[1:04] Good evening. Good evening.
[1:05] This special school board
[1:06] meeting of the School Board of
[1:07] Broward County, Florida to
[1:08] adopt the District Educational
[1:09] Facilities Plan is now called
[1:11] to order. Our primary focus is
[1:13] to create a safe and productive
[1:14] environment for all
[1:15] participants. Please be
[1:16] reminded of the exit doors that
[1:17] are clearly marked for
[1:19] emergency exiting while in the
[1:20] boardroom. Refrain from
[1:22] obstructing the exit doors. All
[1:23] attendees must occupy a seat
[1:25] with the exception of media.
[1:26] Once the boardroom has reached
[1:28] its seating capacity, attendees
[1:30] will be directed to a
[1:31] designated overflow space,
[1:33] which is located in the area
[1:34] adjacent to the vending
[1:36] machines. If the fire alarm
[1:37] sounds, exit the room calmly
[1:38] continue outside the building
[1:39] and remain there until
[1:40] authorities give clearance to
[1:42] return. Thank you for your
[1:43] cooperation. All please rise
[1:44] for the Pledge of Allegiance to
[1:46] the flag of the United States
[1:49] of America.
[1:51] >> I pledge allegiance to the
[1:53] flag of the United States of
[1:57] America. Republic stands one
[1:59] nation under GOD, indivisible,
[2:02] with liberty and justice for
[2:06] all.
[2:07] >> As we p prepa to gin n rr
[2:08] speciall s schooboard memeeting,
[2:10] wewe are reminded that our vision
[2:11] isis 100% proficiency for all
[2:13] students. As an a-rated school
[2:15] district, our vital task is to
[2:16] sustain this achievement. We
[2:17] will continue educating all
[2:19] students to reach their highest
[2:21] potential. Now let's write the
[2:22] next chapter together. Today's
[2:24] special School Board meeting
[2:25] will operate in accordance with
[2:26] School Board Policy 1020, and
[2:28] the board will review the items
[2:29] as advertised and presented by
[2:31] the superintendent. The purpose
[2:32] of this meeting is for the
[2:34] School Board of Broward County,
[2:35] Florida to conduct official
[2:36] business of the district and
[2:38] any other items the board deems
[2:39] necessary. Today, the board is
[2:40] considering the following
[2:43] business. One adopting the
[2:44] District Educational Facilities
[2:46] Plan for the five years running
[2:49] from JULY 1st, 2026 through
[2:52] JUNE 30th. JUNE 30th, 2031, the
[2:53] superintendent released a
[2:55] revised agenda with certain
[2:56] changes for this meeting and
[2:57] published it on the school
[2:58] district's website. The chair
[3:00] finds pursuant to section one,
[3:01] 20.525 Florida statutes, that
[3:02] good cause exists for such
[3:04] changes and accepts the revised
[3:05] agenda. Doctor Hepburn, are
[3:08] there any changes? The agenda.
[3:10] >> No changes to the agenda.
[3:10] MADAM Chair.
[3:12] >> MAY I have a motion and a
[3:13] second to close the agenda?
[3:15] Again moved by DR. Zeman,
[3:16] seconded by MRS. Alhadeff. All
[3:17] in favor of closing the agenda?
[3:19] Let it be known by saying aye.
[3:21] Aye. Any opposed? Say no. The
[3:24] agenda is now closed. We will
[3:25] soon hear from our registered
[3:27] public speakers. We ask that
[3:28] decorum be maintained and
[3:29] civility and respect be shown
[3:30] during public comment. Our
[3:32] General counsel will assist the
[3:33] chair in maintaining decorum
[3:34] during this period. We also
[3:36] want to remind our public
[3:37] speakers of the rules and
[3:37] expectations regarding the
[3:39] agenda, public comment portion
[3:40] of this special school board
[3:41] meeting, as well as board
[3:42] policy attorney Dupree Bruno,
[3:44] please explain the rules of
[3:45] public comment.
[3:46] >> Thank you, MADAM Chair, and
[3:48] good evening. Public comment is
[3:50] governed by School Board Policy
[3:51] 1020 and is intended to provide
[3:53] input on the board's duties,
[3:54] decisions and the overall
[3:55] operation of the school
[3:56] district. The school board is
[3:58] viewpoint neutral during public
[4:00] comment per school board policy,
[4:01] 1020 public comment procedures
[4:03] are as follows. Speakers must
[4:05] state their name, city of
[4:06] residence and whether they are
[4:07] a lobbyist before beginning
[4:09] their remarks. All remarks must
[4:11] be directed to the board as a
[4:12] whole. The board will not
[4:14] respond to or engage with
[4:15] speakers during public comment,
[4:17] and no action will be taken
[4:18] unless the item is on the
[4:20] agenda. During the agenda
[4:21] speaking time, speakers will
[4:22] have up to three minutes per
[4:24] item and up to one minute on
[4:26] motions or amendments per
[4:27] meeting, with an additional one
[4:29] minute if another motion is
[4:32] introduced, a visible timer
[4:33] will be used and the microphone
[4:35] MAY be turned off when the time
[4:37] expires. Speakers must limit
[4:39] their comments to agenda. Items
[4:40] must remain relevant to the
[4:42] specific item. Comments MAY not
[4:43] address matters that are
[4:45] pending litigation, quasi
[4:46] judicial proceedings, active
[4:47] investigations or
[4:49] administrative hearings,
[4:50] solicitation and lobbying
[4:51] activities must comply with
[4:53] applicable school board
[4:55] policies. Abusive language
[4:56] defined as profanity
[4:58] threatening or name calling is
[4:59] prohibited. In addition,
[5:00] clapping, hissing, booing,
[5:02] shouting, yelling or other
[5:03] disruptions from the audience
[5:04] are not allowed. Speakers who
[5:06] fail to follow proper decorum
[5:07] in the chambers will be ruled
[5:09] out of order by the board chair.
[5:11] Failure to comply MAY result in
[5:12] the microphone being turned off
[5:15] or a recess being called after
[5:16] a warning. The chair MAY also
[5:18] direct removal from the meeting
[5:19] by law enforcement or the
[5:21] Sergeant at Arms. MADAM Chair.
[5:22] >> Thank you, Attorney Dupree.
[5:24] Now, the board wants to hear
[5:25] from the public, and we
[5:26] appreciate your cooperation in
[5:27] maintaining a respectful,
[5:29] orderly and productive meeting.
[5:30] Environment MAY have a motion
[5:32] and a second on item one Adopt
[5:33] District Educational Facilities
[5:37] Plan Fiscal Year 2026 2027. The
[5:38] motion is made by DR. Zeman.
[5:40] Seconded by MRS. Alhadeff. This
[5:41] evening is the second of two
[5:42] special school board meetings
[5:44] for this District Educational
[5:45] Facilities Plan. I now turn it
[5:47] over to the superintendent, who
[5:48] will now give a brief overview
[5:49] of the District Educational
[5:50] Facilities Plan.
[5:51] >> Thank you, MADAM Chair, and
[5:53] good evening. I'm pleased to
[5:54] submit this district
[5:55] Educational Facilities plan for
[5:57] the School Board's
[5:58] consideration and adoption. I
[6:00] want to start by thanking the
[6:01] board for its input and a
[6:03] special school board meeting on
[6:05] JULY 21st, when the tentative
[6:07] District Educational Facilities
[6:09] plan was approved. At that
[6:10] meeting, the board provided
[6:12] feedback on the recommendations.
[6:13] Today's presentation of the d.
[6:15] F p reflects the board's
[6:16] priorities and direction. The
[6:17] board is aware that the
[6:19] district will engage a master
[6:20] planner who will provide
[6:21] additional information to help
[6:23] shape our district as we
[6:24] redefine how our facilities
[6:26] serve our students. This plan
[6:28] addresses key needs in the
[6:29] interim until those
[6:30] recommendations are brought
[6:32] forward. At that time, the d, f,
[6:34] p can be amended to incorporate
[6:36] those recommendations. I would
[6:38] like everyone to know that the
[6:39] district and school leadership
[6:40] remain committed to providing
[6:42] our students with their world
[6:43] class education in a safe and
[6:45] secure learning environment. We
[6:46] are focused on keeping our
[6:47] schools safe and implementing
[6:49] upgrades previously approved by
[6:51] the board, including security
[6:52] cameras, public announcement
[6:53] systems and other ongoing
[6:55] safety enhancements. This
[6:57] District Educational Facilities
[6:59] Plan continues to deliver the
[7:00] commitments made through the
[7:01] Smart program as we move
[7:02] towards its completion. The
[7:04] plan incorporates updated year
[7:05] end financial information,
[7:07] refined maintenance and
[7:08] infrastructure, project
[7:11] schedules, and board and staff
[7:12] recommendations. Overall, the
[7:13] dfp strengthens the district's
[7:16] ability to preserve and enhance
[7:17] facilities, improve student
[7:18] learning environment, improve
[7:19] students learning environments,
[7:21] address long term capital needs,
[7:23] and maintain financial
[7:24] stability. Funding is being
[7:26] recommended for high priority
[7:28] needs, such as facilities
[7:30] projects that address critical
[7:31] capital needs, including a new
[7:32] auditorium at Coral Glades High
[7:34] School, the replacement of
[7:35] buildings at Mary Bethune
[7:37] Elementary Parkway Middle
[7:38] School and also Robert c
[7:39] Markham Elementary School,
[7:41] along with roofing, Hvac and
[7:43] other priority facility
[7:44] improvements across the
[7:45] district. Additional
[7:46] investments in physical plant
[7:48] operations to preserve district
[7:49] facilities through
[7:50] beautification initiatives,
[7:51] maintenance projects,
[7:52] infrastructure renewals and
[7:54] system replacements, enhanced
[7:55] safety, security and
[7:57] sustainability initiatives
[7:59] including security systems,
[8:00] building automation controls,
[8:02] draining improvements,
[8:03] stormwater infrastructure and
[8:06] and portable demolitions,
[8:07] strategic technology and
[8:08] student support investments
[8:10] including erp implementation,
[8:12] network infrastructure, music
[8:14] and academic program, equipment
[8:16] replacement, athletic
[8:17] improvements, and district wide
[8:20] capital improvement needs. We
[8:21] appreciate the board's support
[8:22] for these important capital
[8:24] funding needs. Now, I'll turn
[8:25] it over to the Chief Financial
[8:27] Officer and the finance staff,
[8:28] and they'll make a presentation,
[8:29] and we'll answer any questions
[8:32] you MAY have afterwards.
[8:34] >> Thank you, Doctor Hepburn.
[8:37] Omar Shim, task assigned Chief
[8:38] Financial Officer. And I'd like
[8:40] to introduce Rafiki Brown who
[8:41] will go through the slides.
[8:43] He's the task assigned director
[8:47] of capital budget. Thank you.
[8:48] >> Good evening. Thank you,
[8:49] MADAM Chair, board members and
[8:51] Doctor Hepburn. The purpose of
[8:52] this second special school
[8:54] board meeting is to discuss and
[8:55] adopt the District Education
[8:57] Facilities Plan. As a reminder,
[8:58] the district continues to
[9:01] advance its redefining process
[9:02] and will engage a master
[9:03] planner to help shape our long
[9:06] term facility strategy. Also,
[9:08] the dfp is a living document
[9:09] and has priorities and needs
[9:10] evolve. Budget amendments MAY
[9:12] be presented to the board for
[9:15] consideration throughout the
[9:23] fiscal year. Next slide please.
[9:26] >> Oh, we have it here.
[9:27] >> As the superintendent
[9:29] mentioned, I would also like to
[9:30] thank the board for its
[9:32] feedback and approval of the
[9:34] tentative dfp in JULY. The plan
[9:36] before you tonight incorporates
[9:38] that feedback. The feedback at
[9:40] that meeting. This presentation
[9:41] is intended to highlight the
[9:43] key elements of the detailed
[9:45] plan that you have presented to
[9:48] you tonight. Following the
[9:49] presentation, the board will
[9:50] have an opportunity to provide
[9:52] additional feedback, and staff
[9:54] is available to answer any
[9:59] questions. This slide shows the
[10:00] projected capital revenues for
[10:02] the next five years, totaling
[10:04] approximately $4 billion. The
[10:05] board has already reviewed
[10:07] these revenue projections,
[10:08] which remain unchanged since
[10:10] the tentative. Since that time,
[10:13] the fiscal year. Fiscal year
[10:14] end. Fiscal. Sorry. Excuse me.
[10:16] Fiscal year end activities and
[10:18] account reconciliations have
[10:20] been finalized based on those
[10:22] final balances. Unallocated
[10:26] carryover is 59 million and 416
[10:28] million is dedicated to ongoing
[10:33] capital projects. Next slide.
[10:35] All right. Appropriations. The
[10:36] appropriations also remain
[10:38] largely unchanged from the
[10:39] tentative. However, since then,
[10:41] staff has added greater detail
[10:43] to provide more transparency to
[10:44] the school by school projects
[10:46] and district wide maintenance
[10:48] programs. The additional
[10:49] information and maintenance
[10:51] infrastructure sustainability
[10:53] programs can be found in the
[10:59] appendices. This slide is a
[11:01] summary of the new funding
[11:02] recommendations. And again, the
[11:03] board has previously seen this
[11:05] at the tentative. The one item
[11:07] I would like to highlight is
[11:09] the additional $23 million
[11:11] included for ppo plan
[11:12] maintenance initiatives. This
[11:14] funding is above and beyond the
[11:15] maintenance funding funded.
[11:17] Included in last year's dfp and
[11:18] reflects the district's
[11:20] continued focus on improving
[11:22] the condition and parent and or
[11:24] the appearance of our schools.
[11:26] The plan also accelerated
[11:28] investments in maintenance
[11:31] initiatives to include painting,
[11:33] additional painting and
[11:35] beautification projects. The
[11:36] proposed Cops financing
[11:40] included in this plan made this
[11:47] acceleration possible. The last
[11:49] thing I'd like to go over is on
[11:52] this slide. The additional
[11:53] considerations the board has as
[11:55] we look ahead, we must continue
[11:56] to develop our long range
[11:58] facilities plan with both
[12:00] foresight and flexibility as we
[12:01] advance the redefining efforts
[12:03] and address to address the
[12:04] challenges of declining
[12:07] enrollment. As discussed, the
[12:09] district does have debt
[12:12] capacity to fund eligible
[12:16] capital projects, and with that,
[12:18] we'll go ahead and end the
[12:19] presentation, keep it kind of
[12:20] short tonight and answer any
[12:22] questions you MAY have.
[12:23] >> Thank you. Board member
[12:26] discussion, MISS Hixon.
[12:29] >> Thank you. I have a couple
[12:31] of motions to make. So, MR.
[12:34] Hill, can you pass out the. I
[12:37] typed them up so as he's
[12:38] passing them out, I'll just
[12:40] tell you that some of the items
[12:45] came from a discussion that the
[12:48] City of Coral Springs had about
[12:50] jp Taravella and some other
[12:51] projects that they were doing
[12:53] with the district, with the
[12:55] district so attached with.
[12:56] There's two. There's the letter
[12:59] from Tara from Coral Springs
[13:01] Commission stating what they're
[13:06] willing to to partner with us
[13:08] in the hopes of being able to
[13:10] pass some of the things that
[13:12] are on my motions. So I just
[13:14] wanted to put that into context
[13:18] as we go through. So on page
[13:21] 144 of the actual dfp, it talks
[13:24] about bleachers. And on there
[13:27] we have bleacher repair and
[13:30] replacement replacing exterior
[13:31] bleachers, but bleachers, but
[13:33] there's nowhere on there for
[13:35] the four schools that have no
[13:37] bleachers at all. So my motion
[13:39] is to add bleachers for
[13:41] Taravella, West Broward,
[13:42] Monarch and Hollywood Hills
[13:44] High. That cost is
[13:46] approximately $500,000 per
[13:48] school, and those bleachers
[13:50] would come along with the
[13:52] artificial turf, which is my
[13:54] next motion. So I move to add
[13:56] bleachers to jp Taravella, West
[13:58] Broward Monarch and Hollywood
[14:00] Hills High for $500,000 per
[14:04] school to the defp for this
[14:05] this fiscal year.
[14:08] >> Second. Second motion made
[14:10] by MISS Hixon. Seconded by MISS
[14:11] Rupert. Public comment on the
[14:16] Motion Board member discussion.
[14:17] All in favor of the motion, say
[14:18] aye.
[14:18] >> Aye.
[14:21] >> All opposed? Say no. Motion
[14:22] passes unanimously.
[14:25] >> Thank you. With that also in
[14:27] mind, my second motion is we
[14:29] also and I can't find it in
[14:31] here in the d. Well, on page
[14:34] 129 of the defp, it shows where
[14:36] we made motions about putting
[14:39] artificial turfs on to the high
[14:40] schools. But there were four
[14:42] schools, the same schools we
[14:44] just added bleachers to that
[14:45] were left off the list for
[14:47] artificial turfs. So my motion
[14:49] is to add j p Taravella West
[14:51] Broward, Monarch and Hollywood
[14:52] Hills to the list of schools
[14:54] that will receive artificial
[14:56] turf fields.
[14:57] >> Second motion made by MISS
[14:59] Hixon, seconded by MISS Rupert.
[15:00] Public comment on the motion
[15:02] Board member discussion. DR.
[15:03] Zeman.
[15:05] >> Thanks, chair. I'm curious
[15:06] about the superintendent's
[15:08] priorities for artificial turf
[15:10] fields. This was not included.
[15:12] Doctor Hepburn, in your
[15:13] recommendation for the capital
[15:16] budget for this year. So let me
[15:17] just start with what would the
[15:18] total cost of those four
[15:21] artificial turf fields be?
[15:23] >> Staff. We don't. A total
[15:28] cost for the additional four.
[15:30] >> Good afternoon. Mark Dorsey,
[15:31] task assigned chief facilities
[15:34] officer there at right at. For
[15:37] the turf fields $2 million per
[15:40] field.
[15:42] >> Terrific. And that answers
[15:44] the cost question doctor
[15:47] Hepburn we have schools all
[15:49] over Broward County. These four
[15:51] are deserving of synthetic turf
[15:52] field like all of our schools
[15:54] are. Are these the four that
[15:55] would make the most sense in
[15:57] terms of overall prioritization
[15:59] of our need for athletic fields?
[16:01] >> Yeah. These four were not
[16:03] added on the list because there
[16:04] were no bleachers. And since
[16:06] the I think the first motion
[16:08] passed. So now there's
[16:09] bleachers. So that's the reason
[16:10] why these four were never on
[16:12] the list because there were no
[16:13] bleachers.
[16:13] >> Terrific. But would these
[16:15] four places be the highest
[16:16] priority for Broward County
[16:17] schools to put artificial turf
[16:18] bleachers?
[16:19] >> There's a kind of evaluation
[16:21] or criteria system that we used
[16:23] as far as who goes first, who
[16:24] goes second. So the
[16:25] prioritization would be based
[16:33] off of need. Athletic field use.
[16:36] Not purchase orders,
[16:37] maintenance and.
[16:37] >> Maintenance of the current
[16:40] field fields.
[16:41] >> Go ahead. If anything else,
[16:44] Doctor Wanza or MR. Dorsett.
[16:45] >> It's based on current
[16:47] conditions and the need for the
[16:49] fields. There are some of them
[16:52] that we can wait as far as
[16:54] getting installed, but they
[16:56] need to be on the list because
[16:57] they weren't accounted for at
[16:58] all.
[16:59] >> Let me just clarify, DR.
[17:02] Zeman this isn't to say they're
[17:03] next on the list. Every other
[17:05] high school except these four
[17:07] are already on the list. It's
[17:09] just to add them. So wherever
[17:11] they fit in the schedule,
[17:12] they'll be added. But right now
[17:14] they're not in consideration at
[17:16] all because they didn't have
[17:17] bleachers. So I just wanted to
[17:18] clarify that.
[17:20] >> For you. That makes it real
[17:21] easy. The motion, though, isn't
[17:23] year specific. It's really.
[17:24] >> Just to add them.
[17:26] >> When it makes sense.
[17:26] >> Correct.
[17:28] >> I would ask our general
[17:30] counsel, is it okay in a budget
[17:32] discussion to not allocate
[17:35] funds to years? Can we say it's
[17:36] $8 million over the five years
[17:40] of the d e, f p plan as it fits,
[17:41] or do we have to be more
[17:47] specific?
[17:49] >> The question is whether or
[17:51] not you can bind another board,
[17:53] because if you're doing it over
[17:54] multiple years, then you're
[17:57] binding another board. You can
[17:58] say that with the understanding
[17:59] that the other board MAY
[18:01] reverse it at some point.
[18:03] >> No, totally. So this whole
[18:05] budget document takes money,
[18:06] puts it in years and categories,
[18:08] right? This is a motion saying,
[18:10] hey, we want to do it, but it's
[18:12] got to make sense, which I love.
[18:14] Right? But how do we put $8
[18:16] million in a budget document
[18:17] without identifying the year
[18:19] that we're encumbering the
[18:20] funds?
[18:22] >> I think that's more of an
[18:24] operational question than a
[18:25] legal question.
[18:25] >> Well, it would be
[18:27] operational, except I have to
[18:28] vote on this budget, and I
[18:30] don't know how to vote on a
[18:31] budget when it doesn't have
[18:33] these dollars allocated by year.
[18:35] >> If I if I could jump in, we
[18:36] kind of have already done that,
[18:38] though, because we've said all
[18:42] the other ten. What was it, 14
[18:44] schools total, this, that, that
[18:46] we were going to do turf fields
[18:47] and that they would make a
[18:49] schedule based on all of the
[18:51] criteria they just told you. So
[18:52] this isn't doing anything
[18:54] different than we've already
[18:55] done with all the other high
[18:56] schools. It's just adding them
[18:57] to the list.
[18:59] >> So we're going from 14 to 18
[19:00] high schools getting turf
[19:01] fields. What year is the funds
[19:04] spread around? Is that all next
[19:06] year or what? How many years is
[19:07] that spread out over the think
[19:09] or I could look it up. I'm
[19:10] sorry. I just don't know which
[19:11] page.
[19:12] >> We have three more years. So
[19:14] we we've done we did last year,
[19:16] the year. So we have installed
[19:20] them at. What's nine schools
[19:21] currently. Right. And so we
[19:23] have like a five year plan to
[19:25] get it to get all the schools
[19:27] done. As MISS Hixon said, these
[19:30] schools are not listed in the
[19:32] schools that we were that were
[19:33] the board had committed to
[19:35] installing fields.
[19:38] >> So it's fy 27, 2829. The
[19:40] next three years, correct?
[19:41] >> Yes, yes.
[19:43] >> So it was a five year plan
[19:44] and three years left.
[19:45] >> So great. So that eliminates
[19:47] the the, the board member issue,
[19:49] which is we have to approve a
[19:50] budget that puts money into
[19:51] specific years. So thank you
[19:53] for putting us all together now.
[19:54] >> And I'll just add to you
[19:56] have to approve a five year
[20:00] plan anyhow, so that's fine.
[20:01] >> MISS Thompson.
[20:03] >> I just had a question
[20:04] because I at least I know West
[20:06] Broward doesn't have lights, so
[20:08] they can't play games on their
[20:09] field anyway so that.
[20:11] >> They can't. When I spoke to
[20:12] the principal, if they could
[20:13] get bleachers in the field,
[20:15] they could do like Hollywood
[20:17] Hills does and do 4:00 games.
[20:19] >> Well, that's what they've
[20:20] been doing. Now. I'm just
[20:21] saying, if we're I guess I'll
[20:23] bring this up for your next
[20:24] motion. But if we're investing
[20:26] all this into fields and we
[20:28] don't have lights so they can't
[20:29] play games, then I don't see
[20:32] the point of it. So I will hold
[20:33] that.
[20:34] >> But they can't they can't
[20:36] have games. They're happy. I
[20:38] mean, I spoke to the principal.
[20:38] So she.
[20:39] >> I've also been speaking with
[20:41] this principal for the stadium
[20:43] for the last two and a half
[20:45] years now. So that's why I'm
[20:45] bringing this up.
[20:48] >> Yeah. And to that point,
[20:51] like for Taravella, the the
[20:53] city has agreed to do the
[20:55] lights. So we were hoping to
[20:57] use that to talk to other
[20:58] people. And if I'm not mistaken,
[21:00] West Broward has a partner who,
[21:03] if they see we're putting the
[21:04] investment in, could possibly
[21:07] cover the cost of, of the
[21:08] lights and other additional
[21:11] things at the school. So I
[21:13] think that would eliminate that
[21:14] concern.
[21:17] >> MISS Bulman.
[21:20] >> What is the I mean, I know
[21:22] that everything would vary from
[21:24] place to place, but how does
[21:25] anyone have an estimate of how
[21:27] much it would cost to put
[21:28] lights in on a football field?
[21:30] >> Million dollars.
[21:31] >> 2 million.
[21:33] >> I can pull up the estimate I
[21:34] got for West Broward. Give me a
[21:35] second.
[21:37] >> And does anyone know how
[21:39] much money we lose? Like, I
[21:40] know that there's a disparity
[21:43] because the the schools that
[21:44] can host football games and
[21:46] things of that nature have the
[21:48] opportunity to raise money. And
[21:50] the ones that don't do not have
[21:52] that. Does anyone have the
[21:55] numbers on that or approximate.
[21:57] >> As far as revenue from gates
[21:59] from football? Yeah. And I want
[22:01] to say from the Wanza, even if
[22:02] they play at another field for
[22:04] their home game, they actually
[22:06] keep the gate.
[22:07] >> Yes, when they play it or
[22:10] not. So if J.P. Taravella
[22:11] played their home games at
[22:13] Coral Springs, jp Taravella
[22:14] gets the money for the gate.
[22:16] The Coral Springs High doesn't
[22:19] keep it, if that's the question.
[22:21] Yeah.
[22:22] >> But no, the question is how
[22:24] much do they how much is how
[22:26] much are we getting at the gate?
[22:27] >> So that that depends on
[22:29] crowd size. Right. You know,
[22:30] the the tickets are the ticket
[22:32] cost. And then there's a little
[22:33] adadmistrative fee and it
[22:34] depends on crowd s se. I've
[22:36] be to schoooo w wh homee
[22:38] fields in a v very smallrowdwd
[22:39] size. It just depends on crowd
[22:41] size and it varies, but we can
[22:42] certainly provide a follow up,
[22:43] Doctor Hepburn, that we can
[22:45] take an analysis over. You know,
[22:47] a couple a year or two of a
[22:49] football season to give the
[22:52] board a better idea of how much
[22:54] it is. But I don't I do not
[22:55] know right off the top of my
[22:56] head.
[22:57] >> Okay, thanks. So we'd be
[22:59] looking at about $8 million to
[23:00] put lights in on four fields,
[23:04] plus the 2 million for the
[23:06] bleachers and another. What did
[23:08] we say? How much were the turf
[23:09] fields?
[23:14] >> 2 million per 8 million.
[23:14] >> Okay.
[23:16] >> All right, well.
[23:18] >> Just keep it in mind.
[23:21] >> MISS Thompson.
[23:22] >> The estimate I got was 1.2
[23:25] for for for poles and fixtures.
[23:28] So probably with labor sharing
[23:30] that.
[23:32] >> MRS. Alhadeff.
[23:34] >> My question is to Doctor
[23:36] Hepburn. If the board approves
[23:40] all of these motions, where
[23:42] exactly is the money coming
[23:44] from the budget.
[23:46] >> Go ahead, MR. CHAIRMAN.
[23:48] >> It would come from the
[23:50] unallocated reserve and
[23:52] currently in the plan, we're
[23:53] starting off the year with
[23:58] about $71.71 million.
[23:59] >> In allocated.
[24:01] >> And how does that affect our
[24:02] fund balance?
[24:04] >> It's capital dollars. So it
[24:06] doesn't impact the general fund
[24:08] balance at all. Okay.
[24:10] >> We do have in our fund
[24:12] balance policy, we do have a
[24:13] goal in the capital plan as
[24:16] well. And that's around 50
[24:19] million is our rough goal. So
[24:20] we are above that currently
[24:26] with this unallocated reserve.
[24:31] >> Anyone else on the motion?
[24:32] All in favor of the motion. Say
[24:33] aye.
[24:34] >> Aye aye.
[24:37] >> All opposed. Say no. Motion
[24:38] passes unanimously.
[24:40] >> Thank you. Along those lines
[24:44] as well. On both page 129 and
[24:46] 150, it addresses video
[24:47] scoreboards for schools that
[24:50] are receiving artificial turfs.
[24:52] So that's where this motion
[24:54] comes from. So I moved to
[24:55] include video scoreboards at
[24:57] all schools receiving
[24:58] artificial turf fields,
[25:00] including the remaining 14
[25:02] schools scheduled to receive
[25:04] artificial turf fields and
[25:06] additional cost of 500 000 per
[25:08] school, with installation
[25:09] occurring concurrently with the
[25:11] turf project, which is what's
[25:14] happening now to provide video
[25:15] scoreboards as needed at
[25:17] schools where artificial turf
[25:18] fields already have been
[25:20] installed. So some video boards
[25:22] have already been installed so
[25:24] we don't have to go backwards.
[25:26] But some of those nine didn't
[25:28] get video scoreboards and it's
[25:30] not in the dfp. It's in there
[25:32] for two of them. And then
[25:33] moving forward, if you're doing
[25:36] the turf fields, it just makes
[25:38] sense because we're doing it
[25:41] already with the ones that are
[25:43] have been done for some of them
[25:44] to put the video scoreboards in
[25:47] at the same time. So that's one
[25:48] motion.
[25:51] >> Is there a second. Second
[25:52] motion made by MISS Hixon,
[25:55] seconded by MISS Rupert public
[25:58] comment on the motion board
[25:59] member discussion. I know MR.
[26:03] Shim and staff want to speak.
[26:04] You're flagging me?
[26:06] >> Yes. Through the chair on
[26:09] page 88. There are scoreboard
[26:10] replacements scheduled
[26:11] throughout the plan, and I
[26:13] believe those are in place for
[26:15] those fields scheduled to get
[26:17] turf fields to go along with
[26:20] that. Mark, is that correct?
[26:22] >> Excuse me? No, the funding
[26:24] for the scoreboard that's in
[26:28] the current defp. Those are for
[26:31] like the gym, the baseball
[26:33] field we had, we there was a
[26:36] specific item that that we
[26:39] brought to the board to pay for
[26:42] scoreboards for Deerfield High
[26:43] School, South Broward High
[26:45] School, and I believe it was it
[26:47] was 2 or 3 high schools.
[26:48] >> On page.
[26:50] >> 129 yeah. But the overall,
[26:53] the, the, the money that was
[26:54] allocated that we mentioned for
[26:56] school boards, those are for
[26:58] like the baseball, the smaller
[27:01] scoreboard replacement baseball,
[27:04] softball, the gymnasium,
[27:06] basketball, that's the
[27:10] scoreboard that's allocated in
[27:15] in the defp.
[27:17] >> Board member discussion. DR.
[27:21] Zeman.
[27:23] >> How this is a half $1
[27:24] million for how many total
[27:25] schools.
[27:27] >> Each school cost $500,000
[27:28] for the video scoreboard.
[27:29] >> I'm familiar with that. I
[27:31] just need to know the number.
[27:32] How many schools would this
[27:34] motion cover? Because we need
[27:36] to know a cost for this motion.
[27:38] >> As far as I understand it,
[27:40] it's 14 schools. Based on my
[27:43] conversation with MR. Dorsett.
[27:45] >> But the nine that already
[27:46] have turf fields, not all of
[27:48] them got the videos. Are there
[27:49] seven left over there.
[27:50] >> I believe.
[27:53] >> Can you confirm MR. Dorsett
[27:55] or Doctor Wanza the the nine
[27:58] fields that received new turf
[28:00] fields. How many did not
[28:02] receive new video boards?
[28:05] >> Right now the only two that
[28:08] I know of. Well, three. That
[28:09] was a repair. That was a
[28:10] replacement for Blanche Ely.
[28:13] That's going on now. But
[28:16] Deerfield Beach did get a new
[28:18] video board. I think it's being
[28:20] installed now. South Broward is
[28:21] getting a new video board. It's
[28:24] being installed now. We wanted
[28:26] to make sure that we know that
[28:28] there was an issue with the
[28:30] school board at Dillard High
[28:32] School. We. When last year's
[28:35] showcase, we had to use a. We
[28:38] had to rent a temporary system
[28:40] for that. We were able to get
[28:41] that one up and running, but
[28:46] it's one of the older analog
[28:48] type boards. It's not the
[28:49] digital scoreboard.
[28:51] >> So we have. If I'm hearing
[28:53] you right, seven schools that
[28:55] don't have.
[28:56] >> That's. That's correct.
[28:57] >> MacArthur and Miramar are
[28:58] already in the.
[28:59] >> They're on.
[29:00] >> Their page.
[29:02] >> 150 okay. All right.
[29:03] >> Some already in the works.
[29:04] >> Okay. So y'all missing my
[29:06] numbers up now. Yeah. So how
[29:09] many out of the total number of
[29:10] school passed that we've done
[29:12] the fields in the future? How
[29:14] many don't have scoreboards are
[29:15] slated to have scoreboards.
[29:16] What's that total number?
[29:17] >> Video scoreboards.
[29:18] >> Video scoreboards.
[29:20] >> Video scoreboards. The only
[29:22] one that has video scoreboards.
[29:25] Now and again you have we're
[29:27] made a request for MacArthur,
[29:29] the new video school board.
[29:30] They should be getting one. And
[29:32] I think Cooper City should be
[29:36] getting one in this this year's
[29:38] budget. But the rest of them,
[29:41] we wanted to put a video scored
[29:42] at Dillard High School because
[29:44] they didn't get one. We are
[29:46] putting one at, like I said,
[29:48] Dillard High, Deerfield Beach
[29:49] and South Broward. Those are
[29:51] the only ones that that's
[29:52] already slated for for.
[29:55] >> Video accounted for. So four
[29:57] schools have a commitment from
[30:00] d, f p for a video scope, a
[30:01] video scoreboard to be
[30:03] installed. Correct. So that
[30:08] would leave five plus 14, 20
[30:09] schools, correct?
[30:10] >> Correct.
[30:12] >> So 2020. Yeah. So the item
[30:15] is to the motion is to be clear,
[30:17] MISS Hixon 20 schools at half a
[30:19] million to do video scoreboards.
[30:21] >> So I'll fix that because
[30:22] that wasn't the number I got
[30:24] when I did this. So I'll fix it
[30:27] based on that. So remaining 20
[30:29] schools scheduled to receive
[30:30] artificial turf.
[30:31] >> Terrific. And what years
[30:33] would those be laid into the
[30:34] dfp budget?
[30:35] >> Whenever they do the
[30:36] artificial turf.
[30:39] >> So we would have to carry it
[30:41] out over the next three years
[30:44] and also backtrack within the
[30:45] next three years for the ones
[30:46] that did not receive.
[30:49] >> Terrific. I'm worried about
[30:52] this, and I'm worried about it
[30:54] because of the things that we
[30:56] talked about this morning. You
[31:03] know, there are. Critical. Adds
[31:06] to a d, f p to a capital budget
[31:07] that I could look my neighbor
[31:09] in the eye and say, I need a
[31:11] synthetic turf field. They last
[31:12] longer. They're easier to play
[31:14] off. It motivates people to do
[31:15] athletics. It's so important
[31:16] for them. Great athletics leads
[31:18] to great academics. I get that
[31:19] bleachers. I can talk to my
[31:20] neighbors all day about
[31:25] bleachers. I like having video
[31:27] scoreboards. I mean, it's a
[31:29] it's a nice to have. I worry
[31:30] that we're going out for a
[31:32] referendum on NOVEMBER 3rd, and
[31:33] someone's going to find out.
[31:34] We're spending their money on
[31:35] video scoreboards at high
[31:37] schools. And they said, if you
[31:38] can do video scoreboard, you
[31:41] don't need any more money. And
[31:42] it's going to get too
[31:43] complicated to explain the
[31:46] capital versus operating budget
[31:48] differences. But this doesn't
[31:51] pass my test. If we do a few a
[31:52] year, if we roll them out
[31:57] slowly, I get that. But to, to,
[31:59] to do this today and to do it
[32:03] without staff kind of work on
[32:05] this. I, I don't see how this
[32:06] helps us get to our strategic
[32:09] goals either, like a synthetic
[32:12] turf field, bleachers, greater
[32:13] athletics, greater engagement
[32:15] with the students. I get that.
[32:17] I think this is a nice to have,
[32:19] but I don't think that this is
[32:20] something that fits or competes
[32:23] very well against some of the
[32:24] other things that we could do
[32:28] with capital dollars. So I just
[32:29] think that right now this is
[32:31] probably just a good idea and
[32:33] not great timing. I like the
[32:35] pace that we have right now
[32:37] laying these things in.
[32:39] >> Thank you. Additional board
[32:40] member discussion on the
[32:42] substitute motion to change the
[32:43] number of schools and requisite
[32:45] costs. MRS. Alhadeff.
[32:48] >> Yes, so I think we should
[32:50] stick with the the four schools,
[32:51] the J.P. Taravella, West
[32:53] Broward Monarch and Hollywood
[32:55] Hills High School. I kind of
[32:58] look at this as a complete
[32:59] package. I know, MISS Hixon,
[33:00] you're doing as individual
[33:02] motions, but it's really you're
[33:04] doing the artificial turf. You
[33:06] need the bleachers, you need
[33:08] the scoreboard, you need the
[33:10] lighting. And what does that
[33:13] whole entire package encompass
[33:16] for these four schools? So I
[33:19] would amend that motion to not
[33:21] be the 20 schools, but these
[33:23] four schools, because you're
[33:25] already doing the turf field
[33:27] and the bleachers. And then
[33:30] obviously later in time you can
[33:34] work on the other 16 schools
[33:37] for the video scoreboards.
[33:40] >> So are you making a
[33:42] amendment to the substitute
[33:42] motion?
[33:43] >> Yes. My amendment to the
[33:46] substitute motion is to have
[33:48] this video scoreboards for J.P.
[33:49] Taravella, West Broward Monarch
[33:51] and Hollywood Hills High School.
[33:55] >> Is there a second?
[33:56] >> Second.
[33:58] >> Seconded by. I'm sorry I
[34:00] didn't catch you second. That
[34:02] MISS Bulman public comment on
[34:05] the amendment. MISS Hixon
[34:06] motion.
[34:09] >> So yeah, I will and I my
[34:11] concerns with that is, I mean,
[34:13] I want all of them to get it,
[34:16] obviously. But those four
[34:19] schools are not slated to be
[34:21] next. They're not going to be
[34:23] necessarily the four schools
[34:24] that are going next year.
[34:26] There's a there's a progression
[34:29] there. And so you MAY not do
[34:30] let's say, for example,
[34:33] Hollywood Hills MAY be no
[34:35] offense or anything. Fiscal
[34:37] year 29. What about all of
[34:39] those other schools that get
[34:42] the turf field that don't get
[34:43] the scoreboards? This motion is
[34:46] saying, as you put in the turf
[34:47] fields, those schools get the
[34:49] scoreboards, as you just said,
[34:51] as a total package. That's what
[34:53] that motion is trying to do as
[34:55] we move through and put turf
[34:56] fields in all the schools, at
[34:58] whatever pace that happens to
[35:00] be, we're agreeing to put in
[35:02] the video boards because, as
[35:04] was mentioned, there are 4 or 5
[35:05] schools that have them now.
[35:08] Some schools have no scoreboard
[35:11] at all. Why would we put in a
[35:13] not state of the art scoreboard
[35:14] if we know we're going to put a
[35:16] scoreboard in later? Like that?
[35:18] Was the purpose of this. There
[35:19] are a lot of schools. The
[35:20] scoreboard doesn't work. And
[35:22] like MR. Dorsett said, they
[35:25] bring in a temporary one. For
[35:26] example, we're at Coconut Creek
[35:28] on Friday and they had this
[35:31] huge football showcase there,
[35:33] and they had to borrow a
[35:34] scoreboard because their
[35:35] scoreboard doesn't work, and
[35:37] they just got a brand new turf
[35:38] field. To me. If you're going
[35:40] to put in that money to do a
[35:42] turf field, why would you do it?
[35:44] I don't want right. I don't
[35:45] want to say it in a way that's
[35:48] coming to my mind. But you
[35:50] halfway. Thank you. You know,
[35:53] you want the whole package and
[35:54] and it, you know, then people
[35:56] will come and rent the field
[35:58] and you'll get more out of it.
[35:59] So that's, that's why they're
[36:01] separate like this. They're
[36:03] it's not just for those four.
[36:05] And those 4th MAY not happen
[36:08] for 4 or 5 years down the line.
[36:09] So I think it makes more sense
[36:11] to make a motion that you put
[36:13] the scoreboards in as you put
[36:14] the turf. I appreciate what
[36:15] you're saying, but I think
[36:16] we're saying the same thing
[36:22] just in a different way.
[36:26] >> So how many how many schools
[36:29] have we already approved that
[36:31] have this mish mash of? Yes,
[36:33] they have a turf field, but no,
[36:34] they don't have video
[36:35] scoreboard lights or no, they
[36:37] don't have lighting.
[36:39] >> Yeah.
[36:40] >> So I don't think we and
[36:42] correct me if I'm wrong staff,
[36:43] I don't think we've approved
[36:45] any turf fields for any fields
[36:47] that don't have lighting. Maybe
[36:48] Hollywood Hills is the only one.
[36:50] If there is on the list, go
[36:51] ahead DR. Holness I'll let you
[36:53] give the details.
[36:54] >> So thank you, Doctor Hepburn.
[36:56] So that is correct. The the,
[36:58] the fields that are slated to
[37:02] be replaced with the turf field
[37:04] product that we put at the
[37:06] current was that nine schools.
[37:07] These are already existing high
[37:10] schools with complete stadiums.
[37:11] And when I say complete
[37:13] stadiums, I mean they have a
[37:14] concession stand, they have a
[37:16] press box, they have restrooms,
[37:19] they have the full outfit of a
[37:21] high school stadium. Wt we
[37:25] did in this past year was as we
[37:26] worked on the schools that have
[37:28] the complete stadium package,
[37:31] we also work to mitigate issues
[37:32] at Hallandale High School
[37:34] because we know that they have
[37:35] drainage issues when it comes
[37:37] to installing a turf field
[37:39] there, as well as work to look
[37:42] at what are the concerns at
[37:43] Hollywood Hills High School?
[37:44] Because we know that lighting
[37:46] has been the concern there,
[37:48] because the city does not want
[37:50] the football lights, they just
[37:51] don't want the lighting. And
[37:53] that's why they play their
[37:57] games at 4:00. So the the
[37:58] schools that are on the
[38:00] schedule over the five years
[38:02] that the board initially
[38:04] outlined, our schools that have
[38:07] current functioning, complete
[38:10] stadiums right now.
[38:14] >> So then the 20 schools, are
[38:18] they on this list?
[38:20] >> So all of the schools are on
[38:22] the list, with the exception of
[38:25] West Broward, Taravella monarch.
[38:27] And we we have not put
[38:30] Hollywood Hills on yet because
[38:32] we have to work with the city
[38:33] on, you know, the residents if
[38:35] they're going to allow for the
[38:36] lighting and all of that. But I
[38:38] can tell you, West Broward,
[38:39] Monarch and Taravella are not
[38:44] on the list. They are not.
[38:48] >> Okay. So in. Right there on
[38:51] the list now.
[38:53] >> You all just passed a motion
[38:54] to put them on the list. So now
[38:56] they're on the list. But but
[38:57] prior to this meeting, they
[38:59] were not on the list. But you
[39:01] just took motion through a vote
[39:03] to add those four schools.
[39:06] >> Okay. So but so you're
[39:07] saying the nine schools you
[39:09] have have the complete package
[39:10] already.
[39:12] >> As well as the ones that are
[39:14] slated for this year and the
[39:15] following year? Yes. So when
[39:17] they do so you're and I mean,
[39:18] we can name the schools, but
[39:20] these are the high schools that
[39:21] already have complete football
[39:21] stadiums.
[39:23] >> Okay. So but now, so you're
[39:26] saying there's still 20 schools
[39:27] that do not have the complete
[39:27] package?
[39:29] >> No, no. There are those are
[39:31] the 20 schools. I believe that
[39:32] we're saying that we are
[39:34] working to add the turf fields
[39:37] to. But they have functioning
[39:39] grass fields right now.
[39:41] >> And they don't have video
[39:41] boards.
[39:42] >> They don't have video.
[39:44] >> Boards, traditional
[39:45] scoreboards, right.
[39:46] >> With the with the light, the
[39:47] analog or the light bulbs or
[39:48] whatever, those words that.
[39:50] >> Are used to seeing when we,
[39:52] you know, grew up as kids.
[39:53] >> So in my mind, what I'm
[39:55] thinking is that if we do a
[39:58] turf field at a school, then it
[40:00] should come with the video
[40:02] scoreboard and, and the
[40:04] lighting and the bleachers.
[40:06] That should be our standard.
[40:08] >> So the bleachers are already
[40:10] at these schools. I think the
[40:12] the motion that is being made
[40:13] or that is being considered
[40:16] right now is we are replacing
[40:18] the field. And with the field
[40:21] should come the new scoreboard.
[40:22] Because these schools already
[40:24] have bleachers, they have
[40:25] lighting, they have concession
[40:27] stands, they are complete high
[40:28] school stadiums.
[40:31] >> And are these 20 schools for
[40:33] the artificial turf in this
[40:36] plan? Now.
[40:37] >> By by virtue of the vote
[40:39] that you just took, then the
[40:41] remaining four that were not in
[40:43] are in.
[40:47] >> Okay. So then I go back to.
[40:54] Oh, I see. Yeah, yeah.
[40:55] >> And the four okay. So don't
[40:57] have light are the only schools
[40:58] that don't have lights, right?
[41:00] >> So what I would say is this
[41:04] based on the plan of, with the
[41:06] years that whoever is up to get
[41:08] their turf field, that they
[41:09] would get the complete package
[41:12] of the video scoreboard and the
[41:13] bleachers and lights if
[41:14] whatever they need, but they
[41:15] don't have that should be
[41:18] should be the standard.
[41:19] >> That's kind of what this
[41:21] motion does.
[41:26] >> y'all saying the same thing.
[41:28] >> Yeah, yeah, I know. So Miss
[41:29] Bulman has a question. MISS
[41:32] Thompson has a question.
[41:34] >> So I have a question about
[41:37] if to clarify because not 100%
[41:39] clear if we're putting all this
[41:40] together, every single high
[41:41] school in Broward County public
[41:45] schools will have a turf field,
[41:46] and then eventually they would
[41:48] get the scoreboard and they MAY
[41:49] not have.
[41:50] >> So they will have a turf
[41:53] field. They will have bleachers
[41:54] and a scoreboard.
[41:55] >> Most of them.
[41:56] >> Have video or video
[41:58] scoreboards. Some will not have
[41:59] lights.
[42:00] >> And some will not have
[42:02] lights. But we can work on that.
[42:03] Correct. It's not really as
[42:04] expensive as I thought. If
[42:05] we're spending this much money
[42:07] on a turf field and a correct
[42:08] and a scoreboard, it's like
[42:10] lights seem to be a important.
[42:12] I have a specific question
[42:13] about one of my high schools,
[42:16] Hallandale High, because my
[42:17] understanding is that they have
[42:20] field conditions that makes it
[42:21] difficult for them to get a
[42:23] turf fields or are they on the
[42:24] list or are they.
[42:26] >> So what we did last year was
[42:29] we started working on looking
[42:31] at how do we mitigate the
[42:34] conditions that would allow for
[42:36] them to have a field, as we
[42:39] know, the land that the school
[42:42] is built on is what makes it a
[42:44] challenge, right? To. And so
[42:45] MR. Dorsett can talk about the
[42:47] work that they're doing there.
[42:49] But I just want to Doctor
[42:50] Hepburn, if it's okay. I just
[42:52] want to be perfectly clear on
[42:53] the record when the question is,
[42:55] will every high school now have
[42:58] a stadium or turf fields and
[43:00] bleachers when this is done,
[43:02] the answer is no, because we
[43:04] know that Fort Lauderdale High
[43:06] School and Stranahan High
[43:09] School. We. I don't even think
[43:10] Fort Lauderdale High School
[43:12] even has the land to even
[43:13] entertain dng this on t their
[43:15] campus if theheyanted to,
[43:17] coupled wit theame ccecern
[43:19] MAY be attrananahan. Sohahat is
[43:25] why the board has. Every year
[43:27] approved. And the agreement for
[43:29] those two schools to play their
[43:31] home games at the community
[43:34] field. I'm going to say the old
[43:34] Lockhart because I'm just old.
[43:36] It's going to always be
[43:38] Lockhart Stadium to me, but but
[43:39] I just wanted to be have it
[43:41] very clear on the record that
[43:43] when we say, well, every high
[43:44] school, the answer is no. Every
[43:46] high school that has the
[43:49] facility and the ability to do
[43:50] it, then that that answer would
[43:53] be yes. And, and we do have it
[43:55] noted in our working documents
[43:58] around Hallandale and Hollywood
[43:59] Hills.
[44:02] >> For the field conditions for
[44:04] both of them.
[44:06] >> Hallandale is for the field
[44:07] conditions and Hollywood Hills
[44:09] is for the lighting, because
[44:12] the community has objected to
[44:14] the lighting, but that, again,
[44:15] they can play the games at 4:00.
[44:17] If we do the field and make
[44:18] sure they have the adequate
[44:20] bleachers and things of that
[44:22] nature.
[44:23] >> So would there be an
[44:25] opportunity to go back to the
[44:25] community?
[44:27] >> And yes, that's the hope.
[44:28] >> Absolutely. That's what we
[44:29] need to do.
[44:30] >> No, that's the hope.
[44:31] >> So I mean, when we're
[44:33] looking at this is a ton of
[44:34] money regardless of how we're
[44:37] doing it. So if we is there a
[44:38] feasibility for us to add
[44:41] lights to these four schools?
[44:43] >> This city allows us to do
[44:43] that.
[44:45] >> So if the city allows for
[44:47] then the board would have to
[44:49] either obviously, as you're
[44:52] doing now, appropriate funds
[44:53] somewhere in the in the
[44:55] appropriate out years or, you
[44:57] know, we can have to see if the
[44:59] city of Hollywood is interested
[45:01] in doing some kind of
[45:02] commitment, like the letter
[45:04] from the City of Coral Springs
[45:05] says.
[45:08] >> Right.
[45:08] >> Now.
[45:10] >> I just want to make sure
[45:11] that it's clear, though, that
[45:13] the city of Coral Springs has
[45:16] some contingencies with that
[45:17] donation of lights. So in order
[45:19] to get that, we need related
[45:21] improvements with regards to
[45:23] the synthetic turf track
[45:25] resurfacing, bleacher upgrades,
[45:28] pressbox enhancement, and
[45:34] perimeter fencing.
[45:35] >> You know, they don't.
[45:37] >> Are you done, MISS Bowman?
[45:39] >> I guess for now. Yeah. But
[45:41] the if we wanted to amend this,
[45:44] we could just put this into the
[45:46] plan now, or we can put it we
[45:48] can amend it later after we go
[45:49] back to the city.
[45:50] >> Yep.
[45:52] >> Okay. I just know that at
[45:53] Hollywood Hills, they're
[45:54] missing out on a lot of
[45:55] opportunities. And quite
[45:58] frankly, playing football in
[46:00] the summer at 4:00 in the
[46:03] afternoon is not ideal. It's
[46:05] not ideal to play at at 8:00
[46:06] here in the in the evening. And
[46:09] it's definitely not at 4:00. So
[46:12] I would like to look into
[46:13] getting consent from the
[46:14] neighbors, especially if we
[46:15] could, you know, they could
[46:17] have some kind of use or
[46:19] something. Maybe we could deal
[46:20] there.
[46:21] >> MISS Thompson.
[46:24] >> I just share MISS Bowman's
[46:25] concerns. I also just think if
[46:28] we're going. I mean, that's $10
[46:30] million just on scoreboards. I
[46:33] think there needs to be some
[46:35] prioritization here. I also
[46:36] feel like if we're going to be
[46:40] investing $8 million on the
[46:42] turf fields and then $2 million
[46:44] on bleachers, then we should
[46:47] include lights on it, because
[46:49] that's still cheaper than the
[46:53] $10 million for scoreboards.
[46:54] >> Hixon.
[46:56] >> Thank you, and I appreciate
[46:57] that. I don't think it's an
[47:01] either or. For example,
[47:02] Taravella the City of Coral
[47:05] Springs has agreed. And I think
[47:06] that that was a conversation
[47:08] they were having in the
[47:10] workshop. The conversations
[47:12] that we that I've had is that
[47:16] if they see we are committed to
[47:17] making some of those
[47:19] improvements they asked for,
[47:20] they're going to come through
[47:23] with the the cost of the lights.
[47:24] And then using that, maybe we
[47:26] could go to the city of Coconut
[47:28] Creek and say, Coral Springs
[47:29] did this. What can you do to
[47:31] partner with us? Like I said, I
[47:33] know West Broward has a partner
[47:35] right now who again said, if
[47:38] you show commitment
[47:39] >> To doing something with the
[47:41] field. We are willing to have a
[47:43] discussion about the lights, so
[47:45] I think there's a good
[47:47] possibility here to work with
[47:49] partners to cover the cost of
[47:51] the lights. And again, there
[47:53] are many scoreboards maybe
[47:55] there, but they're not working
[47:57] or there's lights missing. And
[47:59] if we're going to have video
[48:00] scoreboards at some schools, it
[48:03] should be consistent across all
[48:05] of them. Does it have to happen
[48:07] all next year? It does not. You
[48:10] know, we can, as DR. Zeman said,
[48:12] maybe spread it out a lot along
[48:14] the way more. But I again, I
[48:16] don't want to do things half
[48:18] way. And it feels like if you
[48:19] do the turf and you don't do
[48:20] the video scoreboards, you're
[48:22] not providing that state of the
[48:25] art facility that the turf
[48:28] fields indicate that you have.
[48:34] >> DR. Zeman.
[48:37] >> I'm, I'm just going to ask a
[48:41] few questions, Doctor Hepburn.
[48:42] You're the superintendent of
[48:43] public schools in Broward
[48:45] County. Your responsibility is
[48:47] to come give us guidance about
[48:50] priorities. Is this amount of
[48:53] money, which is now over $20
[48:55] million to support athletic
[48:57] fields, the highest priority
[48:59] for spending $20 million of our
[49:00] capital resources in Broward
[49:01] County?
[49:02] >> I would say there's
[49:05] definitely some competing
[49:08] interests. If we spread this
[49:10] out over multiple years. And
[49:12] I'm not thinking three years
[49:13] because it's three, my
[49:14] calculation is about 10 million
[49:15] per year right now. If we
[49:17] spread it out, probably over
[49:20] the next 4 to 5 years,
[49:21] something feasible that we can
[49:22] get done.
[49:24] >> Terrific. I, I also have to
[49:26] weigh in on priorities. That's
[49:29] my job. And I don't feel like
[49:31] this is the highest priority. I
[49:33] go around schools and we have
[49:34] cafeterias with seven sections
[49:36] of people going to eat because
[49:37] the cafeterias are too small.
[49:38] We have media centers that
[49:40] don't have full stacks of books
[49:42] and resources for the kids.
[49:44] Those are things we can spend
[49:46] capital dollars on. I, I don't
[49:48] understand this process either,
[49:50] like we've been baking this dfp
[49:53] for a year and the
[49:54] superintendent did not come and
[49:55] ask for athletic field
[49:56] enhancements. He didn't ask for
[49:57] video scoreboards. This is not
[49:59] Florida State University's Doak
[50:01] Campbell Stadium or the Swamp
[50:02] at Florida. This is a high
[50:05] school. They play ten games a
[50:07] year in high school. Am I
[50:08] correct?
[50:08] >> Correct.
[50:10] >> So, so ten times. And each
[50:11] school plays each other. So
[50:13] there's 15 games a week times
[50:14] ten. That's 150 games. We're
[50:17] going to pay $20 million. So we
[50:19] can have videos of our high
[50:21] school football players being
[50:23] replayed like they do in major
[50:26] college sports, at a time when
[50:27] we're asking the community to
[50:29] continue to give us that one
[50:31] mil so that we can pay to keep
[50:33] our lights on. Like, I just
[50:35] don't see this, I don't
[50:38] understand, I don't understand
[50:39] the priorities that we're
[50:40] communicating to, to our
[50:41] community. If we're going to
[50:42] give video scoreboards to high
[50:44] school athletes, when we have
[50:46] cafeterias and libraries and
[50:48] classrooms and windows. I was
[50:49] in an elementary school last
[50:53] week with plastic windows.
[50:58] Built in 1952. Like we're
[50:59] supposed to prioritize these
[51:00] things and make good decisions
[51:01] for the community and earn
[51:03] their trust so that they give
[51:04] us their taxpayer dollars and
[51:05] sometimes discretionary
[51:07] taxpayer dollars. I don't I
[51:09] just don't see this. I don't
[51:11] know, I, I cannot tell my
[51:12] neighbors that I'm going to
[51:14] spend $20 million on video
[51:15] scoreboards for 16, 17 and 18
[51:16] year old athletes so their
[51:18] parents can see the replay of a
[51:21] game. I suspect they all have
[51:22] phones and they can watch the
[51:26] replay if they need to.
[51:28] >> So DR. Zeman has the floor,
[51:29] and then I have.
[51:30] >> I go to these games. I know
[51:32] what a video scoreboard is. I
[51:34] mean, we're going to actually I
[51:36] don't even know if we can do
[51:37] replays. We can just see stuff
[51:39] like as it happens up on the
[51:40] scoreboard, that's an
[51:41] extravagant expense in my mind
[51:43] for a high school athlete. If
[51:45] it was a weight room, if it was
[51:47] a new basketball court, if it
[51:49] was, you know, a baseball field,
[51:51] if it was safe fencing, if it
[51:52] was dugouts. Those things are
[51:54] fundamental to an athletic
[51:55] program. And I go around
[51:56] Broward County and I see
[51:57] deficiencies all over the place
[52:00] in athletic fields, not video
[52:01] scoreboards as a deficiency. I
[52:03] don't do that. I view that as,
[52:05] you know, if we did a couple of
[52:07] years and it took us 15 years
[52:09] to get there, I'd be fine. But
[52:10] accelerating these funds, I
[52:11] think, is going to put
[52:12] something at risk that we
[52:14] really cannot afford to put at
[52:16] risk. And, and this
[52:18] prioritization at one meeting
[52:20] at the end of the year doesn't
[52:21] look to the community like this
[52:23] is thoughtful, analyzed,
[52:24] intentional. We know what the
[52:25] options. We don't even know
[52:27] what the numbers of fields that
[52:28] we want for some of these
[52:30] things, or the years in which
[52:32] we're going to lay it in. So I
[52:33] just, I don't I don't think
[52:35] that this is a good idea today.
[52:37] It MAY be great to bring back
[52:39] later and lay it in over ten
[52:41] years, but I just cannot
[52:42] justify this to the community
[52:44] that this is our highest and
[52:46] best use of their money. When
[52:47] we don't have capital
[52:48] facilities that we can be proud
[52:50] of. In every school in Broward
[52:53] County. So I'm sorry to come
[52:55] unglued about this, but I just
[52:57] don't I can't let us do this
[52:58] without thinking about the
[52:59] effect that it would have on
[53:01] the referendum. I also think
[53:02] there are a lot of boosters
[53:04] that can go out and raise money.
[53:06] Can they raise a half $1
[53:07] million? No, but that doesn't
[53:08] mean we should take taxpayer
[53:10] dollars and pay for something
[53:12] that I view as just an
[53:13] extravagant thing. And if we
[53:15] got a couple of years, it's
[53:17] fine. But to do this all
[53:18] quickly over three years is
[53:20] just really, I think it's a
[53:22] very high risk.
[53:25] >> Thank you. And I had a
[53:28] question to DR. Zeman point
[53:32] about like priorities. And I'm
[53:36] wondering, like will be closing
[53:37] schools this year and some of
[53:39] the receiving schools MAY need
[53:42] to have some adjustments made.
[53:43] So what would be the process?
[53:45] Like if we, you know, we passed
[53:47] the d e, f p today, we make the
[53:48] vote to close schools in
[53:51] DECEMBER. Ostensibly, we'll
[53:52] know some of the changes that
[53:54] will be needed to be made to
[53:57] the receiving schools. What
[53:58] does that process look like
[54:00] with as it relates to the d e,
[54:01] f p.
[54:04] >> We will come back and ask
[54:06] for specific funding for
[54:09] specific projects and acts to
[54:10] amend a, d, f, p to make sure
[54:12] we can get those in there.
[54:14] >> Okay. Yep.
[54:15] >> MISS Bulman and then MISS
[54:18] Hixon.
[54:19] >> Thanks.
[54:21] >> Kind of in the same vein. So
[54:23] when we're looking at the big
[54:25] picture, you know, we were
[54:28] talking about this morning how
[54:29] there's just things that we can
[54:31] do that we're in, the budget
[54:32] that we're proposed for next
[54:36] year to make our facilities
[54:41] look better. So our by making
[54:42] changes today, are we
[54:46] jeopardizing our ability to do
[54:48] that? Because I don't want to
[54:49] change the priorities. I think
[54:51] that it's really important that
[54:54] we're doing these, you know,
[54:55] facilities improvements that
[54:56] make the facilities more
[54:59] inviting and more, you know,
[55:00] like how we had talked about
[55:02] painting and marquees and all
[55:05] the things that can boost the
[55:09] curb appeal and pretty easily
[55:10] identifiable.
[55:13] >> So it's all about funding.
[55:14] And how much are we dipping
[55:16] into the reserves? As MR. Shim
[55:18] said, I think the goal was to
[55:19] keep it at $50 million. Don't
[55:22] go below $50 million as far as
[55:24] similar to general fund fund
[55:26] balance. So, MR. CHAIRMAN, if
[55:30] you can kind of enlighten us
[55:33] about the reserve, again, I
[55:34] think most of the projects that
[55:36] MISS Bulman just discussed as
[55:38] far as painting and things like
[55:39] that, are already funded in a d,
[55:41] f, p and scheduled out. But as
[55:44] far as some of the requests,
[55:45] what impact that would have on
[55:49] the on the reserves over the
[55:50] next three years of this
[55:53] specific defp my calculations
[55:55] I'm up to, if you include the
[55:57] video scoreboards, total of
[55:59] field bleachers, lights, video
[56:01] boards, I have about $28
[56:02] million unless I'm off, but
[56:07] that's what I have. How much do
[56:11] you have, MISS Hixon? I have 8
[56:14] million for fields, 2 million
[56:16] for bleachers. Oh, I included
[56:18] lights. I had 8 million for
[56:20] lights. So take out the lights.
[56:27] That would be two. 1.2. I had 2
[56:28] million per school for lights,
[56:35] so. It's about four. Call it
[56:40] four and a half. So about 25.
[56:45] Million. 25 million total.
[56:47] >> That would come out of our
[56:48] $50 million reserve. Oh well,
[56:51] that's not gonna.
[56:52] >> $71 million, but we're
[56:53] supposed to be 5050.
[56:55] >> In there. So we would be
[56:56] taking draining our reserve,
[56:59] but we're what we're tapping.
[57:01] The curb. Appeal projects are
[57:03] already budgeted for.
[57:05] >> And it's over the next three
[57:06] years. And if you can also
[57:09] enlighten the the board also,
[57:11] MR. Shim, about how our capital
[57:12] budget is actually funded. Like
[57:15] how much average funding do we
[57:18] receive on an annual basis so
[57:20] that we get a better picture of
[57:22] the impact to the reserve on an
[57:23] annual basis? If we were to
[57:25] spread this out over three
[57:30] years, which would be. About
[57:31] eight, a little bit over 8
[57:34] million per year.
[57:36] >> Yes, annually we receive
[57:38] about $500 million, and it goes
[57:41] up as year by year on capital
[57:45] millage. And we try to set
[57:49] aside funding for reserves just
[57:51] for stability. As you know, you
[57:52] get change orders throughout
[57:54] the year and other financial
[57:56] impacts or unexpected things
[57:59] that hit our capital project
[58:03] reserves. And a lot of the
[58:05] projects for the beautification,
[58:08] as we mentioned in the
[58:10] presentation, we accelerated a
[58:12] good bit amount to focus on
[58:13] that based upon the board's
[58:16] feedback in workshops and the
[58:20] tentative meeting.
[58:20] >> Thank you.
[58:22] >> Thank you, MISS Hixon.
[58:24] >> Thank you. I just wanted to
[58:25] point out on the fields that
[58:27] it's not just football. There's
[58:29] also soccer. There's flag
[58:30] football, and there is lacrosse.
[58:32] So it's not just being used
[58:35] during the football season. So
[58:37] and there is equity in male and
[58:39] female sports happening there.
[58:41] So I just wanted to point that
[58:44] out. And I'd also say I
[58:46] perfectly okay if this gets
[58:47] adjusted in terms of because it
[58:49] didn't say on here that it had
[58:51] to be done in three years, it
[58:52] was just saying that we would
[58:54] commit to the video scoreboards
[58:57] if it's the board's will to
[58:58] spread that over a longer
[59:01] period of time. This motion
[59:04] doesn't tie it to any specific
[59:06] fiscal year. So I don't have a
[59:08] problem with that. I just have
[59:09] a concern that some schools
[59:12] have it and some don't, and
[59:13] that seems inequitable to me.
[59:15] So thank you.
[59:19] >> Thank you, MISS Rupert.
[59:21] >> Thank you, MADAM Chair.
[59:23] Thank you, MISS Hixon, for your
[59:24] for your motions. And actually,
[59:26] I wanted to speak a little bit
[59:29] on title nine and to ask the
[59:31] superintendent. Every year we
[59:33] get the title nine. I don't
[59:35] know about, for a better word
[59:39] for saying that it. It tells us
[59:41] the equity from school to
[59:44] school, female, male. And if
[59:45] they have the same facilities,
[59:47] if they have the same
[59:49] opportunities, etc. Are any of
[59:53] the schools listed in those
[59:57] title nine of violations that
[59:59] that we would have to, to work
[1:00:02] on with this money?
[1:00:04] >> Not not that I'm aware of,
[1:00:06] MISS Rupert, most of the sports
[1:00:08] are played on the same field
[1:00:10] basketball for on the
[1:00:13] basketball court or on the
[1:00:14] football field. The only the
[1:00:15] only two sports that are
[1:00:16] different are softball and
[1:00:19] baseball, that play on
[1:00:21] different play surfaces.
[1:00:23] >> Right. And you're saying
[1:00:24] that that's pretty much all the
[1:00:26] infractions that we get. I know
[1:00:28] some of it has to do with
[1:00:30] female bathrooms, outfits, etc.
[1:00:32] But there were none that would
[1:00:35] be that would follow this this
[1:00:37] motion.
[1:00:40] >> Correct. Not for athletics.
[1:00:43] >> Okay. Thank you.
[1:00:45] >> And then I, I had one more
[1:00:49] question. Since the City of
[1:00:52] Coral Springs was brought up
[1:00:54] about some commitments, I'm
[1:00:59] wondering if we've contemplated
[1:01:03] if amendment three passes and
[1:01:05] the city is being able to
[1:01:09] invest. Those kinds of things
[1:01:13] in our schools. I know at the
[1:01:15] City Manager Roundtable, we
[1:01:17] heard concerns from cities
[1:01:19] about funding if amendment
[1:01:21] three passes. So I'm wondering
[1:01:23] if we've if we've looked at
[1:01:26] that at all.
[1:01:28] >> So not for this since it's a
[1:01:31] motion on the floor, but for
[1:01:32] other conversations that we've
[1:01:34] had with cities about certain
[1:01:36] levels of support or certain
[1:01:37] partnerships they want to
[1:01:38] extend, a lot of them are
[1:01:40] talking about waiting until
[1:01:41] after that NOVEMBER vote, just
[1:01:42] to make sure they actually have
[1:01:44] the funds to continue certain
[1:01:45] partnerships.
[1:01:45] >> Right.
[1:01:47] >> Okay. Any other board
[1:01:50] discussion? MRS. Alhadeff.
[1:01:52] >> I have a question. If if a
[1:01:54] school doesn't have a video
[1:01:56] scoreboard, what do they use?
[1:01:57] >> They use a traditional
[1:01:58] scoreboard, just like we're
[1:02:00] used to seeing at, you know,
[1:02:03] any football game or any
[1:02:04] municipal field. It's a
[1:02:05] traditional scoreboard.
[1:02:07] >> And what is the cost of a
[1:02:07] traditional scoreboard?
[1:02:09] >> I'm not sure, because most
[1:02:11] of those schools have had them
[1:02:12] up for quite some time. And I
[1:02:13] think we've been spending money
[1:02:15] on repairing them over time
[1:02:16] just to keep them up and
[1:02:17] running. But most of those
[1:02:18] scoreboards have probably been
[1:02:20] installed for over a couple of
[1:02:22] decades now. You know, MR.
[1:02:24] Dorsett, do you know the price
[1:02:25] of a traditional scoreboard?
[1:02:27] Just the traditional.
[1:02:29] >> Did did the replace one of
[1:02:31] those traditional scoreboards?
[1:02:32] The that that was that's what
[1:02:35] that money was allocated for to
[1:02:36] replace some of the to make
[1:02:38] some repairs. But they're
[1:02:40] beyond economical repair. I
[1:02:42] would have to get back to with
[1:02:46] you on a total cost for a new
[1:02:48] traditional scoreboard
[1:02:49] replacement. I don't have that
[1:02:52] number with me right now.
[1:02:54] >> Thank you.
[1:02:55] >> Anyone else.
[1:02:58] >> Have one more question? Do
[1:02:59] any of our schools, they don't
[1:03:02] have a playground or our
[1:03:04] playgrounds are all in here
[1:03:05] because I know the playgrounds
[1:03:07] are 250 000.
[1:03:08] >> Correct. There is a
[1:03:09] playgrounds are in here and
[1:03:10] there's a project list for
[1:03:12] playgrounds. As far as
[1:03:13] installation and repair.
[1:03:14] >> Are there any of our
[1:03:16] elementary schools are not on
[1:03:17] the list here that they don't
[1:03:18] have a playground.
[1:03:20] >> So there was an assessment
[1:03:21] done for the majority of
[1:03:23] playgrounds. I think all of the
[1:03:25] ones that need a new or new one
[1:03:28] or, or replacements of parts
[1:03:32] are in the d, f p okay.
[1:03:33] >> Anyone else on. So I think
[1:03:36] we're voting on the amendment
[1:03:39] to the substitute motion, the
[1:03:40] second substitute motion,
[1:03:42] because I think there were.
[1:03:43] >> MRS. Alhadeff motion, which
[1:03:46] is to substitute the 20 schools
[1:03:48] with the four schools J.P.
[1:03:49] Taravella, West Broward,
[1:03:50] Monarch and Hollywood,
[1:03:52] Hollywood Hills High.
[1:03:54] >> All in favor of MRS.
[1:03:55] Alhadeff amendment? Say aye.
[1:03:56] >> Aye.
[1:03:58] >> Allll oppppos? A All oosed?
[1:04:01] Say n n No. W We do a rollall.L.
[1:04:05] >>>> Roll call on the motion.
[1:04:06] >> Substitute motion.
[1:04:06] >> Amendment.
[1:04:08] >> Alhadeff.
[1:04:09] >> Yes.
[1:04:11] >> Bulman.
[1:04:14] >> Can I get a clarification?
[1:04:17] >> So originally the motion was
[1:04:19] to move. I move to include
[1:04:21] video scoreboards at all
[1:04:23] schools and it was for 14
[1:04:24] schools. Then there was a
[1:04:25] substitute motion that changed
[1:04:27] the 14 schools to the 20
[1:04:28] schools. Then there was an
[1:04:30] amendment to that substitute
[1:04:32] motion to remove the 20 schools
[1:04:34] and make it those four schools.
[1:04:35] So what you are voting on now
[1:04:37] is the amendment to the
[1:04:39] substitute motion, or did we
[1:04:41] already did that failed. So now
[1:04:42] we're only voting on.
[1:04:43] >> We haven't voted on the
[1:04:44] amendment.
[1:04:45] >> On the amendment. Okay.
[1:04:47] >> So I'm going to I'm going to
[1:04:48] vote no on this and then see
[1:04:49] how it goes.
[1:04:51] >> Okay. Just to start over.
[1:04:52] Alhadeff.
[1:04:52] >> Yes.
[1:04:53] >> Bulman.
[1:04:54] >> No.
[1:04:57] >> Cervera. Not on the line.
[1:05:00] Hixon. No wholeness, no.
[1:05:01] Leonardi.
[1:05:02] >> No.
[1:05:03] >> Rupert.
[1:05:04] >> Yes.
[1:05:06] >> Thompson no.
[1:05:11] >> That was a no no and no
[1:05:14] motion fails. 1234562.
[1:05:16] >> All right, so now we're on
[1:05:17] the substitute motion.
[1:05:18] >> MADAM Chair.
[1:05:20] >> DR. Holness thank you, MADAM
[1:05:21] Chair. Could you repeat the
[1:05:23] substitute motion.
[1:05:25] >> So it was to change? And
[1:05:26] correct me if I'm wrong,
[1:05:30] general Council, the 14 to
[1:05:31] school is to 20. Correct.
[1:05:33] >> So let me restate the motion.
[1:05:35] I move to include video
[1:05:36] scoreboards at all schools
[1:05:38] receiving artificial turf
[1:05:40] fields, including the remaining
[1:05:42] 20 schools scheduled to receive
[1:05:44] artificial turf fields at the
[1:05:46] additional cost for the 20
[1:05:47] schools, with installation
[1:05:48] occurring concurrently with the
[1:05:50] turf project and to provide
[1:05:52] video scoreboard as needed. At
[1:05:54] schools where artificial turf
[1:05:55] fields have already been
[1:05:56] installed.
[1:05:57] >> Okay, so I have a few
[1:06:02] questions. Doctor Hepburn, from
[1:06:04] this motion, do you understand
[1:06:06] this? To have a time limit of
[1:06:08] three years, or what is your
[1:06:11] understanding in terms of
[1:06:13] completion time?
[1:06:15] >> So my understanding, because
[1:06:17] the current projects for fields
[1:06:20] are for the next three years,
[1:06:22] out of the total five, which we
[1:06:23] started the year before in this
[1:06:26] current in last year is three
[1:06:28] years. So unless the board
[1:06:30] gives a specific timeline to
[1:06:32] extend that, my understanding.
[1:06:33] >> So I, I just wanted to know
[1:06:34] what your understanding is
[1:06:37] currently. So what would be. Is
[1:06:40] there a maximum time frame that
[1:06:43] the board could determine or is
[1:06:44] it up to us? Does it have to be
[1:06:46] five years? Could it be eight
[1:06:48] years, seven years or or is
[1:06:49] five years within the fp that
[1:06:51] we have to?
[1:06:56] >> I would suggest probably.
[1:06:57] The ones that we have slated
[1:07:00] for the next three years. If if
[1:07:03] this if all this whole package
[1:07:05] is eventually passed, that we
[1:07:06] work on those for the next
[1:07:08] three years as we as we have
[1:07:09] scheduled out for the next
[1:07:12] three years, and then the
[1:07:14] depending on capacity, if we
[1:07:15] can go back and add the video
[1:07:18] boards to the other schools
[1:07:19] during the three years or after
[1:07:20] those three years are over,
[1:07:22] just depends on capacity. So I
[1:07:24] would say five years. Okay, to,
[1:07:26] to be safe.
[1:07:27] >> But could the board go
[1:07:28] beyond five years?
[1:07:29] >> Yes, absolutely.
[1:07:30] >> All right. So I have a
[1:07:32] question. How many do we have
[1:07:33] slated for the next three years?
[1:07:35] >> Turf fields and all that,
[1:07:36] doctor Watson, MR. Dorsett,
[1:07:37] what's the number fields we
[1:07:39] have left for the next three
[1:07:45] years? Is it 14?
[1:07:55] >> Let me count. We have 12.
[1:07:56] And just for clarification
[1:07:58] Doctor Hepburn. So we have done
[1:08:00] year one and year two.
[1:08:00] >> Correct.
[1:08:02] >> So now we are on year three.
[1:08:04] And then we have your four. And
[1:08:07] then this would add a fifth
[1:08:09] year because I don't know. We
[1:08:11] have the however it's done. We
[1:08:13] our cadence has been six a year.
[1:08:16] So this would add a fifth year
[1:08:18] because we actually for all of
[1:08:19] the schools that, you know, had
[1:08:21] stadiums that had. We had a
[1:08:23] four year schedule to get them
[1:08:24] done.
[1:08:28] >> Okay. So in year one and two,
[1:08:29] we've completed six schools per
[1:08:31] year. So we've done 12 schools
[1:08:32] and now we're on year three.
[1:08:35] >> So year one, we did three
[1:08:35] schools.
[1:08:36] >> Okay.
[1:08:37] >> Year two that we just
[1:08:39] completed. We did six. And we
[1:08:41] have we are now about to start
[1:08:43] year three with another six
[1:08:44] schools.
[1:08:45] >> Okay. And those six schools
[1:08:47] have already been identified
[1:08:49] and scheduled to be completed.
[1:08:51] >> So what we do is we look
[1:08:52] annually. So we have a
[1:08:54] tentative list of who those six
[1:08:55] are because they're currently,
[1:08:57] you know, complete stadiums now.
[1:08:58] And we're going to review a
[1:09:02] final before we actually
[1:09:03] solidify the six. Because when
[1:09:05] you look at maintenance records,
[1:09:09] p o records, field utilization,
[1:09:11] there's one school that MAY
[1:09:13] have to come up from year four.
[1:09:16] And then we decide on which
[1:09:17] school from year three, based
[1:09:19] on the entire criteria that we
[1:09:21] look at, can go down to year
[1:09:23] four to allow for us to keep
[1:09:25] that cadence of six.
[1:09:27] >> Okay, so Doctor Hepburn, I
[1:09:30] have a few more questions in
[1:09:32] terms of what was brought up
[1:09:36] before as to how our action
[1:09:40] today could impact the
[1:09:43] redefining process in terms of
[1:09:47] money that has to be spent for
[1:09:49] the receiving schools and so on
[1:09:52] and so forth. And the cost of
[1:09:54] doing this would obviously go
[1:09:56] below the 50 million. I think
[1:09:58] you said 25 million, right?
[1:10:00] Correct. And and we have 71
[1:10:02] million. I know it's over three
[1:10:06] years, but how do you see this?
[1:10:07] And and I want to get a better
[1:10:08] understanding how will this
[1:10:11] impact other priorities as we
[1:10:13] continue to redefine in process,
[1:10:16] not just this year, but in
[1:10:19] subsequent years, if we should
[1:10:22] spend $25 million within a
[1:10:24] three year span.
[1:10:25] >> So it's all about what we
[1:10:27] have available in the reserves.
[1:10:29] If we have to come back to the
[1:10:30] board and amended d, f, p,
[1:10:31] because we have some projects
[1:10:33] that are going to impact
[1:10:35] students ability to go to the
[1:10:36] receiving school, build outs
[1:10:38] and things like that, we will
[1:10:40] have to dip into the reserves
[1:10:41] and bring that to the board. As
[1:10:43] far as amending the d, f, p so
[1:10:45] we can complete those projects
[1:10:46] by the following school year.
[1:10:47] >> So let me ask another
[1:10:49] question. What action could we
[1:10:50] take today in terms of
[1:10:51] spreading this over a period of
[1:10:53] time, to not run the risk of
[1:10:55] having to dip into the reserves
[1:10:57] and go below the 50 million.
[1:11:00] >> You would need to define how
[1:11:02] many years and how many
[1:11:03] specific dollar amounts per
[1:11:04] year. And, MR. CHAIRMAN, the
[1:11:06] team can kind of help with
[1:11:07] understanding what the reserves
[1:11:09] would look like over a certain
[1:11:09] time frame.
[1:11:11] >> Okay, so with that comment
[1:11:12] and I'll wait for MR. Shim. Can
[1:11:15] you give us some guidance
[1:11:17] through there, whatever they
[1:11:19] need to work out to give us
[1:11:20] guidance as to what time frame
[1:11:24] would be safe to spread this
[1:11:26] motion over so we don't have
[1:11:27] the risk of going into the
[1:11:28] reserves.
[1:11:30] >> You know, so I asked the
[1:11:31] team, since they've been doing
[1:11:32] the work in facilitating the
[1:11:36] work over the past two years
[1:11:38] and that dollar amount. And,
[1:11:40] MR. Shim, we do have money
[1:11:42] already allocated in dfp for
[1:11:44] so-called contingency for
[1:11:46] redefining projects, I think.
[1:11:54] How much is that?
[1:11:55] >> Now, I stand corrected. We
[1:11:58] don't have money for
[1:11:59] contingencies. We only had
[1:12:00] money for specific schools in
[1:12:03] the redefining projects. But I
[1:12:07] will point out that on page 19
[1:12:08] in in the outer years, there
[1:12:12] are additional dollars out
[1:12:16] there in 2030 and 2031. So if I
[1:12:17] understand what's currently
[1:12:18] happening is that we have a
[1:12:21] project scheduled in the next
[1:12:22] couple of years, and that
[1:12:23] you're asking if there's
[1:12:24] available funding in the outer
[1:12:26] years to be able to do these
[1:12:27] projects. So there are funding
[1:12:29] out there. But I also want to
[1:12:30] remind you that we also have
[1:12:32] other needs that we don't have
[1:12:32] in this.
[1:12:34] >> I understand. So, MR. Shim,
[1:12:35] here's my question, and it's
[1:12:38] very direct. The the
[1:12:40] understanding of this motion by
[1:12:41] Doctor Hepburn is that this is
[1:12:44] a three year time span. I want
[1:12:46] to know, as a board member, to
[1:12:48] make this decision, what time
[1:12:49] period would you recommend that
[1:12:51] we spread this over so we don't
[1:12:53] run the risk of going into the
[1:12:54] reserves that can give us a
[1:12:57] safe zone. I'm relying on your
[1:13:00] expertise because I will not
[1:13:02] vote on three years, because
[1:13:03] I'm concerned about the three
[1:13:05] years and how that will dip
[1:13:06] into our reserves, or run the
[1:13:08] risk of dipping into our
[1:13:11] reserves. $25 million is also,
[1:13:13] as DR. Zeman mentioned, it's
[1:13:14] not a good look to spend this
[1:13:16] money in a short period of time.
[1:13:17] You know, when we're asking for
[1:13:18] more money, and I understand
[1:13:19] it's coming from different.
[1:13:21] It's used for different buckets
[1:13:23] and so on. But I want to know
[1:13:25] in order to vote, what would be
[1:13:27] your recommendation of a time
[1:13:29] frame that we can spread this
[1:13:31] over to not run the risk of
[1:13:33] going into reserves where we
[1:13:35] have a good buffer? Is it six
[1:13:36] years? It's eight years. Is it
[1:13:38] ten years? Is it five? What
[1:13:43] would you recommend?
[1:13:45] >> I mean, that's a really
[1:13:47] difficult question from my
[1:13:48] perspective because, you know,
[1:13:50] these I can tell you the
[1:13:52] numbers, but really it's the
[1:13:53] challenge of the board. And I
[1:13:55] can't in my position understand,
[1:13:57] look, look down at the numbers
[1:13:58] and make a recommendation. As
[1:14:00] far as you know, I can tell you
[1:14:02] what all the that there are
[1:14:03] other needs and I can tell you
[1:14:05] how much money there's. There
[1:14:06] is. And.
[1:14:08] >> Okay, so let me ask the
[1:14:09] question another way. If we
[1:14:10] spread this over six years,
[1:14:11] Doctor Hepburn, how much will
[1:14:15] we be spending per year?
[1:14:17] >> 4 million. Yeah.
[1:14:18] >> That is correct. About four.
[1:14:20] A little bit over 4 million.
[1:14:21] >> Okay. Doctor Hepburn, in
[1:14:23] your best judgment, spending $4
[1:14:26] million per year over six years,
[1:14:27] would would that jeopardize
[1:14:29] putting us in to the position
[1:14:31] of having to go into reserves?
[1:14:33] >> No, it it doesn't really
[1:14:34] jeopardize that 4 million.
[1:14:34] >> Okay.
[1:14:36] >> Would you be comfortable
[1:14:37] with that time period and 4
[1:14:39] million per year?
[1:14:39] >> Yeah.
[1:14:43] >> Okay. So, MADAM Chair, my
[1:14:45] concern is the time period and
[1:14:47] how much we are going to spend.
[1:14:48] So I don't know. I can't vote
[1:14:50] for the motion as it is. Board
[1:14:52] member. Hixon. But if the time
[1:14:53] changes, I think it's more
[1:14:56] digestible then I, I can I can
[1:14:58] support it. So that would be my
[1:14:58] comments.
[1:14:59] >> MISS Hixon.
[1:15:01] >> Thank you. And I just want
[1:15:05] to say this motion, if it's 20
[1:15:08] schools, is $10 million. So it
[1:15:10] didn't make sense to say 4
[1:15:12] million over six years is 24
[1:15:14] million. So I think you're like
[1:15:16] mixing everything together. We
[1:15:17] pass those other two items
[1:15:20] already. So this item right
[1:15:22] here is a total of $10 million.
[1:15:24] So if you divided that by three
[1:15:26] years, it would be a little
[1:15:29] over $3 million per year, not
[1:15:31] for for three years. So if you
[1:15:32] divided it out over six, it'd
[1:15:35] be like one and a half. Okay.
[1:15:38] So I the answer came out where
[1:15:40] I think Doctor Hepburn, when he
[1:15:41] was looking at it, included
[1:15:43] everything together. But this
[1:15:47] item, this motion is for 10,010.
[1:15:49] I'm sorry, $10 million I don't
[1:15:51] have like I said earlier, I
[1:15:52] don't have a problem spreading
[1:15:54] it out over over a number of
[1:15:56] years, I it does not.
[1:15:57] >> Okay.
[1:15:58] >> I don't have a problem doing
[1:15:58] that.
[1:16:01] >> Okay. So MADAM Chair, MAY I.
[1:16:04] Okay, so, Doctor Hepburn, I
[1:16:06] believe that your understanding.
[1:16:10] Board member Hixon motion to
[1:16:12] include everything, including
[1:16:13] the lighting and all of that.
[1:16:15] That's where the 25 million
[1:16:18] came from. But it only includes.
[1:16:20] What does it include? Board
[1:16:21] member Hixon.
[1:16:23] >> So we already passed two
[1:16:26] items. One was to do bleachers
[1:16:29] this fiscal year. That's $2
[1:16:30] million. That's a whole
[1:16:33] separate motion. The other one
[1:16:34] to add the four turf fields
[1:16:36] didn't have a time frame on
[1:16:38] them. So they'll possibly be in
[1:16:41] year five. So those aren't
[1:16:43] coming up like in the next year
[1:16:45] or so. So that's like added on
[1:16:47] to the fifth year of that. So
[1:16:49] that was 8 million. So this
[1:16:52] item is to do the scoreboard,
[1:16:53] the video scoreboards at the
[1:16:56] remaining 20 schools, which I
[1:16:57] think we need to check on the
[1:16:59] numbers, because I have a
[1:17:00] feeling that it's actually less
[1:17:02] than that, but we'll go with 20.
[1:17:05] So at $500,000 a piece is $10
[1:17:05] million.
[1:17:06] >> So this doesn't this.
[1:17:09] >> Item, this motion is for a
[1:17:11] total of $10 million.
[1:17:12] >> Okay. So it doesn't include
[1:17:13] the lighting this motion.
[1:17:14] >> No, we we. Understand
[1:17:15] include lighting.
[1:17:16] >> So board member Hixon, I'm
[1:17:20] just going to ask, I believe I
[1:17:22] would be more comfortable with
[1:17:24] five years. I don't know if
[1:17:25] you're willing to amend the
[1:17:26] motion.
[1:17:26] >> Yeah.
[1:17:27] >> Can I can I interject though
[1:17:29] because this doesn't have I
[1:17:30] don't see a timeline in this
[1:17:30] one.
[1:17:32] >> It doesn't it just says
[1:17:34] instill it with installation
[1:17:35] occurring concurrently with the
[1:17:36] turf.
[1:17:36] >> Okay.
[1:17:38] >> Okay. So it didn't have a
[1:17:39] time frame. It was just saying,
[1:17:41] if you're putting a turf field
[1:17:43] in, you're going to include the
[1:17:45] video scoreboard with the turf.
[1:17:47] Okay? So it doesn't depends on
[1:17:49] how they spread out the turf,
[1:17:51] how this goes. I mean, they've
[1:17:52] said they finished they'll
[1:17:54] finish the turf in three years.
[1:17:56] >> Okay. So I would be more
[1:17:57] comfortable that a timeline is
[1:17:58] put in there because Doctor
[1:18:00] Hepburn understood it to be
[1:18:01] three years. Yeah. So if if
[1:18:03] it's if it's in the motion for
[1:18:05] five years to be the time span,
[1:18:06] then I could support a motion.
[1:18:10] >> Can I amend it again?
[1:18:15] Substitute motion. Okay, so I
[1:18:16] like to make a substitute
[1:18:19] motion I guess again. So I
[1:18:21] moved to include video school
[1:18:22] scoreboards at all schools
[1:18:23] receiving turf fields,
[1:18:25] including the remaining 20
[1:18:28] schools scheduled to receive
[1:18:29] artificial turf fields at
[1:18:31] additional costs of $500,000
[1:18:34] per school period. I or I guess,
[1:18:36] comma. And to provide it. So
[1:18:38] we'll take out that whole with
[1:18:39] installation occurring
[1:18:41] concurrently. So take out that
[1:18:43] and to provide video
[1:18:44] scoreboards as needed. Because
[1:18:49] then there's no time frame. On
[1:18:52] there. Does that make sense?
[1:18:52] >> Okay.
[1:18:54] >> Instead of saying you have
[1:18:55] to put them in with the turf.
[1:18:57] >> I'm confused. Okay. That's
[1:18:58] what I was about to clarify
[1:18:59] because you guys had me
[1:19:01] confused, right? So I took.
[1:19:02] >> That sentence out. I took
[1:19:04] that part out. So then it's a
[1:19:06] five year d f, so the f p. So
[1:19:08] it could go at any time.
[1:19:10] >> Yes. So because I know the
[1:19:11] turf is going to be done over
[1:19:12] three years.
[1:19:14] >> Right. So this takes them
[1:19:17] pairing together out. I'm fine
[1:19:17] with that.
[1:19:19] >> Okay. So Doctor Hepburn you
[1:19:19] understand.
[1:19:21] >> Yes I get it. Now.
[1:19:23] >> Is there a second. Second
[1:19:25] motion made by MISS Hixon or
[1:19:26] substitute? Motion made by MISS
[1:19:28] Hixon. Seconded by DR. Holness.
[1:19:29] Public comment. Seeing none,
[1:19:33] MISS Bowman.
[1:19:37] >> I have a procedural question
[1:19:41] to DR. Zeman point earlier. So
[1:19:43] right now, if this isn't
[1:19:45] actually being addressed this
[1:19:47] year and we get this, this
[1:19:50] comes back to us every year, is
[1:19:52] there a pressing need for this
[1:20:01] to be on the d, f p right now?
[1:20:02] >> This is up to the board.
[1:20:04] It's it's go ahead, MISS Hixon.
[1:20:06] >> But we could do the same
[1:20:06] thing next year.
[1:20:08] >> Yes. We bring the dfp every.
[1:20:10] >> Year to add any video
[1:20:11] scoreboards though this year
[1:20:13] this is to to be able to move
[1:20:15] that along. So if you're going
[1:20:17] to spread out the schools over
[1:20:20] five years, you'd want to start.
[1:20:22] This is the first year of five
[1:20:26] years. So.
[1:20:27] >> All right. All in favor of
[1:20:29] the substitute motion, say aye.
[1:20:32] Aye. All opposed? Say no. No.
[1:20:33] Roll call please.
[1:20:36] >> Roll call on the motion.
[1:20:40] Bulman. No. Cervera on the line.
[1:20:41] Hixon.
[1:20:42] >> Yes.
[1:20:43] >> Holiness.
[1:20:44] >> Yes.
[1:20:45] >> Leonardi.
[1:20:46] >> No.
[1:20:47] >> Rupert.
[1:20:48] >> Yes.
[1:20:53] >> Thompson. No. Zeeman and
[1:20:54] Alhadeff.
[1:20:55] >> Yes.
[1:21:01] >> Motion. Four four fails.
[1:21:02] >> So that was a substitute
[1:21:04] motion. So where does that
[1:21:06] leave us now, MR. Bruno?
[1:21:08] >> That.
[1:21:10] >> So that motion has failed.
[1:21:12] Are there any other motions.
[1:21:13] >> MISS Hixon?
[1:21:16] >> Thank you. So my next motion
[1:21:18] I move to direct the
[1:21:19] superintendent to gather data
[1:21:20] from the athletic directors at
[1:21:22] the high schools with baseball
[1:21:24] and softball fields, and to
[1:21:25] return information on which
[1:21:27] schools need lights for their
[1:21:29] baseball softball fields and
[1:21:30] the cost of those lights no
[1:21:33] later than OCTOBER 30th, 2026.
[1:21:34] And then, based on the
[1:21:36] information collected, the
[1:21:37] superintendent will bring the d,
[1:21:39] f p back to the board so that
[1:21:42] we can add, as necessary
[1:21:46] baseball and softball lights.
[1:21:51] >> Is there a second? All right.
[1:21:52] Seeing none. Next motion.
[1:21:55] >> Thank you. Last motion is
[1:21:57] and I'm going to put this in.
[1:22:01] We have on page 76 added a new
[1:22:03] sound system and lighting for
[1:22:05] South Plantation High School.
[1:22:07] Seminole middle is the feeder
[1:22:09] school into that. They have the
[1:22:12] same dilapidated old system. So
[1:22:14] with that information I moved
[1:22:15] to add a new sound system and
[1:22:17] lighting for Seminole Middle
[1:22:18] School, with an approximate
[1:22:21] cost of $250,000 so that it can
[1:22:24] be identified and funded when
[1:22:25] monies become available. So
[1:22:27] there's no time frame in the.
[1:22:28] >> Just to clarify for the
[1:22:29] board, MISS Hixon is referring
[1:22:30] to their theater lights.
[1:22:32] >> Oh I'm sorry. Yes. Theater
[1:22:34] lights for the for the
[1:22:36] auditorium. I'm sorry. Yes.
[1:22:38] Sound system and lights. So
[1:22:41] this is not to put it in in any
[1:22:42] particular year, but just to
[1:22:44] say to include it in the d, f,
[1:22:46] p. So when money becomes
[1:22:47] available, they can repair it.
[1:22:51] >> There a second. Second
[1:22:52] motion made by MISS Hixon,
[1:22:54] seconded by DR. Holness. Public
[1:22:55] comment on the motion. Seeing
[1:22:56] none.
[1:23:00] >> DR. Zeman Doctor Hepburn,
[1:23:02] have we? And you know, I wanted
[1:23:03] to bring this up earlier too,
[1:23:05] about our not only our long
[1:23:07] term facility plan, but
[1:23:08] bringing in our master planner
[1:23:09] who is supposed to look at
[1:23:11] everything we need in the in
[1:23:12] the county and come back and
[1:23:14] say, wow, you know, here's some
[1:23:15] theater programs that don't
[1:23:16] even, you know, have portable
[1:23:18] microphones or a stage or basic
[1:23:20] lights so that we can be
[1:23:21] equitable in the way that we do
[1:23:23] things. Do we know that
[1:23:24] Seminole Middle School is the
[1:23:25] highest priority for theater
[1:23:27] light improvements?
[1:23:28] >> No, I can't say with
[1:23:30] confidence that I know that. I
[1:23:32] know that the high school that
[1:23:34] they feed in, that has a very
[1:23:35] robust theater program is
[1:23:38] getting updated installation of
[1:23:41] a new system later this this
[1:23:43] fall or winter. But I can't say
[1:23:45] for with confidence about the
[1:23:48] middle schools.
[1:23:50] >> Thank you.
[1:23:55] >> Any other board discussion?
[1:23:57] I guess my my question would be
[1:24:01] similar to that of DR. Zeman.
[1:24:03] Like, are we aware of the other
[1:24:05] like all of the middle school
[1:24:08] theater programs, what they're
[1:24:11] sound system lighting looks
[1:24:13] like, like if they're more
[1:24:15] needs?
[1:24:16] >> No, I can't say that with
[1:24:18] confidence. We do have facility
[1:24:20] condition reports and with the
[1:24:21] master planner comes on board,
[1:24:23] as DR. Zeman alluded to, will
[1:24:25] be reviewing all those reports
[1:24:26] and coming to the board with a
[1:24:27] more comprehensive plan based
[1:24:29] on needs for programing and
[1:24:30] other facilities.
[1:24:33] >>>>kay. Andnd ithis relelatn
[1:24:34] someme w?? We g a a lot of
[1:24:40] ememls a about lighting, but I
[1:24:41] believe that it was with
[1:24:43] regards to South Plantation.
[1:24:44] >> That's correct. South
[1:24:45] Plantation High School is
[1:24:48] getting a new system installed.
[1:24:49] I think installation, the
[1:24:50] completion of installation will
[1:24:53] be later in the winter. And so
[1:24:56] we were able to identify a
[1:24:57] temporary solution for them in
[1:25:00] the interim. And so that those
[1:25:01] concerns are pretty much
[1:25:03] rectified at this point. And
[1:25:04] they'll have a new system later
[1:25:07] on in the in the year. This
[1:25:09] motion is more about ensuring
[1:25:11] that their feet are programed.
[1:25:11] Middle school.
[1:25:13] >> Is okay. I'm not I mean, I'm
[1:25:16] not like opposed to delivering
[1:25:18] or funding a new sound system
[1:25:20] and lighting for the theater
[1:25:21] program at Seminole Middle. I
[1:25:23] guess I would just like to have
[1:25:25] a larger analysis of what the
[1:25:27] needs are for all of these
[1:25:28] programs throughout the
[1:25:30] district. Anyone else?
[1:25:32] >> MADAM Chair?
[1:25:33] >> DR. Holness.
[1:25:38] >> Thank you. So. If you don't
[1:25:39] mind, MADAM Chair, board Member
[1:25:41] Hixon is there. I know you're
[1:25:43] the at large board member along
[1:25:44] with DR. Zeman, and you've been
[1:25:46] to all of your schools and and,
[1:25:48] and you've done a very good job
[1:25:50] of that. Is there a reason you
[1:25:53] would prioritize Seminole and
[1:25:55] have you from your visits to
[1:25:57] schools, are they the highest
[1:25:59] priority or are there not other
[1:26:00] schools with the same issues?
[1:26:02] >> So I actually had this
[1:26:04] conversation with MR. Dorsett,
[1:26:07] who is, you know, aware of all
[1:26:08] of those things. So probably
[1:26:10] he's better to answer that
[1:26:11] question. But again, the
[1:26:13] conversation came up because we
[1:26:15] were discussing the lighting at
[1:26:18] South Plantation and the same
[1:26:19] issues that made South
[1:26:21] Plantation a priority are the
[1:26:23] issues they're having at
[1:26:24] Seminole. And that's why the
[1:26:26] thought was, if we're improving
[1:26:28] South Plantation and this is
[1:26:30] their huge feeder program into
[1:26:33] this, you know, renowned
[1:26:34] theater program that they're
[1:26:36] having, that it made sense. And
[1:26:39] again, it wasn't any particular
[1:26:40] time in there. It was just to
[1:26:42] say if money became available,
[1:26:44] that we would be able to
[1:26:46] address it. So there's not an
[1:26:48] urgency in this particular
[1:26:50] motion. But, MR. Dorsett, you
[1:26:53] can add to that if you'd like.
[1:26:55] >> Thank you. Yes. Basically,
[1:26:57] we we did discuss the the
[1:26:59] current condition of the
[1:27:01] lighting at Seminole Middle
[1:27:04] School. And as I mentioned, I
[1:27:05] know that that's a feeder
[1:27:08] school to Plantation High. We
[1:27:10] do have other middle schools
[1:27:13] with lighting issues, but the
[1:27:14] reason why that one was
[1:27:15] mentioned was because of the
[1:27:17] feeder program.
[1:27:19] >> Okay. So Doctor Hepburn, if
[1:27:21] you don't mind, MR. Dorsett, it
[1:27:23] mentions a new sound system and
[1:27:27] lighting. And I am a, I do they
[1:27:28] they feed into South Plantation
[1:27:31] and Plantation high.
[1:27:33] >> I believe the program is
[1:27:35] with South Plantation High
[1:27:36] School so that.
[1:27:38] >> Okay, so South Plantation
[1:27:41] High School has this sort of
[1:27:43] theater type program, and
[1:27:44] Seminole Middle School feeds
[1:27:47] into it. So it's an essential
[1:27:49] component as far as a feeder
[1:27:51] into sub plantation high school
[1:27:51] program.
[1:27:53] >> Well, it's it's the fact
[1:27:55] that the current condition of
[1:27:57] that system. And if the the
[1:28:00] students are migrating from
[1:28:02] that particular program going
[1:28:04] into the high school program,
[1:28:06] we figured we thought that that
[1:28:09] would be something that we
[1:28:12] should look at again, to MISS
[1:28:14] Hickson's point, we're not
[1:28:16] saying that funded right now.
[1:28:18] We're saying we need to make
[1:28:19] preparations for it.
[1:28:21] >> Now, I understand I am just
[1:28:25] trying to get an idea as to the
[1:28:27] the importance of having it
[1:28:29] done at Seminole, at least at
[1:28:31] some point, and why we are not
[1:28:34] looking at the entire district.
[1:28:36] And I. I guess my next question
[1:28:38] would be for other middle
[1:28:41] schools with these kind of a
[1:28:43] program where you need sound
[1:28:46] and lighting, they don't
[1:28:47] necessarily feed into a high
[1:28:49] school. Correct. That offers
[1:28:51] theater and that kind of thing.
[1:28:54] But Seminole seems to be
[1:28:56] essential in in those students
[1:28:57] transitioning over to South
[1:28:59] Plantation High that their
[1:29:01] theater program is working, the
[1:29:02] equipment working so it can,
[1:29:05] they can be able to transition
[1:29:06] smoothly into South Plantation
[1:29:07] high into that program. Right.
[1:29:09] Is that is that correct?
[1:29:11] >> That is correct. We, we, we
[1:29:14] again, the we do have a list of,
[1:29:16] of, of schools, middle schools
[1:29:19] and high schools with lighting
[1:29:21] issues. And we are working that
[1:29:24] list. It is prioritized. But
[1:29:26] the reason why we wanted to
[1:29:29] look at Seminole at this time,
[1:29:31] again, not to say you need to
[1:29:33] fund it this year because of
[1:29:35] the program. We wanted to, to
[1:29:39] to look at moving it up, or at
[1:29:41] least identifying the funds for
[1:29:41] that.
[1:29:43] >> Okay. So let me ask you one
[1:29:45] last question. If in fact,
[1:29:46] whether we do it this year or
[1:29:47] next year or two years, three
[1:29:49] years from now, if we don't
[1:29:50] remedy this problem at Seminole
[1:29:53] Middle, will it impact the
[1:29:54] program? At the high school,
[1:29:56] South Plantation High School?
[1:29:59] >> Well, again, it has
[1:30:00] something to do with it. We're
[1:30:02] going to keep it running. And
[1:30:04] until such time as funding is
[1:30:06] available again, the system is
[1:30:07] antiquated. It's it's it's
[1:30:09] outdated and it's costing more
[1:30:11] to maintain it than it than it
[1:30:12] would be to replace it.
[1:30:14] >> Got it. Thank you. Thank you,
[1:30:15] MADAM Chair.
[1:30:17] >> Any other board discussion?
[1:30:19] MISS Bulman?
[1:30:22] >> So it would take if we rip
[1:30:23] the Band-Aid off and put a new
[1:30:25] system in there, we'd actually
[1:30:28] be saving money.
[1:30:29] >> Basically, on that
[1:30:31] particular system. Yes. Over.
[1:30:35] Over time, I can provide
[1:30:37] maintenance log of work that
[1:30:39] was done at that school and it
[1:30:41] would probably be more it'll be
[1:30:43] cost effective to just go ahead
[1:30:44] and replace it.
[1:30:45] >> Thank you.
[1:30:46] >> MRS. Alhadeff.
[1:30:49] >> So I would vote yes on this,
[1:30:50] but also Doctor Harp and I
[1:30:52] would like to know what other
[1:30:54] schools are we paying more on
[1:30:56] maintenance to keep it up and
[1:30:57] going instead of just replacing
[1:30:58] it?
[1:31:01] >> The information will be in a
[1:31:02] comprehensive package for the
[1:31:03] board after our master planner
[1:31:06] comes on board. Right? So DR.
[1:31:08] Zeman kind of alluded to this.
[1:31:10] That's what that job of that
[1:31:11] person or that that business
[1:31:13] will be collecting all the
[1:31:14] facilities condition assessment,
[1:31:17] which has gone over every asset
[1:31:19] of every school to really
[1:31:21] understand the maintenance
[1:31:23] that's needed, the amount of
[1:31:25] money we're probably wasting on
[1:31:26] maintaining old antiquated
[1:31:28] systems and ripping them out
[1:31:30] and putting in new things. Or I
[1:31:31] for the same for school
[1:31:32] buildings as well.
[1:31:34] >> Thank you.
[1:31:36] >> All right. All in favor of
[1:31:38] the motion.
[1:31:39] >> Can you.
[1:31:40] >> Oh, I'm sorry, MADAM Chair.
[1:31:42] Can you sorry, MADAM Chair, can
[1:31:45] you restate the the question
[1:31:45] here.
[1:31:47] >> The move the motion is I
[1:31:49] move to add a new sound system
[1:31:50] and lighting for Seminole
[1:31:51] Middle School, with an
[1:31:52] approximate cost of $250,000,
[1:31:54] so that it can be identified
[1:31:55] and funded when money is become
[1:31:57] available.
[1:31:58] >> Thank you.
[1:32:00] >> All in favor of the motion,
[1:32:00] say aye.
[1:32:01] >> Aye.
[1:32:03] >> All opposed? Say no. Motion
[1:32:07] passes unanimously. MISS Hixon
[1:32:08] is done, MISS Bulman.
[1:32:10] >> I'm done. Thank.
[1:32:12] >> So it came to my attention
[1:32:14] for motion number two that we
[1:32:19] passed. These four schools that
[1:32:21] we named that Harlandale High
[1:32:22] School is not currently on the
[1:32:27] list. Is that is it our.
[1:32:28] >> And I think Plantation High
[1:32:30] School too. Correct me if I'm
[1:32:31] wrong, doctor, if you can speak
[1:32:33] on that. Just came to my
[1:32:33] attention to.
[1:32:37] >> Sure. So with Harlandale, we
[1:32:40] started working on the
[1:32:41] environmental issues. Right.
[1:32:43] That would have to be mitigated.
[1:32:45] MR. Dorsett and his team went
[1:32:46] out to do that analysis on that.
[1:32:48] So when when you look at the
[1:32:50] actual schedule, what we name
[1:32:52] that we would do in year two is
[1:32:53] work on the environmental
[1:32:55] issues and start to look at the
[1:32:57] whole conversation with the
[1:32:59] city of Hollywood. But
[1:33:01] Hallandale and Hollywood Hills
[1:33:04] High School, along with monarch
[1:33:05] West Broward and J.P. Taravella,
[1:33:08] were not expressly named in a
[1:33:09] particular year in the work
[1:33:12] that we did. But what we also
[1:33:14] know is at the end of last
[1:33:15] school year, the recreational
[1:33:17] lease with the City of
[1:33:19] Plantation ended. For them to
[1:33:21] have that joint use of the
[1:33:22] field at Plantation High. So
[1:33:25] now that it is our sole use, we
[1:33:28] no longer share time using that
[1:33:30] field with the city. It would
[1:33:34] be advisable advisable to add
[1:33:37] plantation. So really the list
[1:33:39] would read. If the motion is
[1:33:40] reconsidered, it would be to
[1:33:42] add J.P. Taravella, West
[1:33:43] Broward, monarch, Hollywood
[1:33:45] Hills High Plantation High
[1:33:46] School and Hallandale High
[1:33:50] School so that. So adding those
[1:33:51] schools, Doctor Hepburn would
[1:33:54] really complete out a five year
[1:33:55] project. And the reason why I
[1:33:57] say that is we've done the
[1:34:00] first two. We're working on the
[1:34:02] next two. And then that would.
[1:34:03] In whatever order we determine
[1:34:05] based off of condition of feel
[1:34:07] and stuff, that would be a true
[1:34:09] five year project for all
[1:34:14] schools with with turf fields.
[1:34:20] >> So so can as a prevailing. A
[1:34:21] person on the prevailing side
[1:34:24] of the or that voted. Can we
[1:34:26] bring that motion back? Can I
[1:34:28] bring the motion back?
[1:34:29] >> MADAM General Council.
[1:34:33] >> Those two schools.
[1:34:34] >> From the prevailing side.
[1:34:35] Yes.
[1:34:36] >> Thank you. So I move to
[1:34:38] bring back motion number two
[1:34:40] and add Plantation High School
[1:34:43] and Hallandale Magnet High
[1:34:44] School to the list.
[1:34:45] >> Motion made by MISS Bulman,
[1:34:46] seconded by MISS Hixon. Public
[1:34:48] comment on the motion board
[1:34:51] member comment DR. Zeman.
[1:34:52] >> Doctor Hepburn. Doctor Wanza
[1:34:53] just said that would be all
[1:34:55] high schools in Broward County
[1:34:56] would have a turf field. Is
[1:34:57] that true?
[1:34:59] >> Besides Stranahan and Fort
[1:35:00] Lauderdale?
[1:35:01] >> Can I read the list that
[1:35:03] don't? Because I just want to
[1:35:04] be on the record that's giving
[1:35:06] the board the right information.
[1:35:07] So the schools that would not.
[1:35:09] So Coral Glades, we do a
[1:35:11] partnership with the City of
[1:35:13] Coral Springs for the
[1:35:14] Sportsplex next to the school.
[1:35:17] So, so and and they have turf.
[1:35:20] Yeah. Okay. So plantation would
[1:35:22] be added if the board considers
[1:35:23] the motion as well as
[1:35:25] Hallandale. I already spoke
[1:35:27] about jp I'm sorry, Stranahan
[1:35:28] High School and Fort Lauderdale
[1:35:30] High School. So the remaining
[1:35:33] schools would be plantation
[1:35:34] Hallandale, J.P. Taravella,
[1:35:36] West Broward, Monarch and
[1:35:37] Hollywood Hills.
[1:35:38] >> So let me just talk about
[1:35:41] this then for a minute. The
[1:35:42] exclusion of Fort Lauderdale
[1:35:43] and Stranahan High School is
[1:35:44] because they don't have room
[1:35:47] for stadium bleacher seats and
[1:35:48] lights. Is that correct?
[1:35:49] >> Yes, sir.
[1:35:53] >> So so it seems strange to me
[1:35:55] that we would ask them to go
[1:35:56] play games on synthetic turf
[1:35:57] field, having never stepped
[1:36:00] foot on them, which is what
[1:36:01] we're saying. We're going to
[1:36:02] leave grass at Fort Lauderdale
[1:36:03] and Stranahan because they
[1:36:05] don't have the ability to host
[1:36:06] games there, but they're not
[1:36:07] going to have the advantage of
[1:36:08] having synthetic turf field for
[1:36:11] all their workouts, like their
[1:36:13] teams aren't going to be able
[1:36:14] to use the advantages of
[1:36:15] synthetic turf. I mean, is that
[1:36:17] really what we're saying with
[1:36:18] this rollout, that 28 of our
[1:36:20] high schools will get it, but
[1:36:21] not to? Those two would never
[1:36:23] be able to practice or take
[1:36:24] advantage of synthetic turf
[1:36:25] field for the bulk of the time
[1:36:27] that they're used for, which is
[1:36:28] for practice, not for games.
[1:36:30] >> So I don't know if and I'll
[1:36:32] have to double check DR. Zeman.
[1:36:33] I don't know if Coral Glades
[1:36:34] actually practices on the field
[1:36:35] that they.
[1:36:36] >> Claim is covered.
[1:36:37] >> I'm fine with that.
[1:36:38] >> Okay. There's two left.
[1:36:40] Right at their athletes would
[1:36:41] not be able to train on
[1:36:42] synthetic turf field. Out of
[1:36:44] the 30 schools, Coral Glades
[1:36:45] has direct access to the one
[1:36:47] across the way. But Fort
[1:36:48] Lauderdale athletes and
[1:36:49] Stranahan athletes would not
[1:36:51] have the opportunity to train
[1:36:52] on synthetic turf field under
[1:36:53] that program.
[1:36:54] >> Not if it's on there. If
[1:36:56] what if they are training on
[1:36:57] their campus? To your point, as
[1:36:59] the rest of the schools train
[1:37:00] on their campus and what you
[1:37:02] are saying is accurate, it's
[1:37:03] 100% accurate.
[1:37:03] >> Okay, terrific. Well, then
[1:37:06] I'd like to make a motion to
[1:37:08] amend what MISS Bowman brought
[1:37:11] up to complete the other two
[1:37:12] high schools, Fort Lauderdale
[1:37:13] High School and Stranahan to
[1:37:15] have synthetic turf field when
[1:37:16] the program fits in the
[1:37:18] criteria as you MARCH through.
[1:37:20] But I'll just stop there and
[1:37:23] I'll talk about why later.
[1:37:25] >> Second, public comment on
[1:37:30] the amendment. I seconded it.
[1:37:31] Motion made by DR. Zeman.
[1:37:34] Seconded by me. No public
[1:37:36] comment. Board member comment.
[1:37:37] DR. Zeman.
[1:37:38] >> Thank you. And again, you
[1:37:42] know, I, I just wouldn't feel
[1:37:44] good saying oh my, you built in
[1:37:45] an urban environment so you
[1:37:47] can't put up lights and
[1:37:48] bleachers because you're in a
[1:37:49] constrained environment.
[1:37:50] Therefore your athletes aren't
[1:37:51] allowed to train on the field
[1:37:53] that they have to go play games
[1:37:54] on. And it's wonderful that we
[1:37:55] have synthetic turf fields for
[1:37:57] them to go play games. But I
[1:37:59] just would feel a lot better if
[1:38:00] we could look at every high
[1:38:02] school in Broward County and
[1:38:03] say, you either have a turf
[1:38:05] field in the plan or you're
[1:38:06] going to use one, you know,
[1:38:08] adjacent space, that we have a
[1:38:09] reciprocal use agreement. To me,
[1:38:10] this kind of passes the
[1:38:11] Equitability test and allows us
[1:38:13] to do things when we have time.
[1:38:15] Again, not jamming it into any
[1:38:16] specific year, but we're doing
[1:38:18] six per year. It seems to be a
[1:38:20] pace that we can do. I want to
[1:38:21] make sure that everybody in
[1:38:23] Broward County can train and
[1:38:25] play their scrimmages and
[1:38:26] practices on this amazing
[1:38:29] synthetic turf field. Thank you.
[1:38:31] >> Any other comment? All in
[1:38:33] favor of the amendment, say aye.
[1:38:33] >> Aye.
[1:38:35] >> All opposed? Say no.
[1:38:37] Amendment passes unanimously
[1:38:40] back to the motion. The
[1:38:43] amendment passes like.
[1:38:44] >> The motion.
[1:38:47] >> As amended. Thank you.
[1:38:48] Anyone else on the motion?
[1:38:52] >> Oh, no.
[1:38:53] >> All right. All in favor of
[1:38:55] the motion, as amended.
[1:38:55] >> Excuse me.
[1:38:56] >> Chair.
[1:38:56] >> Go ahead.
[1:38:58] >> DR. Zeman no, no, no one on
[1:39:00] this mention. I just have some
[1:39:01] comments on the defp on round
[1:39:03] one. I haven't got to yet. I
[1:39:03] apologize.
[1:39:05] >> All in favor of the motion
[1:39:06] as amended, say aye.
[1:39:07] >> Aye.
[1:39:08] >> All opposed? Say no. Motion
[1:39:10] as amended passes unanimously,
[1:39:13] MISS Bulman. DR. Zeman.
[1:39:15] >> Thank you very much. I just
[1:39:17] want to make sure that we're
[1:39:18] all aware of one acceleration
[1:39:19] that happened here, this $23
[1:39:21] million of additional funds to
[1:39:22] make sure that we're
[1:39:24] beautifying and repairing,
[1:39:25] replacing, doing the kinds of
[1:39:27] things is core. Doctor Hepburn,
[1:39:29] to your strategic goals. If we
[1:39:31] want to win students back,
[1:39:32] we've got to make sure that our
[1:39:34] schools look as good as they
[1:39:36] train and educate our kids. And
[1:39:37] right now, way too many places
[1:39:39] that we visit fail that. And
[1:39:41] it's not just from the curb
[1:39:42] appeal and the beautification,
[1:39:43] but it's core things like
[1:39:46] plastic windows from 1952,
[1:39:47] still at one of our elementary
[1:39:49] schools in Broward County. I
[1:39:51] cannot wait to have this master
[1:39:52] planner here so we can bring
[1:39:54] some dang priorities to this
[1:39:56] board and restore order and
[1:39:57] discipline for the way we spend
[1:40:00] these funds. It is critical
[1:40:02] that we get this done. And I'm
[1:40:03] tickled, Doctor Hepburn, that
[1:40:04] we have the facilities
[1:40:06] condition assessment data, but
[1:40:08] we got to use that data to kind
[1:40:10] of make the best decisions that
[1:40:11] we possibly can. And there's
[1:40:13] going to be a lot of flux going
[1:40:14] on. There's going to be some
[1:40:16] number of schools that close at
[1:40:17] the end of this year. There's
[1:40:19] no doubt there's going to be a
[1:40:20] huge decline in enrollment
[1:40:21] again next year if the
[1:40:22] projections are correct. So
[1:40:23] there's potential for more
[1:40:25] schools that are going to close
[1:40:26] in Broward County down the road.
[1:40:28] We've got to kind of manage
[1:40:29] this, you know, moving system
[1:40:31] in a way that can make the
[1:40:32] community and the board feel
[1:40:33] good about what we're investing.
[1:40:34] But that investment, ming
[1:40:36] money forward from out years to
[1:40:37] do it this year is great.
[1:40:40] Doctor Hepburn, how can you
[1:40:41] guarantee this board that we
[1:40:45] are going to execute a total of
[1:40:47] $92.04 million? That is going
[1:40:49] to ppo to get these projects
[1:40:50] done to win back students, how
[1:40:53] are you going to guarantee that
[1:40:54] $7.7 million will be spent per
[1:40:57] month this year? How will we
[1:40:59] execute with fidelity on this
[1:41:02] critical program?
[1:41:05] >> Beautification is you quoted
[1:41:06] some numbers that are exceeds
[1:41:07] the beautification budget.
[1:41:08] >> Oh no. That doesn't exceed
[1:41:10] the beautification budget at
[1:41:13] all. My dear friend. There is
[1:41:14] $68.74 million in the budget.
[1:41:16] We added $23 million. We have.
[1:41:17] And I only because I hate to
[1:41:19] make mistakes with numbers this
[1:41:22] time I don't think I did $92.04
[1:41:23] million of money going to ppo.
[1:41:26] But how do we get p o to ramp
[1:41:28] up by 40% so that, you know, in
[1:41:29] that p o doesn't always finish
[1:41:31] what we asked them to do in a
[1:41:33] given year, how do we make sure
[1:41:34] we can burn $7.7 million of
[1:41:35] these projects per month?
[1:41:37] >> I think, Mark, Mark Dorsett
[1:41:38] has demonstrated some things in
[1:41:40] the past few months that people
[1:41:41] can't get the work done and do
[1:41:43] it on time and do it, do it
[1:41:46] early as well too. So yeah, so
[1:41:48] i think we have the right
[1:41:50] leadership and, you know, if we
[1:41:50] need additional.
[1:41:52] >> But boy, we've got to get
[1:41:53] those reports. Absolutely. Can
[1:41:55] we get a monthly report on that?
[1:41:55] >> Correct.
[1:41:56] >> Yep. Thank you doctor.
[1:41:57] Doctor Dorsett trying to
[1:42:00] promote you again. You know I,
[1:42:02] I just got to tell a quick
[1:42:03] story. I got to do a graduation
[1:42:06] with Mark Dorsett this year.
[1:42:10] And I am so humbled to have
[1:42:11] been there with you. Because
[1:42:13] after 40 years you got to be on
[1:42:15] the stage, my friend. And that
[1:42:16] was such a moment. I'll never
[1:42:17] forget that.
[1:42:18] >> It was, and I appreciate
[1:42:19] that.
[1:42:20] >> That was that was something
[1:42:22] else. Thank you. Second
[1:42:23] question is, we've got a
[1:42:25] carryover on transportation.
[1:42:26] I've talked to your staff about
[1:42:27] it, Doctor Hepburn. I
[1:42:30] understand that it's a
[1:42:32] carryover of a lease. It's a
[1:42:34] carryover of dollars that are
[1:42:37] shown as this will be MISS
[1:42:38] Hickson's favorite moment of
[1:42:42] the night. A budget
[1:42:45] authorization as opposed to a
[1:42:47] budget. And we've just got to
[1:42:48] be very, very careful because
[1:42:50] if we have a dollar in a column
[1:42:52] under a year with a column next
[1:42:54] to it, we think that as a board
[1:42:55] that that's money being spent
[1:42:56] that year in that category,
[1:42:57] rather than authorizing money
[1:42:59] to spend over a considerable
[1:43:01] amount of time. So as we move
[1:43:02] forward with d, f, p, if we can
[1:43:04] just be very thoughtful about
[1:43:05] making sure that budgets come
[1:43:07] through in a very common sense
[1:43:08] approach and format, I would
[1:43:09] really appreciate it. I don't
[1:43:10] want the board, and I don't
[1:43:12] want the community to be
[1:43:13] confused about the difference
[1:43:15] between spending a dollar and
[1:43:16] authorizing a dollar, because
[1:43:17] those are fundamentally
[1:43:18] different things. Obligating is
[1:43:19] a whole nother one. Awarding is
[1:43:21] another. Verbs all over the
[1:43:23] finance world. When we see a
[1:43:24] budget, it's got to mean a
[1:43:25] dollars being spent that year
[1:43:28] in that category. Clean, plain
[1:43:30] and simple. But I appreciate
[1:43:32] the clarity on this. I love the
[1:43:33] pictures done by district that
[1:43:36] really made this have a lot of
[1:43:38] eye wash that it didn't have in
[1:43:39] previous years. Thank you,
[1:43:41] Doctor Hepburn.
[1:43:43] >> Thank you, MISS Thompson.
[1:43:45] >> Thank you chair. I would
[1:43:47] like to make a motion to add a
[1:43:49] light system to Westborough.
[1:43:51] J.P. Taravella Monarch and
[1:43:53] Hollywood High Hills at the
[1:43:54] same time that they are going
[1:43:57] to be receiving the turf fields.
[1:43:59] >> Second motion made by MR.
[1:44:00] Thompson, seconded by MISS
[1:44:02] Rupert public comment on the
[1:44:08] motion. MISS Thompson. You
[1:44:09] don't have anything to add?
[1:44:09] Okay.
[1:44:11] >> Well, I just think if we're
[1:44:12] spending all this money on
[1:44:13] fields, we should probably give
[1:44:15] them the whole package. I think
[1:44:17] waiting on cities to maybe
[1:44:19] fulfill promises is not safe.
[1:44:22] And I would like to fulfill a
[1:44:23] promise to West Broward to give
[1:44:24] them lights.
[1:44:26] >> MISS Hixon.
[1:44:29] >> Thank you. I don't mind the
[1:44:30] suggestion, but we do have a
[1:44:33] city who's already said that
[1:44:35] they would be willing to do
[1:44:38] that. So I wouldn't want to put
[1:44:39] take money out of the dfp if
[1:44:41] the city is willing to partner.
[1:44:43] So I don't know that we should
[1:44:46] add. We could always add J.P.
[1:44:47] Taravella later if it falls
[1:44:48] through, but I wouldn't want to
[1:44:51] add them now because we do have
[1:44:52] a commitment from the city
[1:44:55] based on some of the motions we
[1:44:57] just passed.
[1:44:59] >> DR. Holness thank you, MADAM
[1:45:01] Chair. So, Doctor Hepburn, I
[1:45:04] like the idea of having
[1:45:06] partnershihips w with her
[1:45:08] municicililities and s s on.
[1:45:10] A And I kww board member
[1:45:12] Hixon mentioned one particular
[1:45:16] city that would be willing. Do
[1:45:20] you. What is your take on
[1:45:23] engaging remaining cities to
[1:45:25] see if they would match. Is it
[1:45:26] Coral Springs board member
[1:45:30] Hixon to see if they would join
[1:45:32] Coral Springs and be
[1:45:33] collaborative with Broward
[1:45:35] County Schools and assist us in
[1:45:37] the betterment of our students
[1:45:39] in helping us with with some
[1:45:39] lighting?
[1:45:40] >> Yeah. We have no problem
[1:45:42] engaging with cities. It's all
[1:45:43] about commitment and follow
[1:45:44] through.
[1:45:45] >> Okay, so let me ask another
[1:45:47] question. If this motion
[1:45:52] doesn't pass and do we still
[1:45:54] have time for you to engage
[1:45:56] with the city to come back to
[1:45:58] us? And we can put this back on
[1:45:59] at a later date?
[1:46:00] >> Yeah, we have plenty of time
[1:46:02] to engage with the cities. Yeah,
[1:46:02] absolutely.
[1:46:03] >> And depending on that
[1:46:05] feedback, we could bring this
[1:46:06] item back, correct? Correct. If
[1:46:07] we're not getting traction and
[1:46:10] and add add it to the dfp.
[1:46:11] >> Correct. Yeah.
[1:46:13] >> Okay. All right. Thank you,
[1:46:14] MADAM Chair.
[1:46:15] >> Anyone else, MISS Thompson?
[1:46:17] >> I would just like to say
[1:46:18] I've already engaged with the
[1:46:19] city of Pembroke Pines. This is
[1:46:21] not going to be something on
[1:46:23] their priorities. I would also
[1:46:26] like to say, if amendment three
[1:46:27] passes, this will probably not
[1:46:29] be on their priorities. Also, I
[1:46:31] feel like we have and I'm not
[1:46:33] trying to be disparaging, but
[1:46:35] we have had cities come and
[1:46:37] promise us stuff and then it
[1:46:38] didn't come through. So I would
[1:46:42] just we could move Taravella to
[1:46:44] a later date in case Coral
[1:46:46] Springs does. But my
[1:46:47] understanding from the letter
[1:46:49] is that there is a lot of other
[1:46:52] things that we had to commit to,
[1:46:53] so this way we can at least
[1:46:56] ensure that the money that
[1:47:00] we're putting into sports
[1:47:03] places, they can have the games
[1:47:05] and they can have the lights.
[1:47:06] Also, West Broward is second in
[1:47:08] the state for football and is
[1:47:11] really good at cheerleading.
[1:47:14] Maybe some other things. So I
[1:47:20] just what? Oh, yeah, but you
[1:47:21] don't I don't think you compete
[1:47:24] on football fields anyway. We
[1:47:26] might. And we are national
[1:47:28] ranking for West Broward. So I
[1:47:30] just if we want to wait and
[1:47:32] talk to Coconut Creek, that's
[1:47:34] fine. Or Hollywood. That's fine.
[1:47:37] I just. Pembroke Pines this
[1:47:39] would probably not be one of
[1:47:42] their priorities right now.
[1:47:44] >> MISS Dixon.
[1:47:47] >> I would. We've already heard
[1:47:48] that the city of Hollywood and
[1:47:50] the community doesn't want the
[1:47:52] lights at Hollywood Hills High
[1:47:54] School, so I wouldn't also want
[1:47:56] to put that one on there. So, I
[1:47:58] mean, a friendly suggestion
[1:48:00] would be to put Monarch in West
[1:48:01] Broward because again, I don't
[1:48:02] have a problem adding the
[1:48:04] lights. I again, MISS Alhadeff
[1:48:05] said it. We believe there
[1:48:07] should be a whole package. When
[1:48:09] you do it, don't do it halfway.
[1:48:10] But I also don't want to commit
[1:48:13] dollars that we know we're not
[1:48:16] going to be able to use at this
[1:48:18] point because there is a
[1:48:19] commitment. And then there is
[1:48:22] also a non commitment and not
[1:48:24] wanting it. So I would suggest
[1:48:26] a friendly amendment to add
[1:48:28] just the two of them for right
[1:48:29] now, with the idea that could
[1:48:31] come back if necessary, to add
[1:48:36] the other two.
[1:48:38] >> MISS Bulman and then DR.
[1:48:40] Zeman.
[1:48:43] >> Okay, so again, because I'm
[1:48:44] having a hard time
[1:48:48] comprehending this. If we're
[1:48:51] adding them, if we're adding
[1:48:53] lights for when they receive
[1:48:55] turf fields, then this is kind
[1:48:57] of an indeterminate time, right?
[1:49:00] We're just kind of saying we're
[1:49:01] going to do it at some point in
[1:49:07] the future. It's not scheduled.
[1:49:09] Is there a harm to that then,
[1:49:12] of putting it on for the later,
[1:49:14] for a later date, when we don't
[1:49:16] have a schedule for any of this
[1:49:18] yet, we're just naming a
[1:49:19] priority.
[1:49:20] >> That's what it sounds like
[1:49:21] to me.
[1:49:23] >> Okay, so then I think, and
[1:49:28] we can maybe work on that. Not
[1:49:32] together on on Hollywood Hills
[1:49:34] and Hollywood, right? And then
[1:49:35] everyone can work on their
[1:49:37] things. But if we put it on the
[1:49:38] list, then at least we know
[1:49:40] that it's going to happen one
[1:49:42] way or the other, and it's not
[1:49:43] happening right now. It could
[1:49:47] happen in. I guess I don't
[1:49:48] understand, like we're agreeing
[1:49:49] that we're putting this on the
[1:49:51] list, but when is it coming on
[1:49:52] the list? Like how does that
[1:49:54] look for us moving forward?
[1:49:55] >> This motion probably needs a
[1:49:57] specific timeline of that. It
[1:50:03] will come later in a.
[1:50:05] >> Well as they receive the
[1:50:05] artificial turf field. So that
[1:50:07] would just correspond with the.
[1:50:09] So you MAY have.
[1:50:10] >> Received artificial turf
[1:50:13] during this this school year.
[1:50:15] >> But these guys won't. None
[1:50:16] of these on the list will
[1:50:18] because they weren't even on
[1:50:22] the list. Right. Is that true?
[1:50:24] >> Just go ahead.
[1:50:26] >> So the way the schedule was
[1:50:27] initially constructed. No, they
[1:50:29] were not. They would they would
[1:50:33] be theoretically in year five.
[1:50:34] >> Okay.
[1:50:36] >> So we can put this on there
[1:50:39] for year five and revisit it in
[1:50:41] the future. But it listed
[1:50:43] basically we're making it a
[1:50:45] priority or you can move this.
[1:50:46] Okay. Thank you.
[1:50:48] >> MADAM Chair. I have a point
[1:50:48] of clarification.
[1:50:50] >> Yeah, I was just.
[1:50:50] >> About okay.
[1:50:52] >> Go ahead. MISS Hixon had an
[1:50:54] amendment. It was. Is there a
[1:50:55] second to MISS Hickson's
[1:50:56] amendment?
[1:50:57] >> Second.
[1:50:59] >> Seconded by DR. Holness
[1:51:01] comment on the amendment.
[1:51:03] >> DR. Zeman it. If I
[1:51:04] understand it correctly, MISS
[1:51:06] Hickson's amendment was to only
[1:51:08] do two high schools. Is that
[1:51:12] correct? Yes. Thank you. And
[1:51:14] just a point of order. You know,
[1:51:16] budgets look like spreadsheets,
[1:51:17] right? They have numbers,
[1:51:19] columns and rows, but they have
[1:51:20] to have a number in them. You
[1:51:22] can't just say, I want to add
[1:51:24] to a budget without saying a
[1:51:25] price. So I'm just curious,
[1:51:27] chair, do we need to come up
[1:51:30] with an approximate cost of
[1:51:31] these lighting systems in order
[1:51:32] to make this motion pass?
[1:51:33] Procedurally.
[1:51:35] >> Doctor Hepburn or General
[1:51:39] council.
[1:51:41] >> No, I was going to say it
[1:51:42] needs the price so we can
[1:51:44] actually budget for it. And I
[1:51:45] would go to the higher end of
[1:51:47] that price because if it's
[1:51:48] years out, the cost escalation
[1:51:50] for materials and labor is
[1:51:51] certainly going to be higher
[1:51:53] than it is right now.
[1:51:55] >> All right. So I think we
[1:51:56] would deal with that through an
[1:51:58] amendment, a separate amendment,
[1:52:00] since we are on one amendment
[1:52:01] right now and now we're doing
[1:52:02] amendments.
[1:52:03] >> Terrific. And so I can do
[1:52:06] that next, if you'd like, chair,
[1:52:08] and add a decent estimate for
[1:52:09] what it would look like out
[1:52:13] there, these two schools,
[1:52:15] Doctor Hepburn, would they be
[1:52:18] the highest priority schools to
[1:52:19] get lighting for an athletic
[1:52:21] field in Broward County.
[1:52:23] >> And the two schools are West
[1:52:24] Broward. And what was the other
[1:52:27] one in monarch? Yes. As far as
[1:52:29] the schools that have no lights.
[1:52:30] Yes. Because from my
[1:52:32] understanding, the Hollywood
[1:52:33] Hills community does not want
[1:52:34] lights.
[1:52:35] >> Terrific. And obviously this
[1:52:37] is subject to the city's
[1:52:38] correct. And to give us the
[1:52:40] permits to do it correct,
[1:52:41] correct permissions from the
[1:52:42] neighbors and things like that.
[1:52:43] We think we have that. But a
[1:52:45] lot of things can happen in
[1:52:46] five years as well. So i
[1:52:48] totally understand, but I, I
[1:52:50] understand the motion, but I'm
[1:52:52] ready to make an amendment
[1:52:53] later when it's ready. Chair.
[1:52:54] >> MISS Alhadeff right.
[1:52:56] >> Yes. My comment is to Doctor
[1:52:59] Hepburn. I would recommend that
[1:53:01] we reach out to companies to be
[1:53:04] sponsors of this lighting and
[1:53:05] scoreboards and, and you put
[1:53:07] their logo on there and and
[1:53:09] maybe they'll help fund some of
[1:53:12] these lights and scoreboards
[1:53:14] and bleachers.
[1:53:15] >> MISS Hixon.
[1:53:17] >> Thank you. I just have a
[1:53:19] question to, I guess doctor
[1:53:22] Wanza. So we we added some
[1:53:24] schools today, six of them, but
[1:53:27] there's a process. So I don't
[1:53:28] I'm a little concerned to say
[1:53:30] they'll be in year five. If you
[1:53:32] go through the process and you
[1:53:34] find that they should be maybe
[1:53:37] in your three or year four, I
[1:53:38] don't want to limit us to
[1:53:40] saying because they came on the
[1:53:41] list late, they're going to be
[1:53:43] in year five. So can you just
[1:53:45] clarify. Or we would still go
[1:53:47] in the.
[1:53:49] >> So we would still go and
[1:53:50] look in the priority, look in
[1:53:51] the criteria, all the things
[1:53:55] that we use. But you know,
[1:53:57] we'll we'll give an example.
[1:53:59] Western Western was initially
[1:54:02] slated for year four. We are
[1:54:03] now looking at Western probably
[1:54:06] needs to come up to this year
[1:54:08] because when the. When the
[1:54:10] showcase occurred and the
[1:54:12] schools came down to Scout, we
[1:54:16] had to move Western's game to
[1:54:21] MacArthur. B I'm sorry to. West
[1:54:23] Broward played at. Okay. Well,
[1:54:25] we had to we had to move
[1:54:26] Western's game to either
[1:54:28] Miramar. MacArthur because the
[1:54:30] schools that were playing did
[1:54:32] not want to put their athletes
[1:54:34] on the field because of the
[1:54:36] conditions of the field. Right.
[1:54:38] So that's the first thing. The
[1:54:40] second thing is, is, is if we
[1:54:42] are talking about, you know,
[1:54:43] adding lighting and adding all
[1:54:46] of those, those things come
[1:54:48] with, we now got to upgrade
[1:54:49] electricity. It's more than
[1:54:51] just go out there, as you all
[1:54:52] know, and just add some lights.
[1:54:54] So what we don't want to do is
[1:54:57] hold up a school that's ready
[1:55:00] to go, because we are waiting
[1:55:02] for other things that have to
[1:55:04] happen to make that that
[1:55:05] complex complete.
[1:55:07] >> Right? No, I understand that.
[1:55:09] I just also don't want to limit
[1:55:11] us though. If you find in the
[1:55:12] process that it makes sense,
[1:55:15] let's say to to because
[1:55:16] Hollywood Hills won't need the
[1:55:18] lights and they go earlier. I
[1:55:19] just want to make sure we're
[1:55:21] not saying because you got on
[1:55:23] the list late, you're last.
[1:55:25] That's all I'm trying to say to
[1:55:27] that. So if you could just
[1:55:28] verify that that's.
[1:55:30] >> We, we, we evaluate year by
[1:55:32] year. And I can guarantee you
[1:55:33] every high school principal is
[1:55:35] listening to this conversation,
[1:55:36] trying to figure out where am I
[1:55:37] going to be on the.
[1:55:39] >> List, right. And I know
[1:55:40] every year it MAY be adjusted
[1:55:42] based on things that are
[1:55:43] happening, like you just said
[1:55:44] about Western. So I just want
[1:55:46] everyone to be clear, because
[1:55:47] they were last on the list,
[1:55:48] doesn't mean they'll
[1:55:50] necessarily be last.
[1:55:51] >> Well, so the reason why I
[1:55:53] said it would complete your
[1:55:54] five is that would then give us
[1:55:56] the complete number of schools
[1:55:57] done, and then it would truly
[1:56:00] be a five year project, a five
[1:56:02] year project that the board
[1:56:06] invested in for this purpose.
[1:56:07] >> DR. Holness thank you, MADAM
[1:56:10] Chair. So I know board member
[1:56:12] Thompson, you were concerned
[1:56:14] about Pembroke Pines and West
[1:56:18] Broward for monarch. That's
[1:56:20] Coconut Creek, right? Is there
[1:56:21] is there any concern with the
[1:56:22] city of Coconut Creek that they
[1:56:24] would not engage in a
[1:56:27] partnership with us to to fund
[1:56:29] the lighting for monarch?
[1:56:30] >> I can't speak for the city.
[1:56:32] We would have to have
[1:56:34] conversations with them to get
[1:56:37] their potential support or
[1:56:38] understanding of what they
[1:56:40] can't support at this time.
[1:56:42] >> Okay. But is there any, any
[1:56:44] because I know for West Broward,
[1:56:46] there's concern that they they
[1:56:48] will not. Is that the same for
[1:56:49] monarch or why are we why we
[1:56:54] did not exclude.
[1:56:56] >> Reached out or reached out?
[1:56:56] Yeah.
[1:56:59] >> Okay. So if. I think board
[1:57:01] member Rupert wanted MADAM
[1:57:03] Chair, I. Okay.
[1:57:05] >> MISS Rupert.
[1:57:06] >> Thank you. I'm so sorry to
[1:57:08] speak over you.
[1:57:09] >> DR. Holness no, you're fine.
[1:57:12] >> The answer is Coconut Creek
[1:57:14] would be more than happy to
[1:57:16] partner with us. I don't know
[1:57:18] as to what or how much, but
[1:57:20] this is something that they've
[1:57:22] they've worked on for years and
[1:57:24] years and years. So I would
[1:57:25] certainly say that they'd be
[1:57:26] willing to sit down at the
[1:57:28] table. However, I would not
[1:57:31] want to remove them from the
[1:57:35] list because that would just be
[1:57:37] crazy. I would rather they
[1:57:39] stayed in the list. And if if
[1:57:41] the city of Coconut Creek
[1:57:42] decides that they would have
[1:57:44] the money, etc. They have the
[1:57:45] ability, they have a sponsor,
[1:57:47] whatever it MAY be, maybe the
[1:57:52] casino, I don't know. So those
[1:57:54] opportunities could be there,
[1:57:56] but okay, I would rather we
[1:57:58] wait. We actually do not wait
[1:58:00] for that, that we actually keep
[1:58:02] them on the list and vote for
[1:58:02] that tonight.
[1:58:03] >> I understand. Thank you.
[1:58:05] Board member Rupert. So, MADAM
[1:58:09] Chair, if we're going to keep
[1:58:10] monarch on the list and we have
[1:58:12] not yet spoken to Coconut Creek,
[1:58:15] can we have if we vote to do it,
[1:58:19] can we not proceed with
[1:58:21] spending money for monarch
[1:58:24] until we have a conversation?
[1:58:24] Doctor Hepburn, until you have
[1:58:26] a conversation with Coconut
[1:58:28] Creek to see if they would be
[1:58:31] willing to fund part or all of
[1:58:32] the lighting for that high
[1:58:34] school.
[1:58:36] >> Yes. Even if you put on a
[1:58:38] list and they say, yes, we can
[1:58:39] fund, you can come back and
[1:58:41] amend the d, e, f, p and and
[1:58:42] move.
[1:58:43] >> I understand so so I'm going
[1:58:45] to vote to keep it on the list,
[1:58:47] but I, I don't want us to start
[1:58:49] spending money. And when we
[1:58:50] could get a the city to, you
[1:58:52] know, be in a partnership with
[1:58:54] us and, and, and fund it. So
[1:58:56] would, would that be the
[1:58:56] understanding?
[1:58:57] >> That's my understanding.
[1:59:01] >> Okay, MADAM Chair, I'm done.
[1:59:02] >> MISS Bulman.
[1:59:04] >> I would like to keep
[1:59:05] Hollywood Hills on the list too.
[1:59:07] I don't, but I guess I'm. We
[1:59:09] could bring it back or how
[1:59:11] what's the the mechanism for
[1:59:11] this.
[1:59:13] >> No. Then it.
[1:59:14] >> Reverts back to the original.
[1:59:15] >> Yeah. We're voting on.
[1:59:17] >> Oh I gotcha. Okay. Yeah.
[1:59:18] Thank you.
[1:59:19] >> All right. All in favor of
[1:59:20] the amendment say aye.
[1:59:21] >> Aye.
[1:59:24] >> All opposed? Say no. Roll
[1:59:25] call please.
[1:59:26] >> Amendment chair before we
[1:59:26] vote.
[1:59:29] >> It was to remove Hollywood
[1:59:32] Hills and Taravella from the
[1:59:33] list.
[1:59:35] >> And what schools would be
[1:59:39] remaining. Thank you.
[1:59:41] >> Roll call on the amendments.
[1:59:43] Board member Cervera not on the
[1:59:44] line. Hixon.
[1:59:45] >> Yes.
[1:59:46] >> Holness.
[1:59:48] >> Yes.
[1:59:48] >> Leonardi.
[1:59:49] >> No.
[1:59:51] >> Rupert.
[1:59:52] >> Yes.
[1:59:54] >> Thompson. No. Zeman.
[1:59:55] >> No.
[1:59:56] >> Alhadeff.
[1:59:57] >> No.
[1:59:58] >> Bulman.
[2:00:00] >> No.
[2:00:04] >> Motion passed 5453. Sorry.
[2:00:06] Oh, sorry. Motion failed. Five
[2:00:07] three. Sorry.
[2:00:08] >> Thank you.
[2:00:10] >> All right, we are back to
[2:00:14] the motion. DR. Zeman.
[2:00:16] >> I was just going to offer a
[2:00:18] quick amendment that would
[2:00:20] identify each of these light
[2:00:23] systems to be $2 million, and I
[2:00:24] would place them in the year's
[2:00:27] fy 28 and 29. So that that's
[2:00:29] year four and five of it. But
[2:00:31] we have room to amend the d, f,
[2:00:32] p later. So the motion, the
[2:00:36] amendment would be to monetize
[2:00:38] the light systems at 2 million
[2:00:40] each and place them in fy 28
[2:00:41] and fy 29.
[2:00:43] >> Second motion made by DR.
[2:00:44] Zeman. Seconded by MRS.
[2:00:45] Alhadeff. Public comment on the
[2:00:47] motion board member comment.
[2:00:49] MISS Thompson.
[2:00:51] >> Does that correspond to when
[2:00:52] they're probably getting turf
[2:00:57] fields?
[2:01:00] >> So we look annually at the
[2:01:01] list to determine which schools
[2:01:04] are going to receive a field in
[2:01:05] which year. So I can't say it
[2:01:07] with all definitive, you know,
[2:01:11] that it's going to be the year
[2:01:12] that they actually get the
[2:01:15] field. So that is why initially
[2:01:17] I made the comment around when
[2:01:19] you talk about the field and
[2:01:20] the other things that have to
[2:01:24] be added, it, there's more of a
[2:01:26] compelling argument to make
[2:01:27] sure that everything that is
[2:01:30] done is done so that when the
[2:01:31] field is laid, then they're
[2:01:32] ready to play.
[2:01:33] >> That would be my next
[2:01:35] question, because I'm assuming
[2:01:38] the polls we have to rip up
[2:01:38] grass.
[2:01:39] >> So yeah.
[2:01:40] >> I'm pretty sure that's how
[2:01:42] you put a poll in is you have
[2:01:44] to make. It's not a. It's it
[2:01:46] has because of hurricane
[2:01:47] requirements. It has to be in
[2:01:50] the ground like ten feet, I
[2:01:53] believe. So I think it needs I
[2:01:57] know stuff. So I think it I'm
[2:01:58] I'm in agreement with the 2
[2:02:00] million. I just think it needs
[2:02:01] to correspond with the turf
[2:02:04] field just so we don't have to
[2:02:07] redo anything.
[2:02:09] >> Next year and year out.
[2:02:11] Right now when we cut synthetic
[2:02:11] turf.
[2:02:12] >> DR. Zeman. Yeah.
[2:02:13] >> Thank you. If we started
[2:02:14] synthetic turf field at either
[2:02:16] of these two sites, that means
[2:02:17] next year we'd have 2 million
[2:02:19] to put in the lights and then
[2:02:21] the year after. So it just it
[2:02:22] avoids the 10% fund balance
[2:02:24] that we have for this year. We
[2:02:26] got to keep it at 50 million
[2:02:27] and put it in the next two
[2:02:29] years. It was available at the
[2:02:30] price. That's approximately
[2:02:31] what the market price is for
[2:02:33] lights. So it gives us the
[2:02:35] greatest amount of flexibility.
[2:02:38] >> Hixon DR. Zeman would you
[2:02:41] consider to to MISS Thompson's
[2:02:42] point, instead of putting a
[2:02:44] fiscal year, say, to be
[2:02:45] installed concurrently with the
[2:02:48] turf fields?
[2:02:49] >> I would love to accept a
[2:02:51] budget as a spreadsheet. It's
[2:02:53] got to have a category and a
[2:02:55] year. You can't, you can't, you
[2:02:58] cannot and you cannot pass a
[2:02:59] motion about a budget that
[2:03:01] doesn't have a monetization and
[2:03:04] a year and a category, because
[2:03:05] our budget staff cannot put it
[2:03:07] into the spreadsheet that way.
[2:03:08] >> But we did that for the
[2:03:10] second motion to add the turf
[2:03:12] fields. There was no year for
[2:03:12] that.
[2:03:13] >> That has to have a year and
[2:03:15] a dollar amount, or it cannot
[2:03:16] get in the budget. So if we
[2:03:19] pass something that said, we
[2:03:21] want a thing and we don't have
[2:03:23] a price and a year, that's a I
[2:03:25] forget the Robert's rules, but
[2:03:27] it's an unspecified motion
[2:03:28] because it you're you're asking
[2:03:30] to fit a round object into a
[2:03:31] square hole, and it's got to
[2:03:33] fit in a square hole.
[2:03:34] >> MISS Dupree, because we, we
[2:03:36] literally just passed a motion
[2:03:36] like that.
[2:03:41] >> I have to look that up.
[2:03:42] >> That would be my suggestion
[2:03:44] to make sure that they go in
[2:03:47] together at the same time.
[2:03:48] >> Again, this this is the
[2:03:50] fastest we could ever possibly
[2:03:51] feasibly put lights into a high
[2:03:53] school field. And so we parked
[2:03:55] it in the year of 28 and 29, so
[2:03:57] that it won't influence any
[2:03:59] delay in doing it. So that's
[2:04:01] why I made the motion the way
[2:04:02] it is. I we always can come
[2:04:04] back and amendment. I offered
[2:04:05] it as a quick amendment because
[2:04:07] I thought it might be. But it's
[2:04:09] just a way to park the money in
[2:04:09] a spreadsheet.
[2:04:10] >> Doctor Hepburn.
[2:04:12] >> I was going to say, I think
[2:04:14] there's more that the staff has
[2:04:15] to complete as well. We need to
[2:04:17] talk to potential vendors and
[2:04:18] find out what are the steps
[2:04:20] that need to be taken to
[2:04:21] install the lights. Do they
[2:04:23] need to bring a crane on the
[2:04:24] football field, which initially
[2:04:27] rips up the entire field to
[2:04:28] position the lights? So I think
[2:04:30] there's a lot of things that we
[2:04:31] need to understand. So I like
[2:04:33] the time frame of of, you know,
[2:04:35] making sure the money is parked
[2:04:36] at a certain time out. So it
[2:04:38] gives staff enough time because
[2:04:40] this is my recollection as, as
[2:04:41] a past high school principal, I,
[2:04:44] we had to replace a light pole
[2:04:46] for some issues. And the crane
[2:04:48] literally, you know, it's large
[2:04:49] and it rips up the whole entire
[2:04:51] field. You have to redo the
[2:04:52] whole entire football field. So
[2:04:56] it MAY be lights first and then
[2:04:58] football field after they've
[2:05:00] done putting in the lights. So
[2:05:01] we just need to gain more
[2:05:04] understanding from a vendor to,
[2:05:06] to really know all the action
[2:05:08] steps that need to take place.
[2:05:09] >> Doctor Hepburn, do you feel
[2:05:11] like based on DR. Zeman
[2:05:13] amendment, that it makes it
[2:05:14] feasible and gives us the
[2:05:14] flexibility.
[2:05:15] >> That yes, I think it gives
[2:05:17] us the time to do our
[2:05:17] assessment.
[2:05:18] >> Anyone else on the the
[2:05:20] amendment all in favor of the
[2:05:21] amendment say aye. Aye. All
[2:05:22] opposed? Say no. Amendment
[2:05:26] passes unanimously. All right.
[2:05:29] Anyone else on the defp.
[2:05:30] >> We have to pass.
[2:05:31] >> a motion. Oh, sorry. Going
[2:05:33] back to the main motion. Thank
[2:05:35] you. All in favor of the motion
[2:05:36] as amended, say I all opposed.
[2:05:38] Say no. Motion passes as
[2:05:40] amended unanimously. Anyone
[2:05:46] se on the defp. All r right.
[2:05:49] All in favor, let me make sure
[2:05:51] I don't have to. All right. So
[2:05:53] all in favor of item one, as
[2:05:54] amended, say aye. All opposed?
[2:05:58] Say no. The ayes have it to
[2:06:01] approve item one this. Oh,
[2:06:02] before I adjourn the meeting,
[2:06:04] DR. Holness requested to speak
[2:06:06] so he could make a motion
[2:06:06] potentially.
[2:06:09] >> Okay. Thank you, MADAM Chair.
[2:06:10] I just have a question for
[2:06:13] general counsel. General
[2:06:15] counsel. Are you MISS Bruno?
[2:06:18] Are you aware of any recent
[2:06:20] emergent concerns regarding
[2:06:22] construction program
[2:06:27] solicitations?
[2:06:29] >> I'm aware of of some
[2:06:31] questions that have been raised.
[2:06:32] And we are looking at legal
[2:06:34] compliance.
[2:06:36] >> Okay. So, MADAM Chair, I'd
[2:06:39] like to make a motion to direct
[2:06:43] general counsel to do a an
[2:06:45] in-depth review of all
[2:06:46] solicitations related to
[2:06:49] construction program and make
[2:06:51] recommendation to amend, if
[2:06:54] necessary, to ensure we are in
[2:06:55] full compliance with any state
[2:06:59] or federal laws.
[2:07:00] >> Motion made by DR. Holness.
[2:07:02] Seconded by MISS Hixon. Public
[2:07:04] comment on the Motion Board
[2:07:07] member discussion.
[2:07:10] >> DR. Zeman Doctor Hepburn, if
[2:07:13] you were made aware of these
[2:07:18] things. If somebody had some
[2:07:20] issues with our construction
[2:07:21] solicitations and their
[2:07:22] compliance with state or
[2:07:28] federal law, would you. Would
[2:07:30] you normally sit down with the
[2:07:32] general counsel and decide
[2:07:33] between your staff and her
[2:07:34] staff, because you have
[2:07:35] procurement?
[2:07:35] >> Yep.
[2:07:36] >> That's correct. Has the law.
[2:07:38] But would you normally
[2:07:39] construct an investigative team
[2:07:41] that would match the
[2:07:42] insinuations that were made.
[2:07:43] >> Correct, and the general
[2:07:45] counsel and her team and the
[2:07:46] procurement team are already
[2:07:47] working in tandem. So if
[2:07:49] there's issues or things that
[2:07:50] are identified, they correct
[2:07:53] them and make an amendment,
[2:07:56] amend the actual solicitation.
[2:07:57] So all a lot of that stuff is
[2:08:00] already already has happened
[2:08:01] and continues to happen.
[2:08:05] >> Terrific. I guess I just
[2:08:06] have to ask this, is this
[2:08:08] motion necessary or is this
[2:08:09] something that you and the
[2:08:11] general counsel and potentially
[2:08:13] even the chief Auditor would
[2:08:14] collaborate on and figure out
[2:08:15] the right steps in order to
[2:08:17] make sure that we are
[2:08:19] responding to any written
[2:08:20] complaints that are made, not
[2:08:21] verbal, you know, correct
[2:08:23] social media post, but like a
[2:08:24] written letter that said, you
[2:08:27] know, we think solicitations
[2:08:29] MAY not be compliant. Does this
[2:08:31] motion change anything or.
[2:08:32] Would you already take action?
[2:08:33] >> It doesn't change anything.
[2:08:34] We're already taking those
[2:08:36] action, be it on our own
[2:08:37] reviews and identifying any
[2:08:39] gaps based on our own reviews
[2:08:40] or any concerns that come our
[2:08:40] way.
[2:08:42] >> Terrific. And I know we're
[2:08:44] in assessment season for for
[2:08:46] you, as it turns out, and I
[2:08:48] would expect exactly what you
[2:08:49] said, which is if someone
[2:08:51] brings you confirmed enough
[2:08:52] suspicions about a solicitation
[2:08:53] that you would convene the
[2:08:55] right group and you would take
[2:08:56] immediate action and you'd
[2:08:57] report back to the board as
[2:08:59] soon as you can about what you.
[2:09:01] Correct. Thank you. Chair.
[2:09:03] >> Thank you, MISS Bulman.
[2:09:06] >> This is just to the to the
[2:09:10] motion. Is that a motion?
[2:09:11] Solicitation we're talking
[2:09:13] about currently current
[2:09:14] outstanding solicitation, I
[2:09:18] think just yeah. Recent pile of
[2:09:20] of research for MR. Bruno.
[2:09:22] Smaller than all solicitations.
[2:09:25] >> Okay. So this motion is
[2:09:27] about recent solicitations
[2:09:29] related to the construction
[2:09:31] program for the general counsel
[2:09:33] to do an in-depth review and
[2:09:35] make recommendation to amend
[2:09:38] language, if necessary, to the
[2:09:39] superintendent to ensure that
[2:09:41] we, as a board and as a
[2:09:43] district, are in full
[2:09:45] compliance with any state or
[2:09:48] federal laws. And I understand
[2:09:49] that there MAY be some
[2:09:51] redundancy as expressed by
[2:09:52] Doctor Hepburn, but I think
[2:09:55] this is an added measure that
[2:09:58] this board is ensuring that we
[2:10:00] are we are compliance with the
[2:10:00] law.
[2:10:01] >> Yeah.
[2:10:04] >> I was thinking if we had a
[2:10:07] time frame. Is there.
[2:10:08] >> a.
[2:10:10] >> Is there a time for to add
[2:10:12] the time frame, right. Like
[2:10:12] from.
[2:10:13] >> What does.
[2:10:13] >> Recent mean?
[2:10:14] >> Yeah.
[2:10:16] >> Those that are currently
[2:10:18] pending are in process, correct?
[2:10:20] >> Yeah. Okay. So if we just
[2:10:21] add that then okay.
[2:10:25] >> Yeah.
[2:10:27] >> Anyone else? So did you
[2:10:29] amend your motion doctor? Yes.
[2:10:30] Did you make an amendment to
[2:10:32] his motion.
[2:10:34] >> The out the pending
[2:10:36] solicitations.
[2:10:37] >> Yes. It's accepted.
[2:10:38] >> MADAM General Counsel.
[2:10:38] >> Is that.
[2:10:40] >> Does she need to make a
[2:10:41] formal amendment?
[2:10:42] >> Let's just make it simple
[2:10:44] and do a substitute motion. So
[2:10:45] if you can restate your motion
[2:10:47] with the language that's been
[2:10:48] suggested.
[2:10:49] >> Okay. Motion to direct
[2:10:50] general counsel to do an
[2:10:54] in-depth review of recent and
[2:10:56] pending solicitations related
[2:10:58] to the construction program,
[2:10:59] and make recommendations to
[2:11:00] amend language, if necessary,
[2:11:02] to the superintendent to ensure
[2:11:04] that we are in full compliance
[2:11:07] with any state or federal laws.
[2:11:07] >> Second.
[2:11:09] >> So substitute motion was
[2:11:12] seconded by MISS Rupert. I have
[2:11:14] a question for, I guess, MADAM
[2:11:16] General Counsel and Doctor
[2:11:19] Hepburn, if we pass this motion,
[2:11:26] will this delay. The. Process
[2:11:28] we have going forward right now?
[2:11:30] >> No, it doesn't delay. We're
[2:11:32] already doing pretty much
[2:11:34] everything that's in the motion.
[2:11:36] >> MADAM General Counsel.
[2:11:37] >> I would agree. If there's
[2:11:40] any agendas that need to be had,
[2:11:42] we will do that and take any
[2:11:43] appropriate steps. As Doctor
[2:11:45] Hepburn indicated, we are
[2:11:47] already working closely with
[2:11:47] procurement.
[2:11:49] >> Okay. Anyone else on the
[2:11:51] substitute motion? All in favor
[2:11:52] of the substitute motion, say
[2:11:53] aye.
[2:11:53] >> Aye.
[2:11:57] >> All opposed? Say no. No
[2:11:58] substitute motion passes with
[2:12:00] one dissenting vote from DR.
[2:12:01] Zeman.
[2:12:03] >> MADAM Chair, I have one more
[2:12:04] thing. Go ahead. It's not a
[2:12:08] motion. It's just. Missus. MISS
[2:12:12] Bruno, are you able to to bring.
[2:12:13] I know you're bringing policies
[2:12:15] to us for review. Are you able
[2:12:18] to bring procurement policies
[2:12:19] for review with your next batch
[2:12:20] of policies?
[2:12:22] >> Yes, that is the plan. We'll
[2:12:24] be bringing all of the
[2:12:25] procurement purchasing policies
[2:12:27] for our next batch. It will go
[2:12:29] through the regular rule
[2:12:30] development, rule making
[2:12:31] process and hopefully adopted
[2:12:32] in OCTOBER.
[2:12:33] >> Okay, great. Thank you,
[2:12:35] MADAM Chair.
[2:12:38] >> Anyone else? The scheduled
[2:12:39] order of business for the
[2:12:40] Special School Board meeting of
[2:12:41] the School Board of Broward
[2:12:42] County, Florida, has been
[2:12:43] completed. Seeing no objections,
[2:12:45] I will now adjourn the special
[2:13:01] school board meeting.