[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.

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