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QUORUM, UH, SO CALLED MEDIA ORDER.UH, FIRST, UH, ITEM IS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC INDIVISIBLE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO MOVED.
UH, ANY, UH, ROBIN, ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL, UH, YOU SAID THE MEETING'S REMOVED, UH, MINUTES REMOVED? YES.
UH, AND THEN GREEN SPACE DISCUSSION.
OH, WOULD YOU LIKE BOB, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US? I'M JUST HERE TO KIND OF INTRODUCE, UH, MARK DAVIS WITH, UH, BUFORT COUNTY AND THE GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE.
AND ETHAN JAMES, WHO IS, YOU ALL HAVE MET BEFORE, UM, WHO IS THE, UH, REAL ESTATE PERSON REPRESENTING THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO, UM, MARK SENT SOME IMAGES FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE, THE PROP.
AND I'M GONNA JUST LET YOU GIVE AN UPDATE OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, THIS PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO AS YOU, UH, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE SOME MAPS THAT WERE SENT TO YOU TO KIND OF GIVE YOUR DESCRIPTION REAL QUICK, TO SHOW YOU THE TWO PARCELS AND THEIR PROXIMITY TO YOUR EXISTING, UM, SCHOOL.
AND SO THESE PARCELS OH, THANK YOU.
THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S MY, UM, THESE PARCELS TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN UNDERSTANDING.
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND, AND KIND OF SEEN THE, HOW OUR, UH, COMMITTEE OPERATES WITH THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM.
WE ARE AN APPLICATION DRIVEN PROGRAM.
AND, UH, ETHAN HERE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO OUR PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE PROCESSED THAT APPLICATION.
AND WE GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS, JUST LIKE YOU ALL DO, GO THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEES AND DISCUSS ITEMS. WE ARE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE ARE, UH, WE GO THROUGH IT, IT GETS RECOMMENDED FOR DUE DILIGENCE.
WE ARE IN THAT DUE DILIGENCE PHASE, AND WE HAVE A GREEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE WORKING, TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE APPLICANT, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ULTIMATELY, OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ULTIMATELY BEING THE END LANDOWNER OF THE PROPERTY WITH GREEN SPACE FUNDING, THE ACQUISITION OF THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT PROCESS, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE AND MEET EVERYBODY'S PROCESSES THAT YOU ALL HAVE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE AS A COUNTY AND THE GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE.
BUT I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD NOT JUST PUT WORDS IN PEOPLE'S MOUTHS, BUT WE'VE DONE ENOUGH, UH, DUE DILIGENCE AND WORK AND COORDINATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON GOAL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY AND THE PROGRAM.
AND WE'VE, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THAT IN, IN PLAY.
IT'S, IT'S JUST HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD TO, UM, HELP ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF GETTING THIS LAND IN YOUR ALL'S CONTROL SO IT STAYS ENVIRONMENTALLY PROTECTED AND IT DOESN'T GET DEVELOPED.
I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ETHAN WOULD LIKE TO JUMP IN OR ADD ANYTHING ABOUT HIS SIDE OF THE EXPERIENCE OR TURN IT OVER TO THE COMMITTEE.
WELL, UM, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE ON THE, THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN TO.
UH, WE GOTTA GET OUTTA COMMITTEE FIRST.
AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I, I, I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IF, IF SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO BUY THE, THE SPACE AND MAKE IT GREEN SPACE, WHY DOES THE SCHOOL HAVE TO HAVE IT? WHY ARE YOU, I I, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CONNECTED WITH ME.
WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO GIVE IT TO THE SCHOOL? I DON'T GET IT.
UH, WE, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A SCHOOL, SO WE DON'T NEED IT FOR A PARK, FOR A SCHOOL.
UM, THERE'S, YOU, YOU, I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S, IT'S MARSHLAND, SO I MEAN, IT, IT TO ME, IS IT, IS IT, IS IT NOT? IT'S NOT MARSH.
IT'S HIGH GROUND THAT COULD DEVELOP OFFERING POTENTIAL, UH, POTENTIAL MARSH FRONT VIEWS AND ACCESS.
SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S YOUR ALL'S PROPERTY'S HER PROPERTY TO THE EAST THAT YOU ALL CURRENTLY HOLD.
I, I, I STILL DON'T GET IT THOUGH.
I MEAN, IF THERE, IF THERE ARE, UM, CONCERNED CITIZENS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO BUY THE PROPERTY AND GIVE IT TO THE, EVEN GIVE IT TO THE COUNTY, GIVE IT TO THE CITY SO THE CITY OR THE COUNTY CAN MAINTAIN IT AS GREEN SPACE, WHY GIVE IT TO THE SCHOOL? I MEAN, IS IT JUST SO THAT WE CAN MOW IT? BECAUSE IF WE, IF WE, IF WE TAKE ON THE, IF WE TAKE ON SIX ACRES, WE HAVE SOLD PARCELS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THIS BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
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PROPERTY THAT WE CAN'T DEVELOP BECAUSE IT'S A LIABILITY TO US PEOPLE TRIP AND DO ANYTHING ON THERE, THEN IT'S, IT, UH, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY.SO I'M, I'M, I'M FAILING TO SEE WHY IT HAS TO COME TO THE SCHOOL.
AND I, I, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS, UH, AND SPOKEN TO THE GREEN SPACE PEOPLE AND SO ON.
AND PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BUY THAT.
AND THEY WERE GOING, THEY WERE LOOKING AT PUTTING A, UH, UH, ANOTHER PARTIAL, WHAT IS IT? MOST OF THE INQUIRIES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED ON THIS PROPERTY HAVE BEEN APARTMENTS, UH, DEVELOPERS, STORAGE UNIT DEVELOPERS, STORAGE, RETAIL, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SIX ACRES OF AN ALREADY HIGHLY CONGESTED AREA AND PRESERVING IT AND PERPETUITY FOR GREEN SPACE, I THINK IS A BENEFIT THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON AS, AS MUCH NEEDED, UH, IN THE AREA.
LADIES ISLAND SPECIFICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I I I THINK COMING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IS REALLY JUST THAT IT, IT RUNS CONTIGUOUS WITH THE LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTY.
I'VE WALKED, I'VE WALKED ALL THIS GROUND.
YOU SEE THE LINE HERE? THAT'S THE WOODED AREA INSIDE THAT BOX.
YOU, IT'S REALLY THE SAME WOODS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE.
IT'S, UH, IT'S GOT GRASS, BUT IT, IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT HARDLY EVER GETS MOWED.
IT MIGHT GET LOAD ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.
REALLY, UM, HARD GROUND, IF YOU WILL.
HERE'S WHERE THE, UH, RETENTION POND IS RIGHT THERE.
IT, IT MAKES IT A TOTAL CAMPUS.
THEY COULD USE THIS FOR A LOT OF THINGS FOR THE SCHOOL.
THEY COULD, THEY COULD USE IT.
UH, THEY COULD PUT A, UH, OUR OWN GARDENS BACK THERE.
UH, JUST LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE AT, UH, UH, WILL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.
THE COUNTY, UH, REPRESENTATIVE DAVID BARAL OF YOU, THE COUNTY COUNCIL HAS BEEN TALKING.
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE SAID THEY COULD DO A FARMER'S MARKET THERE ON THE, ON THE WEEKEND.
SO I, THE BIG THING WE HAD IS, OKAY, WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF THIS? THE COUNTY'S GOING TO USE IT.
WE WOULD CHARGE THE COUNTY FOR ANY UPKEEP TO USE IT.
WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT TO KEEP THE, UH, AREA SWEPT UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, CUT DOWN THE UNDERGROWTH AND IT GETS TOO HIGH.
WE ALREADY HAVE THAT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ACROSS.
THIS IS DRAGON ROAD RIGHT HERE.
AND, AND WE, WE WANT, WE ALSO WANT THAT KEPT UNDER OUR CONTROL.
AND IF SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN THERE, THAT, THAT, THAT ROAD COULD BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AND WE DON'T WANT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, I PICKED UP MY GRANDKIDS THERE YEARS COMING UP THERE, AND THERE'S A BIG LINE GOING UP THERE INTO THIS, INTO THE SCHOOL.
THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE AND MAKE ANOTHER ROAD COMING UP HERE AND PUT A STOPLIGHT RIGHT THERE.
AND SO THE MAIN ENTRANCE WILL BE HERE.
THIS WILL BE ANOTHER ACCESS MOSTLY FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES OR FOR, FOR A PROBLEM THAT COMES UP.
SO THEY COULD GET OUT IF THEY NEED TO GET IN AND GET OUT FOR AN EMERGENCY.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU WALK IT, IT'S JUST A NATURAL TO BE THERE.
COST OF OVERHEAD IS MINIMAL FOR US.
AND IF THERE'S ANY USE FOR IT AND, AND THE COUNTY WANTS TO USE IT FOR ANYTHING LIKE A FARMER'S MARKET OR WHATEVER, UH, WE CAN EASILY HAVE THE CONTRACTOR WHO DOES IT WORK FOR JUST GIVE US A PRICE FOR CLEANING UP OR DOING WHATEVER WE NEED RIGHT THERE.
IT'S, IT'S A GOOD PIECE OF GROUND.
I I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WETLANDS.
UM, A LOT OF THAT WATER DRAINS TOWARDS THE TUBE.
SO IT WOULD NATURALLY JUST ABSORB.
KEEPING IT NATURALLY RIGHT STORM WATER OCCURRING AND A NATURAL TREE CANOPY AND, AND WHAT THE GREEN SPACE WANTS.
THEY JUST DON'T WANT ANYTHING BUILT ON IT.
AND WE DON'T WANNA BUILD ANYTHING ON IT.
AND THE COUNTY DOESN'T WANT TO BUILD ANYTHING ON IT.
AND IT, THE COUNTY DOESN'T WANT.
AND FRANKLY, WE DON'T WANT THE COUNTY MESSING AROUND IN OUR AREAS ANYWAY.
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NEXT TO US AND THEY WOULD BE MESSING AROUND IN OUR AREAS.'CAUSE WE HAVE TO GET ACCESS TO IT.
SO IT, IT'S, IT'S A NATURAL THING AND IT COSTS US NOTHING OTHER THAN WE WOULD HAVE LIABILITY IS YOUR, YOUR POINT'S.
WE WOULD HAVE LIABILITY, BUT WE GOT LIABILITY FOR THE, THIS PART OVER HERE AS WELL.
UM, WAITING TO SEE MS. BARR HAS TO SAY.
UM, ARE THERE OTHER GREEN SPACES THAT ARE OWNED THAT ARE NOT OWNED BY THE TOWN OR BY A TOWN OR THE COUNTY? YES.
THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF OH YEAH, A LOT OF, YEAH.
THERE'S, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THERE'S, THERE'S
UH, DID YOU GO IN THE, UH, OTHER ROAD? THE HILL, UH, IN CERTAIN PLACES OF THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY GIVE GREEN SPACES TO NONPROFITS AS WELL TO, TO THEM AS WELL.
SO IT IS NOT LIKE THEY'RE JUST GIVING THIS GREEN SPACE, THIS GREEN SPACE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY, UH, FOR DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THEY, UH, THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM IS, IS, IS A HUGE ORDEAL IN THE COUNTY.
PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE I KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE, UH, MR. DAVIS.
WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A GREEN SPACE THAT IS RUN, NOT RUN BY A GOVERNMENT LIKE THE COUNTY OR THE TOWNS? UH, SORRY, THE COUNTY OR THE TOWN MOSTLY.
YOU SAID THERE'S A NON NON-PROFIT THAT OWNS A GREEN SPACE.
WELL, NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE USUALLY TRIPS THE FORMS OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS WHERE THE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS HOLD THEIR PROPERTY STILL AND THEY BUY THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS UP ON CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
SO THAT WOULD BE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WE GET APPLICATIONS FOR FEE, SIMPLE PURCHASES, LIKE WHAT WAS APPLIED FOR, THEN OF COURSE THEN WE ARE OUTRIGHT PURCHASING THE LAND AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY.
SO THEREFORE YOU FIND THAT THE MOST REASONABLE OWNER OF IT BEING THAT THESE PARCELS ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A SCHOOL PROPERTY THAT MAKES THE VEST AND MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE SENSE WITH THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.
SO, UM, CIRCLING BACK TO THAT, IS THERE, I GUESS THEN MY QUESTION MORE REFINED WOULD BE, ARE THERE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE COUNTY BUYING GREEN SPACE PROPERTY AND THEN GIVING IT TO ANOTHER ENTITY? SO, LET ME GO ON THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING WE CAN CLEAR UP IS THAT THIS IDEA OF IS THAT WE WOULD FUND, LIKE WE WOULD, THEY, A PROGRAM IS MADE TO US AN APPLICATION.
WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING THAT WITH, WE'VE DONE IT WITH HILTON HEAD ISLAND AS A MUNICIPALITY, AND WE'RE ALSO DOING IT WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AS A MUNICIPALITY.
THEY APPLY TO THE PROGRAM, THEY SEEK THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY, AND WE FUND IT.
AND IT HAS TO MEET THE GREEN SPACE GOALS, WHICH IS THE TAX, WHICH IS LAW THAT IT GETS PROTECTED.
WELL, THE FUNDING, THAT BRINGS ME TO MY SECOND QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT'S GONNA BE PAID FOR THIS, FOR THESE SIX ACRES? WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING THAT IN OUR DUE DILIGENCE, BUT I HAVE, THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR AN APPLICATION UP TO, UH, 2.25 MILLION FOR THE SIX ACRES.
AND WE HAVE THE GREEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOW STAFF TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE APPLICANT UP TO THAT PRICE AS WE CONTINUE OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
'CAUSE ONE THING I DID NOTICE IS THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ON THE MARKET SINCE 2020 FOR A COMBINED PRICE OF 2.4 MILLION.
SO WERE THEY TURNING DOWN COMMERCIAL OFFERS, OR WAS THE COUNTY INTERVENING? BECAUSE THERE, YOU'VE SAID THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME UP.
IT'S ADVERTISING, IT COMES WITH A DEDICATED BILLBOARD SPACE.
SO WHO, YOU SAID THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OFFERS ON THIS PROPERTY SINCE THEN, OR INTEREST ANYWAYS.
SO OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE OFFERS.
WE HAVE GONE UNDER CONTRACT, UM, A FEW TIMES UNDER, UH, LOIS WITH CERTAIN RETAIL, UH, INDIVIDUALS, ONE IN PARTICULAR WHO HAS EXPRESSED A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE PAST.
WE'VE HAD ASSIGNED LOI UNDER CONTRACT.
I THINK WHAT WE KEEP RUNNING INTO IS DEVELOPMENT COSTS IN TODAY'S, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TODAY'S WORLD.
SO, UH, WE'VE COME REALLY CLOSE TO SELLING THESE PARCELS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE LANDOWNERS, UH, MY MYSELF, I'M A, I'M A NATIVE FROM BEAUFORT, THE LANDOWNERS OF NATIVE BEAUFORD TOWNIANS AS WELL.
UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT OWNERS OF TRYING TO PUSH THIS THROUGH, UH, IN THIS CAPACITY WITH THE GREEN SPACE TAX COMMITTEE, UH, FOR US TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE THIS AMOUNT OF LAND IN AN AREA THAT IS CONSECUTIVELY GETTING $500,000 PER ACRE ALONG THIS STRIP AND CORRIDOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, BY THEM OFFERING IT AT THIS, AT THIS VALUE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
SO, UH, WE, WE'VE HAD OTHER INTERESTS IN THE PROPERTY, BUT THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT THE LANDOWNERS HAVE, HAVE GUIDED ME TO, TO TAKE, TO
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TRY AND, AND, AND GET ACCOMPLISHED.WE, WE SEE A COMMON THING WITH THAT, AND, AND ETHAN WILL TELL YOU, IS WHENEVER THESE APPLICATIONS WE HAVE OUR PROCESS OF HOW THESE THINGS ROLL THROUGH IS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALL'S LOCAL LANDOWNERS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND, AND WORK HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, THEY ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHO THEY SELL THEIR PROPERTY TO.
AND IF THERE'S GONNA BE A CONSERVATION OUTCOME, WE ARE AN APPLICATION DRIVEN PROCESS.
THIS APPLICATION CAME TO US, UM, THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS AND OUR CADENCE OF OUR PROGRAM AND HOW WE WOULD FUND IT.
IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE BASED OFF OF YOU ALL BEING WHERE YOU ARE AND HAVING
OPTIN, LEMME STOP BY SAYING, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS, OF THIS AREA AND OF, AND OF THIS PROPERTY THAT, OF LAYDOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT BECAUSE THERE'S STILL SEVERAL, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS WE COULD DO WITH THIS IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE COULD EVEN GET KIDS.
BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIMES, IF YOU MOVE KIDS FROM A SCHOOL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONBOARDING, OFFBOARDING, UH, UH, AREA.
SECOND THING, LA LAST, LAST NIGHT, UM, HOW AT THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING WENT TO ABOUT, MAYBE ABOUT, I WAS ABOUT NINE SOMETHING LAST NIGHT.
UH, AND IT WAS, IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL WHEN IT WAS THE SAME THING TALKING ABOUT, UM, ABOUT RELATIVES IN THESE, IN, IN THE DEVELOPERS IN BEAVER COUNTY, POINT BLANK PERIOD, THE COMMUNITY'S TIED TO DEVELOPERS AND THEY'RE TIED TO BEING DEVELOPED.
THIS AREA LAYS OUT ON THIS BUSTING THROUGH THE SEA.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE ARE DOING THIS KIND OF STUFF THAT SHOULD TALK TO REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE REPRESENTING THIS AREA AND WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
BECAUSE, HI, IN FACT, WE HAD PEOPLE FROM HILTON HEAD LAST NIGHT WHO CAME AND SPOKE OUT ABOUT DEVELOPERS ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST QUITE FRANKLY, TIRED OF, THEY'RE TIRED OF BEFOR BUSTING THROUGH THE SEA, THAT THEY'RE TIRED OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND DEVELOPING THIS, THIS POINT OF THE PROPERTY WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT AT THE SIC SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THIS, THIS, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS SO CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL TO, IT IS ALMOST A SAFETY CONCERN AND CONCERN FOR, FOR THE KIDS AND, AND FOR WHOEVER, WHOEVER GETS THIS BUSINESS.
SO WE, WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS PROPERTY SEVERAL TIMES, UH, EVEN WATCHING THE, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALMOST LIKE, UH, IN FRONT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, IF YOU, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A NEW, UM, I BASICALLY, I THINK THEY'RE LIKE A RETAIL STORE.
UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG COMPANY OUT FRONT.
PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THAT, THAT PLACE SOMETIMES THEIR BUSINESSES IS PACKED.
SO YOU PUT THAT BUSINESS THERE.
WHO, UH, WHO WHO SELL? THEY'RE LIKE, THEY SELL, UM, GOLF CART.
NO, THEY SELL A WHOLE, LIKE, UH, REMEMBER THE GUY WHO USED TO BE OUT THERE BY THE, BY 21 LIQUIDATION.
SO IT'S A HUGE LIQUIDATION PLACE, AND THEY SELL A TON OF THINGS.
SO THEY, THEY DRAW A HUGE CROWD ALONE.
SO YOU THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE COMING FROM A LIQUIDATION AND THEY GOT ABOUT FIVE OR SIX HUGE BIG TRUCKS BACK THERE.
THEY GOT A WHOLE, THEY GOT A WHOLE BUNCH GOING ON.
YOU PUT THIS PLACE HERE, WE GONNA BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESSES AND, AND, AND, AND IT'S QUITE FRANKLY, AND ACCORDING, AND IT REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH THE COUNTY'S PAYING FOR THIS PROPERTY.
AND HELL, WE WAS READY TO GIVE AWAY, UH, UH, UH, WE WAS, OUR EASEMENT TOOK OUT WHO, WHO DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE ANSWERS FOR US.
JUST WHAT LAST MEETING? WELL, WE COME IN AND WE WANNA TURN DOWN THE ACCOUNT, THE COUNTY TODAY, AND THE COUNTY TRYING TO SAY, HEY, LOOK HERE.
THE OWNER, OWNER SAYING THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE, GIVE YOU A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S JASON TO YOU, MAINTAIN IT, UH, UH, UH, YOUR KIDS CAN DO AGRICULTURE OR, OR WHATEVER, OR DIFFERENT THINGS ON IT.
UNDERSTAND AND LEARN THE SCHOOLS AND, AND TALK TO THE MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT THOSE AREAS BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GO OFF.
AND, AND I DON'T MIND YOU ASKING QUESTIONS SAYING THAT, HEY, WHY THEY GIVING TO US? BUT JUST TO SAY THAT WE DON'T NEED IT, THAT'S PARTIALLY LUDICROUS.
AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE TABLE WHO SAID THAT THEY AGREE THAT WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, IN HAVING THIS, IN, IN, IN HAVING THIS.
SO I'M FABRICAS TODAY, I AM ABOUT, ABOUT, ABOUT, ABOUT, ABOUT, ABOUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED.
AND SOMEBODY SAID THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW GREEN SCREEN, ABOUT GREEN SCRAPE OR ABOUT GREEN SPACE.
GREEN SPACE IS ALL OVER THIS COUNTY.
YOU GOT SIGN, SAVE THE GREEN SPACE, SAVE, SAVE, SAVE, SAVE THE COUNTY, SAVE THE LAND.
SO, UM, IN, IN, IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF IT, WE DE I'M DEFINITELY, I'M DEFINITELY, UM, ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS, I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT, HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, AND HOW, AND HOW WE CAN GET THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
REV, REV THAT IN TERMS OF, I'M JUST ONE BOARD MEMBER, BUT REV THAT IN TERMS OF, UH, MOVING, UH, GETTING WITH THE ATTORNEYS AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE, HOW, WHERE WE CAN PREPARE REVEREND TAYLOR TAKING TO THE FULL BOARD.
I THINK THAT MAYBE IF WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE FULL BOARD TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT, THEN, THEN WHEN IT COMES FROM ME, I MEAN, I, I'M INTERESTED IN THAT.
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OKAY.UM, I, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT, UM, THE APPROPRIATENESS OF US RECEIVING IT.
THE PRIOR CONVERSATIONS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, INCLUDING ATTENDING THE MEETING WITH THE GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE, WHICH THEY WERE VERY MUCH STOUTLY IN SUPPORT OF IT COMING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE HAVE LARGE PLOTS OF LAND AND WE TRY TO PROTECT THOSE.
AND IT ALSO WILL INHIBIT THE INCREASED COMMERCIALIZATION OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION VERY DISTINCTLY.
AND SO THE SIX ACRES COMING TO US, CONTIGUOUS TO OUR SCHOOL SITE, MEANS THAT WE COULD HAVE IT AS SORT OF A PASSIVE TYPE PARK IN TERMS OF KIDS MAYBE HOLDING BENCHES OUT THERE.
I MEAN, UH, LUNCH TABLES OUT THERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY PRETTY, PRETTY NEAT THAT THE COUNTY WANTS US TO HAVE IT.
THE COMMUNITY HAS REPEATEDLY SAID THEY DON'T WANT CONTINUED GROWTH AND INTENSIFIED DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES' QUESTIONS.
I THINK THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO ASK.
UM, BUT, UH, I STILL REMAIN IN SUPPORT OF ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO ALL THREE OF MY COLLEAGUES NOW, OR THREE OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, HOW CAN WE USE THIS PROPERTY? UH, SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE USE THE PROPERTY FOR? IF IT'S INTENDED TO BE GREEN SPACE, WHAT CAN WE USE THE PROPERTY FOR? OR DOES IT, IT JUST, OR WE JUST MOWING THE LAWN FOR IT? AGAIN, IS I, I'M, I'M SAYING SURE, WE CAN LET, IF, IF IT'S GONNA BE A BELONGING TO THE SCHOOL, WE CAN LET KIDS ON IT.
WE CAN DO LET PEOPLE WALK ON IT.
BUT WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE PROPERTY? SURE.
STATUTORILY, AS FAR AS STIPULATIONS FOR, SO STATUTORILY, UH, THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM, WHEN MONEY IS USED LEGALLY THAT THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE PROTECTED IN PERPETUITY, RIGHT? SO WITH THERE, LIKE YOU, YOU LOCK IT DOWN, GRANT AGREEMENTS GO ON IT, AND WE PUT COVENANTS ON IT, AND IT DICTATES HOW THAT PROPERTY THAT, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS FROM NOW, NEW SCHOOL BOARD, NEW STAFF, THEY CAN'T JUST SAY, HEY, LET'S JUST GO DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
THAT WE HAVE TO MEET THE STATUTORY LAWS OF USING FUNDS TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL LEGALLY.
BUT WITHIN THAT, UM, I CAN JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, REGARDING THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, WHERE WE, WE, WE, THEY, THEY'RE THE PURCHASERS.
THEY, THEY TAKE TITLE OF THE PROPERTY, WE GRANT THEM THE FUNDS.
IT WORKS AS A NORMAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION.
AND IT GOES THROUGH AND WE PUT COVENANTS ON IT AND ALL GETS RECORDED ON THE LAND.
AND THOSE THINGS KIND OF DICTATE THE INTENSITIES OF THE USES, BUT IT HAS TO BE PASSIVE IN NATURE.
SO AS LONG AS IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY, OF COURSE, I'LL TELL YOU THAT THERE'S SOME WONDERFUL TREE AND TREE CANOPIES, AND I THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES A WONDERFUL JOB IN MAINTAINING A LOT OF ITS TREE AND ITS CANOPIES ALONG ITS CAMPUSES.
I THINK AUER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
AND THE WAY IT LOOKS AT ITS LAND, IT COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND.
SO I JUST WANNA THROW THAT BACK AT YOU.
UM, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY AND UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT CANOPY.
'CAUSE THOSE TREES DO A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT DOES A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS FOR FLOODING AND STORM WATER, NATURE, AIR QUALITY.
THESE ARE ALL PRIMARY GOALS OF THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM.
I'D HOPE THEY'RE ALL PRIMARY GOALS OF EVERY RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTY.
UM, AND IN THAT YOU CAN JUST KIND OF FIND SMALL, LOW, LIKE TYPE USES IN THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE YOU, WE ARE NOT MANDATING THAT YOU DO IT.
THAT'S WHY WE, THAT'S WHY WE LIKE YOU ALL DECIDING WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
WE JUST KIND OF PUT A RESTRAINT ON HOW MUCH OF THE PROPERTY CAN BE CONVERTED AND DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING.
BUT YOU ALL KIND OF DECIDE THROUGH YOUR OWN OPERATION IN YOUR OWN THING, HOW, WHAT THAT IS, WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.
WE DON'T DICTATE THAT SO WE CAN DECIDE TO FULLY DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I JUST SAID.
WELL, WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ADVERSARIAL ABOUT THIS, I PROMISE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
UH, THE OTHER THING, I MEAN, YOU, YOU HAVE SOME JUSTIFICATION HERE, BUT IT CLEARLY STATES THAT IT'S PAGE FIVE OF FIVE.
SO WHERE'S THE OTHER FOUR PAGE OF THAT? THAT'S THE APPLICATION AND THAT IS THE APPLICANT.
SO IN OUR APPLICATIONS, WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
THESE ARE GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT ALL APPLICANTS MUST ANSWER AS A PART OF A GREEN SPACE FEE, SIMPLE APPLICATION TYPE.
THESE ARE THE ANSWERS IN WHICH ETHAN FILLED OUT AND SUPPLIED TO US THAT WE THEN BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN THESE ARE, SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR Y'ALL TO HAVE CONTEXT TO WHAT THOSE ANSWERS WERE AND WHAT MADE HIM CHOOSE TO APPLY.
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YEAH.UH, SO I, I, YEAH, I SAW, UM, I, I'M STILL STRUGGLING.
YOU, YOU HAVEN'T REALLY SATISFIED THE, THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, WHY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID WHY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? AND THE ONLY THING THAT YOU SAID BASICALLY IS BECAUSE IT'S NEXT TO OUR PROPERTY.
AND I, I JUST DON'T, I, I'M, I'M, AGAIN, I'M NOT SEEING IT.
AND I'M SORRY, RICHARD, YOU TRIED REAL HARD, BUT, UH, YOU DIDN'T SELL ME ON IT.
UM, WHY, WHY IS THE COUNTY NOT KEEPING IT? IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT THESE THINGS, THESE STATUTORY CONDITIONS ON THE GREEN SPACE, WHY DON'T THESE THINGS JUST GO ON IT AND THE COUNTY KEEP IT, AND THEN IT CAN'T BE DEVELOPED? OR THE, THE, THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, WHY DON'T THEY, YOU PUT THESE COVENANTS ON THEM AND THEY CAN'T TOUCH IT.
WHY US? BECAUSE YOU ALL MAKE THE MOST SENSE AS A, AS I THINK SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED.
I, I, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, I THINK YOUR QUESTIONS, OBVIOUSLY, YOU, YOU HAVE A CONCERN ON IT.
UH, YOU'VE HEARD ANSWERS ON THAT, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE YOUR MIND.
I ABSOLUTELY WILL CHANGE MY MIND.
I, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT, I'M, WELL, I'M OPEN TO CHANGING MY MIND.
I'M, UM, BUT RIGHT NOW, I, THAT'S A BETTER QUESTION.
UH, BUT I, UH, I, I, RIGHT NOW, NOTHING'S TRIP, TRIP TRIPPING MY TRIGGER, UH, AS FAR AS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD TAKE ON A PIECE, SIX ACRES OF LAND OF WHICH WE CAN'T DEVELOP, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR.
WE'RE JUST GONNA LOOK AT IT AND MOW IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
THERE'S ONLY, BECAUSE IT SITS NEXT TO OUR PROPERTY, WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE CAN BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY, THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY, THE LEGAL LIABILITY OF PEOPLE TRAIPSING AROUND ON THAT PROPERTY AND SOMEBODY ELSE COULD PAY TO MOW IT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM AND THE COUNTY, AND WE HOPE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY, UH, SCHOOL, OR WE LOOK, WE LOOK FOR GOOD PARTNERS.
I DON'T THINK THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH YOUR MOUTH SOUND LIKE A GOOD PARTNER.
AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO BE A GOOD PARTNER IN IT.
AND I THINK THAT BY INTRODUCING WILLINGNESS TO KIND OF DO THAT, IS THE TYPE OF STUFF THAT MAKES THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM AND OUR APPLICATIONS, UH, MORE JOYFUL AND, AND BETTER.
AND WE LOOK FOR GOOD PARTNERS.
WE WORK, WE PARTNER WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THE PROGRAM.
AND WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMBINE AND ALIGN GOALS.
AND I CAN SAY THAT, AS YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU CAN SAY THAT ETHAN HERE HAS KIND OF DONE THAT.
WE KIND OF RUN IT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE DO.
AND I CAN JUST SAY, I, WE HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, WORKING WITH YOU TO TRY TO GET A A, A GOOD RESOLVE ON IT.
UH, AND CLEARLY, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF FAVOR FOR THIS.
UM, BUT, AND, AND THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S HOW THIS IS ALL SUPPOSED TO WORK.
ANYWAYS, MRS. BOATWRIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UM, YEAH, I AM, I AM ALSO A LITTLE BIT FLABBERGASTED.
I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A FINE THING.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S OBJECTING TO PUTTING NICE TREE CANOPIES IN FARMER'S MARKETS NEXT TO A SCHOOL.
BUT I THINK THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A SCHOOL BOARD AND AN ELECTED BODY IS TO, NUMBER ONE, TALK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS, TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS, WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE DOWNSIZES WE GOTTA PROTECT, NOT JUST THE IDEA OF A GREEN SPACE.
SO I, I FEEL LIKE FOR SOME REASON THERE'S A CONFRONTATION VIBE THAT'S COMING THROUGH MY ZOOM A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE NOT TO QUESTION THIS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS AN UNUSUAL SORT OF ARRANGEMENT.
AND, UH, MY QUESTION'S ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING, I MEAN, WE ARE RES YOU KNOW, STEWARDS OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.
MY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ARE WE DOING THIS WAY ARE NOT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A GREEN SPACE, OR I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT UP A STORAGE UNIT NEXT TO LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA THINK THESE THINGS THROUGH.
I THINK THE QUESTIONS OF LIABILITY.
I THINK THE QUESTIONS OF, TO CARE TO MS. CRUTCHFIELD, WE HAVE PRETTY STRICT USAGE, UH, UH, RULES FOR ALL OF OUR PROPERTY.
SO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT, OH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HIKING PATH AND A PICNIC, AND WE'RE GONNA, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE FARMER'S MARKETS, WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT THAT.
HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH OUR CURRENT POLICIES? IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE OUT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAINST IT OR AGAINST CHILDREN HAVING GREEN SPACE OR ANY OF THESE THINGS.
BUT I THINK THAT THESE ARE REALLY REASONABLE QUESTIONS THAT A RESPONSIBLE BODY OF, OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WOULD ASK.
SO I GUESS MY BIGGEST QUESTION, 'CAUSE THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL BOARD.
THIS IS THE COMMITTEE HERE JUST KIND OF TALKS TO YOU AND GETS SOME INFORMATION, UM, IS IF THE SCHOOL BOARD WERE FOR SOME REASON TO SAY WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GREEN SPACE, WOULD THE COUNTY STILL BUY IT AND TURN IT INTO A LITTLE COUNTY PARK ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL? THERE ARE SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF COUNTY PARKS AND CITY PARKS THAT ARE NEXT TO SCHOOLS.
OSCAR FRAZIER PARK COMES TO MIND, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO MC RILEY.
WOULD YOU GUYS DO THAT? OR IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THAT THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING THIS GREEN SPACE ON AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING ON RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY, WOULD YOU GUYS THEN NOT PROCEED WITH THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY? SO, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ACCOUNTING COUNCIL, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE
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HAD WITH THE COMMITTEE, WHICH SOME OF YOU'ALL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, UM, AND JUST THE NATURE OF THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION IS THAT, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS HONESTLY AS I CAN, IS THAT THIS, THE CONVERSATION AND THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I HAVE TO OPERATE OFF OF FROM THE GREEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, COMMITTEES WORK AND STAFF BASICALLY DOES WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S THINGS ARE.THAT RECOMMENDATION IS, IS THAT WE WOULD FUND IT IF THE SCHOOL BOARD TOOK OWNERSHIP OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOOK OWNERSHIP.
MR. CAR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, I'VE ENJOYED THE CONVERSATION.
UH, I, I, I'M, UH, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT FOR THE, FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT AT THE MEETING THAT I ATTENDED, UH, OF THE, UH, GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE, UH, THERE WAS A ONE PERSON THERE WHO HAD, UH, REALLY, UH, CHALLENGED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON ANOTHER PARTICULAR PARCEL ELSEWHERE THAT IS TOTALLY UNRELATED TO THIS.
BUT THAT INDIVIDUAL ACTUALLY VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UM, WHICH WAS VERY PLEASANT TO SEE, UH, AND, AND KNOW THAT SHE HAD ENOUGH FAITH IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SHE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE GOOD, VERY GOOD STEWARDS AND PROTECTIVE OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND USE IT IN WAYS THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE IDEALS OF THE GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE.
UH, SO THAT, THAT, THAT WAS VERY TOUCHING TO ME BECAUSE HAVING SEEN THAT PARTICULAR PERSON INTERACT WHEN SHE'S, OH, THAT PERSON IS IN OPPOSITION, UH, THEY, THEY HOLD THEIR OWN WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY NOT JUST TOTALLY IN SYNC.
AND SO, AGAIN, I RESPECT THE QUESTIONS, UH, THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE RAISED.
UH, I ALSO RESPECT THE REBUTTALS THAT MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE OFFERED.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A VERY GOOD, UH, REPUTATION AND HOW WE HANDLE PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNDER OUR DOMINION.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BENEFICIAL OUTCOMES OF HAVING THAT TYPE OF, UM, PRESTIGE WITHIN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS OUR FINANCIAL ACUMEN.
SO, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, BUT TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS.
MRS. SAYER OR MRS. FRAZIER, EITHER ONE OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING.
I'VE ENJOYED THE CONVERSATION AS WELL.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR THE LAND BEING GIFTED AND ANY POSSIBLE USE THAT A SCHOOL CAN USE IT FOR, BUT THANK YOU.
WE DON'T NEED A MOTION OR ANYTHING RIGHT? TO GET A FULL BOARD.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION AT THIS TIME? I'M NOT.
THIS IS YOUR, YOU WERE JUST, I MEAN, YOU WERE JUST REPORTING KIND OF WHERE WE WERE.
I JUST COME IN, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH OUR SPOT AND THEN BASICALLY REALLY HEAR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE KNOWING THE PROGRAM, HOW WE WORK WITH, LIKE YOUR POINT WITH THE ATTORNEYS IS WE GRANT THE FUNDS.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS, IS THE BEST WAY, IF YOU ALL CHOOSE TO WANT TO BE THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM, HOW WE END UP GETTING THAT PURCHASE DONE.
AND THAT WOULD, HOW AND HOW THAT WOULD LOOK.
SO AT SOME POINT, AND MAYBE TONIGHT OR ANOTHER NIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA NEED US, THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE.
Y'ALL ARE KIND OF NEGOTIATING ALREADY.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND WE'RE NOT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE DON'T TRY TO COME IN AND TELL PEOPLE WE UNDERSTAND, LIKE WORK WITH MUNICIPALITIES.
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN WAYS OF DOING.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T TRY TO COME IN AND DO THAT.
WE WANT EACH, EACH BODY TO OPERATE WITH HOW IT WORKS AND HOW IT FEELS COMFORTABLE.
WE'RE JUST HERE TO ASSIST IN THE LAND AND FUND THE LAND.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, WITH THAT EXPENDITURE, WE HAVE TO PUT, WE HAVE TO PUT EASEMENTS ON IT.
I THINK THAT AT THAT THIS TIME, I THINK IT'D BE APPROPRIATE THAT, UM, FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, MOVE THIS TO THE, MOVE THIS TO THE, TO THE AGENDA AND POSSIBLY BE, 'CAUSE HE'S, HE'S, HE'S ALREADY STATED THAT THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH, THEY, THEY AT THE TIME WHERE, HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO ON OUR OUTSIDE.
NOT, NOT IT, IT'S TIME FOR Y'ALL.
IT'S TIME FOR Y'ALL TO, TO, TO END UP AND MAKE A, MAKE A DECISION.
I, I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME OWNERS HERE WHO, WHO'VE BEEN, WHO'VE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING AND THIS 'CAUSE THIS CONVERSATION FROM MONTHS THEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM HANNAH ABOUT IT BEFORE WE GOT TO IT, IT'S, IT IS BEEN, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR SOME, FOR SOME, FOR SOME TIME NOW AND, AND RIGHT.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY, THEY'RE KIND OF READY TO, UH, TO DO SOMETHING.
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POINT, I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE FULL BOARD AND THE FULL BOARD MAKE A DECISION TO POSSIBLY, UH, TO, UH, EVEN MORE VOTED UP OR DOWN EVEN WE INTERESTED IN IT OR NOT.AND TO SEE WHERE, WHERE WE CAN EVEN COME.
BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU GIVE IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS, NOT, THERE'S NOT WHEREWITHAL.
'CAUSE IT'S NO TELLING THAT AS, AS MY COLLEAGUES ASK, WHAT COULD COME OUT OF IT.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD FIND SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT, THAT MAY NOT PREACH THE BOARDS, BUT THE PART STARTING OF THE NEGOTIATION NEEDS TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED SO THAT THEY COULD BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD AND WE MAKE A DECISION TO SAY, HEY.
SO I THINK IT'S STARTING THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, UH, OR, OR UNDERLINING EXACTLY WHAT THE CONTRACTS WILL BE BECAUSE SPEAKING VERBALLY DIFFERENT FROM ACTUALLY HAVING IT IN WRITING AS A CONTRACT, AS IN MR, THEY SAY, WHAT CAN AND CANNOT GO ON THERE.
SO THERE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT OF, IF WE MAY HAVE A ADDITIONAL SERIOUS QUESTION.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE IN OUR, IN OUR INTEREST TO, AND EVERYBODY IN JUST TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS THING MOVING MO MOVE MORE TO, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
SO AT THIS TIME, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECOMMEND THIS, UH, TO THE FULL, TO THE, TO THE FULL BOARD RECOMMENDING THE DISCUSSION TO THE FULL BOARD.
WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING? I'M RECOMMEND I MAKE, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECOMMEND THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS DISCUSSION, THE GREEN SPACE TO THE FULL BOARD.
I RECOMMEND TO THE FULL BOARD THAT WE MAKE, THAT WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION OF THE GREEN RATES TO THE FULL, TO THE FULL BOARD.
IN, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, WITH, WITH THE INTENTIONS OF EITHER STARTING THE NEGOTIATION OF, OF A CONTRACT TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD TO BE FINALIZED OR, OR, OR NOT.
THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I, RIGHT.
I MEAN, YOU KIND OF SPOKE LIKE YOU DIDN'T WANT IT TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT WHAT YOU COULD SAY IS YOU'RE AUTHORIZING THE SEND, UH, SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT AND TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
IS THAT THAT'S EXACTLY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT THERE.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, YOU CAN PUT THIS ON BOARD ACTION AT, UH, TUESDAY'S MEETING.
I I MEAN IT'S, UH, I MEAN THE BOARD IS THE BOARD.
UH, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M WAITING FOR.
JUST PUT AN, ADD IT TO THE AGENDA THEN.
AND, UH, WELL THEN WE DON'T NEED, WE JUST ADDING IT TO IT OR WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
YOU HAVE A MOTION RIGHT NOW ON THE COURT, A MOTION HERE IF, IF YOUR MOTION SECOND FROM, UH, I'LL SECOND IT.
WE'LL PUT IT IN PORT ACTION THEN AND, UH, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
AND, UH, IF, IF YOU COULD, UH, IF YOU WOULD MAKE YOUR, COULD YOU BE AVAILABLE TO YEAH, WHEN COMES, I DON'T THINK, YEAH.
WE, FROM TODAY YOU CAN ZOOM IN.
SO IN THAT, UM, FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WILL ALL WANT TO GET HOME TO YOUR FAMILIES AND HAVE DINNER AFTER THIS, BUT JUST UNDERSTAND THAT AT THAT, WHAT I'VE HEARD IS, IS THAT YOU ALL GONNA DISCUSS AT THAT MEETING WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO PURCHASING AND FOR WORKING TO PUT THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT, WORKING WITH THE GREEN SPACE PROGRAM, ALLOWING YOU ALL'S LAND LAWYER AND OUR LAND LAWYER TO GET TOGETHER TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW WE BEST DO THIS.
IS THAT KIND OF WHAT THAT RIGHT.
THEY, SORRY, THEY AUTHORIZED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND NEGOTIATE.
BECAUSE I, I NEED TO REPORT BACK MYSELF.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN MADE CLEAR TO ME IS THAT THIS IS ALL FUNDED BY THE GREEN SPACE.
SO FROM A, FROM A LAND ACQUISITION STANDPOINT, THIS IS LEGALLY HOW WE, WE TAKE TITLE TO PROPERTY.
IT WOULD BE A GRANT THAT WE WOULD FUND IT, BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE THE ONE ON THE TITLE, ON THE WHO TAKES TITLE.
MEANING YOU ALL WOULD BE THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY.
WHEREAS WE, AS THE GRAND SPACE PROGRAM VIEW US, THE BEST WAY I WOULD VIEW IT IS VIEW US AS LIKE THE LENDER ON THE NORMAL.
LIKE IF YOU'RE A LOAN, BUT THERE'S NO PAYBACK, THERE'S NO INTEREST, WE'RE FUNDING THE PROJECT, YOU ALL ARE THE PURCHASERS.
RIGHT? SO THERE WOULD BE NO MONEY COMING OUT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TO BUY THIS PROPERTY.
IF, IF WE DO IT CORRECTLY, I WOULD HOPE NOT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS TOPIC? THE GROUNDS GO ONCE GOING TWICE.
AND THEN THE REQUEST TO NAME HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE FIELD.
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THIS UP AND, UH, MR. RIDGE IS ONLINE.I'LL HAND OFF TO HIM TO ADD WHATEVER ELSE HE WANTS TO ADD TO THIS.
BUT IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE A LETTER FROM THE HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL, WHICH HAS REQUESTED THE NAMING OF THE LOCAL CROSSFIELD AFTER, UH, JOE MONIER.
AND I'VE ALSO ACCOMPANIED IN HERE A COPY OF OS 28 THAT HAS THE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO BASICALLY IT'S MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, WITH THE LETTER OF SUPPORT.
AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU, MR. SKID IS, YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? YES, I WOULD THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF JOE AND, AND THE, UH, THE C COMMUNITY.
BUT, UM, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE, WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO HONOR OUR, UH, LONGTIME ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ON, YOU KNOW, JOE MAIER.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH HIM.
UH, GOT TO KNOW HIM AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN PART OF OUR, UH, SCHOOL COMMUNITY FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, LAST 13 AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE CAME TO US, UH, IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS AS A LACROSSE COACH.
AND THOSE OF YOU KNOW, JOE, HE, UH, WAS A GREAT LACROSSE PLAYER IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IN COLLEGE.
HE'S IN THE LIMESTONE COLLEGE HALL OF FAME, UM, AS A GOALIE FOR LACROSSE, UM, LIMESTONE'S LACROSSE TEAM.
AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T SEEK OUT THE POSITION OF ATHLETIC, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
THE PRINCIPAL AT THE TIME ASKED HIM TO TAKE OVER, UH, THE POSITION AND JOE RELUCTANTLY AGREED, UH, BECAUSE HIS FIRST LOVE GAMBLERS LACROSSE.
AND HE, AND HE TOOK OVER AND DID A GREAT JOB FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOK AT HIS, THE RECORD, IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOL HAS NEVER HAD ANY VIOLATIONS.
AND, UM, HE'S RUN A GREAT PROGRAM.
HE, HE WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL THE STUDENTS HERE.
AND, UH, GREAT STEWARD OF THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY, YOU KNOW, HE PROTECTED OUR ASSETS AND YELLED AT A LOT OF COACHES, YOU KNOW, IF THEY LEFT THE GATE OPEN OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, JUST JOE WAS A, WAS A BIG PART OF OUR, OUR, OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY HERE.
AND, AND, UM, AND, AND, AND ALSO JUST HE WELL-RESPECTED AROUND THE STATE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A COUPLE CONFERENCES WITH JOE AND I, I JUST WAS IN AWE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO HELD HIM IN SUCH HIGH REGARD AND SOUGHT OUT HIS ADVICE.
AND HE WAS A GREAT MENTOR TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO HONOR JOE BY NAMING THE LACROSSE FIELD AFTER JOE MAIER.
SO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, UH, ANY THOUGHTS, ANY COMMENTS? MR. MR. CHAIR? MAY I PLEASE? I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.
YES, MR. GILES, UH, I ATTENDED THE, UH, LAST, LAST SIC MEETING AND, UH, EXCUSE ME, MR. MO MANIER, UH, HAD A WONDERFULLY, UH, BELOVED IMAGE WITHIN THE, UH, HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
AND SOME OF THE WORDS THAT WERE SPOKEN WERE VERY TOUCHING, VERY EMOTIONAL, AND, UM, HE REALLY LEFT, UH, A POSITIVE IMPRINT ON SO MANY DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY.
SO I THINK IT'S AN HONOR THAT THE SIC AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY HAS COME FORWARD IN SUPPORT OF NAMING THE LACROSSE FIELD AFTER HIM.
SOME HUMOROUS STORIES ABOUT HIS TENURE AS A, AS A LACROSSE, UH, PERSON IN COLLEGE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
UH, OH, ACTUALLY, HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA ASK THAT.
UH, OTHER THAN THE HI REPRESENTATIVES WHO WANTED TO, UH, SPEAK ON THAT, I KNOW, UM, MS. ENG INGRID, RIGHT.
AND ALL THOSE, UH, UM, FROM, FROM THAT AREA, I'M SURE THEY HAVE A, HAD A DEAL WITH HIM.
I MEAN, WHEN I SEE WE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T REALLY SPEAK.
HE DIDN'T, UH, WE, HE DIDN'T TELL ME HE, HE DIDN'T SPEAK TO ME, SO I DON'T KNOW.
SO I, I MAYBE I SAID FIGURED MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE, MAYBE WANNA, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO THAT.
WOULD EITHER ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, CARE TO READ THE, UH, THE RECOMMENDED MOTION.
UM, DAVID SAID HE'LL READ DAVID, GO AHEAD.
UM, MAKE, JUST MAKING SURE I CAN SEE IT.
UM, I MOVE THAT THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD THAT THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE FIELD BE NAMED AFTER JOE MAIER IN, IN HONOR OF HIS SERVICE TO THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC PROGRAM FOR 20 YEARS.
SO SECOND, I STATE I'LL SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION CARRIES WILL TO THE FULL BOARD.
GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN, MR. SVI.
UH, NEXT UP, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS, THE REAL
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NAIL BITER STUFF.I WILL BE THE ONE TAKING THIS ON.
UM, SO THERE'S TWO IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, ONE IS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
ACTUALLY, WE WORK ON THIS WITH CARTILAGE.
WENDY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA TAKE THIS.
YOU WANT ME TO TAKE IT? OKAY, I WILL CONTINUE ON.
I'M, I'M RIGHT HERE, SO THANK YOU.
WELL, I'LL JUST SAY, AND WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF AND, UH, MS. ANGELA MI MIDDLETON, WHO YOU MAY ALL KNOW VERY WELL, UH, HELPED US PUT THIS TOGETHER AND WE APPRECIATE HER EFFORTS IN DOING THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL SAY, WE, WE ACTUALLY TOUCHED A LOT OF, UM, OF THIS AND WE'RE, WE'RE REWRITING OS 41.1 AND OS 41.
OS 41 IS GONNA BE MORE FOR JUST FOR BUS DRIVERS.
UH, THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES THAT WE HAVE IN HERE.
UH, THE SUMMARY, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY GOES OVER A LOT OF THOSE CHANGES.
BUT THERE'S A FEW PARTICULAR, UH, THAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY.
ONE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES IS SECTION FOUR, WHERE, UM, WE'RE REQUIRING, UH, ANY EMPLOYEE THAT TAKES A VEHICLE HOME, UH, THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
WE HAVE, UH, THE COMMUTING GUIDELINES THAT WE'VE PLACED IN HERE, AND THAT IT'LL BE SUBJECT TO IRS PUBLICATION 5 1 3 7, AND 15 B, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS THAT, UH, UH, THOSE THAT ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE VEHICLES HOME, FIRST THEY HAVE TO REQUEST IT.
THEY HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY, UH, USE OR HAVE SOME AFTERSCHOOL REASON TO TAKE IT HOME.
AND, UH, THEY WILL BE CHARGED A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL ASSESS THEM IN ORDER TO TAKE IT HOME.
UM, THEY DO HAVE TO BE A, UM, UH, EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
SO THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE IN THAT MAINTENANCE AND FOOD SERVICE WHO ARE NON-EMPLOYEES WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES HOME, UH, IN THE EVENING.
THEY WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THEM AT A DESIGNATED SCHOOL DISTRICT LIVE.
UM, SEE WHAT ELSE ARE SOME OF OUR MAJOR CHANGES HERE? UH, OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S KIND OF TIGHT TIGHTENING UP SOME OF THE REGULATIONS AND MAKING SURE, SURE.
UH, THEY'RE VERY VISIBLE, SUCH AS TRANSPORTING STUDENTS IN VEHICLES.
IT, IT DOES ALLOW THAT TO OCCUR.
UH, BUT IT HAS TO HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PRINCIPAL HAS TO REVIEW THE VEHICLE BEFORE THAT CAN OCCUR.
THIS WAS LEFT IN THERE THINKING OF LIKE TWO STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO GO TO A, UH, CERTAIN EVENT.
THEY COULD BE, UH, DRIVEN IN A RENTED VEHICLE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
SAY A SMALL EVENT WHERE YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE TO TAKE A BUS OR SOMETHING OF THAT SIZE.
IT DOES ALLOW, UH, AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, UM, A VEHICLE, A STUDENT TO BE IN A VEHICLE, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO NOTIFY THEIR PRINCIPAL IMMEDIATELY IF THAT'S TO OCCUR.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, OR WENDY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO MY, UH, DESCRIPTION OF IT.
UM, GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT MS. TANYA CROSBY AND KAYLEE YER MET WITH US AND MADE SURE THAT WE WERE, UM, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE IRS REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE HAD A, OF SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH OUR TEAM AND, AND SO EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED THERE.
THIS IS PAGE WHAT, NOW WHAT PAGE IS THAT THERE? UH, WHERE THE STUDENT TRANSPORTATION IS, IS PAGE SEVEN.
UM, BUT IT, IT'S, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING, UH, BCSD EMPLOYEES ARE PROHIBITED FROM TRANSPORTING STUDENTS IN THEIR PRIVATE VEHICLES, HOWEVER, HERE'S THE EXCEPTION.
SO WHY THEN, WHY ARE WE MAKING THAT FIRST STATEMENT? WELL, BECAUSE IN GENERAL, WE DO NOT WANT THEM TRANSPORTING IN PRIVATE VEHICLES.
THE ONLY TIME SHOULD BE IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, IF YOU SEE DOWN THERE IN AN EMERGENCY OR EXTENDED SITUATION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE PRINCIPAL.
SO WE DON'T EVER WANT, IF THERE'S SOMEWHERE AND THEY CAN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY, WE WOULD, WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUSH SOMEBODY TO THE HOSPITAL IF NEEDED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR THE SITUATION MAY COME UP THAT AN EXAMPLE IS THEY GOT HOME FROM A FIELD TRIP AT MIDNIGHT.
THEY'RE SITTING THERE, THEY'VE BEEN CALLING THE PARENTS, THEY HAVEN'T COME PICK UP THEIR CHILD AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
UM, THAT TEACHER WOULD THEN NEED TO CALL THE PRINCIPAL AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TAKING THE STUDENT HOME OR HAVE SOMEBODY RIDE WITH THEM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENT'S PROTECTED.
BUT IT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
AND THAT KIND OF, 'CAUSE THOSE TYPES SITUATIONS DO OCCUR.
WOULD IT BE, UH, PRUDENT TO SAY EMPLOYEES ARE PROHIBITED FROM TRANSPORTING STUDENTS IN THEIR PRIVATE
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VEHICLES EXCEPT FOR FALLING SITUATIONS? WELL, THAT'S WHY I SAY EMERGENCY OR EX EXTEND YEAH.EXTENDED CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEY NOTIFY THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PRINCIPAL HAS TO APPROVE THAT SITUATION.
I MEAN IT, TO ME, THE, THE, THE, THE PARAGRAPH, UH, WE KIND OF DON'T WANNA LIST.
'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EVERY SITUATION WHEN IT MIGHT OCCUR.
I, I AGREE WITH YOU MR. DAVID, BECAUSE I, I WITNESS A SITUATION LIKE THAT WHERE IT, IT CAME BACK FROM THE EMPLOYEE.
AND SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE RIGHT HERE? OR IS THIS SOMETHING, OR THIS IS AN UPDATE BECAUSE THE BOARD IS NOT APPROVE.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT THAT, THAT HE JUST READ THAT, THAT CONCERNS ME.
AND, AND, AND MY QUESTION WOULD BE TOO, I MEAN, WELL LEMME FINISH, BUT I JUST, I WOULD JUST SAY THE I'LL WAIT TO MY TURN, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T LIKE THE, UH, I DON'T LIKE THE, UH, THE, THE GR THE GRAMMAR, SO THE BOARD DOESN'T PROVE, BUT ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU MAKE, WE WILL TAKE.
AND WHICH IS WHY I SAID WHAT MIGHT IT BE PRUDENT TO PUT THAT NO, I MEAN, I'M NOT, I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT TO ME IT IS A, IT IS A CONTRADICTORY PARAGRAPH WHEN IT SAID YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM, BUT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES,
SO WE COULD SAY THAT, THAT, LET'S SEE, WE COULD, WE COULD REWRITE THAT TO SAY, UH, BSD EMPLOYEES, UM, ARE SHALL NOT TRANSPORT STUDENTS AND PRIVATE VEHICLES EXCEPT FOR EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
DOES THAT SOUND BETTER TO YOU ALL? YOU MEAN THAT, THAT STILL SAY THE SAME THING? UH, I, I THINK GIVEN MAYBE GIVING EXAMPLES BE BE, BECAUSE THEN IT, IT BECOMES WITHIN THE THIGHS OF THE HOLDER.
I, I COULD, I COULD SEE THAT THIS ROOF IS CRACKED RIGHT HERE.
AND YOU COULD SAY, WELL, NO, IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF CUTS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.
SO WHEN IT'S SPELLED OUT, FINALLY, THEN YOU UNDERSTAND IT FINALLY.
AND THEN THERE'S NO WAY, THERE'S NO WIGGLE ROOM BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IF YOU CAN'T REACH A, A PRINCIPAL OR, OR, OR, OR, OR, I MEAN, SO, SO, SO, I I, I MEAN THERE, THERE, THERE'S SOME, THERE IS SOME VALUE IN KEEPING, UH, THE, THE VERBIAGE KIND OF OPEN-ENDED, UH, BECAUSE THAT, THAT IF, IF, IF IT'S ENT UPON THE, THE PERMISSION OF THE PRINCIPAL, THEN THAT GIVES THE, THE PRINCIPAL TO LEEWAY AND IT PLACES THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PRINCIPAL.
UH, BUT ALSO ONLY IN EMERGENCY EXEC, EXEC CIRCUMSTANCES AS AUTHORIZED BY THE PRINCIPAL.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT.
SO, SO THEN, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
SO, SO THE FIRST STATEMENT SHOULD BE, UH, EMPLOYEES ARE PROHIBITED FROM TRANSPORTING STUDENTS IN THEIR VEHICLES, UH, OTHER THAN EXIGENT, YOU KNOW, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, LAID OUT BY THE PRINCIPAL.
LET'S SAY THAT'S AUTHORIZED BY THE PRINCIPAL OR RELEVANT DEPARTMENT HEAD.
LIKE IF YOU COULDN'T
YOU CAN CALL THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU CAN CALL, UH, IT DEPENDS.
IF IT WAS OVER ATHLETICS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO CALL, YOU KNOW, COACH K, SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.
UM, SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT IT IS THE HARD POINT.
AND THAT THEY NEED TO APPROVE IT.
YOU CAN'T JUST RANDOMLY SAY, I DECIDED TO DO THIS.
I, I, I, I AGREE, BUT I'M JUST, BUT LIKE I SAID, IF YOU CAN'T REACH THE PRINCIPAL, THEN WHO, BECAUSE I WAS, WHEN I WAS THERE AND THEY COULD NOT REACH THEIR PRINCIPAL, AND SO THEY, THEY HAD TO DO, DO SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT CONCERN, THAT CONCERNED ME, IT IS PURPOSEFULLY NOT CONVENIENT.
SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, YEAH, IT MAY BE HARD TO GET SOMEBODY TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT, UM, YEAH.
AND, AND WHOEVER ANSWERS THE PHONE, IF IT'S THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, IF IT'S THE VICE PRINCIPAL, IT'S THE PRINCIPAL, IT'S THE SUPERINTENDENT, THAT PERSON ANSWER THE PHONE AND SAYS IT'S OKAY, IS NOW RESPONSIBLE.
DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I MEAN, I'M, I WAS JUST, AS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ACTUALLY SAY FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
AND THEN ALSO I, UH, WELL, YOU DONE.
AND THEN AL ALSO, UH, UH, THE, THE PART ABOUT NO TAKING VEHICLES HOME OR, OR PAYING FOR IT, WHERE DID THAT, WHERE, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S NOT PA THAT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DID IN THE PAST.
SO WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED? I MEAN, BECAUSE WHEN WE START TALKING THIS ABOUT NO VEHICLES TAKING HOMES, THEN I KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THIS OFFICE HERE WHO TAKES VEHICLES, HOMES.
SO, UH, WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GO'S GOTTA BE GOOD FOR GANDER.
SO ONE PERSON AIN'T TAKING IT, THEN NO.
THEN I DON'T EXPECT TO SEE ANYBODY TAKING VEHICLES HOME.
UN UN UNLESS, SO THAT SECTION, UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, I, I, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
ARE YOU FINISHED? OH, UH, NO, I JUST WANNA SEE WHERE'S GOING, WHERE'S GONNA COME WITH, BECAUSE, UH, THAT HAS TO BE, THAT HAS TO BE CLEAR CUT.
BECAUSE THESE, THESE PEOPLE ARE AT THIS LEVEL, THEY MAKE MORE, A LITTLE MORE DIFFERENT MONEY THAN THE PEOPLE AT THOSE OTHER POSITIONS WHO ARE TAKING THOSE VEHICLES HOME.
SO THAT THAT'S A, THEY CAN, THEY CAN AFFORD TO TAKE THEIR CAR HOME.
SO, SO, I MEAN, SO WE CAN'T DO THIS CONVENIENT.
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AND THAT'S BEEN PART OF MY ATTENTION.SO I'VE, I'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS PIECE.
THAT'S BEEN PART OF MY ATTENTION.
I MEAN, ARE YOU DONE? GO AHEAD.
UH, I MEAN, I, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
WRITTEN INTO SOME, SOME EMPLOYEE'S CONTRACTS.
YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD HAVE HIS OWN VEHICLE, AND IF HE, IF HE'S RUNNING ALL OVER HELL'S HALF ACRE GOING FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL DAY, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, MIDNIGHT, ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND HE'S STILL GOT HIS COMPANY VEHICLE AND HE IS DRIVING BY HIS HOUSE, WHY WOULD HE COME ALL THE WAY BACK HERE TO GO? I MEAN, SO I MEAN, PEOPLE LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT, I MAY EVEN, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, THE, THE CHIEFS, I, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, THAT'S PROBABLY FOR SMARTER PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT.
BUT I MEAN, I, I, I DO BELIEVE, UH, THAT ONCE, ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU TRAVEL A LOT IN THE DISTRICT, UM, IF YOU, IF YOUR JOB IS TO TRAVEL FOR THE DISTRICT, AND MAYBE A VEHICLE SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR CONTRACT, UH, BUT IF YOUR JOB AS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, UH, IS TO TRAVEL AROUND THE DISTRICT, BUT NOT TRAVEL FOR THE DISTRICT, THEN MADE, OKAY.
YOU GOTTA BRING YOUR VEHICLE BACK, PARK IT IN THE, THE, THE MOTOR POOL, AND THEN TAKE YOUR VEHICLE HOME.
SO IF ON PAGE ONE, SECTION THREE C IS THE COMMUTING GUIDELINES, BASICALLY THE FIRST SECTION A SAYS EMPLOYEE, THEY'RE NOT EMPLOYEES ARE CONTRACTORS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO TAKE VCSD VEHICLES HOME UNLESS THEY COMPLY WITH THE IRS PUBLICATION.
THAT BASIC, THE COMMUNITY RULE, BASIC MEANS YOU'RE GONNA GET CHARGED FOR TAKING YOUR VEHICLE HOME, AND THAT WILL COME OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK.
SO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL DEDUCT A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT, IT'S A, UM, THEY, THERE'S SOME STANDARDS THAT THEY HAVE TO BASE IT ON.
I THINK IT MAY BE SOMETHING LIKE ONE 50, A HUNDRED DOLLAR 50 EACH WAY, BUT WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL FIGURE THAT, AND THEN THAT WILL GET DEDUCTED FROM YOUR PAYCHECK.
AND THEN ON SECTION B, EMPLOYEES AUTHORIZED COMMUTE WITH ELIGIBLE VEHICLES MUST, AND HERE'S THE, THE REQUIREMENTS.
YOU MUST BE EMPLOYED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
YOU MUST HAVE WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM YOUR SUPERVISOR.
SECTION THREE, CB TOP OF PAGE TWO.
SO YOU MUST BE EMPLOYED BY B, YOU MUST HAVE WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM YOUR SUPERVISOR.
YOU MUST SIGN A DOCUMENT AGREEING NOT TO USE A VEHICLE FOR PUR PERSONAL PURPOSE.
AND THEN IT HAS TO BE A PLACARDED VEHICLE WITH A-B-C-S-D LOGO ON IT.
SO THOSE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TAKING A VEHICLE HOME.
SO IS, IS THIS NOT A COMPLETED DOCUMENT YET? NO, IT'S COMPLETE.
WHAT IS THE QUESTION? WHAT DO YOU SEE MISSING? UM, THE, THE OUTLINE FORMAT IS NOT CORRECT.
AND IT'S NOT
AND IT'S NOT CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT.
WE, THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY CHANGE.
YOU HAVE SECTION THREE, THEN YOU HAVE A, AND THEN THE NEXT STEP SHOULD BE A NUMBER, NOT LITTLE A AND, AND LITTLE BI GOTCHA.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO, WHERE WAS IT, YOU GOT A B GOING TO NUMBER.
AND THEN YOU GET, AND THEN SECTION, UH, 11 INSTEAD OF LETTERS YOU HAVE, IT GOES STRAIGHT TO 1, 2, 3, 4.
HAVE THAT CHANGE MADE,
QUESTIONS ON THE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY AWARE THIS IS GOING INTO PLACE.
BASICALLY, UH, OCTOBER ONE, ONE OF OUR REAL BIG PUSHES IS THAT THE, WE'RE CHANGING OVER THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, WHICH WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.
SO AT THAT CHANGE, THAT'S WHEN, UH, THE, UH, EMPLOYEES WILL NOT, NO LONGER MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO TAKE VEHICLES ON.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THIS IN PLACE, HAVE THIS SET UP SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHAT THE RULES ARE.
AND, AND SO, AND SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, HAVE WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE MAINTENANCE TAKING THE VEHICLES HOME IN, IN THE PAST? EVERY NOW AND THEN THERE'S BEEN ISSUES THAT COME UP.
UM, THIS WHOLE CHANGE CAME FROM THE, THE, UH, FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SOME IRS RULES.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING THIS FOR SOME TIME, IT'S FAIR TO SAY.
RIGHT? AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AND FELT THAT THE, 'CAUSE THE MOST VEHICLES WE HAVE ARE USED BY MAINTENANCE.
UH, FOOD SERVICE HAS SOME, THERE ARE SOME OTHER DIFFERENT DISTRICT STAFF, BUT THE, THE LARGEST USER OUTSIDE OF TRANSPORTATION BUSES, UH, IS MAINTENANCE.
AND SO AT THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD TIME TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, TO
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MAKE THESE REQUIREMENTS.WELL, LEMME LET, LET, LET, LET ME SAY THAT.
I, I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT'S GOOD FOR GOS GOTTA BE GOOD FOR, AGAIN, UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU READ IN THERE ABOUT ALL DISTRICT VEHICLES SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED.
SO THAT MEAN FROM, IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE IT HOME, IT HAS TO BE RIGHT.
SO, SO, SO THAT, SO, SO AGAIN, SO THAT, THAT MEAN FROM ANY, SO THAT MEAN AT THIS POINT, WE SHOULD HAVE NO UNBIAS.
THEY SAY WE SHOULD HAVE NO UNMARKED VEHICLES IN THE DISTRICT AT THIS POINT.
ACCORDING, ACCORDING TO THIS RIGHT HERE.
SO, SO THAT MEAN FROM, UH, FROM, FROM THE, FROM THE TRUCKS.
THEY USED TO PULL THE TRAILERS.
EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT CAR IN THIS DISTRICT SHOULD BE MARKED BC BEAUTIFUL KIND OF SCHOOL DISTRICT ON IT.
THEY SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE A STICK.
THEY ALL, WE SHOULD HAVE, THEY SHOULD HAVE NUMBERS.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION I THINK IS DAVE GRISSOM'S CAR CON, LIKE OFFICER'S CARS ARE NOT OWNED BY THE DISTRICT.
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CAR IS NOT OWNED BY THE DISTRICT.
'CAUSE HE GET, HE GETS SOMETHING HE GET RIGHT HERE.
THOSE ARE NOT OWNED BY THE RIGHT.
OH, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT ONLY BCSD OWNED VEHICLES.
YEAH, I'M AWARE THAT, THAT THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT'S GOOD FOR ONE HAS TO BE GOOD FOR ALL.
AND THEN THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
UH, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE SECOND THING IS TOO, WE TALK ABOUT GETTING EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, IN TERMS OF HAVING A NEGOTIATION TOOL.
THESE IMP THESE EMPLOYEE HAD THESE EMPLOYEES WHO DO TAKE THE CARS.
I SAYING THEY WERE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE SUPERVISORS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING, IN, BEING IN BEING, BEING IN, UM, COMPETING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHERE THESE EMPLOYEES CAN HAVE THE SAME OPTION AND GO SOMEPLACE ELSE AND NOT HAVE TO COME TO COME UP HERE AND GET THE CALL.
OR I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE OR BE ON CALL.
BECAUSE NOW THE EMPLOYEES BEEN SAYING, LOOK, I'M ON CALL.
I DON'T WANT, BECAUSE ALL THE, THE RESTRICTIONS.
HEY, JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOOD FOR YOU, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THE VEHICLE HOME.
SO I'M HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE FIRST, GET THE VEHICLE, AND THEN GO OUT TO WHERE THE CALL IS.
SO IF I CAN, UH, ON MAINTENANCE, IF YOU ARE ON CALL, THAT IS THE ONE REASON TO TAKE A VEHICLE HOME IF YOU'RE A MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE IS WHEN YOU'RE ON CALL.
BUT IF, BUT, BUT, BUT IF WE'RE SAYING THEY CAN'T TAKE IT HOME, THEN THEY SHOULDN'T, THEY SHOULDN'T TAKE IT HOME.
UH, FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR, UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE ON-CALL PHONE.
IF YOU HAVE THE ON-CALL PHONE, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE A VEHICLE HOME.
IS IT IN THE POLICY SOMEWHERE? YES.
IT'S ANYBODY ELSE ONLINE HAD ANY, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? NOT ME AT THE MOMENT.
UH, WE STILL HAVE A VERY LONG MEETING AHEAD OF US.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS, ON THIS PARTICULAR, OH, ACTUALLY, HE, HE WAS, HE WAS, HE WAS SHOWING ME WHAT, WHAT THAT WAS.
I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR IT.
BUT WE WILL, WE, WE WILL ACTUALLY END UP BRINGING THIS BACK.
'CAUSE WE WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE, MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS AND JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF OKAY.
BUT WE ARE GONNA PUT THIS INTO EFFECT NOW SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UM, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, MS. SMITH, I WILL FIND IT AND LET YOU KNOW.
AND I JUST WANT, AND I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO EXTEND TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT, TO BE MINDFUL THAT WHEN WE DO CHANGE THESE RULES, PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS TO AS WELL.
SO I MEAN, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT THE ONLY, WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ENTITY OUT THERE WHO CAN HIRE MAINTENANCE GUYS AND WHO ARE LOOKING FOR MAINTENANCE GUYS.
SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
AND WE'VE, UH, NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE OF THIS OVER A MONTH AGO.
I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE GOING INTO EFFECT SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE SODEXO WHO'S TAKING ON THE CONTRACT IS AWARE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE LOSING THAT BENEFIT.
SO THAT MEANS THAT, OF COURSE, UH, THEY NEED TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR SALARIES.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE A ED, UM, AR.
SO, UH, THIS IS A BRAND NEW AR UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE NURSES, WITH MS. MS. CARTILAGE, UH, WITH, UH, COACH CAVE AND THE COACHES IN A WAY, UM, TO SET THIS UP IN MY STAFF, ONE OF OUR BIG THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO HERE WAS ENSURE THAT WE HAD RULES IN PLACE FOR WHEN YOU COULD PURCHASE HOW THEY'RE PLACED.
'CAUSE MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT PEOPLE PURCHASING AT A SCHOOL LEVEL OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, MAINTENANCE, NOT KNOWING ABOUT IT, SO THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THE INSPECTIONS AND EVERYTHING AND THEY WERE KEPT UP.
'CAUSE ONE OF MY BIGGEST FEARS WAS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW,
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THERE'S A FEAR OF NOT HAVING ONE CLOSE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A FEAR OF HAVING ONE CLOSE THAT'S NOT BEEN KEPT UP AND IT NOT WORKING.SO, UM, AND WE'VE SET UP AND MAPPED OUR BUILDINGS WHERE ALL THEY'RE GONNA GO SO THAT WE MEET ALL THE, THE, WHAT WE FEEL LIKE IS THE BEST WAY TO MEET THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND THE RECOMMENDATION ON HOW FAR AWAY FROM ANY LOCATION AND BUILDING THEY NEED TO BE.
UM, SO THAT IS THE GIST OF THIS WHOLE THING.
UM, WENDY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD? WELL, ROBERT, I JUST WANTED, I WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF BECAUSE YOU DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE AEDS ARE CHECKED JUST LIKE WE DO WITH OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, AND THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE MAINTAINED PROPERLY SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY WHO MAY SUFFER A CARDIAC ARREST ON OUR PROPERTY.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE TRAINING OUR STAFF, UM, IN ACCORDANCE, YOU KNOW, WITH AMERICAN HEART GUIDELINES.
AND THE NURSES HAVE BEEN REAL INSTRUMENTAL IN DOING THAT.
AND ALSO JERRY HENDERSON AND HER SAFETY AND SECURITY, SHE ALSO ARRANGES FOR CPR AND A ED TRAINING.
SO THE ONLY THING, THE ONLY THING I WAS QUESTIONED A LITTLE BIT WAS, UM, I SAW SOMETHING IN THERE LIKE, IF, IF, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA REMOVE AN A ED TO TAKE IT SOMEWHERE AROUND A TRAINING FIELD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT IT BACK.
UH, SO FOR ALL THE, THE SPORTS THAT GO DISTANT FROM BUILDINGS, IS THERE NOT A WAY TO MAYBE PROVIDE AEDS IN LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SIDE BYSIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT ALL THE COACHES RIDE AROUND CAMPUS OR? SO EVERY ATHLETIC AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, DEPENDING ON THEIR SIZE, TWO OR THREE.
SO THEY SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH FOR TRAVELING AND TO CARRY AROUND WITH THEM.
BUT IT, WHAT WE DO KNOW HAPPENS AND COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY IN SPRING SPORTS, THEY MAY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE EVENTS GOING ON.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE ALLOWED THEM TO USE ONES IN THE BUILDING.
BUT AS WHEN WE'VE ADDED IN HERE, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO THEM TO LEAVE, UH, THE AREA AND THAT THEY HAVE TO RE RETURN AS SOON AS THEY'RE FINISHED USING.
YEAH, THAT'S A LITTLE, THAT'S A LITTLE, IT'S A LITTLE SHAKY TO ME.
'CAUSE I MEAN, HEAVEN FORBID, YOU KNOW, AN A ED IS OUT ON THE TENNIS COURT WHEN IT'S NEEDED INSIDE OR SOMETHING.
AND ALL THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS HAVE PORTABLE IEDS TOO.
'CAUSE I WAS GONNA, THAT WAS PART OF MY QUESTION.
UH, HAVING BEEN IN ATHLETICS FOR THE BETTER PART OF 55 YEARS, UM, WITH MULTIPLE EVENTS SPREAD ALL OVER THE PLACE ON DIFFERENT FIELDS, INDOOR OUTDOOR PLUS TRAVEL, A FEW ATHLETIC TRAINERS, NOT ENOUGH PROBABLY.
UM, HOW CAN WE BE ASSURED THAT IF SOMEBODY NEEDS ACCESS TO AN A ED, THAT, THAT A ED IS WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES AT THE MOST FROM THE INCIDENT? BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE SIX MINUTES.
IF THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS HAVE A, A CART OR A, A GATOR OR WHATEVER THEY GET AROUND IN, THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
UM, EVERY TEAM SHOULD PROBABLY BE TAKING ONE ON THE ROAD, BUT WE CAN GET INTO THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, WE HAVE TOO MANY INCIDENTS WITH KIDS JUST DROPPING OVER BECAUSE OF HEAT, UH, OTHER WEATHER CONDITIONS, UM, OTHER ADVERSE SITUATIONS.
UM, I, I GET THESE REPORTS BASICALLY EVERY WEEK OF SOMEBODY SUCCUMBING TO AN EVENT, A CARDIAC EVENT, AND THERE WAS NO AD ANYWHERE NEAR.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THOSE PORTABLE AEDS.
AND ROBERT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WHEN WE HAVE THOSE SELECTIVE EVENTS? WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEAM TAKES THEIR OWN A ED WITH THEM, EVEN THOUGH THE OTHER SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE THEM ON SITE, WE WERE GONNA HAVE OUR OWN, CORRECT? WELL, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND, AND AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF EIGHT PORTABLES THAT WE HAVING, THERE'S ENOUGH PORTABLES FOR, THERE'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY MORE THAN THERE ARE TRAINERS, BUT, UH, THE NUMBER OF TRAINER, EACH TRAINER SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR OWN PORTABLE A, DD, WHEREVER THEY ARE.
ALL COACHES AND ASSISTANT COACHES NEED TO BE TRAINED.
AND I, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING FOR THE INTEREST OF THE BOARD.
UM, THERE IS A, WE DON'T HAVE IT IN OUR A ED AR, BUT IT'S PART OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, BUT THERE'S A, A LAW, IT'S A STA THE RONALD ROUSE LAW, AND RONALD RO ROUSE DIED BECAUSE THE, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE A ED THAT HE NEEDED, HAD AN ENLARGED HEART.
BUT EVERY CHILD BETWEEN THE GRADES OF NINE AND 12 IS TO BE INSTRUCTED IN HOW TO USE AN A ED.
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THAT'S A, AN INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES.AND I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL LAW TO HAVE THAT OUR CHILDREN KNOW HOW TO USE AN A ED.
THE PROGRAM SOUNDS PRETTY SOLID IN TERMS OF FORESIGHT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE, UH, STATIC SITUATIONS STATIONS ARE STAFF, BUT ALSO THE MOBILE MOVEMENT BETWEEN, UH, VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
IS THERE ANY ELEMENT INCLUDED FOR SORT OF LIKE RANDOM, JUST SURVEYING, JUST TO SORT OF IMPRINT IN THE ORGANIZATION'S MIND THAT, UH, UH, A SURVEY COULD BE TAKEN AT ANY TIME, OR YOU MAY SAY, UH, CONFIRMATION THAT THE AEDS ARE WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
UH, HAS THAT BEEN, IS THAT A PART OF IT? YES, SIR.
UH, THE ADS ARE ENTERED INTO OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, UH, PROGRAM.
SO THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WILL CHECK, UH, ON, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE TIME PERIOD.
DO YOU, UH, LET'S SEE IF IT'S IN, I I ALMOST THINK IT WAS MONTHLY.
SO, SO THEY WILL BE INSPECTED MONTHLY BY THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
NOW THEY SHOULD BE INSPECTED, YOU KNOW, ON A DAILY BASIS BY THE SCHOOL ITSELF, BUT THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WILL INSPECT THEM TO MAKE SURE ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS WITH THEM, THAT THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION, THE BATTERIES ARE CHARGED, AND ALL THE, ALL THAT.
UM, SO THAT IS IN THEIR REGULAR PM PROGRAM.
WHAT ABOUT WHEN, UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE SPORTS EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME, HOW WOULD WE SORT OF, UH, CERTIFY THAT THOSE ARE AVAILABLE AT THE PLACE WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED? SO THAT'S WHERE THAT EACH HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN PORTABLE, UM, AEDS.
AND WE DO SAY THAT THE PORTABLE AEDS HAVE TO HAVE A HOME, WHETHER IT'S THE AEDS OFFICE OR, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THE LOCATION IS.
THE SCHOOL CHOOSES TO BE THE HOME FOR THOSE AEDS, AND THEY WILL NEED TO BE CHECKED OUT SO THAT THEY KNOW WHO'S GOT 'EM AND THAT THEY'RE RETURNING THIS AT THE END OF THEIR USE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BELABOR THE POINT.
HOW WILL WE SORT OF VERIFY THAT DURING MULTIPLE SPORTS EVENTS, THE AEDS OR WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, AND THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONS OF THE AED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, HE'S GOT COVERAGE WHERE HE NEEDS TO HAVE COVERAGE.
YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER INCLUDING SOME TYPE OF VERBIAGE THAT, UH, SPEAKS TO VERIFICATION PROCESS JUST FOR CONSIDERATION.
SMITH, WE DO HAVE A PROVISION IN THERE.
ROBERT, IF YOU COULD SHOW EVERYBODY ABOUT THE INCIDENT, THE REPORT THAT WE COMPLETE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, RIGHT? THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THAT ACTUALLY WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE.
THAT'S A FORM THAT HAS TO BE FILLED OUT ANYTIME IT'S USED TO ENSURE THAT IT'S, IT'S REFERENCED IN THERE, RIGHT? YES, IT IS REFERENCED.
UM, MY, MY QUESTION IS, UM, HA WAS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR INVOLVED IN THIS, IN THIS CONVERSATION? BECAUSE I, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAID THAT THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, AND I MEAN I'M IN EXCUSE THE NURSE AND SOMEONE ELSE, AND THEN THE, AND THE LEGAL WAS, WAS, UH, WAS THE, UH, DIS DISTRICT AD INVOLVED IN THIS? YES, SIR.
WAS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS.
A AND, AND MY REASON FOR ASKING THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE AROUND THE AD AS ROB, AS ROBERT, UH, MRS. MS. EXCUSE MR. OUTING STATED A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT, UH, THE 80, THE 80, UM, HAS, WILL BE HAVING THEM.
AND SO I DO KNOW SOMETIME TIME, COUPLE SCHOOLS I'VE BEEN TO, I HAVE SEEN THE EIGHTIES, UH, HAVE HAD THOSE ON, THEY ON, UH, THEIR GATOR.
UM, SO, UM, SO I, SO, UH, I AM A, A, A LITTLE, UH, COMFORTABLE WITH KNOWING THAT SOME OF THAT, THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE ADHERE TO THE RULES.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT'S PURPOSE OF ME ASKING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I APPRECIATE ALL, ALL THE COMMENTS, UH, ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT MY, UH, COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED.
I HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO BE ALRIGHT.
AND STATE GROUNDS ONCE GOING TWICE.
FERGUS, PLEASE JOIN US AROUND HERE.
WELL, GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ISSUE THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, UH, FOR SEPTEMBER, 2025 IS OUR UPDATES THROUGH AUGUST 31ST OF
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THIS YEAR ON THE 2019 BOND REFERENDUM.I CAN REPORT THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY NOW SITTING AT 11 PROJECT CLOSEOUTS REMAINING, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CMS TO RECONCILE.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS.
I KNOW IT'S LIKE THE LAST FEW, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE EMPHASIZING AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME HURDLES WITH 'EM.
AND, UM, IF THINGS DON'T TURN OUT THE WAY THAT WE ARE DIRECTING CMS, WE ARE EMPHASIZING THAT THERE WILL BE REPERCUSSIONS.
SO WE ARE WORKING TO GET THIS CLOSE OUT, UH, FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE 2019.
UH, OUT OF THOSE, THE PAYMENT AND COMMITTED FUNDS TOTAL, 374.89 MILLION.
THE REMAINING AVAILABLE FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDE CONTINGENCY, ARE TOTALING $826,000 AS OF THE END OF LAST MONTH.
UH, CONTINGENCY ACTIVITY IN AUGUST INCLUDED THE SAVINGS OF $481,000.
THAT'S PART OF SOME OF THOSE CLOSEOUTS AND THE USE OF $273,000.
SO AGAIN, BALANCING THAT, BUT WE ARE GETTING TO THAT, UH, BID OF USING THE FULL REFERENDUM FUNDING.
UH, CONTINGENCY REMAINING AT THE END OF THE MONTH WAS $314,000.
UM, MOVING ALONG TO THE CONTINGENCY COMMITMENT OUT OF THE 30 MONTH COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAD ON THE LOG INITIALLY, WE HAVE COMPLETED 60.
SO THE REMAINING PORTIONS WE CONTINUE TO TRACK, UH, THINK Q4 IS WHEN WE ANTICIPATE THE FULL CLOSEOUT, BUT COME THE NEXT MONTH, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE MORE THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THAT LIST.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE AND ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE 2019 RECORD.
ANYBODY ONLINE? WE DO ONE ANGLE.
MOVING ALONG TO THE 2023 BOND REFERENDUM.
UH, ALL PROJECTS ARE ARE REPORTING WITH A GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT, UH, FOR BUDGET AND SCHEDULE.
MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE TREE REMOVAL AND STUMPING IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION THIS MONTH.
THEY HAVE BEGUN DOING DEWATERING AND GRADING ON THE SITE, AND WE ANTICIPATE THE NEXT MONTH WE'D BE READY FOR A, UH, GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
UH, WE STILL HAVEN'T HAD THE DATE, I KNOW STILL BEING COORDINATED AMONGST BOARD MEMBERS AND, UM, THE STAFF.
YEAH, OCTOBER, PROBABLY A MONDAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
I THINK IT'S OCTOBER 13TH, CORRECT.
JUST HAVEN'T BEEN FINALIZED YET ABOUT TO BE.
AND ANOTHER UPDATE REGARDING MEMBER OF ELEMENTARY.
UH, WE SAID TO SEE THE PROJECT CONTINGENCY LOG FOR DETAILS.
WE HAVE UTILIZED $507,000 FROM THE CONTINGENCY TO FUND THE FEES FOR THE ENCROACHMENT FOR, UH, NEW RIVERSIDE, UM, MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, CT AND J-R-O-T-C.
THE ROUGHEN SEEMS TO PROGRESS.
UM, MASONRY IS ALMOST COMPLETE OUT THERE.
UM, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE BUILDING WILL BE ENERGIZED THIS MONTH.
SO WE WILL BE, UH, RIGHT NOW THE SCHEDULE FOR THE NEW FACILITY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, END OF THE YEAR FOR ITS COMPLETION.
AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR WILL MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS OF THE FACILITY.
UH, A NEW EARLY LEARNING CENTER, UH, THAT SEMATIC DESIGNS, THEY ARE DUE IN OCTOBER.
UH, THERE'S STILL SOME, UH, REPORTS REGARDING THE GEOTECH AND AS WELL AS SOME, UH, WETLAND DELINEATION NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
SO ONCE THAT CONCLUDES, THE FULL, UH, SDS WILL BE TURNED OVER AND YOU WILL BEGIN SOME OF THE PRICING EXERCISES WITH CMS, UH, HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE THE PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE, UM, THE GMPS FOR REMAINING PHASES.
WE ARE, WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE AND WE ARE BEGINNING OUR REVIEW OF THEIR, UH, GMP SO THAT WE CAN ISSUE COMMENTS AND WORK THROUGH THE, THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS WITH THE, UH, CONTRACT, UH, BE FOR HIGH SCHOOL CTE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN DDS AND WE ARE PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE ON THAT PROJECT.
THE NEW LADY SILENT MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY ON CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, HOWEVER, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE SC OH, ACTUALLY, I APOLOGIZE.
WE HAD A PRESENTATION, A PRESENTATION WITH THE SCHOOL STAFF LAST MONTH, WHICH WENT WELL.
UH, THERE WILL, UH, NOTED, AND THERE WILL BE A MEETING WITH THE SIC FOR WHICH WE HAVE, UH, HOPEFULLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REACHED OUT TO SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT JUST TO START ADVERTISING THAT THE, THIS MEETING WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
AND THIS WILL BE IN OCTOBER 14TH AT 6:00 PM AT LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THERE'S STILL NO ROOM, UH, SELECTED, BUT ONCE THAT HAPPENS, UH, WE WILL
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LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.OCTOBER, WHAT THAT, WHAT DATE IS THAT? OCTOBER 14TH.
AGAIN, I THINK WE DISCUSSED THE LAST MEETING.
WE SAID THAT KIND OF FALLS AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO CHECK.
AND, AND, AND ACTUALLY THEY DID IT, THEY DID HAVE AN SIC MEETING TONIGHT.
THEIR SIC C EVERY SECOND TUESDAY.
THE SAME AS US, WHICH I SAID LAST NIGHT, THE LAST MEETING THAT THEY WOULD NOT THEY, THAT THEY WAS NOT, THEY WERE GONNA CANCEL IT.
SO, UM, OVER, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY WAREHOUSE AS Y'ALL'S THEME, THE PAD IS BEING WORKED, THE FORM WORK GOING IN.
AND WE, WE WILL BE COMPLETE WITH THAT PAD THIS MONTH.
SO, UH, PRE-ENGINEERING METAL STRUCTURES HERE ON SITE.
SO THAT'LL START COMING UP SOON.
UM, MOVING ALONG TO THE FINANCIAL UPDATES FOR THE END OF AUGUST.
UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET IS $439 MILLION.
WE HAVE PAID COM PAID A COMMITTED OF 180 6 0.35 MILLION REMAINING AVAILABLE, INCLUDING THE CONTINGENCY IS 2 52 0.68 MILLION.
THE PROGRAM CONTINGENT, OH, SORRY, I'M SKIPPING A LITTLE LINE HERE.
JUST SAYING THE CONTINGENCY USE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE MONTH, IT WAS $507,000, AND THE REMAINING PROGRAM CONTINGENCY AS OF THE END OF AUGUST IS 11 POINT $24 MILLION.
THE CURRENT REMAINING PROJECT LEVEL CONTINGENCIES ARE SITTING AT 13.65 MILLION.
UH, BEFORE I WRAP UP THE 2023 REFERENDUM PORTION, I DO WANNA NOTE THAT TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A CLOCK MEETING AT OKAT TEARY SCHOOL AT 6:00 PM SO THOSE INTERESTED, FEEL FREE TO JOIN US THERE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE 23 REFERENDUM ABOUT HAS HAND UP? YEAH, NO, THANK, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM, THIS MIGHT NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE, UH, 2023 REFERENDUM, HOWEVER, UH, BUS DRIVE AS A ROAD HAS A LOT OF POTHOLES, AND I'M BEGINNING TO HEAR PEOPLE ACTUALLY APPROACH ME, WHICH NORMALLY I DON'T HA I DON'T HEAR, I DON'T HAVE.
SO I'VE DRIVEN IT A COUPLE TIMES MYSELF.
AND IS THAT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE REFERENDUM PROJECTS? DO WE OWN THE ROAD? NO, I WILL SAY IT IS NOT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD ROAD PAVING THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND AT BUS DRIVE WAS PART OF THAT, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE TOTAL PACKAGE THAT THEY APPROVE.
I MEAN, THAT THEY RECOMMENDED, BUT IT WAS NOT PART OF WHAT FINALLY MADE IT INTO THE REFERENDUM.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE FILLING POTHOLES, UH, ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE FUNDING TO REPAY BUS DRIVE.
I, I WANT, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER WAS FOR PAVING.
WE, WE HAD ALL THE PAVING IN THE DISTRICT THAT WAS PART OF THAT.
UM, AND ONLY A FEW OF THE PROJECTS MADE IT, OF COURSE, WERE THE ONES THAT DID MADE IT WERE ST.
HELEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL AND JJ DAVIS? CORRECT.
WELL, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, ASKING TO JUMP LINE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, ONCE THE NEW SCHOOL IS COMPLETED, TO HAVE THAT SORT OF TAJ MAHAL AND BUS DRIVE AS A, UH, AN ELEMENT OF THAT IS A SORT OF LIKE A JUXTAPOSITION THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO, TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE.
WE, WE WILL DEFINITELY, WE CAN ADD IT TO THE 8% PROJECT LIST THAT CAN COME TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, UH, NEXT YEAR, I MEAN, IN APRIL TIMEFRAME.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OTHER PROJECT UPDATES.
UH, EXCUSE MY BAD, MY QUESTION, IS THAT A STATE ROAD? IS THAT A PRIVATE ROAD THAT'S OWNED BY US? IT'S, IT'S OUR ROAD, PRIVATE ROAD OWNED BY US.
AND WE COULD, WE COULD REACH OUT TO OUR STATE LEGISL, OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO PROBABLY GET SOME HELP ON THAT.
PRIVATE, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY, BUT STILL, I MEAN, BUT IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL A, A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
I MEAN, IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY, SO I DON'T SEE WHY, WHY WE POSSIBLY CAN'T, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, FOR FOR INSTANCE, LIKE, LIKE IF, IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOUR FAMILY HAVE A, A ROUGH ROAD OR, OR, OR SOMEWHERE WHERE, WHERE EMS OR SOMETHING MAY HAVE YOUR PROBLEM COMING DOWN THAN, THAN, THAN THAN THE COUNTY OR THE STATE, SOMETIMES THEY WILL HELP YOU FIX THOSE, FIX THOSE THINGS DUE TO EMERGENCY CERTAIN ONE, NOT REALLY SLASH EMERGENCY, BUT BASICALLY, BASICALLY IT HAS TO BE CONDUCTIVE, UH, ENOUGH.
IT HAS TO NOT CONDUCTED IT HAVE TO BE A, IT HAVE TO BE MOVE ENOUGH FOR THE EMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET BACK THERE.
SO, SO, SO WITH THOSE POTHOLES AND IT BEING A, IT WAS A SPOTTY POTHOLE ROAD THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY IT WOULDN'T HURT US TO POSSIBLY REACH OUT TO OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES TO SEE THAT'S SOMETHING THEY COULD POSSIBLY HELP US ON BECAUSE, UH, THEY, THEY HELP, THEY HELP REGULAR PEOPLE ON THOSE THINGS WHEN THEY HAVE 'EM.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE A ONE TIME, IT'S NOT, THEY DON'T DO IT EVERY TIME, BUT THEY DO IT MAYBE ONCE EVERY SIX OR SEVEN OR 10 YEARS.
SO THEY WILL, THEY WILL, THEY WILL DO THOSE THINGS FOR YOU.
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I MEAN, THE GREASE, THE GREASE WHEELS GET SQUEALS, SQUEEZED, HOWEVER YOU WANNA PUT IT.IF THE STATE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER FUNDING, WE WILL PLEASE, WE WILL TAKE
I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD REACH OUT FROM THIS COMMITTEE, OR WOULD IT, I'M SURE SOMEONE FROM DISTRICT PROBABLY WOULD NEED TO DO THAT.
AND MAYBE WE, WE AS, UH, OR MRS. DALLAS FROM HIS AREA, MAYBE HE COULD CALL, UH, REACH OUT TO, UH, HIS REPRESENTATIVES TOO, SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HELPING US HELP US WITH.
I CAN REACH OUT TO OUR LOCAL DOT OFFICE AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT THEY, UM, DO FOR FUNDING, UH, SCHOOLS.
IF YOUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WANTS TO TAKE THAT ON, THAT'S GREAT TOO.
AND I WILL CONTACT THE DOT, MR. DALLAS.
I, I WILL RELAY THAT TO HIM TOMORROW.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO THE OTHER PROJECT UPDATES.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT AN H MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE HVAC INSTALLATIONS ARE PROGRESSING AS OF CURRENT, AND WE ARE UNSCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION THIS MONTH.
UH, THOSE INSTALLATIONS, AS Y'ALL MAY BE AWARE, ARE HAPPENING AFTER HOURS, OBVIOUSLY, SO AS TO NOT DISRUPT ANY OF THE OPERATIONS FOR THE FACILITY.
UH, BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL, THE HVAC INSTALLATION AT THAT FACILITY IS COMPLETE.
NOW, THE ONLY THING THAT REMAINED THERE WAS THE TEST AND BALANCE.
SO, UH, ANTICIPATED THAT THAT WILL BE COMPLETE, UH, THIS MONTH AS WELL AT THIS FACILITY.
THE BIGGEST, UH, UPDATE HERE IS THAT AS OF CURRENT, THE FRONT ENTRANCE ROUGHEN IS ONGOING, FINISHES ONGOING, AND AS OF NOW, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC DATE, BUT THERE IS A, UH, FINAL INSPECTION THAT'S BEING COORDINATED TO OCCUR THIS MONTH.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, HVAC INSTALLED AND STUDENTS, IT WAS LIKE THE 28TH, IT SAID AT THE END OF THE, THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER, MARK WAS TRYING TO FINALIZE THAT WITH OSF.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S COMING UP SHORTLY.
AND YEAH, THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO PROGRESS.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF AREAS TO TACKLE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THIS FACILITY.
THE HVAC UPDATE, WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT ON SITE.
HOWEVER, WE ARE WAITING ON THE LONG BREAK FOR OCTOBER SO THAT WE CAN DO THE INSTALLATIONS OF HVAC SYSTEMS IN CASE THAT THERE'S ANY PRE HANDLE.
THEY'LL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT AS TO NOT AFFECT THE SCHOOL OPERATIONS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT, THE 8%, UH, PROJECT UPDATES.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THOSE? MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AS I SPOKE BRIEFLY, UH, MAY RIVER ELEMENTARY GROUNDBREAKING BE COORDINATED FOR OCTOBER, ONCE THAT, UH, DATE AND TIMEFRAME IS, UH, SET BY ALL, UH, THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION OVER AT LADIES ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT IS GONNA, UH, OCCUR ON OCTOBER 14TH AT 6:00 PM AT THE EXAMS, UH, OVER TO REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AND REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE TWO SOLICITATIONS ON THE STREET.
ONE FOR PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES, AND THE OTHER ONE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND RISK SERVICES.
THESE ARE THE, WHAT WE CONSIDER THE SUMMER PROJECT, BUT THEY INCLUDE OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, THESE ARE DUE TOMORROW AT 4:00 PM SO ONCE THAT TAKES PLACE SELECTION COMMITTEE, IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT A MONTH TO MAKE THE SELECTION.
AND THEN WE WORK IN OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, FINALIZING CONTRACTS, AND THEN, UH, BRINGING THE CONTRACTORS ON BOARD.
SO WITH THAT, I OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION UPDATES, UM, ON CONSTRUCTION, ON CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.
SO ALL, ALL THAT CAMERAS AND ALL THAT.
BUILDINGS I WORK, I WORK IN THAT WE CAN INSTALL.
YEAH, THEY, HOW ABOUT THE POCKET? THOSE PARKING LOTS, THOSE NEW, THOSE NEW CAMERAS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.
I MEAN, WE'VE ONLY GOT FOUR SCHOOLS COMPLETED.
WE HAVE FOUR PILOTS, AND WE GOT FOUR, I THINK ABOUT FOUR THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO HILTON ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN FULLY COMPLETED.
THERE WERE SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE HAP, OR NOT MODIFICATIONS, BUT PROGRAMMING.
WE WERE WAITING ON SOME SERVICES TO COME ON ONLINE.
I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE WRAPPING UP SHANKLIN THIS WEEK.
UH, THE OTHER FACILITY, BEAVER HIGH SCHOOL, IS GONNA BE THIS MONTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE ROBERT SMALLS.
THAT ONE HAS BEEN FULLY PROGRAMMED.
SO THAT FACILITY IS ON, AND A LOT OF THOSE CAMERAS, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH IT.
THEY GO AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MINOR, MINOR TWEAKS ARE TO HAPPEN.
IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH CAMERAS GOING OFFLINE, TYPICALLY IT DOES A REFRESH EVERY MORNING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMERAS GET TURNED BACK ONLINE.
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SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS JUST A CONSTANT THING THAT HAPPENS.SOME CAMERAS GO OFFLINE, IT GETS WORK TICKET BILL TAKES IT, IT'S USUALLY DONE REMOTE.
AND SPEAKING OF IT ALSO, UH, IN, IN A, ACTUALLY, IN, IN AN UPDATE OF, UH, REFERENDUM, I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO THINK, 8% PROJECT, UM, THE IT STUFF THAT WE DID OVER, AT, AT, UH, AT, WELL, AT WELL BRANCH, WAS THAT, WAS THAT 8% OR WAS THAT, UH, REFERENDUM? THEY'RE ALL REFERENDUMS. IT, IT WAS REFERENDUM FUNDS.
UH, BECAUSE OKAY, SO THEN, SO THAT, THAT, I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION NOW.
UM, I, I'VE HAD A COUPLE TEACHERS WHO HAVE TOLD ME THAT, UM, THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT JACKS ARE NOT WORKING.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THAT'S AN, AND, AND THEN THAT'S A, THAT'S THE CONTRACTOR'S PROBLEM ERROR, WHICH WELL, I THINK YOU, THEY NEED TO REPORT THAT TO IT.
IN SOME INSTANCES, THEY MAY BE PURPOSELY NOT BE WORKING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BEING USED IN ORDER TO SAVE, UM, UH, SWITCH, SWITCH BASIS.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT, THAT'S, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
I, I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE JACKS PROGRAM OR PROGRAM OR PROGRAM WRONG.
WELL, THEY JUST NEED TO PUT IN AN IT WORK TICKET.
AND ACTUALLY I CHECKED, BUT I THINK ONE, I, I WILL CHECK WITH HER, BUT I, I THINK THAT ONE WORD WA WAS PUT IN, AND I WILL TELL YOU, I'M NOT GONNA TELL THE NAMES BECAUSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE AFRAID.
BUT I, BUT I, BUT I, I WILL, I WILL CHECK AND SEE IF TICKETS WERE PUT IN, WE WOULD NEED THE, I MEAN, WE WOULD NEED THE ROOM NUMBER, OR IT WOULD NEED THE ROOM NUMBER TO GO CHECK IT.
WELL, IF THE, IF THE TICKETS ARE PUT IN, THEN, THEN, THEN, THEN YOU, YOU ARE, YOU WILL HAVE IT.
AND SO, SO WELL, IT WOULD HAVE IT RECOGNIZE WE ARE AN IT, SO, WELL, THAT WOULD BE A TECHNOLOGY DISCUSSION.
BUT BECAUSE ALL THAT NOW WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF IT.
'CAUSE IT'S NO LONGER A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
ANY ISSUES AT THIS POINT WOULD BE AN IT ISSUE.
SO THIS, LEMME ASK YOU, SO, SO WE'RE PAYING FOR LARGE THINGS LIKE THAT TO GET FIXED.
WHO'S WHO, WHO'S, WHO'S DOING, WHO'S, WHO'S DOING THIS? WHO'S CHECKING IT? I MEAN, BECAUSE I, TO ME, THAT BRINGS CONCERN.
'CAUSE TO ME, WE JUST CAN'T BE SO PAYING FOR THINGS.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING OFF TOPIC HERE.
UH, O ONCE THEY'RE BOUGHT AND INSTALLED, IT'S NO LONGER OPERATIONS.
WELL, A YEAR AFTER WE NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE YEAR.
ARE WE, ARE WE PAST THE YEAR, THE YEAR MARK THEN? YEAH.
ON THAT PROJECT, WE WOULD BE, NO.
SO LIKE AT THAT POINT, IT'S, IT, SO, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD FOR US TO TALK ABOUT HERE.
WE'RE JUST WASTING, WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
I SAY, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE WASTING TIME BECAUSE, UH, IT'S ALMOST LIKE HAVING AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW BECAUSE HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
DID YOU CONTINUOUSLY WASTE MUCH? THEREFORE, IF, IF IT HAPPENED THIS, THEN IF IT HAPPENED A YEAR, A YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO, THEN NOT, THEN WHAT, THEN WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS THAT, OKAY, IF WE HAVE A PROJECT LIKE THAT COMING THIS YEAR, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING THE SAME, UH, THE SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM.
SO IF WE, IF WE SPACED IT LAST LAST YEAR, THEN WE KNOW THAT WE FACED IT LAST YEAR.
SO THEREFORE THIS YEAR WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FACE IT.
AND I, IT IS CALLED BASICALLY AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW.
SO, SO I MEAN, SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
ARE WE HAVING AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND HOW, HOW, HOW ARE, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT WASTING TAXPAYERS MONEY ON THAT? SO, SO NO, THAT'S, THAT'S, IT'S NOT WASTING TIME.
SO AGAIN, I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE STEPS ARE IN PLACE TO CATCH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO BEFORE YOU HAVE WHAT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, WHEN WE TAKE OWNERSHIP USE BEFORE THAT, THERE IS A PUNCH LIST WALK, YOU KNOW, SO, WELL, NOT USUALLY.
THERE HAS TO BE A PUNCH LIST WALK WHERE, UM, THE ENGINEERS, THE, THE PROJECT MANAGERS, EVERYBODY WALKS THE JOB AND MAKES A LIST OF EVERYTHING THEY CAN FIND WRONG WITH IT.
THAT COULD, AND THE JACKS HAVE TO BE TESTED.
LIKE WE HAVE TO TEST EVERY JACK FOR THE CONDUCTIVITY BETWEEN THAT JACK SPOT AND THE SWITCH.
SO THEY ARE MEASURED AND THERE'S A READING THAT COMES OUT OF THAT THAT TELLS THE CONDUCTIVITY FOR THAT.
IF IT DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD, THEN THAT HAS TO BE RIPPED OUT AND REDONE.
SO AFTER THE PUNCH LIST, THEN WE HAVE A WARRANTY FOR A YEAR ON A NEW SCHOOL.
SO WHAT'S TYPICALLY DONE ON A NEW SCHOOL, THE TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY KNOW THAT IT'S A CONSTRUCTION ISSUE.
SO THERE'S USUALLY A GOOGLE DOC OR SOMETHING OUT THERE, AND ANY PROBLEMS THAT COME UP, THEY'RE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN.
UM, SO THAT CONSTRUCTION THEN DEALS WITH IT AND CORRECTS THAT PROBLEM.
IF A TEACHER FINDS THAT JACK'S NOT WORKING, THEY SHOULD PUT ROOM 2 0 4 JACK NOT WORKING, AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THAT.
THEN THE LAST THING IS, SO SINCE THERE IS A ONE YEAR WARRANTY, WE HAVE AN 11TH MONTH WALKTHROUGH WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
SO AT MONTH 11, WE DO THE SAME THING WE DID AT THE SD PART, WALK THE JOB, WE'LL LOOK IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS ON THAT, UH, GOOGLE DOC OR WHATEVER FORM THEY'RE USING, KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE, THE END USER CONCERNS.
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DO THAT, LOOK AT THAT ALONG WITH THE WALKTHROUGH OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT.AGAIN, MAKE A LIST AGAIN AND DENOTE ANYTHING THAT WE CATCH PRIOR TO THAT 12 MONTH PART.
YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBLE FOR, EVEN IF IT TAKES 'EM 15, 16, 17, 18 MONTHS, IF WE NOTED IT PRIOR TO 12 MONTHS.
NOW, ONCE YOU GET TO THAT ONE YEAR PART, THAT 12 MONTH PART, IF IT HAS NOT BEEN PRE NOTED, IT IS NO LONGER A CONSTRUCTION ISSUE.
IT IS NOW GOING TO BE THE END.
YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AN IT, THAT WOULD BE AN IT ISSUE BECAUSE, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL CHECKS ALONG.
NOW I AM NOT SAYING THINGS DON'T GET THROUGH.
THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT GET THROUGH, BUT IT'S PRETTY HARD TO BE MET.
WE AT LEAST THREE TIMES WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PROJECT, WE HAVE A WAY FOR END USERS TO PUT WHERE THEIR ISSUES ARE FOR UP TO A YEAR.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S OUR PROCESS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD EVENING.
I'M GONNA MOVE THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY.
THERE'S SOME KEY POINTS THAT I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON.
SO IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, YOU HAVE THE MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL UPDATE FOR AUGUST.
THIS IS OUR SPOTLIGHT INSPECTION.
WE COMPLETED A-C-F-D-A INSPECTIONS OF 55.
THOSE ARE COMPLETED BY OUR OPERATIONS TEAM, AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATOR AS SCHOOL LOCATION.
UM, AND VENDORS COMPLETED 601.
OUR DISTRICT TOTAL AVERAGES THERE.
THERE'S A LITTLE OVER AROUND AN 8%, UM, GAP THERE WITH DISTRICT TOTAL AVERAGES BEING 83.2 AND THE VENDORS AVERAGES AT 92.5.
AS YOU MOVE DOWN THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR HIGHEST AVERAGES FOR EACH ONE OF OUR VENDORS THERE FOR YOU FOR, UH, REVIEW.
GOING TO OUR STAFFING PERCENTAGES.
SO TWO OUT OF THE THREE VENDORS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A HUNDRED PERCENT STAFFING ALL THE WAY DOWN.
UH, OVERALL, ALL THREE VENDORS DID ACHIEVE THE 90% GREATER THAN STAFFING PERCENTAGE THAT WE LOOK FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
UH, OUR DEFICIENCIES, UH, MOVING DOWN THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE THREE VENDORS, UH, ONE OF WHICH VERY WELL, ONE, UH, NOT SO BAD.
AND, AND THE THIRD, UH, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF DEFICIENCY REPORTS WITH THAT SPECIFIC VENDOR.
PLEASE NOTE WITH THESE DEFICIENCIES, WE REPORT THESE AND THESE ARE PART OF OUR CONTRACT PENALTY STRUCTURE.
SO THERE ARE PENALTIES IN PLACE WHEN WE REPORT DEFICIENCIES.
SO THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT THAT VENDOR, UH, THAT HAS THAT HIGH VOLUME WILL GET A NOTIFICATION REPORT OF VIOLATION FOR DEFICIENCIES, AND THERE WILL BE MONETARY, UM, FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THAT THEY WILL BE REQUIRED, UM, WE'LL BACK OUT OF THEIR MONTHLY BILLING.
SO MOVING ON TO RECOGNIZING SUCCESS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALL THREE VENDORS, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE MULTIPLE CUSTODIANS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, UM, WHICH WERE REPRESENTED AT BEAUFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE'VE GOT SHANKLIN, JOSEPH SHANKLIN THERE, UH, BEAUFORD HIGH SCHOOL, H HE MCCRACKEN, AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER.
SO YOU CAN SEE THEIR PICTURES ARE DISPLAYED THERE.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY, THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING, UH, VENDOR PERFORMANCE LEVELS.
WE'RE DOING THIS IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO PREPARE AND, UM, AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SCHOOLS THAT WILL QUALIFY FOR REASSIGNMENT.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE USING TO EVALUATE, UM, NON-PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS WOULD BE PRINCIPAL, UM, CUSTODIAL SURVEY EVALUATIONS.
THOSE ARE OUT PRINCIPALS AND HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT THE 2025 TEACHER CLIMATE SURVEY RESULTS.
WE HAVE GOTTEN THOSE BACK FROM THE STATE.
WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE STUDENT DATA CALCULATIONS BACK.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT OTHER RELATED CORRESPONDENCE THAT'S AVERAGES FOR INSPECTION SCORES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE, AS WELL AS ANY COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RELAYED FROM PRINCIPAL AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TO START HAVING THOSE HIGH LEVEL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT SCHOOLS COULD POTENTIALLY NEED TO BE REASSIGNED OR UNDER PERFORMANCE.
UM, AND THEN THOSE DECISIONS WILL BE MADE PRIOR TO THE, WE'RE PUSHING TO GET THOSE DECISIONS MADE PRIOR TO THE CONTRACT.
UM, EXTENSION DATE OF OCTOBER 1ST.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CUSTODIAL BEFORE I MOVE THROUGH TO MAINTENANCE? YES.
SO MOVING THROUGH TO MAINTENANCE.
SO THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE FOR YOU IS, UH, THE MAINTENANCE,
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UM, WORK ORDERS TO DATE THROUGH AUGUST THE 31ST, 2025.WE ARE TRACKING AT 6,425 WORK ORDERS REQUESTED TO DATE.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, AS YOU MOVE TOWARD THAT CENTER GRAPHIC THAT THERE WAS 2,748 WORK ORDERS COMPLETED, WHICH IS, UH, FAR HIGHER THAN OUR PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I FOCUS ON A LOT IS HOW PROACTIVE WE'RE BEING FROM A MAINTENANCE STAFF.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE I, I'D LIKE US TO GET ABOVE 40% FOR MAINTENANCE INITIATED.
AS YOU MOVE DOWN THE PAGE, THAT CORNER GRAPHIC IS SHOWING THAT WE'RE AT 27.83 FOR MAINTENANCE INITIATED.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER IN THE PORT REPORT ABOUT WHAT COULD BE CAUSING US TO HAVE THAT DIP.
SO MOVING TO MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS BY CRAFT, WE HAD TWO TOP CATEGORIES, HVAC AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS THIS MONTH.
HE, MCCRACKEN HAD THE HIGHEST HVAC WORK ORDER TOTAL AT 37.
UM, AS WE EVALUATED THESE WORK ORDERS, WE, WE FOUND THAT, UM, THERE WERE WORK ORDERS THAT REQUIRED PART REPLACEMENTS TO INCLUDE COMPRESSORS AND TXV VALVES.
UH, THERE WERE ALSO ADDITIONAL WORK ORDERS PLACED FOR ADJUSTING TEMPERATURE SET POINTS, UM, EMPTYING PORTABLE UNITS THAT HAD BEEN DEPLOYED, AS WELL AS EVALUATING, UM, NON-OPERATIONAL THERMOSTAT DISPLAYS.
BEAUFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD THE HIGHEST GENERAL MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS.
UM, I WOULD SAY AUGUST IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO HAVE A VERY LARGE VOLUME OF WORK ORDERS BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING YOU WOULD EXPECT.
THEY ARE HANGING CUBBIES, THEY ARE INSTALLING HOOKS, THEY'RE DOING ALL THOSE LITTLE DETAILED WORK IN CLASSROOMS THAT NEED TO BE DONE FOR THE SCHOOL TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
FOR THE START OF, UM, OF STUDENTS TO RETURN, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO WORK ORDERS ASSIGNED NORTH OF THE BROAD TOTAL WORK ORDERS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO PUSH THEIR PERCENTAGE BACK UP FROM LAST MONTH AND HIT THEIR 50% REQUESTED AND COMPLETED WITHIN THE MONTH.
THEY DID TRACK FOR THEIR AVERAGE DAYS, DID INCREASE TO 5.58.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT HERE IN ANOTHER MOMENT ABOUT WHY THAT COULD BE SOUTH OF THE BROAD TOTAL WORK ORDERS AT 50% AND THEIR TRACKING AVERAGE DATES OF COMPLETION IS 4.04.
SO A LITTLE UPTICK ON THEIR AVERAGE COMPLETION AS WELL.
OUR MAINTENANCE SPOTLIGHT ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE WILL NOT START THAT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
MAINTENANCE FOCUSES ON IN AUGUST ON GETTING OUR SCHOOLS READY AND, UH, SUPPORTING THEM WITH THE START OF SCHOOL.
SO YOU'LL HAVE A FLIP SECTION IN SEPTEMBER'S REPORT.
YOU CAN SEE HERE SCROLLING DOWN THE PAGE.
WE'VE GOT SOME FEATURED PROJECTS OF SOME THINGS THAT MAINTENANCE DID OVER THE MONTH OF AUGUST TO PREPARE, UM, TO PREPARE FOR SCHOOL STARTS.
UM, WE'VE GOT HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL, THAT, THAT WAS A VERY LARGE, UM, PART OF WHAT MAINTENANCE DOES DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND EVEN JULY AND EVEN CURRENTLY IS CLEARING OUT THESE AREAS AROUND THE EXTERIORS OF SCHOOLS THAT START TO GET FILLED UP WITH TRASH.
WE'VE GOT INTERIOR MOVES THAT THEY DO.
WE'VE GOT LIGHTING WORK THAT GOES ON.
UM, THEY SUPPORTED AN ALL SCHOOLS TEXTBOOK RECYCLING, AS WELL AS THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AT WELL BRANCH, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WELL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL AS FAR AS GROUNDS CLEARING.
MOVING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, THE UPDATE IS I WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FOR THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW VENDOR SODEXO.
SO JUST KNOW THINGS ARE GOING REALLY WELL.
UH, THEY ARE HERE PRETTY MUCH ALMOST WEEKLY.
THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR, UM, INTERVIEWS WITH CURRENT MAINTENANCE STAFF EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS, UM, THEY HAVE ALSO SUPPORTED THEM THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
SO THEY WILL BE HERE AGAIN THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY TO MEET WITH MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES.
UM, WE'VE TALKED WITH THEM, I STILL HAVE
THEY HAVE SELECTED A NEW MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR.
UH, ROBERT AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING THAT INDIVIDUAL.
SO WHERE PROGRESS IS, IS THE CONVERSATION IS GREAT.
WE'VE, UM, HAD A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE VENDOR, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TALK THROUGH WHAT THE NEW FORMAT AND STRUCTURE OF THE CONTRACT AND STAFFING NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE.
UH, THE NEW FACILITIES MAINTENANCE S SERVICE PROVIDER CONTRACT IS SCHEDULED TO START OCTOBER 1ST, AND WE ARE ON SCHEDULE FOR A SUCCESSFUL START WITH THAT.
SO MOVING TO WHY SOME OF OUR PERCENTAGES MAY BE OFF AND WE'RE NOT TRACKING AS SUCCESSFULLY AS WE WOULD LIKE, IS THE SECTION HERE.
SO STAFFING RIGHT NOW FOR THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT IS DOWN TO 78.1%.
UM, OUT OF, UH, 40, 54 FIELD TECHNICIANS TO HAVE 48 VA OR 14 VACANCIES IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT.
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SO, UM, THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT THAT OCCURS WHEN YOU TRANSITION A CONTRACT.UM, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, OUR CURRENT VENDOR AS TO WHY THIS IS OCCURRING, AND A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN, UM, EMPLOYEES HAVE LEFT BECAUSE TRUE, TRUE THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TRANSITION.
AND WE'VE ALSO, UM, HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER OF THEIR INABILITY TO RECRUIT AND HIRE TO FILL THESE POSITIONS.
SO SODEXO IS AWARE OF THESE POSITIONS.
THEY ARE AWARE OF THE AMOUNT OF VACANCIES THAT THEY WILL TO FILL TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THIS CONTRACT, THIS NEW STRUCTURE IS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT STAFFED AT ALL TIMES.
THEY ARE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT STAFFED AT ALL TIMES.
THERE'S ONE PENALTY FOR, UH, SALARY FOR MANAGEMENT, AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE PENALTY FOR HOURLY.
SO JUST KNOW THAT THIS STATE THAT WE'RE IN, WE WILL NOT CONTINUE TO BE IN FOR THE LONG, LONG HAUL IN THIS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.
WE MAY HAVE TO GIVE SODEXO A LITTLE BIT OF A RUNWAY BECAUSE THE NUMBERS THAT GREATER THAN ANY OF US EXPECT FROM AT THIS POINT.
HAS, UH, SODEXO BEEN GIVEN THE NAMES AND OR, UH, PHONE NUMBERS OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEFT SO THEY CAN TRY TO RE-RECRUIT THEM? UH, SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, SODEXO HAVE GOTTEN RID OF HIM.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, SODEXO HAS, HAS BEEN THE ONE.
SO I, SO I WILL NOT AGREE WITH WHAT, WHAT ROBERT JUST SAID.
I WILL NOT AGREE WITH WHAT MR SAID BECAUSE SODEXO CAME HERE AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT FROM MY, THEY'RE BEEN TOLD, BEEN TELLING SOME OF SOME OF THE OLD GUYS IS WHY THEY'VE BEEN LEAVING, IS BECAUSE, HEY, WE ARE GONNA BRING SOME OTHER GUYS IN.
AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF Y'ALL WE DON'T WANT, SO WHEN YOU COME OUT, YOU PULL, YOU PULL THE, YOU PULL A BIG DOG AND YOU SAY, I'M KING KONG, OR WHEN KING KONG COME, KING KONG BETTER HAPPEN TO BE ABLE FOR THESE CONTRACTS BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T, THEN THAT'S GONNA BE ON THEM.
SO, SO UH, SO THAT'S WHY FOR MY, THAT'S WHY I MADE THE STATEMENT ABOUT THE TRUCKS AND THE NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE VEHICLES HOME AND ALL THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO ME NOW, SO I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN HEARING THINGS IN THE WIND, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, I, WE ARE NOT GONNA USE Y'ALL MOVING, GOING FORWARD, SO HEY, YOU MIGHT, MIGHT KEEP YOU, MIGHT NOT KEEP YOU.
SO, SO, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY PEOPLE, WHY, WHY WE'RE, WHY WE'RE LOSING PEOPLE FROM, FROM, FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED, FROM WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE TOLD ME.
SO, SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO EXPECT FOR THEM TO DELIVER FROM DAY ONE.
LIKE, LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COME IN AND YOU'RE SAYING WHAT YOU, WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE, WHAT YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH, WHAT YOU AIN'T GONNA DEAL WITH.
CONTRACTS, CONTRACT VERSUS GRACIOUS VERSUS MERCY.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THOUGH THAT THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN A BM ARE, THERE MAY BE, WE HAVE SET EXPECTATIONS, BUT A LOT OF THESE LOSSES ARE NOT DIRECTLY SODEXO BASED.
THERE WILL BE SOME THAT WILL BE, BUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW ARE NOT PEOPLE THAT SODEXO IS NOT, OR HAS NOT INVITED.
THIS IS PRIOR TO SODEXO EVEN STARTING TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE.
SO IT'S A, SO THESE LOSSES, THERE WILL BE SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF.
I MEAN THAT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE NUMBER 14 THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, BUT IN A TRANSITION, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TRANSITIONS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT WILL LEAVE TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY, WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF WILL OCCUR AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF OCCURRING RIGHT NOW.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, I WOULD COUPLE WITH BOTH OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JUST IN THE SENSE THAT THIS CONTRACT IS VERY HEAVY ON AUDIT SCHEDULES AND ENSURING THAT THE VENDOR IS DOING EVERYTHING WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO.
SO THE PENALTIES ARE VERY STRICT, IT'S VERY ROBUST.
AND SO WE'VE NOT HAD A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT LIKE THIS BEFORE WHERE WE'VE PRETTY MUCH NAILED THE VENDOR DOWN TO THE WALL SAYING YOU HAVE TO HIT A THROUGH Z AND IF YOU DON'T, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
UM, SO WITH JUST THAT MUCH PRESSURE AND THAT MUCH FOCUS ON WANTING THEM TO HIT VERY STRICT STANDARDS AND MEASUREMENTS, I DO THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST THE NATURAL OF GUYS ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE USED TO THIS PRESSURE.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE USED TO, HEY, YOU'VE GOTTA HIT THIS MARK AND YOU'VE GOTTA DO THIS.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA NATURALLY, BASED ON THOSE BIG EXPECTATIONS, NOW WE'RE GONNA NATURALLY START TO LOSE SOME STAFF E EVEN ONES THAT CARRY OVER TO SODEXO, RIGHT? JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT BEEN HELD THAT HIGH STAND FOR.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY PUSHING THIS CONTRACT TO DO.
AND, AND I'LL JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, I I I, I IRE I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I
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CAN'T CALL SCG AND SAY, LOOK HERE.HEY, UH, MY, MY, MY LICENSE TURNED OFF.
COULD YOU CUT IT BACK ON? NOW SEG SAID, LOOK HERE, IF IT WAS $4,200, YOU CAN SEND ME OUT FOUR, 4,200.
SO I, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M IN THE RESULTS SECTION.
SO I, I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT.
AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN TERMS OF BATTERY P BECAUSE, UH, I, THE LAST GAME BATTERY HIGH SCHOOL AREA IS THIS, IS THIS, IS THIS A, A CURRENT
SO I, THE EVENING, THAT WAS AFTER THEIR LAST, THAT WAS AFTER.
BUT ARE YOU COMING FROM THE TREE GROVE SIDE OVER BY THE STADIUM? THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD, THAT WHOLE, THAT, THAT WHOLE FRONT LOOKED LIKE YOU DIDN'T EVEN, IT DIDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE A, LIKE A SCHOOL.
AND EVEN EVEN, UH, COMING, I WAS AT THE, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND COMING FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UP TO THE, TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT WHOLE AREA LOOKED LIKE IT WAS, UH, UH, LIKE, LIKE IT WAS A, A FOREST.
IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS DISGUSTING.
I MEAN, WE HAVE DEFINITELY GOT TO PUT SOME LOVE OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S CLEARLY NO LOVE GOING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF IS ABOUT THE TIME OF THE FOOTBALL GAME AND THE, THE LOVE THAT WE'VE ADDED HAS COME SINCE THAT TIME.
SO THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK.
WE SPENT A LOT OF WORK OUT BECAUSE MR. CAMPBELL CHEWED MY BEHIND.
HE CHEWED ME OUT OF MY YES, HE SURE DID.
YOU HEARD THAT? LOUD AND CLEAR.
AND SO THEY HAVE DONE WORK UP THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
UM, BOTH AT, WELL BRANCH, EARLY COLLEGE, WELL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE PECAN FIELD AT WELL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, WE HAD, UM, VICTORS IN THE BACK ON THAT BACKSIDE ATHLETIC SIDE AT WELL BRANCH EARLY COLLEGE.
AND WE HAVE VENDORS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE FRONT SIDE IN THOSE NATIVE AREAS AS WELL.
IT WAS STILL A LITTLE WET OUT THERE.
WELL, THEY'VE TRIED AND THEY, THEY GOT STUCK.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS THAT WITH THAT WELBURN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IS THAT HEAVY EQUIPMENT, THINGS HAVE TO BE VERY DRY BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE GET BOGGED DOWN.
UM, BUT THERE IS A PLAN AND CONVERSATIONS JUST KNOW IN PLACE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, SERVICE LEVELS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS THAT CURRENT VENDORS HAVE THAT ARE OVERREACHING TO COME UP WITH A BETTER SCHEDULE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH THOSE CAMPUS, THAT PARTICULAR CLUSTER IS GETTING ATTENTION IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH.
AND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVEN'T.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY, ANY ATTENTION FOR ABOUT A COUPLE YEARS.
THAT AIN'T JUST NO SIX OR OR FIVE MONTHS WRONG.
JUST IF I CAN BEFORE GRADUATION, WE ALWAYS HAVE IT READY.
SO IT WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS DONE WAS DONE WAS GRADUATION ON, ON THE, ON THE ELEMENTARY SIDE TO THE, THE ROAD? NO, NO, NO.
I'M SORRY THAT THAT'S YEARS, THAT'S YEARS OF GROWTH.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE, I THOUGHT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, SQUARE POINT THAT RUN.
STEWART, THAT THAT'S YEARS AGO.
I GOT THAT CONCLUDES THE MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL REPORT.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS FOR MAINTENANCE, CUSTODIAL FROM ANYBODY ON LINE? ONE ONCE.
UH, ON THE NEXT ALRIGHT, NEXT TWO MINE.
I APPRECIATE YOU WANTING TO MOVE IT ALONG.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE THE NEXT ONE ON RATHER QUICKLY.
UH, THE MAIN REASON TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, IT JUST TO DENOTE THE LAST TIMES WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
UM, IT'S BEEN TALKED RECENTLY ABOUT THE LAND SWAP WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, UM, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THE MAY 20TH EXECUTIVE SECTION AND THEN JULY 8TH.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE ON HOLD WHILE WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE PROPERTY PURCHASE.
JUST AS TO LET YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS IN MORE DETAIL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE UPCOMING BOARD MEETING, BUT THOSE ARE NOW MOVING FORWARD AND WANTED YOU JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT THE TOWN OF PUFFIN WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE LAND SWAP AGREEMENT TONIGHT AND THEIR MEETING NOW THAT IT'S MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN, WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE UPCOMING, BUT I WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO MAKE SURE AT LEAST THE BOARD, THE MEMBERS OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE KNEW THAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS TONIGHT.
I MEAN, I, THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT IT WAS IN POR IN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I CAN TALK ABOUT IT NOW.
UH, BUT LIKE IF I REMEMBER THERE WAS LIKE AN ISSUE WITH AN EASEMENT RUNNING THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT IS BEING CURRENTLY BEING RESOLVED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, AND THAT'S A RECENT, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THAT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING WORKED OUT.
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TAKE IT IN, TAKE IT IN.I'M, I'M FOCUSED, RIGHT? IT'S LASER.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE NOT DONE YET.
SO WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE IN THIS REPORT IS WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME AT THE NOVEMBER PEAK, AND WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WE WERE GONNA WORK TOWARD.
SO WHAT, AND, AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS SOME, UM, COLONEL GUYER JUST LEFT, BUT HE ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION ABOUT PM SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
MR. SMITH, I KNOW YOU ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND HVAC SYSTEMS, SO I'VE ADDED A SECTION TO THAT.
UM, WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA YOU'LL SEE THERE, UM, I DID TAKE SOME SLIDES OUT, BUT I'M GONNA DO SOME, SINCE THERE'S SOME BOARD MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HERE AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING, I'M GONNA TOUCH OVER SOME HIGH POINTS.
AND THEN YOU SEE THERE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.
THERE'S A REVISED VERSION IN THE ACTION PLAN.
I'M GONNA UPDATE THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, BACK IN NOVEMBER ABOUT WHAT'S GONE ON SINCE THEN AND WHERE WE ARE.
SO REAL QUICK, UM, TALKING ABOUT JUST HVAC, THE, THE MAIN THING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT REALLY HIT HOME, I KNOW, UM, MR. DALLAS CAUGHT THIS WAS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN NEW YORK CITY THAT JUST, THEY HAD NOT HAD AIR CONDITIONING BEFORE.
SO THEY COMPARED TEST SCORES WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING TO SCHOOLS AS THEY ADDED THEM TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENT.
AND THEY DOCUMENTED AN IMPROVEMENT OF UP TO 14% ON TEST SCORES.
SO THAT JUST REITERATES HOW IMPORTANT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT HAVING FUNCTIONAL HV AYS C SYSTEMS ARE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WANT TO TRACK IS THE FCA THAT WAS DONE IN 2022.
UM, AND JUST TO DOCUMENT THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS IN A LITTLE GREATER DETAIL.
AT THE TIME IN 2022, WE HAD, THEY HAD SHOWN $42 MILLION IN ME, UH, FOR HVAC REPLACEMENTS, OF WHICH 28 MILLION WAS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY IN 2022.
SO, AND THEN ANOTHER PROBLEM WE HAD, REMEMBER THOSE NUMBERS 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO 'EM.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, AGING SYSTEMS OF R 22 REFRIGERANT THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, HALF SUPPOSED TO BE REPLACED BY 2030.
THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT KIND OF OUR NEEDS.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, BACK IN 2022 AT THE FCA, WE HAD OVER 1500 UNITS WITH R 22 THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED BY 2030.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA DO BETWEEN NOW AND OUR 8% REPORT, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING MS. BOATRIGHT REQUESTED, WAS TO SHOW, UH, THE STATUS OF THE F UH, THE 2022 FCA, WHAT'S BEEN DONE, WHAT'S LEFT TO BE DONE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR YOU NOW, BUT WE'RE GONNA BRING THAT BEFORE THE NEXT 8% PRESENTATION.
UH, DID, DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? 1500 UNITS? 1500? NOW WE'RE TALKING LIKE WINDOW UNITS OR WE'RE TALKING ROOF UNITS.
ALL, ALL DIFFERENT EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, SO, SO, AND THAT'S ONE OF, WE HAVE, ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IS WE HAVE ROUGHLY OVER 2000 UNITS, AND THAT COULD BE AIR, WE DON'T HAVE WINDOW UNITS PER SE, BUT EVERYTHING FROM A, A ONE AND A HALF TON UNIT TO WHAT'S OUR LARGEST MAYBE A 40 TON.
WE GO AS HIGH AS 60, A 60 TON UNIT.
SO THAT'S A UNIT THE CHEAPEST ANYMORE.
THE ONE AND A HALF TON MAY BE, I DON'T KNOW, $20,000.
DO WE EVEN GET THAT 40,000? I MEAN, IT SURE HAS CHANGED RECENTLY.
SO, UM, A 42 AND A HALF TON, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT 15 TO 20,000.
I MEAN, THE MINI SPLIT SYSTEMS THAT YOU'VE SEE IN SOME OF THESE ROOMS ARE AFTER INSTALLATION, 25 TO 30,000, AND THAT THEY'RE USUALLY ABOUT A TON AND A HALF OR TWO.
AND WHY? AND EVERYBODY KNOWS J JD ATKINSON, OUR ENERGY MANAGER, HAVE BROUGHT HIM HERE AS MY SUPPORT ARM.
WHAT'S OUR HOLISTIC EXPENSIVE SYSTEM? ARE YOU, WHEN YOU GET INTO CHILLERS? CHILL, CHILL WATER ME UP HERE, DON'T RUN AWAY.
I'M BRING, I'M BRINGING MY KIT KAT WRAPPER WITH
SO WHAT WOULD BE OUR MOST EXPENSIVE, I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS MYSELF.
I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE AS HIGH AS A MILLION ON, ON JUST A SINGLE ROOFTOP, UH, REPLACEMENT.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT'S JUST A ROUGH COUNTING OF EVERYTHING FROM ONE AND A HALF TON $20,000 UNIT TO A 60 TON, $1 MILLION OR PLUS UNIT.
SO WE HAVE ALL OF IT IN BETWEEN.
AND YOU SAID WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2000 AND 1500 OF 'EM ARE GONNA BE, NEED, NEED TO OVER 2000, LET'S
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SAY THAT.OKAY? AND 1500 OF THEM BACK IN 2022, WE'VE REPLACED, WE'VE REPLACED A LOT, BUT BACK THEN WE HAD 1500 UNITS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BY 20, 30, 15 YEARS TO REPLACE 1500 UNITS, RIGHT? AND SO MR. DALLAS ASKED FOR US TO COME UP WITH A SCHEDULE.
SO THAT'S OUR PLAN, UH, PRIOR TO THE NEXT 8% IS WHAT HAVE WE GOT DONE OUT OF THE 2022 AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO GET DONE TO REMOVE ALL OUR 22 UNITS BY 25? AND THAT'S A MASSIVE UNDERTAKEN.
SO, UM, ONTO HVAC INVESTMENTS.
SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, WE COMMITTED 32.5 MILLION.
REMEMBER THAT NUMBER BACK IN 2022, WE HAD 28 MILLION THAT NEEDED TO RE, UH, REPLACED IMMEDIATELY.
WE'VE SPENT 12 AND A HALF MILLION SINCE 2022.
NOW WE HAD 7 MILLION PLANNED FOR THIS SUMMER, SO THIS WAS AS OF JULY.
SO YOU CAN ROUGHLY SAY THAT SINCE 2022 AT THE, EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE THIS SUMMER, WE'VE SPENT $20 MILLION.
WELL BACK 2022, WE HAD 28 MILLION IN IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
SO JUST RECOGNIZE THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE GOT TO DO, UH, IS, IS KEEP KNOCKING OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
THE NEXT 8%, WE'RE GONNA COME WITH THAT SCHEDULE THAT WE NEED TO MEET TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS DONE BACK IN NOVEMBER AND RECOGNIZE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS THE CHANGEOVER OF R 22, UH, REFRIGERANT.
WELL, R 22 WENT OUT IN 2010 IN ALL NEW UNITS.
IT WAS NO LONGER SUPPLIED IN 2020.
IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USED AFTER 2030, UM, IN 20, UH, THEN R FOUR 10 A REPLACED.
R 22 AS OF 2024, R FOUR, 10 A COULD NO LONGER BE IN NEW IN, UM, NEW UNITS.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS E 32, OR WELL, THERE'S R 32 AND AND R AND 4 54 B.
SO AS OF JANUARY, WHAT HAPPENED, AND WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS THAT SINCE R FOUR 10 A WAS GOING AWAY, ALL THE HVAC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS HAD TO RETOOL ALL THEIR, UH, FACTORIES IN DECEMBER, GETTING READY FOR THAT JANUARY CHANGEOVER.
WE WERE ORDERING, UM, HVAC UNITS ABOUT MARCH, APRIL TIMEFRAME AND ENDED UP WHAT HAPPENING.
WE COULDN'T HAVE PREDICTED BACK THEN, BUT THE AMOUNT OF R 32 WAS THE SHORTAGE.
SO YOU HAD ALL THESE NEW FACTORIES DOING ALL THESE, THIS NEW EQUIPMENT, BUT THE AMOUNT OF REFRIGERANT TO GO IN, IT WAS IN SHORTAGE BE.
SO WHAT WE KEPT HEARING IS LIKE, OUR UNITS ARE GONNA BE IN BY JUNE, THEN YOU'D HEAR END OF JUNE, THEN YOU'D HEAR JULY, THEN YOU'D HEAR AUGUST.
SO WE WERE GETTING THAT IN THE RUN UP TO THIS SUMMER.
SO ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS IS A LOT OF OUR UNITS DIDN'T COME IN IN TIME.
SO WE'VE WORKED NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, UH, SINCE THEY'VE COME IN.
AND ACTUALLY AS OF THIS WEEK, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE ALL IN.
WE HAVE ONE SPLIT SYSTEM STILL YET TO BE INSTALLED.
AND THEN SO, AND THEN WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT ST.
HELENA CAME IN LATER, AND SO THOSE WILL BE DONE IN THE OCTOBER BREAK.
SO JUST KIND OF BACKING UP, WHAT WE TOLD YOU IN NOVEMBER WERE PROBLEMS THAT WE SAW COMING.
WELL, THEY ENDED UP BEING WORSE THAN WE EXPECTED.
UM, SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS, OF COURSE, IS THE IONIZATION SYSTEMS THAT WE PUT IN ALL OUR LARGER UNITS THAT HELPED WITH COVID NINE COVID-19 AND IAQ PROBLEMS. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT BACK THEN OUR UNDERPERFORMING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND HOW WE NEED TO IMPROVE IT.
AND THEN WORKFORCE CHALLENGES, JUST THE ABILITY TO RETAIN STAFF AND GET, UH, CONTRACTORS.
SO OUR FUTURE GOALS BACK IN NOVEMBER, UH, PRIORITIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, EXPAND SMART HVAC WITH PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CAPABILITY, UM, AND THEN COMPLY WITH REGULATORY CHANGEMENTS FOR REFRIGERANTS.
WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN IMPROVE WORKFORCE QUALITY APPLIED.
SO THE AREAS WE SAW FOR IMPROVEMENT WERE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, WORKFORCE QUALITY, CONTRACT STRUCTURE, AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
WHAT WE THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IS, UH, THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SIDE.
SO WE ACTUALLY, WHEN WE REPORTED TO Y'ALL IN NOVEMBER, WE ACTUALLY MET THE NEXT DAY WITH OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE RESTRUCTURING OF OUR, UH, MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BACK THEN WAS THE MOVING OF OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE TEAM UNDERNEATH
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OUR HVAC TECHNICIANS SO THAT THEY COULD OVERSEE THEM AND TRAIN THEM.UM, WE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AND THEY, THEY'VE STARTED TO PUT SOME OF THAT INTO MOTION, ACTUALLY, THAT HAS GONE INTO MOTION.
THE HVAC MANAGER IS NOW OVER THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE TEAM.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT DOING MORE NIGHT WORK, UH, THAT HASN'T GONE INTO UH, EFFECT YET.
UM, BUT WE SET UP OUR SODEXO CONTRACT WITH ALL THESE THINGS AS WELL.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, THEY'VE BOUGHT INTO THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
UM, THEIR PLAN IS GOING TO BE EVEN DIFFERENT THAN WE PROPOSED.
AND I HAVE TO SAY I'M A FAN OF IT.
AND LIKE IT EVEN MORE, UM, ALL OF OUR HVAC TECHNICIANS, UH, UNDER SODEXO'S PLAN WILL BE PAIRED WITH A PM TECHNICIAN SO THAT WHEN THEY GO OUT TO SERVICE, A UNIT PM TECHNICIAN WILL COME ALONG AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THEIR PMS. THE HVAC TECHNICIAN WILL HAVE AN ASSISTANT IN CASE THEY GOTTA LIFT SOMETHING HEAVY OR NEED TO BRING SOMETHING UP THE UNIT, THERE'S NOW TWO OF THEM THAT MAKES THAT EASIER TO DO.
INSTEAD OF IT BEING TWO HVAC TECHNICIANS LIFTING SOMETHING HEAVY, YOU'LL NOW HAVE AN HVC TECHNICIAN AND A PM TECHNICIAN DOING THAT.
THE HVAC TECHNICIAN BE ABLE TO TRAIN PM TECHNICIANS AS THEY'RE THERE, TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, OVERSEE WHAT THE PM TECHNICIAN, UH, IS, HAS GOT GOING ON.
SO OF COURSE, THAT'LL ALL GO INTO EFFECT IN OCTOBER WHEN SODEXO COMES ON BOARD.
THEY'RE ALSO MOVING MORE OF THEIR STAFF TO THE NIGHTS SO THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WORK ON THESE UNITS WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THE BUILDING SO THEY CAN SHUT 'EM DOWN, DO MORE REPLACEMENTS, UH, WITHOUT IMPACTING CLASS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REWARDS OF THAT.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED ON THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE WITH.
BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE NOVEMBER IS WE'VE BROUGHT IN OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO ASSIST OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM.
SO WHAT WE'VE GOT HAD IS OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM BEING MORE THE, UH, UH, PUT OUT FIRES, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S COME UP.
IF IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE OR TWO HOURS IT FOR THE WORK TO OCCUR, THEY'RE GONNA GO TO ONE OF THE OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS.
AND THEIR INSTRUCTION IS TO ASSESS THEM EQUIPMENT AND FIX EVERYTHING YOU CAN POSSIBLE WITH THAT EQUIPMENT.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT.
UM, LAST SUMMER BEING SUMMER 2024, WE HAD SOME CATASTROPHIC FAILURES WE'D SAY.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE WERE SOME BIG ITEMS THAT REALLY GRABBED OUR ATTENTION.
AND WE, AND THAT WAS OUR WHOLE REASON FOR DOING THAT REPORT BACK IN NOVEMBER AND MAKING SOME OF THESE CHANGES.
I'D SAY WE'VE MADE SOME MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS AND WE STILL HAVE ROOM TO GO FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, BUT WE THINK WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE.
SODEXO HAS THE RIGHT ATTITUDE.
THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN THE INSTRUCTIONS.
OUR CONTRACT IS THE NEXT ITEM WITH SODEXO HAS BEEN SET UP SO THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT REALM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.
I, I KNOW TO MR. MISS, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
WE STILL HAVE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE STILL FAILURES WE'RE HAVING TO ADDRESS, BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THIS SUMMER IS WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CATASTROPHIC FAILURES.
WE DON'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, MAJOR SYSTEMS GOING DOWN THAT WE'RE WAITING MONTHS TO GET REPAIRED DUE TO PARTS.
UM, WE HAVE SYSTEMS GO DOWN, WE'RE WAITING ON, UH, PARTS.
UM, BUT WE'RE EITHER ADDRESSING THAT WITH, UM, UH, PORTABLE UNITS OR, UM, IN SOME, IN A LOT OF INSTANCES, MAYBE THAT UNIT HAS FOUR COMPRESSORS AND ONE'S OUT.
YEAH, WE'VE LOST ENTIRE WINGS OF SCHOOLS.
THE, THE SUMMER BEFORE LAST, I MEAN, WAS MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OF FOUR COMPRESSORS BEING OUT 20 CLASSROOMS DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, 14 CLASSROOMS HERE.
IT, IT WAS MULTIPLE SITUATIONS.
UM, THIS YEAR, I, I, WE, WE'VE HAD HURDLES STILL, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE CATASTROPHIC, YOU KNOW, 20 CLASSROOMS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.
UM, UM, LISTEN, I MEAN, LIGHTNING COULD STRIKE ANY ONE OF THOSE ROOFTOP UNITS AND IT COULD HAPPEN, BUT, UM, I THINK, I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF PROGRESS WITH A SHORTER SUMMER THIS YEAR.
I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF, A LOT OF PROGRESS MADE OVER THE SUMMER TO GET SYSTEMS AS CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT AS AS POSSIBLE.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE UPCOMING YEAR IS TO HAVE A MORE EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE'RE JUST, WE NOW WE HAVE TO EXECUTE ACTION PLAN.
I THINK I TALKED ABOUT, OH, NOW THE ONE WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED AND IS THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
UM, SO THAT, THAT IS STILL OCCURRING TODAY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOING FORWARD WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WORK ON OR COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR.
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ACTIONS PLANS BACK IN NOVEMBER, DEVELOP A CONTRACTOR SCOPE OF WORK, RESTRUCTURE THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, OVERHAUL THE PM PROGRAM FORMAT, FEATURE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, AND UPGRADE THE VMS SYSTEM.AND WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE DONE ALL OF THOSE ITEMS EXCEPT THE LAST ONE.
UM, THE, THE UPGRADE OF THE PM MS SYSTEM IS A MAJOR OVERHAUL.
AND BASICALLY OUR GOAL SINCE NOVEMBER HAS BEEN STRUCTURE THE CONTRACT.
YOU KNOW, GET A, A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD THAT'S GONNA ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS, WHICH WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE.
UM, NOW WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM ON BOARD.
WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE TRANSITION MONTH.
UM, YEAH, DEXO CHA IS A BM IS STILL HERE.
SODEXO CHA TAKES OVER OCTOBER 1ST.
UH, SO ALL THAT IS IN PLACE TO GET GOING.
ONCE WE GET THAT IN PLACE, WE'RE GONNA THEN START FOCUSING ON A, THE, THE BMS SYSTEM, WHICH IS BASICALLY OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM, OUR TRACKING OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO ON IN OUR BUILDING SUCH AS FACILITY USE, UM, ASSET MANAGEMENT, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA STOP RIGHT THERE BEFORE I GO INTO THE COMPUTER PORTION OF WHAT WE'VE ADDED.
ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE NOVEMBER? SO, UH, I'M NOT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
HOWEVER, HOW DO WE PACKAGE THIS TO FILL OUT NEEDS FOR A NEXT POSSIBLE REFERENDUM? BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A PHASE THREE THAT WE'RE, THAT, THAT FRANK IS PLANNING ON A PHASE THREE REFERENDUM.
HOW MUCH OF THIS IS GONNA BE IN THAT? I MEAN, IF WE STILL HAVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF NEED, HOW DO WE PR HOW DO WE PACKAGE THIS SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND WAITING ON A POSSIBLE REFERENDUM? 'CAUSE WE CAN'T, WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN NOW WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE.
TWO IN THE HANDS WORTH, ONE IN THE BUSH KIND OF THING, RIGHT? UH, BUT I MEAN, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE, THAT, THAT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF JUSTIFICATION FOR ANOTHER REFERENDUM.
AND IF PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THEIR KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE THIS NEED.
IT WAS IDENTIFIED BACK IN TWO, 2019.
WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THE NEED.
WE CAN'T, CAN WE PACKAGE THIS FOR 2000, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT, 27 REFERENDUM? SO MY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS WHEN WE COME TO YOU WITH OUR 8% LI LIST IN APRIL, ARE, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENT FOR MR. DALLAS AND MS. BOATWRIGHT TO COMPARE IT TO THE 2022 FCA AND THEN MR. DALLAS BRING THE PLAN OF WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE TO GET US TO, UH, 2030.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, I HAVEN'T STARTED WORKING ON IT, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER'S GONNA BE.
I CAN TELL IT'S GONNA BE A VERY BIG NUMBER THAT WE'RE GONNA SAY THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY YEAR IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT GOAL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG, I JUST, I FORESHADOWING IT'S GONNA BE BIG.
THAT ORDER TO MAKE IT, THE COST HAS INCREASED SINCE WE CAME UP WITH THAT T THE THE $28 MILLION THAT WE NEEDED YEARS AGO IS MORE NOW IS MUCH MORE NOW.
INFLATION AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AND TARIFFS AND BLAH BLAH.
NEW EQUIPMENT, NEW GA I MEAN, IT'S MY OPINION, IT'S A GIANT RACKETEERING OUTFIT.
I MEAN IT'S, I MEAN IT'S THESE, THESE, THESE, THESE, THESE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS LAST 15 YEARS, BUT THE REFRIGERANT ONLY MAKES IT 10, 12 YEARS.
SO LIKE, IT IS LIKE, I, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S, IT JUST, SO HOW, GET AN ARGUMENT FROM ME
SO I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW.
IT BOTHERS ME, BUT, UH, BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR BETTER EQUIPMENT, BETTER CONTRACTORS.
WE ACTUALLY, UM, ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE TODAY, UM, ABOUT, UH, THEIR ABILITY AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
SO WE'RE ON BOTH SIDES, THOSE THAT INSTALL IT IN THE EQUIPMENT TYPE, WE'RE CON CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR BETTER, UH, EQUIPMENT BECAUSE YEAH, WE'RE NOT SATISFIED ON EITHER SIDE.
TELL ME SO I CAN INVEST IN THEM.
UH, ANYBODY ONLINE HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS UP TO THIS POINT BEFORE WE GO INTO COMPUTER STUFF? UH, MR. CHAIR, SIR? YES, SIR.
UH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND, UH, THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, THE OPERATIONS TEAM, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF HARD WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS AND, UM, AS AS NOTED EARLIER, IT WAS A HUGE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB, BUT THERE IS A PLAN TO CLIMB IT.
AND SO I'M VERY PRESS BY WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR AND THANKS TO THE ENTIRE, UM, GROUP OF, UH, PARTICIPANTS.
AND ONTO THE NEXT, ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, THIS IS,
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TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. SMITH, ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN HVAC EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE YES, THEY ARE NOW A, THEY'RE LITTLE COMPUTER OR BIG COMPUTERS DEPENDING ON THEIR SIZE.ONE OF THE THINGS, THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP IS THIS JUST RECOGNIZES THAT, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE TURN HVAC SYSTEMS OFF SUMMER.
WHAT WE DO SET IS OCCUPIED AND UNOCCUPIED SCHEDULING.
AND THIS JUST SHOWS HOW YOU CAN SET THAT UP FOR ONE LOCATION IN THAT YOU CAN SET IT UP, UH, DIRT, CERTAIN HOURS TO BE OCCUPIED, WHICH IS JUST, SAY IN THE SUMMER IS SET AT 73, 72 TO 74 DEGREES, AND THEN AN UNOCCUPIED SCHEDULE, WHICH MAY BE 78 TO 80.
UM, AND SO WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T IN THE BUILDING, WE ALLOW THE TEMPERATURES TO GO UP WHEN THEY ARE IN THE BUILDING, UH, WE BRING THE TEMPERATURES DOWN AND WE START IT WELL AHEAD OF PEOPLE ENTERING TO, TO ENSURE THEY'RE AT THE CO THE TEMPERATURES.
A BUILDING MAY REMAIN UNOCCUPIED.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE SYSTEM'S NOT RUNNING.
IT MEANS THAT THE SET POINT IS GONNA BE 80 DEGREES OR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 78, AND THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S 78.
BETWEEN 78 AND 80 IS HUGELY STANDARD.
AND SO THAT'S THE, UH, SO IT IS RUNNING, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER, JUST NOT, EXCEPT FOR CRITICAL AREAS, UH, PLACES WHERE, UM, UH, UNIFORMS ARE STORED, UH, MEDIA CENTERS.
WE TRY TO
SO, UH, I I MEAN, IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ACTUAL COM UH, SYSTEM THAT COMES ON AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING? YEAH.
HOW, HOW FAR AHEAD OF BUILDING OCCUPATION DO WE TURN? THE AIR CONDITIONING DEPENDS ON THE, AND IT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE SPACE.
A BIGGER SPACE USUALLY TAKES A LITTLE LONGER, BUT A STANDARD, UH, PRETTY MUCH A STANDARD WOULD BE TWO HOURS BEFORE, BEFORE OCCUPANCY.
UM, TWO HOURS OF SYSTEMS THAT ARE RUNNING CORRECTLY.
TWO HOURS IS ALMOST ALWAYS JUST FINE.
UH, THAT'S PLENTY ENOUGH TIME FOR, UM, EVERYTHING TO GET PRECONDITIONED WHILE WHEN PEOPLE START WALKING IN THE BUILDINGS.
IS THERE, UH, NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO, UH, CHEAT ANYBODY OUTTA AIR CONDITIONING, BUT I MEAN, IS THERE ANY DATA THAT SAYS IF WE WAIT TILL AN HOUR BEFORE OCCUPANCY THAT MAY IMPROVE SYSTEM LIFE OR, UM, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? LIKE I'M JUST LOOKING TO SHAVE OFF EITHER MONEY AND OR, YOU KNOW, PAIR AND TEAR PROCESS.
UM, WHAT WE FOUND IS USUALLY THE, THE TEACHERS TELL US HOW THINGS WORK.
SO IF I'M NOT GETTING ANY CALLS, I KNOW THAT TWO HOURS IS FINE.
IF I DO SHIFT IT TO AN HOUR, BE I'M AN ENERGY MANAGER, I WANNA SAVE AS MUCH ENERGY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IF I SHIFT IT TO AN HOUR START TIME, I USUALLY GET AN EMAIL IN THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS OF SCHOOL THAT SAYS, HEY, IT USUALLY TAKES TO 11 O'CLOCK TO COOL MY ROOM DOWN.
OR, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL GET A, SOME SORT OF AN EMAIL THAT TELLS ME WHICH WAY I NEED TO, THAT DIDN'T CUT IT.
I ALWAYS TRY TO, FAIR ENOUGH, I ALWAYS TRY TO NUDGE THINGS AS MUCH AS I CAN.
TRYING TO BE EDUCATED IN ALL THIS.
SO, SO, SO TO UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION THEN, BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK YOU STARTED MY QUESTION ABOUT THE, YOU YOU TOOK IT A LITTLE LEFT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT, THAT YOU PREFER TO, ARE YOU, WERE YOU, WERE YOU WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS, BRING IT TO BASICALLY DOING AN HOUR VERSUS TWO HOURS? IS THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? I'M JUST SAYING IS, IS IS THERE ANY COST BENEFIT TO ELECTRICITY OR TO, UM, UH, WEAR AND TEAR ON THE UNIT IF WE, INSTEAD OF STARTING TWO HOURS BEFORE, WE ONLY GO ONE HOUR BEFORE OCCUPANCY.
THAT'S WHEN YOU LOST ME ALREADY.
UH, THE, THE ONE HOUR, THE ONE HOUR I KNOW DEFINITELY WOULD MAKE IT BECAUSE TEACHERS, TEACHERS GONNA COME ABOUT THE BELT BY THE BUILDING SOMETIMES BEING, UM, NOT COOL ENOUGH NOW AS WELL AS THE KIDS.
BUT ALSO, UM, UH, I'M LOOKING FOR, I'M LOOKING FOR, UH, SOME DATA THAT SUPPORTS US DOING THAT.
BECAUSE WHAT I'VE BEEN UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, THAT WHEN YOU'RE PUSHING THEM TO PUSH THOSE, TO PUSH THAT WITHIN THAT TWO HOUR FRAME, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE PUSHING THE UNITS HARDER THAN VERSUS HAVING THE UNITS CONTINUOUSLY GO AND, AND, AND, AND IT NORMALLY CUT ON EVERY NOW AND THEN IT KNOCK OFF.
AND, AND IF THAT, THAT WAS THE UNIT'S NOT REALLY WORKING HARDER AS IT IS WHEN, WHEN YOU CUT IT OFF COMPLETELY, WELL, NOT COMPLETE, BUT HOWEVER, HOWEVER Y'ALL WANNA IDENTIFY AND SAY HOW Y HOW Y'ALL DO A HOW Y'ALL WINDOW IT, I, I I FROM WHAT, FROM WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT'S HOW WE'RE KILLING OUR UNITS IS BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE CUTTING 'EM OFF AT A CERTAIN TIME.
WE KNOW, WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE LEAVING OUT THE BUILDING.
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YOU HAVE TO CALL THE DISTRICT AND SAY, HEY, LOOK HERE, WE HAVING A PTO MEETING.COULD YOU TURN THAT? COULD YOU LEAVE THE, COULD YOU LEAVE IT ON? OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE, I SAYING THOSE ARE THINGS I'M LOOKING FOR.
SOME, SOME, SOME SIZE OF SOME, SOME BLACK AND WHITE.
I KNOW WE CAN FIND THAT DATA FOR ANYTHING.
I'M LOOKING FOR SOME DATA THAT SUPPORT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING BECAUSE FROM, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY SAVING US THAT IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE IT, IT HURTS US BECAUSE THE ACCURACY GOT ME TAKEN EVEN A COUPLE TIMES IN THE WINTERTIME.
JUST KIND OF MIGHT JUST KIND OF CUT IT ON AND CUT IT OFF JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET, GET THE LUBE AND THINGS GOING ON.
YOU GET, UH, GET GET, GET, GET IT, GET IT FLOWING.
SO I, THAT, THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS IN TERMS OF THAT.
THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE ENERGY SAVINGS PART.
I MEAN, IF, IF YOU'RE STARTING A BUILDING AT, AT TWO HOURS EARLIER IN AUGUST, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENT, THERE'S, THERE'S, I MEAN, YOU, YOU ALL KNOW IT'S, IT GETS DOWN TO 80, 80 SOME DEGREES.
SO YOU'VE GOT THAT LOAD IN THE MORNING, THAT HEAT LOAD IN THAT BUILDING OF ALL NIGHT, IT'S BEEN 82 AND NOT RUNNING.
SO YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO PICK UP THE, THE ENTIRE LOAD IN THAT BUILDING THAT'S GONNA COST YOU MORE ENERGY AND LONGER RUN TIMES.
COMPRESSORS CONSTANTLY RUNNING INSTEAD OF STAGING ON AND OFF.
IT'S CERTAINLY IDEAL TO BE ABLE TO START STAGING COMPRESSORS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BECAUSE YOU'VE SATISFIED THAT BUILDING.
THE TEMPERATURES HAVE CON STARTED TO COME DOWN IN THAT BUILDING.
IT'LL SAVE YOU MORE MONEY THAN TRYING TO RUN FULL BORE UNTIL NOON TO GET CAUGHT UP.
SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS IN PLAY, BUT WHEN, WHEN YOU START TO TRY TO CALCULATE EVERYTHING, AGE OF THE UNIT, HOW EFFICIENT IS IT RUNNING? I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT WOULD GO INTO PLAY.
I MEAN, YOU CAN, YOU COULD GRAB DATA FROM THIS UNIT OR THIS AREA TO DO JUST A, A BLANKET CATCHALL.
WE HAVE LOOKED, I MEAN, THE CLOSEST WE CAN GET TO THAT, WE HAVE LOOKED AT OUR ENERGY SAVINGS FOR THE WEEK DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY WHEN WE TURN OUR UNITS OFF.
I MEAN, OUR PEAK ENERGY UNIT USAGE IS IN JULY AND AUGUST.
AND WE CAN ALREADY SEE, I'M GONNA SAY THIS TOO, THAT WE'RE SPENDING MORE ON ENERGY SINCE OUR SHORT SUMMERS ARE SHORTER AND WE'RE USING OUR BUILDINGS, UH, IN, IN, IN AUGUST AND JULY MORE, UH, OUR ENERGY, OUR ENERGY USAGE AND OUR COST IS GOING UP.
BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT, UH, OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, WE SHUT DOWN FOR A WEEK.
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS, BUT IT USED TO BE LIKE THAT WEEK WE'D SAVE $150,000 WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AND I, IT WOULD ONLY BE HIGHER NOW.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN SAY A DIRECT COST FROM ALL OUR BUILDINGS BEING SHUT DOWN WAS $150,000 A WEEK.
AND THEN WHEN WE DO OUR ENERGY REPORT, UM, YOU CAN SEE, AND LAST TIME WE DID IT, WE SHOWED THAT UPTICK THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR IN, UH, AUGUST BECAUSE WE USED OUR BUILDINGS TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
SO THAT, THAT'S ALMOST A DIRECT CORRELATION WHEN YOU LOOK AT PAST HOW MUCH WE SPENT THAT ADDITIONAL COST FOR THAT TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST WHEN WE WERE RUNNING OUR BUILDINGS.
AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
RIGHT? MAYBE I'M, MAYBE I'M, I'M, I'M NOT REALLY, I'M NOT REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, I DON'T CARE ABOUT, I DON'T CARE ABOUT COSTS.
I'M TALKING, I'M TALKING AND I'M TALKING IN, IN TERMS OF A LONG HAUL AND SAVING THE EQUIPMENT VERSUS CUTTING IT OFF LIKE, LIKE MY HEAD.
WELL, VERSUS WITH CUT, CUTTING IT OFF, GOING FROM, UH, FROM WHATEVER IT MAY BE RIGHT NOW, IT MAY BE WHAT, UH, MAY, IT MAY BE 60, OKAY.
GOING FROM 68, BUT THEY, THEY GOING FROM 68, 75 TO STILL HAVING TO CHILL THE ROOM DOWN VERSUS BEING OFF OR OR ON IDLE.
VERSUS, AND, AND, AND, AND DOING THAT, HAVING THE ACTUAL SYSTEM WORKING HARDER, TRYING TO PUT THE BUILDING WHERE WE WANT TO GET TO THAT 68, THAT, THAT, THAT IS WHEN THAT, THAT, THAT IS, ARE WE KILLING OUR EQUIPMENT BY, BY, BY DOING THAT, BY EYEING IT DOWN THAT LOW AND HAVING IT GO EVERY MORNING IS IS WHAT THE
SO IF I CAN'T, WHAT I'LL ANSWER THAT.
THAT THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO TO A COMPRESSOR IS SHUT IT ON AND OFF, RIGHT? THE START AND STOPS ARE WHAT? KILL MOTORS.
SO ONE THING IS YOU DON'T WANT TO UNDERSIZE OR EVEN OVERSIZE, UH, AN AIR CONDITIONING IF YOU OVERSIZE IT SHUTTING OFF AND ON TOO LONG.
RIGHT? NOW, WHAT I WOULD SAY WE DO ON OUR SIDE TO HELP WITH THAT IS THAT ALMOST ALL OUR NEW UNITS WOULD HAVE VARIABLE SPEED COMPRESSORS, WHICH MEANS THEY DON'T JUST SLAM ON AND SLUMP OFF.
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UP EVERY TIME THEY COME ON, AND THEY ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE STAGE COMPRESSORS.SO YOU HAVE, AND NOW YOU CAN TAKE OVER AS YOU'RE DOING FINE.
SO YOU STARTED UP, BUT IT'S AN EXTRA COST TO ADD THAT.
BUT WE ADD THAT TO EVERYONE WE CAN, THAT IT'LL SLOWLY WIND UP SO IT'S NOT SLAMMING ON AND OFF AND SLOWLY SHUT DOWN AND YOU STAGE THE COMPRESSORS, SO ONE STARTS SLOWLY, THEN THE NEXT WILL START UP, AND THEN THE NEXT, IF YOU'RE COMING ALL THE WAY ON, YEAH, TECHNOLOGY'S DEFINITELY CAUGHT UP TO WHAT WAS KILLING EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? OKAY.
I MEAN, AND THE EFFICIENCY'S BETTER, EVERYTHING'S BETTER BECAUSE IT CUTS POWER USAGE IS YOU THROTTLE THOSE COMPRESSORS BACK DOWN AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THAT'S NOT GONNA SAVE OUR 25-YEAR-OLD UNITS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING HAMMERED ON AND OFF AND YES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST GONNA DIE EVENTUALLY, BUT, UH, SO WE JUST GO OUT AND REPAIR 'EM.
BUT, UH, AS WE REPLACE EQUIPMENT, I MEAN THAT ALL THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS GOTTEN, GOTTEN BETTER, UH, NOT CHEAPER, BUT IT HAS GOTTEN BETTER AND IT MAKES IT MORE COMPLICATED.
ALL KINDS OF PC BOARDS IN THERE.
AND, UH, INSTEAD OF RELAYS NOW, W WHICH I WILL BE, OH, I DIDN'T MEAN TO SKI THAT ON YOU.
YEAH, YOU, I'M GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA GET TO SHINE HERE IN A SECOND.
UM, AND THAT'LL, SO, UM, ACTUALLY THE REASON WHY, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ONE INDIVIDUAL UNIT, EXPAND THAT SCREEN OUT WHERE YOU HAVE IT ON THERE, IT JUST SHOWS YOU EVERYTHING THAT WE SEE ON A ROOM.
UM, YOU CAN SEE DOWN HERE, THE ZONE TEMPERATURE IN THIS ROOM IS 65 DEGREES.
THE SET POINT IN THIS ROOM, SO ACTUALLY THIS ROOM FOR SOME IS TOO COLD.
UM, THE, I, I CHECKED THE ONE SCREENSHOT WHERE IT STOPPED.
SO
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE ADJUSTMENT.
THE SLIDE THERE SAYS THEY'VE MOVED IT DOWN TO NEGATIVE, UH, ONE DEGREE, UH, LESS THAN IT THE SET.
SO THAT'S JUST TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT THAT IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM.
SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR LARGER ROOFTOP UNITS, UM, AND IT SHOWS A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON HERE.
NO, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
WELL, BASICALLY WHAT WE LOOK FOR ON A LARGE UNIT LIKE THIS, SO IT COMES IN, WE CAN SEE, YOU LOOK AT THE VERY TOP, YOU SEE THE AIR COMING IN, THE TEMPERATURE IS 80.6 DEGREES.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT COMING IN THIS RIGHT HERE, UH, THAT, THAT SLIDE ACROSS THE MIDDLE THAT'S BLUE AND WHITE, IT'S CALLED AN EMPATHY WHEEL.
IT'S ACTUALLY TAKING THE EXHAUST AIR COLD, EXHAUST AIR AND MIXING IT WITH THE WARM AIR COMING IN ON THIS OPTION.
IT SHOWS THAT THE, THE DAMPER GOING OUT IS CLOSED.
THE IN THE AIR COMING IN IS CLOSED.
SO THIS ONE'S JUST RECIRCULATING IN THE BUILDING ITSELF.
THERE ARE, THAT LITTLE BLUE BOX SHOWS THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO COMPRESSORS.
BOTH OF THEM IN THIS SITUATION ARE OFF.
IT'S GOT 81 DEGREES AT THAT POINT, AND IT HAS 60.7 COMING OUT.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN, IT'S PROBABLY SATISFIED.
AND THEN YOU SEE ALL THE ROOM TEMPERATURES THAT THIS ONE UNIT IS SERVING.
THIS JUST THEN ILLUSTRATE THAT FROM OUR COMPUTER.
WE CAN SEE A LOT AND IMPACT A LOT.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE UNIT THAT HAS MULTIPLE PARTS.
AND THEN IT ALSO SHOWS YOU WHAT CAN GO DOWN WITH A UNIT.
I MEAN, AND, AND SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU HEAR, WELL, THE UNIT'S NEVER FIXED.
WELL, THERE MAY BE 30 PARTS IN HERE THAT COULD GO DOWN, AND ONE MAY BE DOWN ONE TIME AND ONE MAY DOWN ANOTHER TIME.
AND SO THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASON TO SHOW THIS.
SO I, I DON'T ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF WHAT I'VE GOT.
ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY IN OUR UNITS? UH, I, I GUESS THE ONLY, UM, ARE WE TRACKING HISTORICAL DATA, UH, PER UNIT OR, OR PER BUILDING OR FOR LIKE ZONES OR, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF, UH, NUMERICAL DATA ARE WE ARCHIVING? UM, BASED ON WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THESE MACHINES, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET A PROLONGED ARCHIVE.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE MEMORY USAGE THAT THESE SYSTEMS EAT UP.
UH, THE SOFTWARE SAID WE SET UP TRENDS AND THEY MAY GO FOR A WEEK.
SO WE CAN TREND HOW THE UNIT'S BEEN DOING FOR A WEEK.
DISCHARGE, AIR TEMPERATURES HAS THE FAN.
UH, WE CAN TELL EXACTLY WHAT TIME A FAN WOULD'VE GONE DOWN
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IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM.IF WE GOT A CALL AND SAID, HEY, IT'S 86 DEGREES IN MY ROOM.
WE CAN USUALLY TELL AND GRAPH THE TEMPERATURES AND SEE WHEN A UNIT WENT DOWN, UH, WHAT TIME THAT TEMPERATURE GOT TO THAT POINT.
UH, BUT TO ARCHIVE THAT ALL THAT DATA, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD TAKE SOME UPGRADES TO DO THAT.
WHAT I, WE DO KIND OF JUST, I GUESS WE USE OUR ENERGY REPORTS TO KIND OF SEE HOW SCHOOLS ARE PERFORMING, COULD GO DEEPER INTO, UM, PERFORMANCE ON, ON ACTUAL EACH INDIVIDUAL UNIT.
WE COULD TREND OUT, UM, TO SOME POINT, I, I'D HAVE TO TALK TO FRANK AND SEE HOW FAR BACK THOSE TRENDS GO.
I MEAN, KIND OF TO ANSWER SOMEWHAT, WE'VE NOT USED HISTORICAL DATA TO THE LEVEL THAT YOU'RE ASKING.
WE'RE USING LIKE FOR REPAIR, LIKE OVER A WEEK PERIOD.
WE'RE NOT, WE HAVE NOT USED IT FOR, UM, YEARS OR, OR WHATEVER.
UH, AND QUITE HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR BACK YOU CAN GO EITHER.
UH, I I THAT'S NOT KIND OF ITS PURPOSE THAT WE USE IT FOR, BUT YEAH, BUT I'M, I'M, I'M, YEAH.
UH, I'M JUST ASKING, OKAY, TO, JUST SO WE CAN TRACK BASED ON PARTICULAR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS, UM, OPERATE BEST IF YOU TURN 'EM ON THIS TIME IN THE MORNING AND ALLOW TO COOL, THIS BEEN THE HOURS BEFORE, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE LOAD FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL TO, UH, AT THE COLDEST PART OF THE NIGHT, THREE O'CLOCK OR 3:00 AM 3:00 AM IN THE MORNING? WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL TO TURN THE AIR CONDITIONERS ON THEN? BECAUSE THE HEAT LOAD ON THE BUILDING IS AT AS LOW AS POINT THEORETICALLY? UH, I MEAN, JUST STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, UM, THAT, THAT'S ALL I GUESS.
SO WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IN ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES FOR WHEN AIR CONDITIONING UNITS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS IS WE WILL RUN 'EM 24 HOURS BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THAT THEY CAN START OFF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, AT A COLD POINT.
UM, BECAUSE THEY MAY STRUGGLE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT UNIT.
THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR US TO DO.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS.
SO YEAH, THERE IS SOME ADVANTAGES IN DOING THAT WHEN YOU NEED TO.
UM, BUT A UNIT, AND WHEN JD SAID AS LONG AS IT'S FUNCTIONING, IT DOESN'T NE IT CAN CATCH UP IN TIME.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO START WAY AHEAD, BUT LET'S SAY IT HAS PROBLEMS. WELL, WE MAY START IT EARLY AND THEN THE WEATHER'S ALL A FACTOR TOO.
I MEAN, IF IT'S 80 DEGREES IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN IT BEING A HUNDRED.
THERE USED TO BE LIKE ROBERT SMALLS, I'LL GIVE THE OLD ROBERT SMALLS BUILDING, WAS IT WINTER AND SUMMER? MM-HMM
THOSE UNITS COULD NOT, AND IT WAS, THEY WERE FUNCTIONING AS BEST THEY COULD, JUST THE WAY THE DESIGN OF THOSE UNITS THERE, THEY COULDN'T KEEP UP ON HOT DAYS OR REALLY COLD DAYS.
SO WE'D HAVE TO RUN THOSE 24 7 JUST TO KEEP THAT BUILDING CLOSE.
THAT'S WHEN THE UNIT'S PERFECT, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, THAT'S THE BEST THEY CAN FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED.
AND, AND THAT GETS US BACK TO SOME OF OUR OLDER UNITS.
WERE DESIGNED FOR A 95 DEGREE DAY.
OUR, OUR OLDER UNITS WITHIN THE LAST, I WOULD SAY, UM, FIVE YEARS.
FIVE YEARS, WE, EVERY, EVERY UNIT BEFORE THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR AN AMBIENT OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE OF TO, TO WORK AT THE MAXIMUM OF 95 DEGREES OUTSIDE.
WELL, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY SURPASSED THAT SEVERAL TIMES, UH, IN, IN THAT TIME.
BUT, UM, NOW WE DESIGNED FOR 105 AS THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE SPECS WE WANT.
IF IT'S 105 DEGREES OUTSIDE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT THAT 55 DEGREES OR WHATEVER OUR SET POINT IS.
SO THAT'S HOW WE DESIGN SYSTEMS NOW.
AND, UM, I HOPE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO ANY HIGHER THAN THAT
I, I SMITH GOT ANYTHING? ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ONLINE? MR. CARR? WE GOOD HERE? ANYBODY ELSE FOR THE REPORT? VERY HELPFUL.
DONE
IT WAS QUALITY MANAGEMENT, QUALITY MATERIALS THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO OPERATIONS.
THAT WAS MR. SMITH'S, THEN HE CAN EXPAND ON IT.
QUALITY MATERIALS, QUALITY MANAGEMENT DENSITY, SELECTION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT OCTOBER MEETING.
WHEN DO WE GET THE BUS? THE BUS? THE STUFF ON THE BUSES.
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DID IT COME BEFORE THE BOARD? YOU'RE RIGHT, IT DOES NEED TO COME BEFORE YEAH, COME BEFORE I, I DON'T, LET ME CHECK ON THAT.THAT'S SOMETHING WE MAY NEED TO BRING TO THE, UM, NOT, WE DON'T HAVE IT FOR THE UPCOMING BOARD MEETING, BUT I, I WILL GET YOU THE DATE BECAUSE ACTUALLY SOMETIME IN THAT, THE R NINETEENS ARE DUE AND THEN THOSE HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
SO I DON'T HAVE A DATE IN MIND.
THOUGHT THE CHAIR WOULD'VE GOT THAT.
I THOUGHT THE CHAIR WOULD'VE GOT THAT.
BUT, UM, UM, YEAH, BUS, DEFINITELY WANNA TALK ABOUT THE BUS, ABOUT THE BUSES, ABOUT THOSE ROUTES, HOW MANY BUSES AND STUFF WE HAVE AS WELL, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
ANYTHING ELSE? I'D LIKE TO, LIKE, CAN ANYBODY LOCATE THIS BOOK OF EVERYTHING I'M SUPPOSED TO TRACK, BUT THAT'D BE COOL.
I MOVE, WE, I MOVE, WE ADJOURN.