>> I popped in a couple times. Uh just a thought. >> May I add on? >> Yeah. And one other announcement I thought was interesting because this is a as you all know this is a group of parents who just volunteer their time to do something for their kids and give back to their school community, right? Uh one suggestion that I thought was brilliant. Uh they are all pretty excited about the idea that we do a facility tour for them. um very similar to the conversation at this table where the parents noted that I don't know what the other elementary buildings look like and it'd be cool to see that and understand when we're trying to support the school district what what that means and what it looks like. Uh so I thought that was a really cool point that they raised. So we're going to try and uh Don't worry Mark.
Herring. I know you gave some good editing to that last year before 2 years ago. Uh, so we're going to start that process. Um We're going to be transitioning from BoardDocs to Diligent which is a company that acquired BoardDocs which is where most of you actually jump on BoardDocs and spend a lot of time on there. We're not thrilled about it because we like the simplicity of BoardDocs which is uh, where we house all of our agendas and our minutes of meetings. Everything, policy. So Ms. Latour, board secretary and assistant to me, uh, has spent a great deal of time on making sure that this is going to go smooth but for the April board meeting and weeks prior to that, we're going to make a transition at some moment in time. This is probably not in our control. And we will have to communicate with the staff, the community, and obviously the board.
Can I get a motion from the Board of Education to adopt the resolution authorizing notice of honorable dismissal of non-tenured teachers other than final year probationary teachers and that the president and secretary be authorized to sign the same. >> So moved. >> Cara moves. >> Second. >> Ken seconds. >> Thank you. Cara Caston. >> Aye. >> Ken Dawson. >> Aye. >> April Finan. >> Aye. >> Katie Courtney. >> Aye. >> And Don Renner. >> I motion carries. I think Cara's right next to me and probably heard it. So. Um item B, can I get a motion from the Board of Education to adopt the resolution authorizing notice of non-renewal to non-tenured teachers other than final year probationary teachers and that the president and secretary be authorized sign the same. >> So moved. Second. >> April moves, Katie seconds. >> Thank you. April Finan. >> Aye.
Um it'll be a lot just a lot easier. All the updating and everything will be there. So, this was an an arduous [clears throat] onerous process, um but the next it should be much easier from here on out than for for all those. So, thank you to Scott and and Angie and to Dana and Matt and Sarah and Steven and Grady and Brian um for going through every one of the policies. We're almost done. Yeah. Our next committee is DLT. DLT was the shortest DLT meeting ever, probably. Um all we did was go over e-learning plans again, kind of talked about them. Kyle asked what the favorites were. Kaylin and Geneva seemed to be the top two. Amy chimed in said, "Well, Huntley has one, so I'm going to throw in my two cents when when she gets here." So, um it'll probably come to fruition possibly then.
I have a much better understanding and I wish that everybody could do something similar to that. I wish that we could even as a board get um a comprehensive overview as to what they do over there and the work that they that they do. Um it's a work in progress. Um the CTE program part of it is something that they still want to grow and and I know when it was first built that's something that Dr. Kaganisa talked about, but um they're doing a good job. It it appears to be a good job. It it really does. Uh Mr. Watson is doing a good job over there and as so is Lamont. >> So you came with your Cana Key team. >> Yes. And they were really impressed >> as a visitor. >> Yes. To cuz we want to get ideas for moving our program into the building.
Like it's not one or necessarily one or the other. Cuts need to be made. We need more income. Either one of those probably doesn't solve any of our issues that we're going to have through 2029. So, the earlier in the morning we can talk about these things and try to be open and honest about what it is and isn't. Try to get it ahead of it. We need to start now. >> Jamie, can I ask which would be most beneficial to uh the community to be able to share a public meeting or the work session? >> Bearing in mind that a public work session no decisions can be made. There can be no motions. >> I feel like we got a lot of positive feedback from those work sessions, so I would like to uh maybe try and get something like that on the schedule if we're able to.
Do I have any discussion on the matter? >> Hearing none. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> All right, that motion will carry. All right, and it looks like finally I have an approval request for a donation. Looks like Jack Dalton to the Green Castle High School champions together for $1,500. >> Can I get a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion and a second.
Likewise the transportation fund again just as a reminder we we only get those those are local property tax dollars that go into our transportation funds so we get that twice a year so we run run expenses obviously every month and then reimburse when those monies come in and at this point of the year we are in a deficit as we always are but it is less than what we had projected so we are feel like we're in a good place with both funds. Thank you Mr. Miles board questions. Just a quick call out as someone who has managed budgets many times in my professional career I know how difficult it is to hit the budget exactly as you think it will be. You sometimes overspend you often times overspend and you sometimes even underspend so I just want to shout out the staff who work very hard and very diligently to ensure that we are as close to projected budget as possible.
Um the redevelopment consists of a highdensity mixeduse project on a significantly degraded um historic mill use site. Our current program includes structural restoration and adaptive reuse of two historic mill buildings roughly 11,000 gross square feet for commercial and retail occupancy. Um we're proposing a 54,000 plus or minus square foot residential building with 250 apartment units. The project you see here. So this this portion is proposed to be reused. This will be the new portion of the building with the new residential. Um this includes obviously partaking part paved parking areas, various amenities such as a uh there's a little pla open plaza here um and associated utilities and a new storm water management system that meets all the state requirements. The site improvements include the storm water management. We're also proposing some improvements to landscaping, lighting, and signage. And we're also reducing the impervious area on the site overall, which is a significant improvement.
I mean so they should be prohibited. I understand there may be implicit um pressure that you know, the public potentially could see it. But that but those kind of this kind of legislation is helpful into assuring to be proactive that we're not in that kind of situation, right? And everybody's treated equally cuz you we are allowed retirees um to or people that have formally been with the university or with the OE to then sit on these boards and commissions. >> Mhm. Right. Certainly understood. I understand the complexity of it. Um it may be a slightly different situation where you have someone who is got tenure for example or some type of protection like some professors do. Again, I I I understand the point and why you would try to push for it. Okay, thank you. Members, any other legislative questions? If not, thank you very much.
I I'm gonna figure it out. I got it. Don't worry. Um >> uh there there's no board constraint meetings on that stuff. So but we're going to do that. I really like that idea. And then, you know, for a lot of the parents who don't have students who have attended RMS or BHS yet, they were also kind of like, it'd be cool to see what those facilities look like, you know. So, um yeah, that was that's another point. Otherwise, Christian covered it all. >> Yeah. I guess the other thing I'll say, I was there for a little bit. I had an obligation so I couldn't stay long but um because I see someone who's at the meeting here in attendance but uh just to thank everybody who participates on those PTOs and those different organizations like Tom said and Kristen said they're all volunteers they're all uh doing what they can to make a positive contribution not only for their children but for everybody where they're participating.
There's some training videos that we put out. We're going to get like a one-off training for each of you if you want it, or we can even have you come in and we can just sit with each of you and log in and make you feel familiar with it. So, we're going to try to mirror I don't know. I I I trust you, but it's it's different. We're all used to just logging in and getting through the system here. Also, our great things, we don't want to see any loss of any um documents or anything like that. So, we think we're in good shape. We're like probably the last people to transition. Um but it's coming. So, you're warned. Duly warned. Um okay. Uh thank you also that I would want to know the board that the Des Plaines Park District and District 62 IGA that we have in place for sharing our facilities with Park District is going to expire on the 30th of this month.
>> Katie Courtney. >> Aye. >> Ken Dawson. >> Aye. >> Cara Caston. >> Aye. >> And Don Renner. >> I motion carries. Item C, can I get a motion from the Board of Education to approve the 10-year safety survey report. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Ken moves, Katie seconds. >> Thank you. Ken Dawson. >> Aye. >> Katie Courtney. >> Aye. >> April Finan. >> Aye. >> Cara Caston. >> Aye. >> And Don Renner. >> I motion carries. Item D, can I get a motion from the Board of Education to approve contracts for life safety work at North High and South High in the aggregate amount of $568,956. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Ken moves, Katie seconds. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Ken Dawson. >> Aye. >> Katie Courtney. >> Aye. >> April Finan. >> Aye. >> Cara Caston. >> Aye. >> And Don Renner.
We'll see. Um but yeah, and then Kyle introduced Amy to everybody. Amy introduced herself, and we all talked for a while and finished early. Hung out at a couple of waters >> [laughter] >> waiting for Cat to start. All right, next up is Cat. Do you want to take it, or do you want me? You can go ahead. Okay. Uh we got some updates on safety and security. Um with that, um also talked about some technology updates. Um the elementary school students K through five are going to not We're looking at not letting them take their Chromebooks home anymore. We're going to keep them in the schools. They'll charge in the schools overnight. Um that way it kind of reduces the wear and tear that, you know, kids lugging them back and forth because they noticed that they weren't really using them for any school work at home.
little tricky, little different setup, but just to kind of get ideas of how they run it, you know, they talked about the different tiers and everything and if and how they have some students who may do part of the day there, part of the day um at the high school. They started call the north and the south campus and everything. So, >> wow, that's good. >> Everybody, >> you showcase your own district. That was good. >> Yes. Wow. I let Dr. uh cognise know that you know they did a really good job. She didn't understand at first. She's like, "What? What's going I didn't try to alarm her, but I was trying." >> Did we at least serve you hot coffee? >> They did not. No. Yes, they did. They had donuts and coffee. >> Oh, they did. >> They had Yes, they even had good snacks cuz I'm a donut person.
>> Robert said, "Let's give it a little bit more time." >> Fair enough. [clears throat] >> What could we do it the 13th of April? That gives us a little bit of time here cuz I think Barry, at that time you could have some more information maybe about the referendum that we could also talk about there a little bit too just to see even if the community's interested. Cuz they're going to be the essential the ones voting on the referendum. You know, maybe that would help us make a decision on that and we we could, but that means that 13th that means you'd have to wait a whole 'nother at least 72 hours after that to make any decisions while that that we have a board meeting on the 20th. So, we could do something on the 20th then. >> You're only leaving a month for things >> you're I mean you're going to ask school on May May 1st or whatever that is.
Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? >> Any abstain? All right. I lost my train. Where am I at? All right. Uh, that motion will carry. What happens when your phone buzzes right in the middle of your concentration? With the snow going and my phone buzzes, I lose that concentration. I just assume something's going wrong somewhere. >> Okay. Do we have any other business? >> I have no other business. >> Does the board have any other business to discuss? Well, I would just like to bring up that um the high school has a model UN club uh and um they spoke at Rotary I believe and I would love to hear a presentation from them if we could arrange that because it's a >> it's a new thing and I think it's just wonderful. >> And then the Green Castle Middle School bands went to contest this past weekend and came home with So, and choir festival was a fantastic hit.
Thank you. Thank you Madam Board member it's a team effort. Thank you. Any other questions? Yeah. I do. I know that we lock in our gas rates for our bus fleet really on but I have a question concerning utilities. Do we have lock in rates for that or how does that work? We work that's a great question because that just seems to be in the news lately and and we are certainly seeing increases just just like everyone else so unfortunately yes we we do fall under that. I know sometimes the question comes up hey do we get certain discount because we're school district? No no we don't. Um we we would love to and if that comes through someday we would take it. But we do work with we we work with a third party that helps us with some of the pricing on those things from a utility standpoint particular on our natural gas side but unfortunately we're we're subject to the volatility of the market as well.
Um, all points dis source discharges to the Sudbury are going to be retrofitted with tide gate check valves to maintain hydraulic capacity while preventing backflow and riverine intrusion during larger storm events. We'll discuss that further as well. Um, so again, this is the overall site design. Parking will be through the perimeter underneath the building. Um, I'll get into some of the storm water. I'm giving a high level review. Obviously, the team's here if we want to get into more detail tonight or we can save that to one of the future hearings on contaminants and storm water and such. Uh, regulatory compliance, we have no impacts to the bank, the BVW or land underwater bodies. So, no further discussion is warranted. Uh the two main components that we will be discussing through this process are obviously the flood plane and the riverfront area. Uh we maintain that we fully comply with the performance standards for boarding land subject to flooding per section 310 CMR 10.574 for the performance standards.
>> Thank you so much. Okay, we are on Senate Bill 1952 House Draft one relating to agriculture authorizes the issuance of geo bonds and appropriate funds for capital improvements for the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture, Human Resilience Agriculture Research and Extension Station on Kauai. Uh and then we also we have Harwinder Dean, if you could come forward in support or comments. Aloha chair and the members of the committee. I'm Harwinder Grewal from CTAHR. Um this particular um request that we have is for our Kauai Agriculture Experiment Station. Um I just want to highlight that this is our only functional station on that entire island for our research. And the number of buildings are very old and do not comply with ADA and also we have cesspool issues that need to be addressed as well.