGEST THING THAT I WOULD SEE THERE IS THE SUBGRADE OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT.
WE MAY HAVE TO UNDERCUT THE EXISTING SUBGRADE SOME TO GET TO A FIRM SUBGRADE AND THEN BACKFILL THAT WITH, UH, AGGREGATE MATERIAL.
THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION.
SO IF I'M CORRECT, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IS THE 2 32 990? CORRECT.
AND THAT IS WITHIN, WE HAVE THIS IN 8% FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE PORT, AND THAT'S UNDER THE AMOUNT, I THINK WE HAVE HUNDRED, UH, THOUSAND IN THAT ACCOUNT.
SO, UM, IT'S WITHIN OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAVE SET FOR THIS PROJECT.
RIGHT? THIS HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET.
UH, UH, IS THERE A MOTION? OH, SO, UH, BEFORE WE LEAVE, MY QUESTION WAS WHAT WE, UH, WHAT WAS, UH, JUST, JUST FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT, WHAT WAS NEED TO BE CHANGED, UH,
THERE, THERE WAS, THERE WAS VERBIAGE IN THERE THAT SAID, UH, THAT WE WOULD SHARE THE COST.
BUT THEN THE FINAL VERSION SAID THAT WE WERE PAYING, UH, SO I ASKED TO HAVE THAT VERBIAGE.
WE'RE ONLY SHARING OUR PORTION.
UH, SO THAT, THAT VERBIAGE WAS REMOVED FROM THE, FROM THE, THE AGREEMENT.
I MOVE THAT THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE EASEMENT DOCUMENTS AND SIGN PRICHARD STREET EASEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COST SHARE AGREEMENT AT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND CAR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? I'M MORE ABSTAIN.
SAIN, UH, MOTION MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR THIS WILL GO TO THE BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK.
SO WON'T BE FINALIZE UNTIL APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
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QUARTER FOR YOUR REPORT.UH, WE'VE SEEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF FO REQUESTS THIS QUARTER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S FIRST QUARTER REPORT.
THIS QUARTER WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF 33 REQUESTS, AND LAST YEAR WE HAD EIGHT 18 REQUESTS.
WE RECEIVED THE MOST REQUESTS DURING MARCH WITH 15 REQUESTS.
MANY OF THESE REQUESTS ARE FOR EMAIL POLLS AND RFP CONTRACTS, AND THAT'S OUR FIRST QUARTER EMPLOYEE REPORT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
UH, DO WE KNOW WHY, WHY, WHY WE'RE GETTING CONTRACTS PULLED AND WHO'S PULLING 'EM? I DON'T KNOW WHY PER SE, BUT IT IS, UM, I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS ARE AS WELL.
IS IT, IT KIND OF SEASONAL, ROBERT? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT BEEN GOING OUT, UH, PREPARATION FOR REFERENDUM.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CONTRACTS AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S CONTRACTED THAT DON'T WIN THE AWARD, TRYING TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT MM-HMM
WHO WON THE AWARD AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THEN I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE NORMAL.
THEN IF THAT'S, THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I WOULDN'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A LARGE AMOUNT.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WOULD BE A NORMAL, UM, WELL, WE'VE HAD MORE CONTRACTS GOING OUT THAN NORMAL.
JUST BEEN ALL, WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY WITH PROCUREMENT.
'CAUSE WITH THE 2020, UH, THREE REFERENDUM GOING OUT, WE'VE ALMOST BID ALL THOSE PROJECTS OUT.
SO WE'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE GETTING THOSE PROJECTS OUT ON THE STREET.
OH, SO, SO SAYING THAT, ARE YOU, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE MUCH MORE, UH, CONTRACTS THAN NOW, UH, BEFORE NOW THAN, THAN THAN WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THAT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.
SO FROM THIS POINT ON, THAT SHOULD GO AWAY 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AS MUCH GOING ON.
SO LAST YEAR YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT SAME VOLUME OF CONTRACTS GOING OUT.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE 2023 MOTION AND YOU'RE BID OUT ALL THE PROJECTS, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF PASS FROM CONTRACTS.
THEY, ALL THESE AGREEMENTS ARE GOING OUT.
'CAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF EXECUTION.
BUT WHAT I, WHAT I, WHAT WHAT, WHAT I WAS, WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS THAT TO ME, THEN THAT'S THE CASE THEN THIS PROBABLY WOULD, I WOULD LOOK AT IT AS BEING, UH, NORMAL.
UH, FROM WHERE I SAID THAT, THAT WAS MY, THAT WAS MY COMMENT.
SO HE DECIDED THAT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS DISAGREEING.
SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS THE DISAGREEMENT, WHAT WAS THE DISAGREEMENT IN THE STATEMENT, IF THAT MADE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, THAT, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
WHAT WAS
I THINK ROBERT'S SAYING IN A CYCLICAL FASHION YEAH.
THAT THIS IS, THIS IS APPROPRIATE.
AND BECAUSE THERE WAS MORE THIS YEAR THAN THERE WAS LAST YEAR, IT'S LINING UP ACTUALLY CORRECTLY.
AND ALSO DO YOU, UH, AS, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, SO, UH, E UH, UM, SAYS, UH, UM, DO WE HAVE A, UH, A, A GRAPH OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS TO SHOW US, UH, EVERY YEAR OR EACH YEAR SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF WHAT FOIA, WHAT FOIA LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF, UH, LIKE A MORE OF A, I GUESS A PIE GRAPH OR SOMETHING TO, SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY.
SO, SO FROM YEAR TO YEAR, SO WE CAN SEE, UH, HOW, HOW THAT FLUCTUATES.
AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT, PUT IT IN THERE.
IF THAT'S, THAT, THAT, THAT'S FINE.
WHENEVER, WHENEVER YOU BRING THE REPORT.
THAT, THAT, I THINK THAT THAT'D BE PRETTY SURE.
I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY, ANYBODY ONLINE? ALL GOOD.
MOTION, UM, GO BEFORE PLACE ON CONSENT AGENDA, IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE COMMITTEE TAKE MOTION.
SO WE NEED A MOTION TO, TO PLACE THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMITTEE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO PLACE THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? TAKE MOTION THAT IS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION WAS, UH, WAS THAT AN AYE? YES, THAT WAS AN AYE.
UH, NO, I THINK BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT, LIKE, TO KNOW THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS PUBLIC, UH, THIS REPORT.
UM, SO, UM, I MAY PULL IT OFF CONSENT, SO I'M NOT SURE.
SO I, I'M GONNA VOTE NO ON THAT.
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UM, THREE O'CLOCK.DO YOU NEED TOMORROW? YEAH, 6:00 PM
YOU SAID THAT RATHER EMPHATICALLY, HUH? YEAH,
WELL, WITH MY CONSTRUCTION UPDATES THROUGH THE END OF APRIL ON THE 2019 REFERENDUM, WE ARE WORKING ON THE CLOSEOUTS.
WE ARE OFFICIALLY DONE WITH THE FIFTH LABOR AT THE SCHOOLS, AND WE ARE NOW WORKING ON THE COMPILATION OF CLOSEOUTS.
WE DO HAVE SOME CONFIRMATION FROM CONTRACTORS THAT WE WILL SEE, UH, WELL, WE STARTED RECEIVING THE, UH, CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS, BUT WE ARE GETTING FINANCIAL CLOSEOUTS FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF THE PROJECTS THIS MONTH.
UM, FINANCIAL SUMMARY, WE HAVE 210 FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS COMPLETED TO DATE, UH, REGARDING THE FINANCIAL UPDATES FOR THE 2019 REFERENDUM, AS OF APRIL, UM, OR THE END OF APRIL, OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS 375, UH, MILLION, AND A LITTLE BIT OVER THAT, UH, AMOUNT PAID COMMITTED FUNDS, UH, 3 72 0.26 MILLION.
AND THE REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS, INCLUDING THE CONTINGENCY, EQUALED $3.45 MILLION.
UH, A CONTINGENCY ACTIVITY AT THE END OF APRIL INCLUDED THE USE OF 535, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF OVER $535,000.
AND THE CONTINGENCY, CONTINGENCY REMAINING AT THE END OF THAT WAS 2.49 MILLION.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS OF NOW, WE'VE ACTUALLY COMMITTED MORE REGARD, UH, THOSE, UH, SUGGESTED ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT ONE POINT, I REMEMBER I SAID IT WAS LIKE $1.5 MILLION LEFT IN CONTINGENCY AT THIS MOMENT.
SO WE ARE MAKING HEADWAY ON USING THE REMAINING, UH, CONTINGENCY FOR THE REFERENDUM.
NOW, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE, UH, REMAINING PROGRAM CONTINGENCY COMMITMENTS, WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE LIST THAT WE HAD PRESENTED.
ORIGINALLY, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT BOND COUNCIL HAVE REVIEWED ALL THE ITEMS, AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE DID NOT USE THE REMAINING FUNDS FOR, UH, ADDED STOCK OR EXTRA, UH, ON-HAND EQUIPMENT FOR THE, SO WHAT THEY WERE FOCUSING WAS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AND WHAT WAS SUGGESTED IS THAT WE MAINTAIN THE USE OF THE FUNDS TO THE CATEGORIES THAT WERE BEING, UH, DONE THE ORIGINAL REFERENDUM.
AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE PROCEEDED.
SO THE PRO THE PROJECT MANAGERS WENT AHEAD AND GAVE US MORE FEEDBACK ON SOME ITEMS THAT DID GET, UH, OR THAT COULD GET DONE WITH THE REFERENDUM.
AND PRICING HAS BEEN COMING ON FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALL THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORTH, WE STILL HAVE SUFFICIENT UNDER FORECAST, OR WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT UPON ALL OF THESE ITEMS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD.
SO FROM THE PROJECT MANAGERS OR FROM THE IT'S STAFF, IT'S, IT IS FEEDBACK FROM PRINCIPALS AND PROJECT MANAGERS.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WHAT THE FOCUS IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD ON THE LIST THAT WERE NOT REMOVED BECAUSE OF THIS COMMENTS FROM, UH, BOND COUNCIL.
AND THEN THE OTHER ITEMS, I THINK IS JUST FALLING IN THE CATEGORIES OF THE REFERENDUM AND TAKING PRIORITY BASED ON WHAT THE ASSET TYPE B.
SO IF YOU HAVE A SAFE SECURITY ITEM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA BE PRIORITIZED OVER AN ITEM THAT WOULD BE, UH, SAVED SOME SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE TECHNOLOGY, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING, UH, FORWARD WITH THESE ITEMS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.
SO BOND COUNCIL PRETTY MUCH SCRAPPED OUR SUGGESTED ITEMS LIST AS FAR AS EXTRA INVENTORY GOES THAT'S RIGHT.
FOR CAMERAS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND SAID, UM, FIND WAYS TO ACTUALLY SPEND IT ON THE, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
ON IMPROVING THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SOME UPGRADES IN AREAS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THAT.
AND THAT FELL AGAIN WITHIN THE CATEGORY OF THE REFERENDUM ITSELF.
SO THEN THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE MAIN FOCUS HAS BEEN SO FAR.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE GROUP? ALL RIGHT.
MOVING FORWARD TO THE 2023, UH, BOND REFERENDUM, MONTHLY PROJECT UPDATES.
UM, WE STILL HAVE THE YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT ON MARY RIVER, RIVER ELEMENTARY.
WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TODAY, AND I KNOW ROBERT WAS, UH, KIND OF
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S, THERE'S STILL MORE TO GO, BUT, UH, I BELIEVE THERE IS A MEETING SET UP WITH A POA
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OH, WE HAVE SET ONE UP STILL WORKING.IT'S GONNA BE NOT THIS WEEK, BUT NEXT WEEK.
SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME HEADWAY MADE ON THAT, THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE POA.
HOPEFULLY AFTER THAT, WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND JUST MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN START THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION AND GET THE FINAL PERMIT FROM THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
UH, MAY RIVER HIGH WILL JUST SAY THERE ARE NO SURPRISES IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
DID I HEAR, DID I HEAR, UH, DID I HEAR YOU RIGHT? DID YOU SAID THAT THAT THE 8% LIST, IS THAT WHAT YOU, WHEN YOU WERE STATING A MINUTE AGO? NO, NO.
WHICH, WHICH LIST OF BOND COUNCIL? UH, SO REMEMBER I BROUGHT FORTH A LIST OF SUGGESTED ITEMS TO SPEND THE REMAINING REFERENDUM FUNDS ON ENCY FUNDS THAT WERE YES.
THE END OF THE, THAT'S THE LIST THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
NO, SO THE BOMB COUNCIL, WHEN THEY REVIEWED THE LIST, THERE WERE SOME ITEMS IN THERE THAT WERE JUST GONNA BE SURPLUS ITEMS, LIKE WE SAID, SOME EXTRA CAMERAS OR ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FOR CLASSROOMS IN CASE OF SOMETHING WENT RA AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT.
BOND COUNCIL SUGGESTED THAT THAT IS NOT THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING THE FUNDS FOR REFERENDUM, THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON ITEMS THAT ARE LIKE ACTUAL, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE RENOVATIONS OF OUR INTERIOR SPACE, SOMETHING THAT'S MORE TANGIBLE THAT ACTUALLY, THAT YOU CAN, UM, ADD SOME APPRECIATION TO THIS, UH, THOSE VALUES.
SO IT MAKES A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE.
SO GOING BACK, ANYTHING ELSE IN MAY, RIVER ELEMENTARY OR, ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING FORWARD, MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, CTE, UH, AND THE J-R-O-T-C ADDITIONS, SO THE MEZZANINE BEAMS ARE IN PLACE.
ACTUALLY, THEY WERE GONNA BE PUTTING SOME OF THE, UH, STEEL BEAMS THERE, AND THEY, THEY WERE WORKING ON SOME OF THE SPACES TO TRY TO PUT SOME ROOFING OVER, BUT YESTERDAY, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE RAIN, SO THAT, THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO HAPPEN.
BUT IF YOU GO THERE RECENTLY, THE J-R-O-T-C PORTION ALREADY HAS METAL DECK AND THERE'S A LOT OF ROUGHEN INS GOING IN.
UM, AT THE NEW EARLY LEARNING CENTER, UH, FOR BLOOD, THERE IS A PUBLIC READING GOING ON TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING FOR THE REZONE, UH, FOR REZONING.
AND THAT IS SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
THE SDS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RECEIVED BY THE END OF THE QUARTER, I BELIEVE, FROM THE PROJECT MANAGER.
WE MAY BE SEEING THEM HOPEFULLY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH, UH, HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT PROJECT IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT, THAT'S, THERE'S DRYWALL.
EVERYTHING IS, IS COMING TO, TO LIFE IN THAT PROJECT.
SO I ENCOURAGE THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T GONE TO GO AND, UH, POSSIBLY SEE IF THERE'S A CHANCE TO SWING BY.
MAYBE LET THE PROJECT MANAGER OR THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM KNOW THAT YOU'D LIKE TO VISIT THAT PROJECT.
UH, THE NEW LADIES ISLAND ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE, THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC READING TONIGHT FOR THE REZONING, AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE THE FIRST READING.
UH, THERE'S STILL GONNA BE, UH, A COUPLE MORE, BUT FROM THE LAST MEETING THAT OCCURRED, THERE WAS NOT MUCH OF POSITION, IT SEEMED LIKE THERE, EVERYBODY WAS IN FAVOR OF THE EFFORTS TO REZONE THE FACILITY.
UH, THE FINAL SD SUBMITTALS ARE SCHEDULED TO OCCUR AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, SO WE SHOULD BE SEAT LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE ELEMENTARY, UM, LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BECAUSE YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, WE HAD THAT SITUATION BEFORE WHERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BEING A K THROUGH 12.
THAT IS NOT, THAT IS NOT THE INTENT.
I DON'T WANT NOBODY TO SEE THIS IN CALLING ME AND SAY, YOU SAT RIGHT THERE AND DIDN'T SAY NOTHING.
UH, ON THE FINANCIAL UPDATES FOR THE 2023 REFERENDUM AT THE END OF APRIL, UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET STILL REMAINS AT 439.03 MILLION.
THE PAY AND COMMITTED FUNDS TODAY ARE 180 2 0.6 MILLION REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS AT THE END OF THE MONTH, UH, INCLUDING THE CONTINGENCY WHERE 256.44 MILLION, THERE WAS NO CONTINGENCY ACTIVITY TO REPORT FOR THE MONTH.
SO WE STILL REMAIN AT $11.72 MILLION FOR CONTINGENCY, AND THE PROJECT LEVEL CONTINGENCIES REMAIN AT 13 POINT $81 MILLION.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE 23 REFERENDUM UPDATES? ALL RIGHT.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO I'M CLEAR SHOW.
UM, THE 20 20 23 REFERENDUM, UM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS I THOUGHT, AND I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES IN FRONT OF ME, UM, FOR THE WHEEL BRANCH AREA, I KNOW JAMES J. DAVID, WAS THAT 2023, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING LOT.
SO WHERE WE AT ON THE, THAT WE JUST RECENTLY GOT THE CIVIL ENGINEERS UNDER CONTRACT.
SO THEY ARE STARTING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR, UH, PROPOSALS FOR SURVEYING.
ONCE WE REALLY START GETTING SOME MOVEMENT IN THAT, WE'LL
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START REPORTING MORE ON THOSE PUZZLES.ONE WITH THE HVAC AT THE HVAC IS IN THE 8%, UH, UH, PROJECTS, BUT IN EITHER CASE, I MEAN, I'M, I'M GONNA GO TO THAT SECTION.
THE 8% THERE IS WORK THAT'S SCHEDULED TO OCCUR THE SUMMER AT THE SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S WHEN, AS SOON AS THE KIDS LEAVE, OKAY.
AND I KNOW THEY HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE EOC SO THAT THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T DISRUPT ANY OF THOSE AREAS.
IF SOME OF THE HVAC THAT IS BEING DONE IN THERE DOES AFFECT SOME OF THOSE WEIGHTS.
AND ALSO, HOW, HOW ABOUT THE KK TYPE HIGH SCHOOL? THE WHAT? I'M SORRY.
THE K THE K, UH, PROGRAM, THE BEFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF WAITING THE AWARDS FOR THE CM AT RISK CONTRACTOR TO GET ON BOARD.
ACTUALLY, NO, THAT'S BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL.
YEAH, B BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL IS ON BOARD.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE, IT'S, IT'S AT DD LEVELS, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS TO COME ON HAND SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME PRICING FROM THE CMS. UH, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE SEEING STUFF TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH ON, ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT BUDGET.
SO, BUT THAT, THAT PROJECT'S MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
AND IF I'M CORRECT, AND, AND DON'T PUT RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE THE SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL START DOING SOME OF THE WORK THE FOLLOWING SUMMER.
SO 2026 SUMMER, THAT'S WHEN THEY WE'LL BEGIN DOING SOME FAR UP.
I MEAN, THE DESIGN ITSELF TAKES ABOUT A YEAR BETWEEN THAT AND IF YOU GOTTA DO SOME PERMITTING YEAH.
I MEAN, AND THAT'S BEING HOPEFUL TO GET PERMITS IN A 12 MONTH TIMEFRAME.
I MEAN, IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
IT'S
THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY GETS KILLED, THE SITE PERMITTING.
SO MOVING TO THE OTHER PROJECT UPDATES.
RIGHT NOW, NOT MUCH IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, BUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE 20, UH, TO THE SUMMER, THAT'S WHEN I'LL START DOING SOME HEAVY REPORTING BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GONNA DO THE EXECUTION OF A LOT OF THE PROJECTS.
AND THERE IS GONNA BE A LOT IN THIS SUMMER.
UH, SO EVERYBODY'S GEARING UP.
UH, SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE DOING, AND, AND THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA AFFECT THE ST.
HELENA AREA AND SHANKLIN, IT WILL BE THE, YOUR RENOVATIONS TO THE CLASSROOM.
SO THERE'LL BE NOBODY IN THOSE BUILDINGS, BUT LIKE I SAID, ONCE WE START GETTING MORE, UH, UPDATES ON THE CONSTRUCTION, THEN I WILL BRING SOME TO THE, TO THE GROUP.
UH, JUST AS WHAT'S GOING ON CURRENTLY, MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA EXPANSION, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL PROJECT THAT WE HAVE IN CONSTRUCTION, UH, THE STEEL IS COMPLETE.
ROOFING HAS BEGUN, AND ACTUALLY FROM GOING TO THE SITE VISIT OVER THERE, THEY'RE WAITING ON SOME STOREFRONT, UH, GLAZING TO COME TO THE SITE.
ONCE THAT'S IN PLACE, THEY WILL START FINALIZING SOME OF THE ROUGH ENDS AND PUTTING THE CEILING GRID.
SO THAT CAFETERIA EXPANSION IS GONNA, UH, MOVE RIGHT ALONG PRETTY QUICKLY ONCE THAT STOREFRONT ARRIVES, WHICH I BELIEVE SHOULD BE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE OTHER PRODUCT UPDATES? ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN WITH COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE AWARE, THERE WAS A DEDICATION CEREMONY AT THE BEAUFORT MIDDLE SCHOOL TO RENAMED MEDIA CENTER TO THE CAROLINE INGRAM LIFELONG LEARNING CENTER.
THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE 1ST OF MAY, AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.
I MEAN, THE CEREMONY ITSELF WAS, WAS EXCITED.
UM, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, UH, RFPS ARE REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUT THERE ARE THE RFPS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, FOR THE BLUFFTON, UH, HIGH SCHOOL CTE.
AND WE HAVE THE RIVERVIEW CHARTER GYM, UH, RENOVATIONS.
IN ADDITION THAT ARE, ARE ADAM.
UM, WE RECEIVED THE PROPOSALS, AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S A SELECTION COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN, THAT'S BEEN PUT TOGETHER, AND THEY'RE COORDINATING WHEN THEY WILL MEET TO MAKE THOSE SELECTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY, WITH, UH, GRADUATION AND ALL THE TESTING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, THAT PROBABLY WON'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL JUNE.
SO THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME ONCE WE ONCE THE DATA SET.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION UPDATES? ALRIGHT, THAT I'M GOOD.
ANY, ANYBODY ONLINE? ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GOOD.
OH, UH, IN, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF THIS, WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION GET GET DONE, HOW LONG ARE WE TAKING THE PAY PEOPLE USUALLY? SO, FIRST OF ALL, YOU GOTTA GET THE PAY APPLICATION FROM THE CONTRACTOR, BUT USUALLY ONCE WE RECEIVE IT, THE TURNAROUND IS LESS THAN, IT'S USUALLY A MONTH.
I WOULD SAY 45 DAYS IS YOUR TYPICAL TIMEFRAMES, BUT A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS TAKEN ABOUT A MONTH.
ONCE WE RECEIVE THE PAY APPLICATION, ONCE WE RECEIVE THE PAY APPLICATION, WHICH IS IN THE FINAL CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS OR PART OF THE POINT, WELL, NO, NO, NO.
YOU, YOU GET, YOU, YOU GET PERIODIC EVERY MONTH, YOU GET SOMETHING.
AND THEN THE CLOSEOUT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S WHEN YOU FULFILL ALL YOUR RETAIN AND ALL THAT.
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SUPPOSED PAY QUICKLY.THE ONLY THING WE TALKED ABOUT 2019 REFERENDUM, I MEAN, YOU SAID ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS, IT WAS JUST GETTING THE PAY APPS TICK FOREVER.
BUT ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT, FOR US, IT'S, THE CLOCK IS TICKING AND BY CONTRACT WE HAVE TO RELEASE THAT PAYMENT.
OTHERWISE, THERE'S LEGAL IMPLICATIONS TO THAT.
SO IT'S, WE, WE DO A A, WE WORK TO GET THOSE PAY APPS TURN AROUND QUICKLY.
IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH PAY APPS, THE COMMENTS GO BACK TO THE CONTRACTORS AS SOON AS THOSE THINGS ARE REVIEWED, SO THEY CAN GO AND RECTIFY THOSE.
AND AGAIN, AT THAT POINT, YOU PUT IT BACK ON THE CONTRACTOR AND IT'S UNDER COURT AND IT, THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT IT, OTHERWISE THE PAYMENT CAN'T BE RELEASED.
AND WHERE'S THE NEXT CLOCK MEETING? TOMORROW'S THE NEXT CLOCK MEETING AT 6:00 PM AT OK ELEMENTARY.
ALRIGHT, NEXT UP IS 8%, UNLESS YOU'RE OKAY WITH LETTING MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL GO NEXT.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, THE REPORT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE APRIL MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL UPDATE.
UM, I'LL GO THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE, AND THEN I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A HARD BREAK, UM, AT THE END OF CUSTODIAL.
AND THEN AT THE END OF MAINTENANCE FOR QUESTIONS, UH, WE'RE REPORTING INSPECTION NUMBERS THROUGH THE END OF APRIL, BUT TOTAL INSPECTIONS DONE BY VCSD 115 AND
IT ENDS UP THAT COPY IS NOT IN YOUR FOLDER, IT IS ONLINE IN YOUR DOCUMENT.
SO I WAS DOING THE SAME THING LOOKING FOR, AND I REALIZED IT'S NOT.
SO 115 BCSD INSPECTIONS COMPLETED THIS MONTH.
594 COMPLETED BY THE VENDOR TRACKING AT AN OVERALL AVERAGE OF 81, UH, 0.1% ON THE DISTRICT SIDE INSPECTIONS, AND THEN 86.1% ON THE, UH, VENDOR INSPECTION AVERAGES.
GOING DOWN THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE REPORT ON OUR HIGHEST AVERAGES, OUR HIGHEST AND LOWEST FOR EACH VENDOR.
UM, FOR THE BUD GROUP, A, BM, AND INTERSTATE.
OUR HIGHEST AVERAGE, UH, THIS MONTH WAS A NURSE'S OFFICE AND OUR LOWEST AVERAGE, UH, WERE STAIRWELLS.
WE INSPECT A LOT OF STAIRWELLS THAT FELT BELOW OUR, OUR, UH, 88% GOAL THIS MONTH.
MOVING ON TO PAGE TWO OF THE REPORT, WE'RE REPORTING STAFFING PERCENTAGES THROUGH APRIL 30 AS WELL.
UH, OVERALL STAFFING, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE ARE STARTING TO TREND PRETTY CONSISTENTLY, WHICH IS, IS NICE.
WE'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF THOSE, THOSE RED HIGHLIGHTS, LESS YELLOW, ALL THREE VENDORS OVER, UM, OVER 90% STAFFING.
SO THAT WAS A BIG ACHIEVEMENT, UH, AS WELL.
GOING DOWN THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE DEFICIENCIES.
WE DID HAVE DEFICIENCY CATEGORIES REPORTED FOR ALL THREE VENDORS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY, UM, RELATED TO NON-COMPLIANCE OF CLEANING.
SO THIS JUST RELATES TO OUR INSPECTION SCORES.
IF THEY DON'T, UM, PASS THE INSPECTION INITIALLY WITH AN 88%, THEN THAT INSPECTION QUALIFIES FOR RE-INSPECTION.
IF THEY DON'T PASS THAT REINSPECTION WITH AN 88%, THEN THAT DEFICIENCY IS NOTED.
UM, MOVING DOWN THE PAY SECOND, YOU'RE OKAY? YEAH.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT DEFICIENCIES AND THEN RECOGNIZING SUCCESS.
SO THE BIG ONE FOR OUR VENDORS THIS MONTH.
UM, WHAT, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THAT.
UM, OVERALL STAFFING IS TRACKING, UH, GREATER THAN 90%, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANNA SEE.
WE WANNA KEEP THOSE RETENTION LEVELS HIGH.
UM, WE ALL THREE VENDORS WORKED HARD OVER SPRING BREAK.
UM, WE DO OUR TOP COATING, TOP COATING AND WAXING OF OUR VCT FLOORS DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.
IN OUR COMMON AREAS, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO DURING WINTER BREAK.
WE DO THAT SAME, UM, THAT SAME SCOPE DURING SOME, UH, SPRING BREAK.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
UM, WE ALSO TASK BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, WE ALSO TASKED OUR VENDORS.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE REPORT THE NORMAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A FEW EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH.
BUT IF YOU SCROLL THROUGH, WE ALSO TASKED BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE LAST MONTH TO SELECT EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTERS.
SO, UM, SANDRA VENEGAS WAS SELECTED FROM OKT ELEMENTARY
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SCHOOL FOR A BM.WE HAD S ELAINE SCOTT, WHO WAS SELECTED FOR ST.
HELENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THE BUD GROUP.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE LAST RED KAREN, UM, DANCE WHO WAS SELECTED WITH INTERSTATE AT HOME AT HIGH SCHOOL.
SO ALL THREE OF THESE, UH, WERE REPORTED AS THEIR QUARTERLY EMPLOYEE AWARDS.
AND THESE HAVE ALSO, THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE ALSO QUALIFIED PREVIOUSLY AS A MONTHLY EMPLOYEE AWARD.
MOVING DOWN THROUGH THE REPORT, YOU'LL SEE ADDITIONAL, UH, RECOGNITIONS FOR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS, UM, FOR EACH GROUP THEY CAPTURED EITHER PICTURES OF SPECIAL PROJECT WORK OR SOME OF THE RE THE FLOOR REFINISHING THAT WAS DONE OVER OUR SPRING BREAK TIMEFRAME.
SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CUSTODIAL REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO CUSTODIAL? ANYBODY ON THE LINE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GOOD, MR. CHAIR, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I'D LIKE TO JUST, UM, MAKE A COMMENT IF I MAY.
I'LL GET TO IT IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, NOW I DO HAVE A, A QUESTION, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT MAY NOT BE FOR THIS SETTING.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION QUESTION.
SO, YEAH, HONOR, MR. ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING A, UH, END OF YEAR SURVEY WITH PRINCIPALS ON THEIR SATISFACTION, UH, CUSTODIANS LIKE YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST? YES, SIR.
I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE THE TEAM, UH, THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND ET CETERA FOR, UH, CELEBRATING THE, THESE EMPLOYEES.
IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES.
UH, THAT IS A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
SO JUST WANNA SAY, KUDOS EVERYBODY FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO CONGRATULATE AND RECOGNIZE THE EMPLOYEE.
I CAN JUST, AND OUR PLAN IS TO INVITE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE ORDER TO THE BOARD MEETING TO BE RECOGNIZED.
WELL, JUST PART OF THE OPERATIONS REPORT.
WE CAN, UH, CALL 'EM OUT WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART THERE.
AND BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, THE ACCOUNT MANAGERS, THEY ARE INTENDING ON, THE EMPLOYEES ARE PLANNING TO BE THERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SO.
SO, TOTAL WORK ORDERS FOR THIS PERIOD, UM, 23,251.
WE ARE DEFINITELY TRACKING TO BE OVER 24,000 THIS YEAR.
UH, WHICH WOULD SURPASS WHERE WE'VE HISTORICALLY TRACKED, UH, LAST YEAR AS WELL.
UH, 2000 190 ARE WORK IN PROGRESS CURRENTLY.
LOOKING DOWN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE AND PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO OUR COMPLETION, UM, AMOUNTS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE A LITTLE DOWN FROM LAST MONTH.
UM, WE CAME IN AT 2314 FOR THE MONTH FOR COMPLETION.
UH, BUT WE'RE STILL HIGHER THAN OUR PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, SO JUST KIND OF SOME, UM, SOME THOUGHT THERE.
UH, MAINTENANCE INITIATED WORK QUARTERS AS WELL.
WE'RE STILL TRACKING OVER 40%.
WE DID BUMP DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST MONTH.
WE'RE STILL TRACKING OVER 40%.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, THIS PARTICULAR, THIS SPECIFIC, UM, DATA, UM, THAT WE PUT ON HERE IS TO ADDRESS A REQUEST THAT WAS, UH, SOME CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD DURING THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND THAT WHERE WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BACKLOG WORK ORDERS AND WHAT DOES THAT REALLY LOOK LIKE.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE PULLED OUR WORK ORDERS IN PROGRESS.
WE PUT THEM IN BUCKETS OF H CATEGORIES, THEN WE TOOK A LITTLE FURTHER AND DIVIDED IT UP BETWEEN MAINTENANCE AND CONTRACTORS.
SO KEEP IN MIND WE HAVE MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS, AND WE HAVE THE OTHER WORK ORDERS THAT FALL INTO OUR SUBCONTRACT SUBCONTRACTOR CATEGORIES, LIKE OUR PEST CONTROL MANAGEMENT, OUR POND MANAGEMENT SERVICE, OUR GROUNDS PROVIDERS, OUR CUSTODIAL PROVIDERS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO TAKING ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, OUR BUCKETS, WE'RE AT A 13.5% WITH OUR 120 PLUS DAYS AGED.
SO LOOKING INTO THOSE, THAT CATEGORY SPECIFICALLY, 'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD BIT OF TIME TO BE, TO BE OPEN AS A WORK ORDER.
WHAT WE SAW IN THAT ANALYSIS WAS THAT A LOT OF THESE WORK ORDER DELAYS WERE BASED ON WORK ORDERS NEEDING TO BE FORWARDED TO OTHER SUBCONTRACTORS BECAUSE THEY WERE OUTSIDE SCOPE OF WORK OF MAINTENANCE.
AND SO NOW YOU'VE GOT LIKE, UH, TRYING TO GET CON SUBCONTRACTORS OUT THERE AS WELL AS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME THROUGH, WAITING FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO COME SCHEDULE, WAITING FOR FUNDING TO BE APPROVED, YOU KNOW, UH, BUDGETARILY.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE SAW AS FAR AS
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IN THE AGE CATEGORY.THE OTHER THING THAT WE SAW, WHICH WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WHEN OUR, UM, NEW MAINTENANCE CONTRACT COMES ON BOARD, WE CAN START TO A ADDRESS.
THIS IS, THERE IS A DISCONNECT WITH OUR WORK ORDERS IN THE SENSE THAT A LOT OF OUR, UM, SUBCONTRACTORS DO NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO UPDATE THEIR WORK ORDERS.
SO IN THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO MANUALLY REPORT BACK TO SOMEONE IN OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY UPDATE THESE WORK ORDERS STATUSES.
SO THAT'S CREATING OBVIOUSLY QUITE THE DELAY AND GETTING WORK ORDER COMPLETION RATES COMPLETED.
SO, SO WE'RE GETTING A BOTTLENECK AFTER THE, THE WORK IS COMPLETED THROUGH A SUBCONTRACTOR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, YOU'VE GOT THE DATA THERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH SOME OF THE TRENDS OF WHY THESE, UM, THESE ARE GROWING AS FAR AS AGE, MOVING DOWN TOWARDS, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE WORK ORDER, UH, BY CRAFT CATEGORIES.
SO I WILL SAY, I, I JUST WANNA THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR BRINGING UP A QUESTION ABOUT THE BACKLOG ANALYSIS OR, OR BACK OR TASKING US, I WOULD SAY WITH DOING THIS BACKLOG ANALYSIS, BECAUSE WHAT IT DID WAS IT PUT, IT PUT A REDIRECTION BACK ON THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TO REALLY START TO LOOK AT, HEY, WHAT DOES OUR AGING LOOK LIKE? NOT ONLY ARE WE COM HOW ARE WE COMPLETING WORK ORDERS, BUT HOW ARE THEY AGING? SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT ANALYSIS OVER THE LAST MONTH IS THOSE COMPLETED CATEGORIES IN OUR CRAFT CATEGORIES.
YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT BACKLOGS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND WAS WORK ORDERS WERE OUT THERE.
THEY HAD BEEN EVALUATED FOR COMPLETED, BUT THEN THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO EMPLOYEES THAT WERE NO LONGER WITH US, LIKE PREVIOUS PROJECT MANAGERS FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, SUBCONTRACTORS AND SO FORTH.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE TASKED WITH THINGS AS AN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, IT'S ANOTHER THING TO DO.
BUT IN THIS SCENARIO, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD EXERCISE FOR US TO DO.
AND FOR NOW WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH, GONE THROUGH IT AND, AND SO NOW IT'S ALREADY ON THE RADAR THAT WE NEED TO JUST KEEP ON CHECKING IN AND DOING THIS AND REVIEWING AND CLEANING HOUSE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE THOSE CRAFT CATEGORIES FOR COMPLETION.
YOU SEE A LOT OF, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IN LIGHTING, 63 REQUESTS IS 560.
SO THAT WAS, THAT BACKLOG FOR MAINTENANCE HAD TO GO THROUGH AND THEY HAD TO CHECK TO SEE ONE, WHO ARE THE WORK ORDERS SIGNED TO AND WERE THOSE WORK ORDERS COMPLETED.
BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO, UH, CUSTODIAL VENDORS THAT WERE NO LONGER WITH THE DISTRICT.
UM, MOVING DOWN THE PAGE, WE HAD TWO REQUESTS FOR FEEDBACK.
UM, LAST COMMITTEE MEETING FOR BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU'LL SEE THE ONE REQUEST WAS, UM, ADDRESSED AND REPLACE THAT UNIT IS OPERATIONAL.
AND THEN THE OTHER IS SPECIFIC TO THE LIGHTING.
UM, AND WHERE THAT WHOLE PROCESS HAPPENED WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AS FAR AS FROM THE START TO FINISH, STARTED WITH MAINTENANCE, WENT THROUGH MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE, DID THEIR EVALUATION, FOUND THAT IT WAS A 25 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS PROJECT, AND IT WAS NOW TIME TO BRING IN OUR OPERATIONS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO EVALUATE, UH, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT AND START HAVING THE DISCUSSIONS, OKAY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET THIS AS A CAPITAL PROJECT? SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING AS WELL.
OUR TWO TOP TOP CATEGORIES FOR APRIL WAS HVAC AND, UH, GENERAL MAINTENANCE.
THE FIRST, THE FIRST ONE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS HVAC WITH HILTON HEAD, UM, ISLAND SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE ARTS.
SO WE HAD 32 WORK ORDERS THERE.
UH, THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THOSE WORK ORDERS WERE FOR UNITS THAT NEEDED TO BE RESETTED DUE TO FALL SYSTEM CODES.
UH, WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE DID THERE FOR DRAIN PUMPS, UH, REROUTING DRAIN LINES, UM, AND ALSO CLEARING DRAIN PAN.
UH, MOVING TO OUR GENERAL MAINTENANCE, UH, WELL, BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS THE TOP WORK ORDER ACCOUNT FOR, UH, THAT PARTICULAR CRAFT FOR 46.
PLEASE NOTE THAT 16 OF THOSE WERE DUPLICATES.
SO WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN IS SCHOOLS, WHEN IT COMES TO MOVING REQUESTS, THEY WILL PUT IN MOVING REQUESTS AND THEY WILL PUT THOSE MOVING REQUESTS MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO, UM, A LOT OF THESE WERE FOR RELOCATION OF SPECIFIC THINGS IN THE SCHOOL AND OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL, UM, AS WELL AS THEY HAD SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THAT THEY COMPLETED WITH DOOR SWEEPS, LIGHT BULBS, UM, RESETTING WATER FOUNTAINS AND FILTERS.
SO MOVING TO WORK ORDERS ASSIGNED.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE, IF YOU GO DOWN TO WORK ORDER STATUS, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE WERE OVER 50% WITH REQUESTED AND COMPLETED.
UM, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'RE OVER 50% REQUESTING COMPLETED
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AS WELL AS WE WERE OVER 90% WITH, UH, COMPLETED WITHIN THE 14 DAY PERIOD FOR NORTH OF THE BROAD SCHOOLS.THEY DID BRING THEIR COMPLETION RATE AVERAGE DAYS DOWN A LITTLE BIT THIS MONTH AS WELL, WHICH WE ALSO LIKE TO SEE.
AND THEN MOVING TO THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD TOTALS, AGAIN, THEIR REQUESTED AND COMPLETED WERE OVER 50% AT 68% WITH THEIR, UM, COMPLETION WITHIN 14 DAYS OVER 90%.
AND THEIR AVERAGE DAY OF COMPLETION WENT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S STILL UNDER FIVE BUSINESS DAYS.
SO THAT IS, THAT IS GOOD TO SEE.
BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE FEATURE SCHOOL FOR THE BLITZ OF THE MONTH IN APRIL.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE BIGGEST PART, THE BLITZ FOR THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL WERE THOSE STAIRWELLS.
AND IT IS QUITE A CHALLENGE
UM, BUT MAINTENANCE GOT IN THERE, THEY DID IT OVER SPRING BREAK, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, TO REPLACE THOSE LIGHTS IN THE BALLS AND GET THOSE CEILING TILES CHANGED OUT.
SO THAT WAS A PRETTY, PRETTY LARGE PROJECT FOR THEM TO COMPLETE OVER SPRING BREAK.
SO YOU CAN SEE A BM IS STILL, MAINTENANCE WISE, THEY'RE STILL TRACKING ON A 87.5 A PERCENT.
SO WE'VE HAD NO, WE'VE HAD NO CHANGE IN STAFFING.
UM, AS FAR AS MOMENTUM TO, TO, UH, COVER THESE VACANCIES, UM, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AS FAR AS PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THERE WAS A SUGGESTION MADE AT A PREVIOUS OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO OFFER, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT ON SOME OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. SO WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
THEY'VE AGREED THAT, THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DO THAT.
SO THEY'RE WORKING UP SOME SORT OF EMPLOYMENT FLYER, BASICALLY, THAT WE CAN GET THOSE ON SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. UM, THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, THEY'VE BROUGHT THEIR TALENT ACQUISITION REPRESENTATIVE WHO WAS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THIS REGION.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT HER HERE.
SHE'S ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN THEIR SPACE.
UM, SO THEY'VE BROUGHT HER IN A FEW TIMES A WEEK TO TRY TO JUST GIVE MORE FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF TRYING TO STAFF THIS CONTRACT, WHICH THEY, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET MOMENTUM IN DOING SO.
UM, IT'S WHICH VENDOR WAS THAT? THAT'S A BM MAINTENANCE.
UM, AS FAR AS THEIR, THEIR MOMENTS OF SUCCESS, AGAIN, THEY, THEY HAD A PHENOMENAL, UM, SUCCESS AT LEFTON HIGH SCHOOL, UH, WITH THE PROJECT WORK THERE.
THEY WERE SIGNIFICANT IN THE, UH, POWER OUTAGE AT HILTON HEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WE HAD THIS MONTH, UH, WHERE WE WERE DOWN FOR, WE WERE DOWN FOR A DAY, BUT I MEAN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE WRITEUP, I MEAN, IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK AND IT TOOK MAINTENANCE, IT TOOK GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
I MEAN, IT TOOK, I, I DIDN'T EVEN MENTION EVERYONE HERE AT CHUCK, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING AND IT ACTUALLY SHOWED, I PUT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, IT ACTUALLY SHOWED, UM, OUR ABILITY AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO JUST HAVE SOME REALLY PHENOMENAL COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COUNTY.
SO, UH, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS JUST BEACON NOTIFICATION, UM, SYSTEM THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING THROUGH BUFORD, JASPER WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY.
THAT'S A PLATFORM THEY PROVIDE US, AND IT'S STILL, UM, WE'RE STILL SEEING THE BENEFITS OF THAT IN, UM, IDENTIFYING THOSE, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET WATER, WATER SHUT OFF.
YOU CAN SEE I PUT A FEW EXAMPLES IN THERE, UH, OF SOME OF SOME, WITHIN 24 HOURS OR 48 HOURS, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO FIND SOME, SOME WATER WIDE OPEN WATER SOURCES, UM, AT LOCATION.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST COM UH, THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
UH, BUT ROBERT SO GRACIOUSLY SHARED THE SUPPORT AND THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE DURING, UH, THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT.
AND SO I JUST WANNA EXTEND MY SINCERE THANKS, UM, FOR THAT SUPPORT, THE ENCOURAGEMENT, UM, IT, WHAT Y'ALL REALIZE IT OR NOT, IT TRULY DOES REINFORCE THE VALUE OF THE WORK THAT I DO, THAT ROBERT DOES, THAT OUR WHOLE TEAM DOES WHEN WE GET NOT ONLY THE FEEDBACK, UM, WHETHER IT'S POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BUT WE ALSO JUST GET THAT, HEY, ATTABOY, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND WE VALUE WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.
SO, AND THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT THIS MONTH.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I WAS GONNA SAY, THANKS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK TOO, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, OF GOOD, HEALTHY, UH, UH, UH, UM, COM CONVERSATION
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THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS DID, DID, UH, BRING OUT SOME, UH, BRING, BRING, UM, SOME OF THOSE, SO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS DID, IT DID BRING, UH, TO SOME UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT THINGS.THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW TOO.
SO THAT, THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT WE, WE DON'T ALWAYS JUST BEATING THE DEAD, DEAD HORSE.
THAT SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE DO HAVE SOME, SOME, SOME POINTS IN TURN IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
UM, I, I, UH, WELL, I GUESS, UM, I DO HAVE A ONE QUESTION ABOUT, ABOUT A, UM, I AT A PROGRAM THE OTHER DAY, OVER AT THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE CAFETERIA, THE LIGHTS, IT IS LIKE, IT'S DARK IN THERE.
AND, UM, MAYBE WE COULD GET A TO WHEN WE GET A CHANCE THAT WE COULD, UM, COULD CHECK, COULD CHECK ON THAT.
BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK THEY, THEY, THEY SAID THEY, THEY PUT IN A, UM, A WORK ORDER.
OH, WHEN THAT HAS, WHEN THAT COULD HAP COULD HAPPEN OVER THE SUMMER OR SOMETHING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST EXTREMELY DARK.
UH, YEAH, THAT, AND ALSO THE CLOCK AT HIGH SCHOOL, I SURE THAT THE CLOCK AT WHEN YOU GUYS OUTSIDE OF BE HIGH SCHOOL, OH, THERE'S A BIG CLOCK, RIGHT? AND I, AND I, ONE DAY I ASKED, UM, NEXT LADY SAID, HEY, WELL, SHE STOPPED.
SHE SAID, HEY, W WHAT, WHAT TIME IS THAT CLOCK AT? I SAID, I DON'T KNOW.
SO SHE SAID, NEXT TIME YOU COME AND LOOK AT THAT CLOCK.
AND SO I WENT, I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT, THE CLOCK PANIC, THE CLOCK IT BROKE.
WE NEED A BATTERY OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE THEY GOT THE, SAY, GOT THE SAY AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT I MEAN, THESE PARENTS, I GUESS THESE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT A CLOCK LIKE THAT BEHIND YOU.
BUT IT'S THE BIG CLOCK OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL.
YOU OUTSIDE PEOPLE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND APPARENTLY SOMEONE'S A MOTHER, SHE JUST, SHE LOOKS AT THE CLOCK AND OBVIOUSLY THE CLOCK HASN'T BEEN WORK.
SO, SO, SO SHE, SO SHE ASKED ME, HEY, WHAT THE, AT SHE, YEAH, LOOK AT THE CLOCK CLOCK.
NEXT TIME YOU COME IN, LOOK AT THE CLOCK.
IT'S PROBABLY MORE TO REPAIR IT
WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT STATUS CONTRACT.
SO, UM, SO YES, SO, UM, MAINTENANCE SITE VISITS.
SO THERE'S A, IN THIS SOLICITATION, THERE'S A MANDATORY MAINTENANCE SITE VISIT WHERE WE GO AND WE SELECT A FEW SCHOOLS TO GO TO.
UM, WE HAD A PHENOMENAL RESPONSE TO THAT.
SO I KIND OF, UM, SPEAKING IN THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND EVERYONE SAID, OH, WE'LL GET FOUR.
LIKE, WE COULD COUNT IN OUR HEAD, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE THINK WE COULD GET FOUR, THEN SEVEN TURNED UP.
AND, UM, I WAS ABSOLUTELY FLOORED.
I MEAN, THAT WE'VE GOT THAT MUCH INTEREST IN COMPANIES THAT WANNA PARTNER WITH US.
UM, SO WE HAD SEVEN, THE, UM, SOLICITATION ACTUALLY CLOSES TOMORROW ON THE 14TH.
SO, AND WHO'S, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S OUR TIMELINE? IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE US CLOSE TO IT.
IT IT'LL BE IN JUNE BEFORE WE BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.
HOPEFULLY THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE.
BUT, BUT AT LEAST THE SECOND MEETING ACTUALLY, WHAT IS TODAY, HUNTER? YEAH.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE THE SECOND, I WOULD SAY A MONTH FROM, YEAH.
SO VERY, I MEAN, VERY PROMISING.
SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE BOTTLENECK OF, UH, APPROVING BACKLOG, UH, WORK ORDERS, UM, WAS ANYTHING NEW HAS TO BE INSTITUTED? OR WAS IT JUST SOMEBODY SAYING, HEY, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THESE BACKLOG OF APPROVED WORK ORDERS? SO HERE'S, I MEAN, SO HERE'S SOME OF THE DRIVING.
SO ONE, YES, IT'S THAT, IT'S, IT'S THE SECOND PART OF WHAT YOU SAID.
IT'S THE, HEY, WE'RE WATCHING, YOU NEED TO MONITOR THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM BETTER BECAUSE IT'S IN YOUR CONTRACT TO DO SO.
WE'RE DESIGNATED THE ACCOUNTABILITY ON YOU TO DO IT, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
ONE SIDE OF IT, THE OTHER PART OF THIS WAS THERE ARE, UM, SOME MANUAL PROCESSES THAT DRIVE HOW WORK ORDERS ARE COMPLETED IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, WHAT HAPPENS WITH A PIECE OF PAPER IS YOU CAN JUST PRETTY MUCH FIGURE OUT IN YOUR HEAD THE TRACK THAT THAT PAPER'S GONNA TAKE FROM THE PRINTER TO THE SUPERVISOR THAT THEN HANDS IT TO THE TECH THAT THEN GOES OUT IN THE FIELD AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE IT ON THE CLIPBOARD OR IN THE DASH THAT MAY MAKE IT BACK TO THE CLIPBOARD.
THAT THEN MAKES IT BACK TO THE SUPERVISOR TO THEN INPUT THE DATA INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO, AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT HOW MUCH FIELD TIME, HOW MUCH WINDSHIELD TIME DO THEY HAVE?
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UH, SO WHAT THIS WHOLE THING IS ALLOWING US TO DO IS REALLY THINK ABOUT WHEN WE BRING THIS NEW MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR ON, HOW DO WE WANT IT SET UP? WHAT DOES IT NEED TO LOOK LIKE? UM, OUR CURRENT SCHOOL DUDE PLATFORM THAT WE'RE IN IS A LEGACY PLATFORM.SO WE'VE BEEN IN IT FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.
UM, SO THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY EVALUATE THAT PLATFORM AND SAY, OKAY, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, DO WE REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE MOVE FROM PAPER, VERY ANTIQUATED MANUAL PROCESSES TO ELECTRONICALLY ALL OF OUR MAINTENANCE? UH, FIELD TECHNICIANS HAVE SMARTPHONES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO COULD WE MOVE TOWARDS A PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS US, OR ALLOWS THEM TO GET THE WORK ORDER ON THEIR PHONE? I'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DO THIS.
YOU GET THE WORK ORDER ON YOUR PHONE, THAT WORK ORDER POPS UP ON THE SCREEN.
YOU LITERALLY HAVE A TIMESTAMP.
IT'S A LITTLE GREEN BUTTON YOU HIT, THEY HIT IT, THEY CALCULATE THEIR TIME AS THEY'RE WORKING, THEY HIT IT TO STOP IT, AND THEN IT AUTOMATICALLY PUTS THAT TIME ONTO THAT WORK ORDER TICKET.
AT THAT POINT, THEY CAN UPDATE THE STATUS OF THE WORK ORDER, THEY CAN ADD ANY NOTES THEY WANT.
AND SO THINGS ARE GETTING COMPLETED IN REAL TIME VERSUS THE DAYS SOMETIMES THAT IT'S TAKING TO GET A WORK ORDER FROM START TO FINISH.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING IN THE NEW CONTRACT.
AND TO BE HONEST, IF WE WANNA STAY FOCUSED ON DATA AND PROVIDE GOOD DATA AND GO THROUGH THIS ANALYSIS TO KEEP EVERYONE HONEST AND ACCOUNTABLE, WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT MOVE.
WE SPEND MONEY, WE JUST HAVE TO, I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S, WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THAT.
AND THAT'S REALLY TRULY THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT.
AND THEN IT BECOMES A, UH, A, A, A SITUATION OF PULLING INFORMATION INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO PUSH IT.
I'M TELL THE SOONER, UH, MS. BOATRIGHT, RIGHT, ECHO THOSE COMMENTS.
I MEAN, IT IS, IT'S, IT'S BEYOND PASTIME TO GET THIS INFORMATION.
THE ONE THING I'LL SAY IS THAT WE, WE DON'T NEED TO GO FROM, YOU KNOW, THIS 1995 PROCESS WE'RE CURRENTLY USING TO THE 2005 VERSION OF IT.
AND WHAT I'M SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING IS, IS KIND OF MAKING THEIR FIRST FOUR LIKE, LIKE BABY STEPS.
BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE COMING OUT NOW, WHICH ABSOLUTELY ARE GONNA HAVE AI BUILT INTO THEM AND ABSOLUTELY ARE GONNA DO A LOT OF AUTOMATION, YOU NEED TO GET ALL YOUR DATA IN ONE PLACE.
SO AS YOU GUYS EVALUATE THIS, WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THESE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, THEY LOOK FOR THE FUNCTION, THE FUNCTIONALITY, RIGHT? SO YOU WRITE YOUR RFP, WE WANT IT TO DO THIS, THAT, WHATEVER.
AND THEN YOU GO OUT AND YOU FIND ONE.
AND USUALLY PEOPLE FIND THEM AT THESE, YOU KNOW, CONFERENCES OR VENDOR FAIRS OR DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT THE REALITY IS, AND I MENTIONED THIS MANY TIMES, WE'VE GOTTA GET OUR DATA IN ONE PLACE.
AND I THINK BEFORE YOU GUYS GO OUT AND LOOK FOR A TICKETING SYSTEM, WHICH IS VERY RUDIMENTARY, I MEAN, EVERYTHING HAS A TICKETING.
MICROSOFT 365 HAS AN APP BUILT INTO ITS ENVIRONMENT STRICTLY FOR TICKETING.
SO TICKETING SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
WHAT YOU, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS LOOK STRATEGICALLY AT ALL THE SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE PURCHASING, RAPTOR FOR, ATTENDANCE TOWER SCHOOL FOR GRADES, YOU KNOW, OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, AND WE NEED TO GET ON A PLATFORM.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE START TO SWIRL ABOUT AND, AND UNDERSTAND, I THINK WE'RE MODERNIZING SOME HR STUFF.
WE'VE GOTTA GET THIS MORE MODERNIZED.
DON'T GO OUT AND BUY SOFTWARE IN A VACUUM TO SUIT THE NEEDS OF THE SPECIFIC JOB.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A STRATEGIC HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION ABOUT, AND, AND YOU GUYS MIGHT END UP DECIDING THAT YOU CAN ONLY GET WHAT YOU WANT IN A VERY SILOED DATA SYSTEM, BUT ALL THIS DATA NEEDS TO INTEGRATE AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING, AND IT'S GOING VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND THEN ONCE YOU GET THE DATA INTO ONE SPLIT, UH, ONE PL SORRY, LOSING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT, ONE CENTRAL LOCATION, WE CAN BUILD SO MUCH OFF OF THAT.
SO THAT'S MY ONE THING, UM, THAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT MOVING THIS PROCESS FORWARD IS, I THINK IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT, TAKE A BIG LEAP.
DON'T JUST TAKE A NUDGE INTO THE, INTO THE NEXT THING.
MS. GALLES, ARE YOU RECOGNIZING ME? YES.
OH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SUPPLEMENT WHAT MS. BOATRIGHT IS SAYING.
IT MAY BE, UM, SORT OF LIKE A, FOR ME AS A TECHNOPHOBE, NOT A TECHNO FILE.
MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A, A, A MORE EX, WHAT YOU CALL ENTERPRISE TYPE SYSTEM THAT, UH, SORT OF BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER.
SO I'M NOT THE TECHIE THAT SHE IS, BUT I DO SUPPORT THAT OLD, UH, THAT CONCEPT.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? WELL, ONCE OR TWICE TOLD.AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, MS. CRUTCHFIELD IS UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING, SO I AM TAKING HER PLACE AND DOING THIS ALONG WITH NICK
SO REAL QUICK, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH HOW THIS IS PUT TOGETHER AND UM, WE, WE'VE KIND OF GONE OVER SOME OF THIS BEFORE, BUT FOLLOW ALONG THE MEMO.
YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THING, WHERE ARE ALL THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE GOT INFORMATION? WE HAVE ALL THAT LISTED, WHICH CAME FROM, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS FROM THE COMMUNITY PROJECT VIEW COMMITTEE, OUR CONSULTANTS SUCH AS OUR ROOFING CONSULTANTS, THE 2022 FACILITIES ASSESSMENT AND THINGS THAT WERE STILL IN THERE THAT NEEDED TO BE GOT DONE.
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, UH, SOME OF THE LARGER ONES THAT CAME OUT OF THE WORK ORDER LIST.
OUR CAPITAL NEEDS THAT ARE REQUESTED FROM PRINCIPALS, PROJECT MANAGERS, FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS, UM, CUSTODIAL STAFF, ANYONE OF THAT NATURE.
UH, WE HAVE LIFECYCLE REPLACEMENT NEEDS THAT WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF.
A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM THE FACILITIES CONDITION ACCESS ASSESSMENT.
THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT PUTS IN THEIR INPUT ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME RECURRING PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS TRACKS AND PAINTINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO REPLACE, LIKE FE FEET, FLEET VEHICLES AND SCHOOL BUSES AND, UH, MARCHING BAND UNIFORMS AND INSTRUMENTS.
UM, OUR TOTAL PROJECT NEED WHEN WE BROUGHT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN WAS $364 MILLION.
AND LAST TIME IN APRIL, WE BROUGHT A LIST THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY $58 MILLION.
WE DID REQUEST FROM BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WOULD LIKE TO US TO LOOK AT.
AND ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD WAS TO FOCUS ON SAFETY AND SECURITY, SPECIAL ED, FINE ARTS, UM, ASSET PRESERVATION AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE REMODEL.
SO BASED ON THAT, WE STARTED WITH OUR ALMOST $58 MILLION LIST.
UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT CHOICE ONE, IF WE JUST FOCUS ON LIFE SAFETY, SPECIAL ED, FINE ARTS AND BUILDING ASSESSMENT, THOSE ITEMS ARE, UM, ASSET PRESERVATION.
I'M SORRY, THOSE ITEMS ALONE ARE $42 MILLION.
SO THAT'S LARGER THAN OUR $35 MILLION TOPIC.
UH, AND SO TARGET, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IS, WE'LL, EVEN THOSE DOWN, WHAT YOU'LL FIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, THAT LIFE SAFETY, THOSE STAY IN ALL, UM, ALL THE OPTIONS.
UM, THE SPECIAL ED AND FINE ARTS YOU'LL SEE GOING FORWARD, THEY'RE IN ALL OPTIONS, BUT ONE, AND YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF BUILDING SYSTEMS AND ASSET PRESERVATION BECAUSE THERE'S $41 MILLION IN A $35 MILLION BUDGET.
ALRIGHT? SO, UH, THEN IF YOU MOVE ON TO CHOICE TWO, SO THIS KIND OF DEVELOPING THE FRAMEWORK ON UNTIL WE GET DOWN TO THAT $35 MILLION.
SO CHOICE TWO, WE TOOK THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND ALLOCATED ALL OUR RECURRING PROJECTS.
SO THOSE ARE THE PAINTINGS, THOSE ARE THE TRACK REPLACEMENTS.
EVERYTHING THAT'S ON A LIFECYCLE BASIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
ALL OF OUR TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS AND THEN ALL OF OUR HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY A GOOD WAY OF SAYING THOSE ARE ALL OUR NEEDS.
THAT MID, MID CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, FORTUNATELY THAT'S $44 MILLION ALMOST.
SO WE'VE GOTTA WHITTLE IT DOWN FROM THERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CHOICE THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.
THESE ARE ALL GONNA BE AT OUR $35 MILLION TARGET.
AND WE'RE GONNA WHITTLE EACH OF THESE DOWN IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO CHOICE THREE, UM, WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS ALL THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND ALLEGATED AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE IS INCLUDED.
WE SCALE BACK SOME OF THE RECURRING PROJECTS.
WE KEEP TECHNOLOGY FULLY FUNDED AND WE SCALE BACK OUR HIGH PRIORITY ASSET PRESERVATION PROJECTS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN CHOICE THREE? WE'RE KEEPING, UH, THE PAINTING AT BEAUFORT HIGH AND HT MCCRACKEN 'CAUSE THEY'RE SEEN AS SOME OF OUR VERY IMPORTANT ONES THAT NEED TO BE PAINTED.
WE'RE FULLY FUNDING THE ROOF PROJECTS AT HILTON HEAD, MIDDLE, AND BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT THEN WE'RE ONLY PARTIALLY FUNDING SCA.
NOW, AS I GO THROUGH THESE, IF YOU WANTED TOWARDS THE BACK, OR I ACTUALLY, EACH OF THESE CHOICES ARE
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BROKEN DOWN IN DETAIL.SO SEE WHAT ITEMS ARE INCLUDED.
I'M GONNA TALK RIGHT NOW JUST IN GENERALITIES.
CHOICE FOUR, THE NEXT $35 MILLION TARGET.
UM, AGAIN, THIS DISTRICT
WE'RE FULLY FUNDING TO YOUR RECURRING PAINTING AND OTHER PROJECTS.
WE'RE FULLY FUNDING TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE'RE SCALING BACK THE HIGH PRIORITIES EVEN MORE.
UM, YOU, YOU'RE, UH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE THE ROOFING PROJECTS.
THERE ARE FOUR BIG ROOFING PROJECTS.
SO HILTON HEADS SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE ARTS AND BLUFFING HIGH HAVE COME OUT COMPLETELY.
UM, YOU STILL HAVE HILTON HEAD, MIDDLE, AND, UM, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? HILTON, MIDDLE AND BLUFF.
MIDDLE
THE MIDDLE ARE THE TWO ROOFING PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED.
UM, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON, ON THAT IN THAT THE DISTRICT OFFICE IS FULLY FUNDED AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
YOU KIND OF HAVE TO, THE RECURRING PROJECTS ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED.
TECHNOLOGY IS PARTIALLY FUNDED TO A $2 MILLION CAP.
AND THEN THE HIGH PRIORITY ROOFING AND ALL THOSE ARE FULLY FUND, I'M SORRY, TECHNOLOGY IS PARTIALLY FUNDED.
RECURRING IS PARTIALLY FUNDED, HIGH PRIORITY IS FULLY FUNDED.
UM, SO THE PAINTING IS ONLY FOR THE BEAUFORT HIGH AND 18 MCCRACKEN.
BUT ALL FOR ROOFING PROJECTS ARE FULLY FUNDED.
AND THEN WE'VE CREATED THIS NICE LITTLE GRAPH AT THE BOTTOM THAT SHOWS YOU THE IMPACT OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT FUNDING WAYS, UH, FOR EACH OF THESE.
SO YOU SEE CHOICE TWO, EVERYTHING IS FULLY FUNDED, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THOSE PLAY OUT AT THE BOTTOM.
CHOICE THREE, YOU SEE THAT WE'VE REMOVED, UM, A LITTLE OVER 5 MILLION IN ROOFING PROJECTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW ALL THAT FALLS.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS ONE WE'RE NOT FUNDING THE SPED AND FINE ARTS.
AND WE HAVE SOME, UH, ROOFING THAT'S BEEN REMOVED, BUT WE ARE FULLY FUNDING TECHNOLOGY AND, UH, THIS BUILDING.
AND THEN CHOICE FIVE YOU SEE THERE THAT WE'VE TAKEN AWAY ALMOST 7 MILLION, 7.4 MILLION IN TECHNOLOGY AND 3.1 IN PAINTING.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL STOP AND TAKE, I'LL SEND ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE TO NICK TO ANSWER.
HE'S MORE OF AN EXPERT ON HOW ALL THIS IS LAID OUT.
QUESTIONS, COMMON CONSENT, THOUGHTS? I'LL START OFF RIGHT.
I THINK ROOFING, IF YOU DON'T KEEP UP WITH ROOFING, YOU HAVE MORE AND MORE PROBLEMS. I CAN, I CAN WAIT ON A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
BUT IN THIS CLIMATE, IN THIS AREA, ROOFING, JUST IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T KEEP UP WITH IT, GET BEHIND A COUPLE PROBLEMS. ONE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DAMAGE.
TWO, YOU WILL HAVE A BIGGER BUDGET.
A AND YOU'LL HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING ENOUGH CONTRACTORS TO GET IT DONE IN OUR SUMMERS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS.
SO I WOULD JUST TELL YOU, AND, AND I, I, I REALLY THINK THAT, UH, ROOFING HAS TO BE FUNDED, IS MY OPINION.
UH, MR. DALLAS? YEAH, I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP.
UH, I DIDN'T KNOW THE, UH, CHAIR WAS THE, UH, COLONEL CHAIR WAS GONNA SAY THAT, BUT I AGREE WITH THE ROOFING.
UH, I THINK IT SORT OF EXACERBATES THE LONGER YOU DEVELOP, THE LONGER YOU DELAY ON THE TECHNOLOGY.
GOING BACK TO OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION AND THE PROPOSAL MADE BY MS. BOATWRIGHT, I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULDN'T BE WORTHWHILE FOR US TO SORT OF HOLD THE REINS ON TECHNOLOGY FOR THE NEAR TERM FOR A YEAR AND REALLY LOOK AT WHERE THE EFFICIENCIES COULD BE GAINED FROM REALLY SUPERB USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SUPERB, UH, PURCHASING OF TECHNOLOGY THAT GIVES US THAT EFFICIENCY.
AND THEN WE COULD, LET'S BEEF THAT UP, UH, WITH PROBABLY SOMETHING NEW AND, AND WOULD BENEFIT ALL.
THANK YOU, MR. SMITH, YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT SOME OF THESE, UH, HIGH PRIORITIES ARE, ARE IN TERMS OF, IN TERMS OF, UH, IF YOU FLIP BACK FURTHER IN THE, UH, IT'S EVERYTHING IN PURPLE ARE THE HIGH PRIORITIES.
THEY'RE BROKEN OUT BY SECTION.
SO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO, AND ALSO I'D SAY, SO IF
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YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, WE CAN GO THROUGH THESE DETAIL, UM, AND ALSO SAY, SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT, NOT FUNDING IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA FUND THAT.UM, SO, UH, IS THERE A CHO ONE OF THESE CHOICES YOU'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT? WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF GRAVITATING TOWARDS CHOICE THREE OR FIVE.
LET'S, UM, I GUESS, UH, IF YOU GO TO CHOICE TWO, IT'S GOT EVERYTHING LISTED IN IT.
THAT'S OVER OUR 35 MILLION, RIGHT? YEAH, IT IS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT LIKE THE HIGH PRIORITIES ARE FULLY AND WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS FULLY.
SO IF YOU GO TO PAGE 11, UM, HIGH PRIORITIES THERE, YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM YOU'VE GOT, UM, A NEW SOUND SYSTEM AT BLUFFTON, ECC, YOU HAVE A ROOF REPLACEMENT AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, A ROOF REPLACEMENT AT BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, AN HVAC SYSTEM AT BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, ISD SPACE IMPROVEMENTS AT, UH, THIS BUILDING.
SO REMEMBER YOU FUNDED THE PURCHASE OF THE HVAC, BUT YOU HAVEN'T FUNDED THE INSTALLATION AND THE WORK IN THAT AREA.
UM, UH, THERE'S SOME PLUMBING IN THE PRE-K CLASSROOMS. FOR A PRE-K CONVERSION.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN THIS SUMMER.
WE HAVE TO ADD HOT WATER TO ALL THE PRE-K CLASSROOMS. THAT'LL BE OVERSEEN BY PSS.
THERE IS A-H-V-A-C HEAT EXCHANGER REPLACEMENTS IN TWO LOCATIONS.
UH, BUS FLEET DVR IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THAT, LIKE, IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO TECHNOLOGY, BUT OUR BUS CAMERAS ARE FAILING.
WHAT HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES WE GO TO PULL THE DVRS OR THEY'RE AGE, THEY'RE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD.
SO WE NEED TO REPLACE THOSE SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE CAMERAS ARE RECORDING, UM, ALL THE TIME.
AND OF COURSE, THE, THE CAMERAS ARE AGING.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THE H TWO ITEMS ARE.
REPLACEMENT, H-V-H-H-E MCCRACKEN, UH, A SPECIAL EDUCATION OUTDOOR AREA WITH CENTURY.
UM, HILTON HAD CREATIVE ARTS, UH, SOUND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT.
HILTON HAD MIDDLE SCHOOL ROOF REPLACEMENT.
UH, HILTON HAD SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS, ROOF REPLACEMENT, MC RILEY, UH, FLOODED PARKING LOT, DRAINAGE ISSUES.
MOSSI OAKS, HVAC, PLACEMENT FOR ROYAL FIRE PANEL REPLACEMENT.
AND BY THAT FIRE PANELS IN ALL OPTIONS, UH, 'CAUSE THAT KIND OF NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
UH, WELL BRANCH SPED CLASSROOM AND CENTURY ROOM CONVERSION.
WELL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL PA SYSTEM IN THE CAFETERIA IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S LISTED AS ALL HIGH PRIORITIES.
MARK, DO YOU WANNA RUN THROUGH YOUR TECHNOLOGY ITEMS, MS. T WRIGHT? THANKS.
I WAS GONNA MAKE SOME OF THE SAME POINTS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY THING, I, I AM PUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE US TO BE STRATEGIC IN THE ACQUISITION OF SOFTWARE AND THINK OF HOW TO HAVE A, A DATA STRATEGY.
THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S IN THE, THE NUMBER OR IN OUR 8% IS LIKE THE DEVICES.
WE CAN'T REALLY, YOU NEED TO BE ON A FIVE YEAR REFRESH PLAN FOR THAT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, BECAUSE THEY AGE OUT.
UM, AND WE ALSO GET E-RATE FUNDING.
AND SO I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT POTENTIALLY MOVING TECHNOLOGY INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
'CAUSE SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL COME BACK.
SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN REALLY, NOR DO I THINK WE SHOULD, EVEN THOUGH I'M A, UM, ADVOCATING FOR MORE STRATEGIC FOCUS ON, ON TECHNOLOGY PULL MONEY OUTTA TECHNOLOGY.
WE ARE VERY MUCH A ONE-TO-ONE DISTRICT AND WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, BACK AWAY FROM THAT.
SO I WOULD HESITATE, MARK KNOWS BETTER THAN I DO, UM, ABOUT THAT.
BUT MY CONCERN, UH, WITH THE TECHNOLOGY BEING STRATEGIC IS JUST MAKING STRATEGIC PURCHASES ON THE SOFTWARE AND GETTING EVERYTHING TO INTEGRATE.
WE GOTTA KEEP UP THE HARDWARE.
I CONCUR WITH THE KERNEL ON THE ROOF.
I ALSO WILL SAY HVAC, Y'ALL IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT HAS ALMOST COST US TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY, YOU'RE LIKE, I CANNOT TEACH IN 88 DEGREE WEATHER.
WE LIVE IN A CLIMATE WHERE AFTER OF THE YEAR IT'S UNTENABLE TO BE INDOORS WITHOUT AC FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR MOST KIDS.
SO I THINK ROOFING, HVAC, IRONICALLY, THE THING THAT I'LL SAY I THINK WE MIGHT ALMOST NEED TO PAUSE ON AND BE STRATEGIC ABOUT, AND I NEED YOU GUYS TO HEAR ME OUT ON THIS, IS SOME OF THE FINE ARTS INVESTMENTS BECAUSE WE NEED TO BUILD THE PEOPLE AND WE DON'T JUST NEED TO BUY THE STUFF.
I KNOW THERE ARE CLOSETS FULL OF DEFUNCT BAND EQUIPMENT THAT COULD BE CLEANED UP AND REPAIRED.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE BOARD OF THE SYMPHONY THAT THE SYMPHONY HAS OFFERED TO TAKE THAT OUT.
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IN SAVANNAH WHO COULD LOOK AT SOME OF THAT.AND I DON'T WANNA BUY BAND UNIFORMS FOR A BAND THAT DOESN'T EXIST, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE, UM, FROM PAST CONVERSATIONS, LIKE THIS IS SORT OF AN ONGOING, UH, RECURRING THING.
I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT WE SHOULD BE S SINKING A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY INTO THE EQUIPMENT AND THE UNIFORMS WITHOUT HAVING THE TEACHERS
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, IF WE WERE GONNA KIND OF PAUSE SOMETHING, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE UTILIZATION.
LIKE I, I WAS JUST GLANCING THROUGH THERE, THE, THE YELLOW GYM ITSELF, UH, THE SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE ARTS, UM, HOW MANY PLAYS ARE THEY PUTTING ON? HOW MANY GYMS ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW ARE WE USING THAT? LET'S LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE BANDS? HOW MANY UNIFORMS DO WE ACTUALLY NEED? BECAUSE, UH, WHICH IS IS A FUNNY SIDE STORY.
I WAS TELLING SOMEONE THAT THE FIRST GRADUATION I WENT TO AT HILTON HAD WITHIN 2013 WHEN MY DAUGHTER PLAYED IN THE ORCHESTRA.
AND MY SON WHO'S GRADUATING THIS YEAR SAID HILTON HAD HIGH, HAD HAD AN ORCHESTRA.
LIKE IT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.
SO WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING USED, AND THEN WE NEED TO INVEST MONEY IN THE HUMAN CAPITAL AND MAYBE WE CAN PULL BACK ON SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD, THE HARD GOODS UNTIL WE GET THE HUMAN CAPITAL BUILT UP.
'CAUSE KIDS DON'T CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE UNIFORM IF NO ONE'S IN THE BAND.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
I WOULD NOT, UH, SUPPORT, UM, OPTION FIVE.
UH, WHERE THE, WHAT SCHOOLS NEED MANUAL FORMS BECAUSE JUST TO, JUST TO RESPOND, RESPOND BACK TO HER.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE SCHOOLS WHO, UH, DO HAVE BANDS.
AND SO THEREFORE WE SHOULD NOT LET THOSE KIDS, UH, NOT HAVE UNIFORMS AND THEY, AND THEY REPRESENT BEAUFORT COUNTY.
SO, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE, I HAVE MAYBE TWO, TWO, UH, DECENT BANDS.
SO I MEAN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ONE, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE DO HAVE AND ATTEND TERMS. WE CAN'T JUST TELL 'EM, HEY, JUST BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE FEEL, WE FEEL THAT WE COULD SPEND THE MONEY ON SOMETHING ELSE DIFFERENT THAT WE DON'T VALUE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS DO HAVE FEELINGS AND THEY DO, THEY DO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE UNDERVALUED.
SO, UH, I WOULD COGNIZANT, UH, US TO UNDERSTAND WHICH, WHICH ONES THEY ARE IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT, WHAT VENUE FORMS ARE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO I, MR. NAY, WOULD YOU MIND IF I RESPONDED TO THAT FOR JUST ONE SECOND? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN ACCUSE ME OF UNDERVALUING THE ARTS OR UNDERVALUING KIDS IN THE ARTS.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE NEED A UTILIZATION REVIEW BECAUSE GREAT, IF BEAUFORT HIGH'S GOT A BUNCH OF KIDS AND THEY NEED A BUNCH OF UNIFORMS, WE SHOULD BUY 'EM.
BUT I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF INSTRUMENTS THAT THROUGH DISUSE COULD BE PICKED UP AND REPAIRED.
SO TO CONTINUE TO BUY THAT WITHOUT DOING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, I THINK IS NOT THE SMARTEST MOVE WE COULD BE MAKING.
BUT IT IS NOT, I, I DON'T UNDERVALUE NOR DO I NOT SUPPORT KIDS IN THE ARTS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AN UNFAIR ASSESSMENT.
WELL, WELL, WELL JUST, JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT, UH, TO, TO BE, TO BE CLEAR, MS. ALBO, RIGHT? I, I WANT, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE DONE THAT PRIOR TO BRINGING THIS, BRINGING THIS TO US, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T IMAGINE THAT THE OPERATIONS WOULD, UH, NOT DO WHAT YOU SAID THAT THEY'VE DONE, UH, WHICH WOULD BE THEIR HOMEWORK BEFORE BRINGING THIS TO US.
SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I DO, I DO, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT I'VE DEALT WITH A COUPLE OF BANDS IN, IN THIS, IN THIS COUNTY, AND I'VE HEARD, UH, KIDS SAY THAT Y'ALL DON'T CARE ABOUT US.
AND IN TERMS OF Y'ALL AS BOARD MEMBERS.
AND I REMEMBER ONE, I REMEMBER ONE BY ONE BOARD MEETING, WE HAD A BAND COME HERE AND THEY, AND THEY PLAYED OUTSIDE AND, AND, AND IT WASN'T, THEY WASN'T THE BEST WEATHER.
AND THOSE KIDS FELT NOT WHEREABOUT.
SO I, I'M JUST SAYING, I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM, UH, FROM, FROM THOSE, FROM THOSE LENS, UH, JJJJ, UH, J JUST TO BE CLEAR.
BUT, UH, WE, WE, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE ON.
IF, IF I CAN'T, JUST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION A LITTLE BIT, NICK, IF YOU'RE THERE, UM, WHAT IS OUR RECURRING CYCLE FOR VAN UNIFORMS? I DON'T, I CAN'T, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT'S SEVEN, EIGHT, OR 10 YEARS, I BELIEVE IT IS ON A EIGHT YEAR CYCLE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME.
SO I, I THINK IT IS IT, I WAS, COULDN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS SEVEN OR EIGHT.
SO OUR BAND UNIFORMS GO THROUGH AN EIGHT YEAR CYCLE.
AND THEN OUR INSTRUMENTS COME FROM, UM, THE ISD DEPARTMENT, UH, MS, UH, KAREN MCKINZIE, MCKINZIE WILL DO A SURVEY OF THE NEEDS OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND COME TO US A LIST OF WHETHER IT'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL OR WHO NEEDS INSTRUMENTS AND HOW MUCH, UH, THEY NEED FOR INSTRUMENTS.
SO, UM, THAT'S OUR SOURCES AND HOW WE DO UNIFORMS AND INSURANCE.
YOU WANNA TIME MAYOR, UH, SPEAK? SURE.
UM, SO YEAH, I WANTED TO AGREE WITH MS. BOATWRIGHT.
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IS COMPLETELY, THAT IT IS THE BACKBONE OF THE NETWORK.UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UPSS, WHICH ARE UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLIES THAT PROVIDE BATTERY BACKUP AND POWER CONDITIONING.
UH, WHEN THE POWER DIES, IT HOLDS THE POWER UNTIL THE BACKUP GENERATOR CAN, CAN CUT ON.
UM, WE HAVE SERVERS OUT IN EACH SCHOOL THAT HANDLES FUN FUNCTIONS LIKE PRINTING, UM, DHCP HANDOUT.
UM, THIS IS ALSO DATA CENTER GEAR.
SOME OF OUR STORAGE SYSTEMS BACK IN OUR DATA CENTER.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO DATA CENTERS.
ONE NORTH OF THE BROAD, ONE SOUTH OF THE BROAD.
UM, AND THIS IS ALSO NETWORK SWITCHING AND ACCESS POINTS.
UM, AND AS MS. BOATWRIGHT WAS SAYING, THIS IS VERY KEY TO US.
'CAUSE ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS WHEN WE MAKE THIS PURCHASE, WE GET E-RATE REIMBURSEMENT.
NOW IT DOES TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET THAT MONEY BACK, BUT OUT OF A $5 MILLION SPEND, WE'LL GET ABOUT 3.2 OR 3.3 MILLION BACK.
UM, SO WE DO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY BY FOLLOWING THESE FIVE YEAR STANDARDS AND UTILIZING ANY FEDERAL FUNDING WE CAN.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO SOME STUDENT DEVICES IN THIS MONEY AS WELL TO MAINTAIN OUR ONE-TO-ONE PROGRAM.
UH, AND, AND, AND I DO HEAR WHAT MR. SHOHAN IS SAYING, UH, BUT I, I DO AGREE WITH MR. WITH MR. UH, DALLAS.
I BELIEVE THAT AT TO SOME DEGREE, IF WE COULD, UH, I'M SURE WE COULD CUT THE FAT ON, ON, ON SOMETHING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MAY BE.
UH, IN, IN TERMS I REMEMBER, UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, I WAS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING NOT LONG AGO.
WE WERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEM, UH, I THINK IT WAS A BUDGET WE WERE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF AS BUDDY TALKING ABOUT DOUBLING DOWN ON THE, ON THE BUDGET AND KIND OF HA HAVING THEM TO, UH, EVEN CC WHAT THEY COULD CUT.
AND, AND, AND I, I WOULD SAY I WOULD, IT WOULD BE NICE TO, I INJECT THAT SAME THING HERE, EVEN THOUGH HE, EVEN THOUGH YOU SAID THAT WE NEED, UH, UH, ALL THIS STUFF.
I, I THINK IT WOULD BE NOW TOWARDS NEED VERSUS ONE WHERE WE COULD SAVE MONEY AND WHERE WE COULD GET SOMETHING MAYBE NEXT YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR.
I, I THINK THAT, UH, I WOULD STILL CHALLENGE TO, I WOULD STILL CHALLENGE THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHERE, WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY SPEND SOME CUTTING, UM, TO, TO, TO, UH, TO, TO BRING, TO BRING, TO BRING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN SO THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY PUT, PUT IT IN OTHER PLACES THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT POSSIBLY MAY, MAY NEED, MAY NEED FUNDING.
AND ALSO, UM, AS I POINTED OUT TO THE, UH, BOARD AT, AT ONE OF THE PRIOR BOARD MEETINGS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, TEACHERS WERE TALKING ABOUT KIDS DON'T KNOW HOW TO, UH, KIDS DON'T KNOW HOW TO TIE TO TAKE TIME.
KIDS DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PAPER AND PENCIL.
I THINK THIS WOULD ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, TO KIND OF GET BACK TO OUR WORK, OUR WAY TO ALSO INVOLVING, UH, INVOLVING THAT PROCESS INTO OUR DAILY, OUR, OUR DAILY OPERATIONS AS, AS A DISTRICT.
SO, UM, I, I JUST WOULD, I JUST WOULD, WOULD SEE WHAT COULD BE CUT, UH, THESE VERSUS ONCE TAKING ANOTHER, ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT COULD, WHAT COULD WE POSSIBLY GET BY WITHIN THIS YEAR, UH, VERSUS NEXT YEAR.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS ONLINE? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GRAVITATING MORE TOWARDS CHOICE THREE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT DOES UNDERFUND THE ROOFING A LITTLE BIT.
UM, CUTS, UH, IT CUTS OUT MONEY FROM PAINTING.
UM, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, I MEAN, IF, IF, IF, IF THE, THE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT STRONG ABOUT IT, THE 723,000, UH, FOR SP AND FINE ARTS, UH, WE CAN APPLY THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I MEAN, IF IT'S SP AND FINE UNKNOWN ONE UMBRELLA, UM, I, I'LL BE SPREAD THAT.
UH, I, I DON'T WANT TO UNDERFUND THE SPED, UM, AT, AT, AT ALL.
UH, BUT IF, I MEAN, WE, UH, AS A COMMITTEE AGREE, UM, WE'RE FULLY FUNDING TECHNOLOGY.
WE GOT MOST OF THE ROOFING THERE, UH, S IS STILL GETTING FUNDED.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, WE GOT, UH, MS. BOATWRIGHT SAID, UH, CHOICE FIVE WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED BY HER.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ROOFING FOR CHOICE FOUR IS WAY UNDERCUT.
UH, SO CHOICE THREE IS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT.
WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE CLOSE TO WHAT WE WANT.
CAN YOU GO BACK AND FIGURE IT OUT AGAIN? BECAUSE I, I DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
I WOULD RATHER BE ONE AND DONE WITH THIS MEETING AND, AND INSTEAD OF PIECEMEALING AND, AND, AND TRY TO SEND IT BACK TO, TO THE DRAWING BOARD AGAIN.
SO, ARE WE IN AGREEMENT TO CHOICE THREE? ANYBODY, UH, HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS AGAINST CHOICE THREE? WELL, CHOICE THREE WOULD CUT SPED OUT AND YOU KNOW, SPED IS CHOICE THREE IS NOT CUT BED.
WHAT IT CUTS OUT IS SOME OF YOUR PAINTING, ROOFING AND, AND A PORTION OF YOUR ROOF.
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BUILDING ONE PORTION, FOUR ROOFS.YOU'RE DOING, UH, TWO AND A HALF.
SO WHAT? AND, AND, AND, AND CHOICE THREE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD FED, WHAT WOULD SPED FALL UP ON? SEE, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART RIGHT HERE, THIS IS AN EASY WAY TO SEE IT.
OKAY, NOW SEE IT, I'M LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, CHOICE THREE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT SPED AND FINE ARTS IS 723,000.
SO THAT STAYS FULLY FUNDED, RIGHT? UM, 'CAUSE CHOICE TWO IS EVERYTHING FULLY FUNDED, BASICALLY.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR EVERYTHING.
YOU MUST ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, I THINK CHOICE OF EVERYBODY THAT SETS BEEN INPUT CHOICE THREE, OFFENDS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO SUPPORT CHOICE THREE? I MOVE THAT THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVED CHOICE THREE LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO TAKE TO THE FULL BOARD FOR FFY 27, 8% FUNDING APPROVAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? UH, SO, BUT IN, IN CHOICE TWO, CHOICE TWO IS, IS TOO MUCH MONEY.
SO IT'S NOT WITHIN YOUR $35 MILLION CAP THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO STABLE.
SO WHAT CHOICE TWO SHOWS EVERY CHOICE FULLY FUNDED, BASICALLY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE TALKING.
SO NOW THAT'S WHY WOULD WE BRING, WHY WOULD WE, WHY WOULD WE BRING THAT AS A CHOICE THEN? WELL, IT'S KIND OF TO SHOW YOU HOW IT STARTS WITH EVERYTHING FULLY FUNDED AND THEN CHOICE THREE AND FOUR TAKES IN PARTS OUT OF THAT.
SO IT SHOWS YOU WHAT CHOICE YOU GOTTA MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT YOU DON'T WANNA FULLY FUND.
BASICALLY, IF WE HAD THE MONEY, WE DO IT.
AND, AND I DON'T WHAT YOU GOTTA REC.
SO PAINTING, I WOULD SAY IS NOT A, IS NOT A, I I THINK IT'S A GOOD CHOICE TO MAKE.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE IS WE THEN HAVE TO GO TELL SOME SCHOOLS THAT YOUR PAINTING'S GONNA GET PUSHBACK AND WE'RE GONNA GET SOME PUSHBACK.
AND YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS, I HOPE Y'ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE GET PUSHBACK THAT WE CAN'T FUND THAT.
SO THAT'S, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD CHOICE.
I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD SAY IF I WANNA SUPPORT, I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT, UH, SUPPORT THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, BEAVER HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, BE, I THINK BEAVER HIGH SCHOOL IS IN CHOICE THREE.
SO LOOK IS GETTING YEAH, YEAH.
WHAT YOU, I CAN TELL YOU THE ONES THAT AREN'T GETTING FUNDED, HOWEVER, OR NICK, CAN I CALL ON YOU TO GO THROUGH THE PAINTING JOBS THAT WILL NOT GET FUNDED? AH, ACTUALLY IT'S ON PAGE 15.
SO, UH, WHAT DOESN'T GET FUNDED IS THE ENTIRE PAINTING OF BLUFFTON, ECC, UH, ROOF REPLACEMENT OF BLUFFTON HIGH, FOUR DOORS OF BLUFFTON, MIDDLE FOUR, UH, CORRIDORS AT HILTON.
HAD ECC CORRIDORS AT HILTON HAD MIDDLE, UH, YOU ONLY GET PART OF YOUR ROOF AT SCA JJ DAVIS, UH, CORRIDORS DOES NOT GET PAINTED.
LADIES ISLAND L ENTIRE BUILDING DOES NOT GET PAINTED COURT.
HELENA, UH, ECC CORRIDORS, WELL BRANCH L ENTIRE BUILDING, WELL BRANCH, MIDDLE, UM, CORRIDOR.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS ALL THOSE WILL GET PUSHED TO NEXT YEAR.
AND I DO WANNA NOTE, 'CAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS INTERNALLY AS OF RIGHT NOW, NEXT YEAR HAS $160 MILLION IN PROJECTS IN IT OF THAT IS A, IS A SCHOOL, 'CAUSE Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT, KIND OF MOVING THAT OUT MAYBE INTO A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
AFU A RENOVATED SCHOOL AND A REPLACEMENT SCHOOL AT FU, WHICH IS ABOUT 80 MILLION OF THAT 160.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE, THERE'LL BE ABOUT 80 MILLION IN PROJECTS FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA ADD ANOTHER 9 MILLION ON TOP OF THAT.
SO LET'S JUST SAY THERE'S 90 MILLION.
SO KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST PUSHING THE CAN.
I MEAN, THERE'LL BE HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE NEXT YEAR.
AGAIN, FOR THOSE PAINTING THAT WE PUSH OFF, PROBABLY NEED TO BE A PRIORITY NEXT YEAR.
'CAUSE THEY'VE STRETCHED A YEAR BEYOND OUR SERVICES.
SO THIS POINT IS MORE IMPORTANT.
PAINTING OR, UH, OR ROOFS? NO, I THINK, I'M NOT SAYING I'M JUST REC I'M JUST KIND OF LAYING THE FRAMEWORK ON WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE.
NO, I THINK IT WAS, OH, GO AHEAD.
UM, I, I, YEAH, I LOOKED AT FIVE AND, UH, GOING BACK TO MS. BOATWRIGHTS EARLIER COMMENT ABOUT REDUCING TO
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JUST THOSE STRATEGIC THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO, UH, CURRENT NEEDS AND SPENDING THE NEXT YEAR REALLY LOOKING AT, UH, TECHNOLOGY STRATEGICALLY.UH, AND I THINK THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO STILL DO THE, 'CAUSE I THINK IN FIVE, MOST OF THE ROOFS WERE COVERED.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF VERY IMPORTANT.
NICK, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? DID I SAY SOMETHING INCORRECTLY? NO, UH, IT WAS ONE SMALL ADDITION, BUT YOU'RE GOOD.
THE MOTION ON TABLE IS FOR CHOICE THREE.
THE OTHER DISCUSSION ON CHOICE THREE, DOES THIS HAVE TO BE DECIDED TONIGHT? I WOULD SAY IF IT DOES NOT GET DECIDED TONIGHT, I WOULD BE WANTING TO REQUEST ANOTHER MEETING AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT GO TO THE BOARD BY NO LATER THAN THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE.
IF IT GETS DECIDED TONIGHT, IT'LL GO TO THE MAIN MEETING.
CAN WE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADD IT TO LIKE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO HAVE PEOPLE GIVE LIKE A WEEK TO LOOK OVER? WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE AGENDA SET FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WELL, IT WOULD COME OUT OF YOUR OPERATIONS REPORT AS A MOTION.
IF YOU GET A MOTION THAT PASSES TONIGHT, IT'LL COME OUTTA OPERATIONS AS A YEAH, IF IT PASSES.
IF THEY WANNA, IF YOU WANNA DELAY IT, IT IT, RIGHT.
IT'LL HAVE TO GO ANOTHER MEETING.
I, I WOULD REQUEST AN OPERATIONS MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THE JUNE MEETING TO, TO GO OVER WHATEVER YOU, AND, AND IN THE PAST WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE GENERALLY DONE THAT BECAUSE, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY HOT SUBJECT AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE EVER CAME IN ON, ON, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER CAME IN AND ACTUALLY MADE A DECISION BASED ON THE FIRST NIGHT.
WE KIND OF LOOKED IT OVER, I THINK A COUPLE TIMES WE'VE, UH, HAD AN ADDITIONAL OPERATION MEETING, UH, BECAUSE OF THIS.
SO I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T PROCEED TO HAVING ANOTHER OPERATIONS MEETING.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M KIND OF, I'M KIND OF, UM, I'M, I I AGREE THIS IS A LOT TO KIND OF TAKE IN AS WELL.
IF I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU DO IS HAVE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EACH OF THE, UH, THREE OPTIONS.
NOT, DON'T CHANGE THE OPTION, OPTION, UH, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.
JUST HAVE A LITTLE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGE FOR EACH ONE.
AND IT CAN'T BE ADDED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ALL FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT IT'S NOT AN THAT WAY IT'S NOT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM.
NO, IT'S NOT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND, AND WE DID, WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS AND, UH, I MEAN, IT PUT OUT TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR IT TO ASK FOR INPUT, UM, AND, AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO, UM, IT, IT, IT, I MEAN WE CAN, WE CAN KILL THE MOTION BY, UH, BY VOTING IT DOWN.
UM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'D HAVE TO DO TO KILL THE MOTION ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.
UH, BECAUSE IT'S PENDING A VOTE.
BUT UNDERSTAND WE'RE, WE'RE CREATING, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE, WE PUT OUT FOR BASICALLY PUT OUT FOR INFORMATION, UH, UH, WE'RE BASICALLY CREATING ANOTHER MEETING FOR US TO HAVE.
I MEAN, AND I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT, IT CAME BACK WITH A LOT OF CHANGES AS WELL.
UH, NOT CHANGES, RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, THESE WERE THE FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, 'CAUSE I, I HAD ASKED TO COME UP WITH AT LEAST THREE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO GIVE TO THE BOARD.
AND TO BE HONEST, FROM SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR A LONG TIME, WE'VE STILL CAME HERE AND WE'VE STILL HAVE GOTTEN HERE AND SAID, LOOK HERE, WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL DATE JUST TO DO EXACTLY SOMETHING THAT, UH, COLONEL GEIER HAS SAID.
WE HAVE STILL, IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MEETINGS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS NOT NOTHING OF THE ABNORMAL OF THE, OF, OF THIS COMMITTEE, UH, DOING, UH, WE WOULD, WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TO, UH, TO, UH, TO, TO, TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OR TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT'S NOTHING THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT USED TO ON THIS COMMITTEE.
SO I MEAN, I I I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.
I'M JUST SAYING EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT IF WE KILL THIS NOW WE'RE, WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER MEETING.
SO, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FORWARD, UH, IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH OPTION THREE TO THE BOARD SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
I THOUGHT SHE, OH, SHE'S NOT ON THE COMMITTEE.
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THOUGHT YOU WERE ON THE COMMITTEE.SHE'S NOT THAT YOU ARE IN YOUR VOTE.
I'LL, IF THE MAJORITY'S GONNA GO NAY, THEN I'LL GO.
UH, OKAY, SO THE MOTION DIES, UH, AND NOW, UH, ANYTHING ELSE DISCUSSING THIS TOPIC? OKAY, SO NOW WE NEED TO SET ANOTHER MEETING NEXT WEEK OR AGAIN, EITHER NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.
NEXT WEEK'S, THE BOARD MEETING.
YEAH, THERE'S A BOARD MEETING, WHICH WE'RE GONNA MISS NOW WITH THIS.
UM, AND YOU HAVE TO SET MEETINGS ANYWAY FOR JUNE.
UM, SO NEXT WEEK YOUR OPTION IS FRIDAY, WHICH IS NOT AN OPTION.
WAIT, THIRD, THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
SO WE'RE MOVING INTO JUNE, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE IT DONE BEFORE THE JUNE MEETING.
THE 10TH IS THE MEETING AND AND THAT WEEK IS ALL THE GRADUATIONS.
SO YOU HAVE THE FOURTH AND THE FIFTH AVAILABLE.
THE GRADUATIONS IN ON MAY 3RD.
SO YOU HAVE WEDNESDAY THE FOURTH, THURSDAY THE FIFTH, UH, TO MEET, OR YEAH, WEDNESDAY FOURTH IS WEDNESDAY THE FOURTH.
THAT'S MY, MY DAUGHTER'S GRADUATION PARTY.
WELL, SO THEY HAVE THURSDAY THE FIFTH.
UH, SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONFLICT WITH, UH, THE FIFTH, YOU KNOW, THE DAY THAT, THAT THEY CHANGED THE, UM, AT THE, UM, THE, UM, MEETING AT, AT LA MIDDLE SCHOOL TOO? DO YOU KNOW THAT NEW DATE? NO, IT WAS THE 20TH.
I THINK I REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE THE 20TH FOR THE FIFTH.
MR. SMITH, ARE YOU GOOD FOR THE FIFTH? IS THAT FOLLOW? THAT IS THE THURSDAY.
IF, IF THAT'S NOT THE DATE OF THE, OF LIMS, UH, THEN I'LL BE GOOD FOR THAT.
SO OPERATIONS AT FIVE O'CLOCK ON THE FIFTH BOARD MEETING'S ON MAY 20TH.
THE BOARD MEETING IS ON MAY 20TH AND THEN I MAYBE THE 27TH.
UM, THEN, AND THIS WILL BE A SPECIAL CALL.
SO THE BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 10TH WOULD BE YOUR REGULAR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO ARE, DO YOU NEED TO SET ANOTHER DATE IN JUNE BECAUSE WE'RE NOW, WE'RE IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE BOARD MEETING ON THE 10TH.
WE COULD PROBABLY JUST HAVE THE ONE MEETING IN JUNE ON THE FIFTH.
DO OUR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE AND OUR CUSTODIAL LOOKING AT MY COLLEAGUES BEHIND US ON THE FIFTH.
THAT'S A QUICK TIME TURNAROUND FOR CONSTRUCTION.
BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER MEETING IN JUNE.
TENTATIVELY, ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? SO THAT PUTS A MEETING IN JUNE.
SO WE'LL HAVE A MEETING IN JUNE.
UM, AND YOU'LL HAVE IT RIGHT BEFORE, BEFORE THE, THE 10TH, THE MEETING ON JUNE 10TH.
AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO, OKAY.
BUT, BUT NORMALLY WHEN DO WE BUT WE, WHEN DO WE NORMALLY HAVE IT THE WEEK AFTER THOUGH, RIGHT? YOU WOULD HAVE IT ON THE SECOND TUESDAY, BUT IN JUNE THAT'S GONNA BE A BOARD MEETING BECAUSE OF THE GRADUATIONS.
THE PREVIOUS, HISTORICALLY LAST YEAR THERE WAS NO OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, RIGHT? YEAH, I'M AWARE.
OR WE COULD DO IT THE, ANOTHER MEETING ON THE 17TH, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, ARE WE GOOD? GO WITH THE FIRST ONE.
ALRIGHT, NOW JULY, SO JULY A BOARD, THE ONLY BOARD MEETING THAT IS SCHEDULED IS ON JULY 8TH.
SO, UM, AND BECAUSE IT'S, YOU CAN HAVE A MEETING IN JULY, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SUMMER VACATIONS AND STUFF, OR YOU CAN SCHEDULE A DATE OR YOU CAN WAIT IN JUNE.
MR. AUDEN, DO YOU SEE A, A NEED FOR A MEETING IN JULY? MY ONLY REASON, IF THE BOARD ASKED US TO REPORT MONTHLY ON CONSTRUCTION, SO TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A MEETING IN JULY SO WE CAN GIVE A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
ANYBODY HAVE A PREFERENCE? OR YOU CAN HAVE IT ON THE FIRST SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING.
THE PROBLEM THE BOARD MEETING IS ON IS IT'S HARD FOR US TO GET ALL OUR, THE MONTHLY UH, GOTCHA.
'CAUSE THEY CLOSE IT OUT THE END OF JUNE.
ONLY WAY TO JUNE MEETING TO WAY IT'S A JOIN ME TO, TO COME UP WITH THAT DANCE.
I, I JUST TRY AND, I MEAN SUMMER VACATIONS, ALL KIND OF STUFF.
I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT THE ROCKS IN THE STREAM SO PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY START YEAH, I MEAN 'CAUSE THAT, I MEAN WE'RE COMMITTING THE STAFF TO HAVE TO BE HERE AT THE SAME TIME AND IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A FURTHER OUT, AS MUCH NOTICE AS POSSIBLE AND UH, I'LL PREFER TO DO THAT.
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UM, SO, UH, IS THE EIGHTH OKAY, THE 8TH OF JULY IS THE BOARD, THE BOARD MEETING.SO WE CAN DO THE 15TH, WHICH IS WE NORMALLY GO THE WEEK AFTER THE BOARD MEETING ANYWAYS.
EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THE 15TH? LET ME MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY ELSE'S OKAY.
UM, THERE IS, SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
SUGGESTION, ROBERT, WHEN YOU DO THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES, DO IT BY CATEGORIES.
IN OTHER WORDS, SPED ADVANTAGE, DISADVANTAGE AND COORDINATE WITH THEM.
TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE IS DISADVANTAGE FOR EACH OF THE OPTIONS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY SEE THE WHOLE IMPACT AND, AND THAT'LL HELP US DECIDE WHICH OF THE BAD SITUATIONS CHOICES WE HAVE.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO OPTIMUM.
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE NOT TO DO SOMETHING.
WELL, AND THEN JUST SPECIFY, 'CAUSE THAT WAS A GREAT POINT TOO, THAT WHATEVER DOESN'T GET DONE GOES TO THE TOP OF THE LIST AND MUST BE DONE.
FOLLOW HOW, HOW, HOW YOU WOULD DEAL WITH IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF THIS ONE'S CHOSEN, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD DO.
LIKE JUST KNOW THESE ARE THE TOP PRIORITY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO JUNE 10TH IS THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IN JUNE, RIGHT? JUNE IN JUNE.
AND THEN IT'S JUNE 10TH AND THEN JUNE 24TH.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE AT YET? 10TH IS HERE.
I THINK JUNE 24TH IS ON HILLHEAD.
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RAISE THAT AMOUNT.
AND THEN JULY, JULY 8TH WITHOUT RAISING HILL HILLMAN.
WHICH ONE DID HILLHEAD IN JULY? NOTHING.
SAME IMAGE BEING BRINGING IN MORE AND MORE REVENUE AS ALL THESE APARTMENTS.
NO, ACTUALLY WE'RE DONE IN DISNEY.
THAT'S SO VERY END OF JULY IS WHEN I LEAVE FOR START THIS.
UH, ANY, ANY OTHER UH, TOPICS I THINK BRING UP VEHICLE AR MAY BE ABLE TO RAISE THAT UP.
YOU SAY YOU, YOU BRING A VEHICLE AR IN JUNE.
Y ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, UH, YEAH, AND I DO HAVE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, HOW MUCH TENTATIVE IF WE DO GET TO THAT RATE? YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH, EXACTLY.
YOU WERE SAYING? UH, YEAH, IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF BRINGING A VEHICLE, AR, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, I I THINK WE, WE, WE POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY HAD GOT IT ONE TIME BEFORE, BUT ALSO, UH, THE MAINTENANCE AND, AND UH, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE COST OF OUR VEHICLE FOR, FOR, FOR THE LAST, UM, WHAT DID IT COST, WHAT IT HAS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WHAT, WHAT IT HAS COST US FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY COST? EXPENSES? EXPENSES IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
VEHICLE, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FOR, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, I NOTICED THAT THAT I, I NOTICED SOMETIMES WHEN, WHEN I'M OUT THERE DRIVING THAT IT, LIKE OUR FLEET ARE KIND OF GROWING, LIKE I'M SEEING MORE AND MORE.
UH, OR IT COULD BE, UH, NEWER CARS, PEOPLE KIND OF DISTRICT.
SO, UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE.
HOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN TOTAL IN TERMS OF, UH, VEHICLES, UH, THE THINGS OF, OF, OF THAT NATURE IN TERMS OF, OF WE BRINGING THAT AR THOSE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE.
ARE YOU TALKING LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC REASON TO HAVE THEM DO THIS OR, UH, JUST, JUST BECAUSE OR, UH, I, I BE, BE, BECAUSE IN TERMS OF SPENDING MONEY, WE NEED TO, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DISTRICT OWNS AND IN, IN TERMS OF UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT OPPORTUNITY, WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE.
I MEAN, WE TALK, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF STUDENTS AND OF GETTING 'EM DIFFERENT PLACES AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE MORE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT DISTRICT HAS LIKE THOSE BANDS AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND THE DIFFERENT TEAMS, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS JUST ASKING SO THAT YOU CAN, THEY CAN BE GUIDED BY YOUR INTENT.
WELL, MY QUESTION THAT CAME UP IS THAT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ONLY NON BUSES OR YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT BUSES AS PART OF VEHICLES? UH, YOU CAN BRING, YOU CAN BRING, YOU CAN BRING THAT, YOU CAN BRING THOSE UP TOO.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S FINE.
OR YOU CAN TELL SO MUCH BUSES WE HAVE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T OWN ALL OUR BUSES.
WE OWN APPROXIMATELY 40 OF OUR BUSES.
AND ACTIVITY, LIKE YOU SAID, ACTIVITY BUSES.
BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE BEEN TOLD TOO, THOSE ACTIVITY BUSES I'VE BEEN BREAKING DOWN AND UH, Y I'VE GOT SOME DIFFERENT, UH, YEAH.
SO YEAH, WE, WE, THE LAST TIME WE DID A VEHICLE
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REPORT GAVE US ONE NOT THAT LONG AGO.ABOUT PROBABLY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
I THINK WITHIN THE LAST YEAR YOU HAVE GIVEN US ONE.
YOU CAN BRING, BRING I'M THINKING OF A SIMILAR REPORT, RIGHT? KIND OF WHAT ALL THE VEHICLES ARE, WHAT THEIR AGES, AGES, WHAT THEIR MILE ARE.
LIKE WE, I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME TRAILS NOW.
ONE OFF BROAD SOFTWARE, BROAD DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, WE, WE'VE KIND ACCUMULATED, WE ACCUMULATE A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES LAID THERE.
WELL, AND THAT, THAT AR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE POLICY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS HOW DO YOU SIGN NEW VEHICLES? IF, IF SOMEONE FEELS LIKE THAT SOMEONE NEEDS A NEW VEHICLE, WHAT'S THAT PROCESS? SO THAT'S WHAT THE AR TALKS ABOUT.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE CAN JUST BRING A VEHICLE LIST ON WHO ALL HAS VEHICLE PAGES.
WHAT POSITIONS HAVE VEHICLES, RIGHT.
AND GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE AND.