and that to meet this appropriation, the treasurer with the approval of the select board is authorized to borrow set amount under imperson to general law chapter 44 section 8 subsection 4 or any other enabling authority and issue bonds or notes of the town. Therefore, do I have just a motion? Discussion. Hi there, Paul Alpin. I live on Femia Road. Uh I'm a parent of two young kids and I recently learned that Ashland's water isn't fluidated. My question is just while we're spending this money on the project, has there been discussion about uh already that question is not related to the article and is out of order? Okay. Thank you. Any other discussion? This involves borrowing and therefore require a twoth3s majority. All those in favor, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed. That passes unanimously. I just want to make sure I get a question.
No, unfortunately, I do have um until the election. I was just gonna assume I'm serving on on the comprehensive plan. So, I do have one or two more of those. Yeah, that's that's true. You said you're gonna run to that. Yep. Kate, good luck and looking forward to running into you a lot more. Don't disappear. Okay, sounds good. Thanks. She's around community events wise. It always you're always around for community things. That's if you want to run into her, that's the best. Just go to some community thing and you will bump into Kate. Yeah. Come off into the planning board and remind us for our to-do list so that we help. All right. Yep. I think me and Mark can work together. I I will I will say I want to recognize that in my opinion, Kate made us a a more organized, a more public oriented, and a much more forwardinking board.
Graduation will take place 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 9th. The ceremony will be outside in the parking lot, whether permitting, and in the gym if weather is inclement. As we've done in the past, the graduation ceremony will also include all senior awards and presentations by the B scholarship fund. Um, as always, we would love for all members of Board of Education to attend, and if you could RSVP to Director Gold Snider, that would be great. Um, and we're still keeping busy. Uh, for example, 128 AP exams are being administered in this room between this week and next week. Um, we're still working on getting ready for next year with the master schedule and we are already preparing to welcome the class of 2020. Thank you. Okay, we do not have any unfinished business, but we have several items of new business, and hopefully we were able to review Kristen's uh weekly update at the end of last week, which covered most of these things.
We won a grant award from the Sierra Health Foundation. They had funding from Is that one minute? Yeah. Okay. Thanks. They uh they received money from Prop 64, which is the marijuana tax that has to be reinvested in prevention programs. And so we were able to ele uh to implement the elevate youth program. It's its overarching goal is drug and alcohol prevention, but they the it's achieved student reduction in substance use is achieved through leadership development. This is the program that culminated last year with the wellness uh room at Cypress High School. And so this year we've been working in Orange View Middle School and Ball Road. And next year we hope to be in Lara High School, uh Cypress High School and Western High School. And so anyway, I just wanted to come and tell you in person, thank you very much for your support um entering intous with us and we hope that the project is going to live on for many years.
Uh, I do think it is important for us to be following our board bylaws and our policies. So, I would say we should maybe do that. Okay. It's pleasure of the board. Well, I think if we're going to do it that everybody must participate. Yeah. Because we have done it before where you had just a handful of board members that did it and it doesn't give you a clear picture if some people don't do it. So it's if we want to do it then all all five of us must do it. If uh if we have even one person not do it then it it it negates the whole idea of uh doing a self-evaluation. I I don't have a problem with being a self evaluate ourselves but I really I would love to see an evaluation done across the board where teachers evaluate the administrators the administrators that evaluate they're going back and forth so that everybody gets a picture of how they are really viewed in terms of the work that they do.
Article 13, authorized borrowing for the water man replacement project sponsored by the town manager and finance director. See, the town will appropriate, transfer, or otherwise provide an additional $3 million to the previously approved $1 million authorized in article 5 of the 2024 special town meeting to pay cost of engineering, design, and construction related to various water main replacement projects, including the cost of roadway restoration and all the costs incidental or related there too. to determine if this amount shall be paid for by borrowing and if so authorize the town treasurer with the approval of select board to borrow set amount under and personal to general law chapter 44 section 7 subsection one or any other enabling authority and issue bonds or notes of the town therefore or to take any other action related there too. The finance committee recommends the town so vote Mr. Herbert.
And I I think that needs to be recognized. I really appreciate Kate stepping up to be the clerk. I think that was fairly new to the planning board and extremely helpful. Um, I want to recognize that Kate pushed us to have a public comment and despite some unique challenges, I think it's a great addition to our process. Um, and she tends to be hyperfocused on the public being aware of what's going on. and that that has certainly made me more aware of how to bring the public into the process um and kind of reinforcing our jurisdiction and our the importance of what we do. So, I really want to underscore those things. I think Kate made us a better board. I'm going to miss her a lot um as being part of the board and um I think the public will as well. And so I wanted to thank her for for those contributions.
So, the first one is the Bolton High School last day of school, which due to well issues and fire uh personnel responses, we have an uneven number of days that have occurred at both schools. So, we are being asked to um shorten the Bolton High School only school year to 180 days so that all of the school system uh will be done on the same day which is June 12th I believe. You have anything to add? No, just that the teachers and the parah educators will make up the time that they miss on that day by completing four hours of professional development on their own time. We'll be sending all that out tomorrow once this passes passes. And admit assistants will also um be required to make up the time on their own between now and the end of the school year. So looking for a motion to make the Bolton High School student school year 180 days.
Thank you. Thank you. Uh next is Mazado. Slali. I said always I always show respect to the tribes that were here before us. You know, as an indigenous p person, that's Native American protocol. I want to thank the uh school board for um the last time we were here, I saw Slali and Virginia Camelo, the one that wrote the letter to remove the name of the school, the colon. she was here in the backgrounds and you guys voted yes to work with the nonprofit 501c3 sacred path and I think it's very important. It's time like I heard some people here earlier that we're being um um we're including other people you know and I think that's important different times now and I actually was so happy to see the two young females that from Cypress High School uh how they took ethnic studies and how it's helping them.
Um but if we're going to self-evaluate ourselves, it has to be very very clear that we all participate this. We're just discussing this particular one. I'm not discussing the other ideas that float in my head that always comes up in the middle of nothing. Just like I remembered why do we have 30 minutes of lunch? Those are all ideas that come in my head when I it just comes. But if we're going to do this, I think we all need to participate. But because we have two board members that just joined us and they are not aware of how it's done that we also have to invite an outside agent just like we did before with CSBA to walk us through the process if it is possible. I just need direction from the Any other comments? Um well being a board member that was newly elected along with trustee Tucker um we haven't had much time on the board um to evaluate.
Thank you Mr. Moderator. Um so again this is an increase to a previous appropriation and there are two distinct purposes for uh this request. Um so first u the first project that we were doing on this list uh was going to be the replacement of water manes on uh Fountain Street and Waverly Street. Um, again, it's one of those situations when uh, so we had solid estimates from the engineering, but actually when we went out to bid, um, the bids came in um, couple hundred,000 over what we had allocated uh, for the project. So, this would help it would it came in at $1.3 million as opposed to a million. Um, that's reason number one. Uh, reason number two is this gives us flexibility to move forward with some other projects as well that we want to look at uh, doing water main replacements. Uh, one um of those would be um uh on Mungo Road.
And even after her departure, I think that we're all going to continue I certainly will continue to the best of my ability to carry on to the things she cared about. Um and I hope Kate, you'll continue to keep an eye on on us and share your thoughts with us as a member of the public. Um even if you're not involved in the in the weekly meetings, so or the bi-weekly meetings that we do. So thank you for all you have done. I've definitely asked Kate to pass on uh the documents and things that she's created and you know so that we can keep utilizing keep utilizing those things and keeping them in you know as part of what we do. Um so uh so we'll do that but Ke do you have any uh like are you like what's your plan from here? Are you like do you have you know like are you joining looking at a next adventure?
So all students prek to 12 and on the same day in June 2025. So second and so anyone have any questions or comments about this? That doesn't that have any impact on money that we get? No. No, it does not. Um any other questions? All those in favor, please say I. I. Opposed for abstaining. Um, the next item is the Bolton High School garage bid waiver. Read it. Sure. If you have information. Sure. The uh BHS BHS garage is a Kappa project. Jill Collins spoke with the auditor who shared with that the BOE needs to approve the bid waiver, not the board of selectman even though it's in their budget. John Butterch is recommending Belffor the garage at BHS. Belelffor is part of the Omnia Partners which is a national buying consortium. Um you have the quotes in front of you. The quotes are $22,98425.
It reminded me when I came in, I was 13 years old when I came to this school board. Um, and I got to uh fight for um, Chuco history, Chuco studies, and that helped me. And also my grandpa teaching me oral tradition of where we come from as as an indigenous Mexican or a Native American, same people. Uh, the last thing also, um, our petition, we're almost at 13,000. We had a, uh, invitation from a band called Tribe called Red. They're a Native American band from Canada. Uh, very known. It's like techno electric pow music. And uh they actually uh we did a 30-second interview about the colonist and the the the name and the history and the tanga. So it was really nice to have them and we were invited. One of my good friends Siri, if you're watching from Laguna Beach, she was really helpful in inviting me and buying me a ticket.
Um I am all for self-evaluation. I think it is an important part of being and growing and becoming our best selves. Um, I just would like to maybe suggest we wait until we've been on the board a year so we have a good base to be able to evaluate ourselves from. So, possibly doing the evaluation in January. Okay. Well, we can uh definitely do that. We can bring it back again um for 20 26. So, Would you like the us to work with California School Boards Association or would you like us to um county office of um Sanino County Office of Education also offers a facilitated process? What was the survey we got? California School Boards Association. So, we put both backgrounds into the um information so that you have both options as a potential. I just need direction on what we're if if we're going to go with January or do you want to go with December because December would finish the term versus January where you know future years if you're going to get in a cycle um I would suggest that we also change the governance handbook to reflect that and um indicate that that's the timeline of which you would do that.
Um also Metropolitan A and then we're also looking at making water main replacements on uh several uh several areas along Cedar Street. So, just for your information, just to help support the article, a lot of Ashland's pipes haven't been replaced since they've been um installed, um as subdivisions have grown um or or throughout the town or as the I should say as the town has grown through subdivisions, you know, new infrastructure has been put in place, but replacement of old infrastructure hasn't really happened. Um and so we're playing a lot of catch-up. Um that's what happens when you don't invest in your infrastructure over uh not just a course of years but over a course of decades. Um so that is the request. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Turbert. To allow discussion I'll enter entertain a motion that the town appropriates $3 million to pay costs of engineering design and construction related to the various water man replacement projects including the cost of roadway restoration and all of costs incidental or related there too.
Are you trying to wrap up work so that you can travel more? What's what's the on June 20th my next endeavor you can join me on Pawn Street to celebrate our sidewalks and solstice. So 5 to 7 Pawn Street prominade. Um simply just come show up walk meet some people. That's my next thing working on that. Yep. June 20th 5 to 7. So I've already started. I won't I won't be absent from our community. Um is there is there any possibility of another parade? Um that happen I think I think it takes Yes. I think that wouldn't be super hard with getting a few organizations to kind of come together and um this could be a version of that if people want to dress up and do something fun. It's just on the sidewalks. But um yeah, I I I appreciate um the time on the board.
There's already $285,100 already approved in capital for this project. So they're much lower than what John's given as a quote for the project. And I believe you have the motion there, right? Yes. Um so looking on this or a motion to approve the bid waiver and award built for the bid for the BHS garage in the amount of $22,98425. So moved. Second. Um, all right.
Um the last thing was um yes, when uh we get ethnic studies approved hopefully soon at Anaheim High School that they teach to Purina's history. Toyina was a female indigenous person of the Tonga Gabriel tribe. There is a video that's being showed at the LA school board um uh LA schools that the LA school districts approved and Toyina was captured by the uh colonist and uh they tortured her and and sadly um uh someone from the own tribe actually uh said to the priest that they were going to revolt and the reason they were going to revolt against the missions because they were um uh the priests the missions were for forcing our ancestors to be slaves to build the missions and whipping us. That's what the colonists would do and that's an example of why the school uh colonist should come down and also the alumni association if you're watching the treasure I don't think you were very respectful appropriate when I went to the meeting uh she said she sees me in the city council meetings and I speak the truth and speak from my heart I was respectful and she was very um attacking me verbally and I was very quiet and I she just right when I sat down the church of the anah association said you can't be here you're not supposed to be here I I know why you're here.
I think we should do it in December because um it's usually December that we get sw get new board members get sworn in. So in December the the current board would have done their full year and then we can go on to um get this all done ready to go for whoever comes on in January. That does, but it doesn't affect our cycle because our cycle doesn't kick in until 26 December. But we would do it again in December 26. You would do it annually. It's an annual expectation in your governance handbook. So if if if you're going to delay, that would mean you're um agreeing to delay until December and then you would become a cycle of December to December annually. Okay. It was discussion only. So we can give direction to the superintendent so we can go with the recommendation from Renee and Maria to move it to future time.