001All right, Mrs. McMerry, our YouTube feed is live. Our webinar is live. The meeting is yours. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Gilmer. I want to welcome everyone to the April 28th virtual facilities and operations committee meeting. And we'll start with our pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. All right. Let me get my agenda up. Okay. So, first on our agenda would be approval of the meeting minutes from our February February 24th meeting. May I please have a motion? Some move. Second. Okay, great. Any comments or questions? Okay, hearing none. Um, all in favor say I. I. I. And there are no opposed. So, the motion passes. Thank
002you. Okay. I'm turning this meeting over to Mr. Slaughter because we have a number of items for action. Yes, we do. We have a very busy meeting tonight. We do. We do. Thank you uh Mrs. McMerry and welcome everyone to the facilities and operations committee meeting for April of 2025. Uh so the first item that we have recommended for work session is the client consent letter from Shrader Group Architects about the merger for his firm. So Mr. Shrader's been kind enough to come and talk to us about it. So Mr. Linsky if you want to place that letter up and Mr. rator if you wouldn't mind filling us in on the letter. Certainly. Well, thank you and thank you Mr. Slaughter and and group here. Um it this this document essentially is a document uh
003stating that Shrader Group is now Shrader Group a Horde Copeland Mock Studio and Horde Copeland Mocked is a firm primary office in Baltimore, Denver, Washington DC uh and the Carolas and essentially what we've done as a 55 person uh organization with four offices in Pennsylvania is we've joined a 350 person firm So ultimately we are total just over 400 people. So um I can describe more to you as you ask questions but the document itself takes the agreement that we have uh with the North Penn school district and assigns the agreement essentially to HCM. Um does not change any of the agreement language or anything that we're required to deliver as part of the project. uh it's merely a consent to uh transfer the the agreement to that firm. Thank you, Mr. Shrader. Uh are
004there any questions on the document that is uh actually has a signatory part on it for the district? So therefore, we need to move it to action committee for approval. Okay. All right. So, may I have a motion to move this um letter to uh action, please? So, moved. Second. Okay. Any comments or questions from the committee? No. So, I I have one question. Um so, I guess congratulations. Um Mr. Shrader. Um my question is when uh Dewey Engineering um I don't know if it was I I don't recall if the words were acquisition or merger with um CHA we talked about some of the synergies that might be realized and possibility of cost savings uh or in terms of lower cost but also um other areas around human resources in particular. Do you anticipate
005any of those benefits coming our way? Well, I wish I could say that there's a change one way or the other for you, but you're getting the same people, the same services, the same product, and so we don't change anything from that perspective. Um, for us, what what this is is an excellent opportunity for us to have more market segments. Um, and then there's another side to this for us. We you you folks know us as K12 architects, but we're also higher education architects and we also do a work called public safety uh which includes law enforcement, 911 centers, emergency operations centers and we do that work across the United States. And what this gives us is a platform with their multiple offices to continue to expand that work. So it's kind of a two-way
006street. They get Pennsylvania, we get the rest of the country. So it's kind of a nice thing on both sides here. So, I wish I could tell you there are changes, but hopefully uh you've seen good service from Shrader Group and that you will continue to see the same level of service and people. Okay, thank you for that. Any other comments or questions? Okay, hearing none, excuse me. All in favor say I or raise your hand. I I All right, there are no opposed. The motion passes. Thank you, Mr. uh Slaughter. Thank you. Uh Mr. Mr. Linsky, if you would bring up the next item up, which is the act two continuence uh for the NAP Elementary School from TNM Associates. Yep. One second. [Music] Um I locked it, but I will pull it up.
007So, while Mr. Linsky is pulling that up. This is this is essentially a proposal from TNM Associates to perform the final close out at NAP Elementary School with the Department of Environmental Protection. Um, as if everyone can remember, we did find some heating oil uh in the ground there. Uh, so we we did do the we did perform the cleanup. This is to provide the services uh the professional support, the environmental support, uh the vapor extraction system report and the covenant to close this out completely with DP. Uh this originally came in at a price somewhere around $40,000. We've gone back and forth with TNM uh back when uh actually when they were LVL and before and now that they're TNM and we've now been able to negotiate it down to $26,750. So this will
008effective this will close out any open permitting that we have with NAP Elementary School with regard to D and there is nothing else that's open at this time. Okay. Thank you. Any questions? I'm going to put it forth as a motion and then we'll open it up. Certainly. Thank you. Could I please have a motion? So moved. Okay. Second. Thank you. All right. Any comments or questions from the committee? No. Um Mr. Slaughter, first I I do have a thank you for going back and negotiating this cost down from 40,000. Um and then what what is the source uh for this um money to pay this? That project's closed, correct? That project is closed. So this is going to have to come from uh either our operational budget or capital projects. I believe right now
009we have it slated for operational budget. Okay. All right. Thank you. All right. Any other comments or questions? All right. Hearing none. All in favor say uh say I please. I I All right. There are no opposed, so this motion passes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Sinsky. Would you bring up the next item, please? So, the next item on our agenda is the act 39 required lead water testing for the 2025 2026 school year. uh that will take place this summer and we Bill it's for the sorry to interrupt it's for the 20 24 2025 school year. Okay. So last year's was 23 24. All right. My apologies. Correct. Yep. Okay. So this is for the 2425 school year. It uh we went out to seven or eight uh vendors. We uh had an RFQ
010got pricing. The low vendor was Euro Fins in the amount of $13,175 and uh we are recommending that they be awarded this uh this lead water testing for this year. Okay. Thank you. May I have a motion for the lead water testing? So moved. Second. All righty. Any comments or questions? Nope. All right. Hearing none. All in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? No opposed. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. Uh the next item we have uh is the HVAC upgrades in the network room uh for it. This is the server room in the high school that uh feeds the entire district for servers. We had mentioned at the last meeting that there are problems with the existing unit that uh we feel cannot wait or would be detrimental to wait until the construction
011project is renovating that area of the building. Uh so this these three units will now become the main source of air conditioning for the network room and the replacement of the existing unit will be the backup. Currently there is no backup right now in that space. So, we only have one piece of air conditioning to control the entire network room. These will be three smaller units interspersed in in with the racks uh for the servers and switches and will provide air conditioning for that. They also ramp up and down and run all at the same time. So, they are a new technology energy savings um for this space. Uh this was done in conjunction with it. So, this will uh be paid for out of the high school fund. Would have been done anyway during
012a construction project. We're just accelerating the timeline. Okay. Thank you. May I please have a motion for the HVAC work in the high school? Some moved. Second. All right. Great. Any comments or questions? No. I have Sorry. I do have a question couple questions on this one, Mr. Slaughter. So there is there any issue with electrical any overloads? We're all good with that? Yes. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. The electrical loads and the emergency generator are all coming from uh the existing panels that are inside the system. Uh because the systems won't run together. We have the capacity in the current electrical areas. The only thing that we're moving is the rooftop condensers are going to be fed from a panel in the immediately adjacent room. uh instead of in the main room. It's the only difference.
013There there's there's the like there is no likelihood of any type of um like fire or smoking or anything like that. No issues, right? Okay. Good. And this might be a question I think I saw um Mr. Lynch on. So when you looked at this when you look at this bid which would have been part of the high school does it give you an idea of um on a larger scale what bids would look like and is this one in the ballpark of what you would anticipate when we put it out during the actual high school project or that question is too too soon to ask. Uh thanks very much. I I think this work is small in comparison to everything else and this was a strategic move. We've talked about this several times in
014making strategic moves based on everything that we've seen and thanks to Mr. slaughter the rest of the team. It was identified that based on the risk associated with the data center that we would move on this early and this is a standalone project that focuses on that area and I think it provides great value as compared to being lost within the confines of a $80 million renovation. It's focused. It takes care of the data center which is the lifeblood of the district. I understand all that. I was just wondering if you thought, "Oh, I would have thought that particular item would have been a lot higher or a lot lower." I wasn't really, you know, I was just wondering. All right. Very, very consistent numbers. Yeah. And and if I could jump in one more
015thing, I think this is a very specialized unit. It's only made for network operation centers. So, to compare that to typical classroom units would kind of be unfair. Okay, that's fair. But I I but I think the numbers all came in where we were expecting them. All right, that's good to know. All right, any other comments or questions? Okay, hearing none. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Oh, is Mrs. Mrs. Ram, did you raise your hand? Yes. Sorry. It's easier to raise my hand than to hit the unmute button. Sorry. All righty. All right. Um All right. All in favor say I. We did that. No. No. opposed. No one is opposed. So motion passes. Thank you. Great. Thank you. Uh Mr. Linsky, you want to bring up the next item? So the
016next item on the agenda is the recommendation for the Penbrook Middle School transportation modular building replacement. Uh this is the modular trailer that sits in the parking lot that the transportation department uses as a dispatch center for the buses that are stored at Penrook. Um, anyone that's driven by there knows that this is way past its life expectancy and needs to be replaced. Um, so this this cost is for the replacement of that with a structure. It would be a purchase, not a lease. So we would be buying the unit outright. Uh, the low bid for this was Wilmont Modular Structures in the amount of $98,150. Uh, one of three prices that we obtained for this. Okay. Thank you. May I have a motion for replacement of the transportation modular building at Penrook? Moved. Second.
017Okay. Any comments or questions? I Mrs. Stole. Yeah, I do have a question. So, um, will that will that transportation section will that eventually be part of um with the at the high school after the high school renovation is all done? Will they all move up to there together or is that always going to be a separate office area? I I can't answer that. I believe that area is going to always remain a a satellite uh location for the southern end of the district. Uh so that's why we moved on purchasing it. Had had they been moving back to the high school eventually after several years, we probably would have kept the trailer until that time. And how long is this uh unit supposed to last or expected to last? I would say 15 to
01820 years. Okay. I guess they build them better than they used to. We have to take care of it. Yes. Got it. Thank you. Yeah. Mr. Slaughter, if I may, um I that is definitely the plan. I mean, we're really not adding uh additional spots for the transportation depot. Had we moved uh the site completely, Mrs. Stole? We definitely would have. Uh obviously, you know, that's water under the bridge. Since transportation staying on site, um some vehicles will stay over at Penrook. Okay. Thank you. All right. Any other comments or questions from the committee? Okay. Hearing none. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Hearing none. The motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. Uh the next item we have up on the agenda is a invoice from Kenan Associates. Uh this is for uh
019additional services uh based on surveying at the high school property. Uh this bill would have been presented with other bills earlier, but it dropped through the cracks. Uh this is in the amount of $1,650. This would be an amendment to their contract for services rendered. Uh any questions on this invoice? I'll I'll pose the motion first. Um, may I have a motion to approve? Some moved. Second. Okay, great. All right. Um, any comments or questions? Okay, hearing none. All in favor say I. I. All right. Any opposed? The motion. Uh, hearing none. The motion passes. Thank you. Apologies. Yeah, I'll make sure I get it right on this one. Uh, next one. Mr. Slaughter. I get it wrong so often. It's it's a it's a it's like a crowd. It's a committee. Don't worry about
020it. No worries. Thank you. Safety and numbers. The uh Mr. Linsky, the next item. So, the the last item that we have to move to agenda or to action, I'm apologize, is uh district-wide HVAC repairs. Most of these were all listed on the capital projects. The only one that was updated recently was the uh York uh chiller repair uh that was spoken about a couple months ago but just added to the April update for the capital projects. This is repairs to the chillers at these four buildings. Uh we got multiple numbers from folks. Uh Johnson Controls was the low all the way across. The reason why you see the York uh highlighted in uh light orange is because we did take bids originally for a leak check on that. We have since changed that to
021a not to exceed number in the amount of $50,000 for all three biders to include repairs for that unit as well. So, we're asking for a recommendation for Johnson Controls for all the repairs in the amount of $121,628. Portion of that is the not to exceed number. Okay. Thank you. May I please have a motion to approve the HVAC repairs? So, moved. Second. Okay. Great. Any comments or questions? Okay. I want to say thank you to Mr. slaughter and um uh for this one because this was a conversation in the preparation about the ability to um to do a not to exceed number. Um and this was also from u Mr. Ryan who just joined uh the district as assistant uh facilities and operations uh director as well. So this is a really good effective
022way to move forward so we don't have to come back again. Um and and there's no expectation that the repairs um after they do this leak check will exceed that amount. Correct. That's that's our strategy. Yes, we're hoping. Okay. Awesome. All right. Any other comments or questions? All right. Hearing none. All in favor say I. I. I. No opposed. Motion passes. Thank you'all. Thank you. That's all the items we have on the items for recommendation. Uh the next thing up is theformational items and our first informational update is from CHA with Mr. Lynch and Mr. Chase uh with their presentation for what's happened in the last two months. Mr. Linsky, if you would bring up the PowerPoint and Mr. Lynch, the floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. Slaughter. Good evening, everybody. It's good to be
023with you and uh I first want to just while the presentation is coming up express our appreciation to everybody involved with the North Penn High School project. Mr. Shrader, Mr. Slaughter, the entire team. This has been quite the effort as we move toward the bidding of phase two of the project. Mr. case joins me um tonight and we have a brief update for you and I'm stalling as the presentation is not on my screen yet but we're getting there. There we go. Thank you. Thank you. So we can go right to the next slide and we have a lot of information to provide and I look forward to being with you in person when we present in May for uh the board and for the community with respect to all things related to North Penn
024High School. But to give you a a brief summary, we've got some slides here this evening. Um first on land development, our project has been resubmitted um for the planning commission. We have a meeting coming up here in May followed by a meeting with the supervisors in June or July for what we expect to be final approval on the on the project. This has been quite an effort in going through all of the requirements for a project of this size. There are many contributors associated with getting approvals and details related for Talson Township to prepare themselves for uh approval. So, um we've been working very hard along these lines and we're in the middle of the building code review for phase one which is underway and permits are expected, I'm glad to report uh this
025week or next for that project. Also with respect to the township, the zoning issues have been cleared away. Issues associated with the tower, the fence, the propane station have been resolved in large part to the work that Mr. Slaughter has done and the district has done. Um, and so we've withdrawn our zoning hearing request letter and that hopefully expedites full and final approval of the project. We're continuing to coordinate with uh PICO for power and gas and as you know that relates to early procurement of power components for the project and that procurement I'm also happy to report is underway that's low voltage panels for the project and also electrical gear for the project and so everybody has worked very hard in order to provide that advantage so that we're purchasing well ahead of bids
026being out for phase two. Also another success to report is the work with North Penn Water Authority in order to convey water lines that are on district property to the district. This is important that the agreement which is now I believe in hand and been executed allows us to modify the water lines associated with completing the project. So our phase one meter pit procurement that you may recall was a bid alternate for phase one is now underway. Next slide please. NPDS permit both phase one and two have been submitted. Approval for phase one which of course is underway has been received from the conservation district. Phase two, we're waiting for administrative completeness letter from the conservation district. And we would expect once that's finished, the technical review would take us probably until August or September,
027hoping for something earlier before we get our NPDS permit. So, we know that that's been the long lead item, if you will, on the permitting side. PENDOT permits uh associated with the project. We're working with the township in hopes of avoiding uh a whole lot of effort with with respect to traffic counts. We've gotten uh submitted a formal request to eliminate traffic counts and that's been uh looked upon favorably by the township and now we're in the point of looking for county input on the ultimate plans for the widening of Sumntown Road. Um, and as associated with that work, there's there's work that would be a part of this project with curb and sidewalk out there, and we're trying to figure out the best way to navigate that process, meaning some of that work will
028likely be deferred because it will take some time in order for some town improvements to be understood fully. So, there's been a lot of cooperation there. We're also working on this the pedestrian crossing for of Sumntown Road and we've got a study that's underway uh to identify what happens at Sumntown and also just for information there'll be a pedestrian crossing a new one out at Snyder Road associated with the project. Utility survey work has been uh largely completed on the project. The conservation district asked for additional test points and infiltration testing. That work is now complete along with investigation of the work at the front parking lot. We did cores out of the front parking lot to understand what the subgrade looks like. We're awaiting the study from that and also the infiltration test that'll
029be submitted to the conservation district. The next slide, uh, phase one bids. The notice of proceed was issued. Colin has been working with the contractors along with the rest of the team. We're doing regular construction meetings, shop drawings, and procurement is well underway. Field work starts in the natiatorum at the end of May. A lot of work has already been completed to prepare uh for that work. We have great engagement from the contractors and uh work is well underway. So, we're looking for action um on phase one here at the end of May. For phase two, the work continues to move toward bid documents. We've been reviewing all of the documents associated with the project and putting together phasing and updated cost information based on these documents. Shraider Group, Snyder Hoffman has been doing a
030great job in putting out more information. We've been working for with all of the stakeholders to understand exactly what the scope of work is and trying to work our way toward being completely ready for bidding. The transportation building is also continuing. Uh Shrader Group Snider Hoffman have gone well beyond design development and we have our third-party state contractor on board who's been looking at the documents and getting ready to put pricing together through the Gordian state contract. We would anticipate award late summer after our bids for phase 2 start date really depends on NPDS and the clearing of the area for the new transportation by the phase 2 general contractor. So a lot of work has been going on in order to coordinate that and to also make sure that the existing transportation building stays
031online. Also, RA AM radio tower uh the um work uh to demo the existing radio towers was acted upon by the board uh this month. Contracts and notice to proceed um are being issued so we can get ready to take down towers that won't be in use to create that contractor staging area. Of course, we have to complete the design of the single new AM radio tower to keep the radio station in service. So all of that work is being coordinated. Next slide. Uh overall schedule. Just wanted to give you an update on where we are because we've gone from one or two phases of work to now four phases of work. And so phase one, I'm sure that everyone is familiar with as far as Kod Natitorium and some of the site work. We're
032in the position that we're about to commence work in the natiatorum, beginning in the natiatorum in late May and Cape after students are out for the summer. And that includes the fuel tank removal, the propane station relocation, the strategic site work, and also the water lines that I talked about earlier. So all of those strategic identified work items that we were working so hard with the the district have come to pass and will be incorporated in the project. That's all very good news. The next slide refers to phase two and that's the bids for A B C D and E pods which we're getting ready to advertise in late May. So the schedule there is identified for Apod addition, renovation, BP pod, D& and C. We've been working hard on the phasing on how we
033do this work and manipulate construction through an operating school, working with Mr. Nicholson to understand how many classrooms will be available at all times. Just a reminder there that this summer we'll start in phase one with constructing temporary classrooms that will help us during those phases of renovation. Also in phase two is a component of abatement. So that'll be bidding on the same timeline as the renovation. We'll we'll continue to do work ahead of the renovation areas in order to get abatement cleared. Um, as you can imagine, it's quite the phasing conundrum, which we've been working on and trying to clarify in documents that'll go out with the bid. So, we'll always be coordinating renovations such that a abatement is finished in advance and overall our abatement should be done in the summer of 2030.
034Hard to imagine that type of year uh as we sit here tonight. Next slide. Phase 2 A is the transportation building. Uh, as mentioned, this has been designed by uh, Shrader Group, coordinated with the district and the transportation folks. We've had two meetings so far with Gordian's contractor, SJ Thomas, to review the phasing and the drawings. They're in the process of starting their pricing exercise, and we'd like to see an award about the same time that we award for the phase 2 bid. As I mentioned, the start date is based upon the receipt of the NPDS permit and how successful we are in getting the site cleared so that that building pad is prepared and ready for work to begin. So, the building will be erected as I mentioned while the existing remains in operation.
035You can only imagine the effort that will be expended in order to maintain traffic, maintain fueling, etc. And there have been phasing meetings that occur bi-weekly in order to work on this with the district. Um when complete, the new building will be occupied and the old will be abated and demolished to allow for the additional parking to be installed. So that's phase A. Next slide is phase three, which is really the balance of the building and that's FGH and the gym pods. This work is ongoing as far as design work and enduser meetings with the educators and stakeholders to make decisions on the project. We would anticipate that this would be out to bid in 2026, probably right after the APOD renovation. And what we'd like to do is examine how that apod renovation goes
036so that if there are any changes that we see that we can put in the bid, we'd be able to do them in a strategic fashion. H renovation, the central plant is incorporated in that phase three schedule. G-pod renovation, which is the gym, F-Pod renovation, which includes the auditorium, and JP pod, which is now that newly constructed addition that will have the fitness facility in it, are all incorporated in phase three. And then phase three will also have an abatement bid that accompanies all of the work in phase three. Next slide is phase four. I believe this is new for the uh committee this evening and we've identified a a an option to provide a phase 4 site work bid that is mainly a site work contract and it refers mainly to the front lot
037and the finished paving across the site which will happen at the tail end of the project. This will require an NPDS permit modification which we have plenty of time for the civil engineers to uh submit and get approved. Storm water under the front lot will be repliced under this bid. Some of it is failing as we've talked about in prior meetings. The site lighting full depth replacement mill and overlay at select areas across the site. This is really the site work cleanup contract. And the benefit here is that we can adjust the scope based on the budget prior to bidding this contract which is going to be at the tail end of the job. We can also incorporate any other owner added items if needed if they come up during the course of the work.
038But the big thing is that we'd be bidding directly to a site contractor which eliminates a GC markup. So we would expect this to be one of the larger site contractors in the region who could come in and knock out storm water work, remaining earth work and also the paving. A lot to digest with respect to schedule. There's some images here that very generally identify where the bid packages um relate to. Bid package uh two which is about to go out is APOD. Thank you for the pointer. uh DE pod, BP pod and Cpod. You can see the dividing line between that work. Bid package three is the balance of the building which is auditorium, band, coral, uh HP pod and G-pod which is gym uh uh and also the the reformatted J pod. The
039next slide I think just shows the second floor. Same thing holds all of those areas with two floors. The auditorium is a single floor. The band rooms have two floors in them. Um, and so that's the work in bid package three. And I think the last slide refers to the third floor where we have an elevated area in the auditorium. That would be in bid package three. Um, the schedule is quite complex. I wanted to make the budget very simple for this meeting. We can go into it in more detail at the May presentation. The news is that we've continued to be on that same budget that we talked about in July of 2024. Here, what we've done, which is new, is we've broken the budget out based on phases. So, you see the KOD
040natorum based on the bids that were received at 31 million. the transportation building budget where we stand right now, phase two which is a pod, phase three which is the rest of the building and phase four the parking lot. So we've tried to separate those budgets based on what we see at the moment. So that's how the cost for the project breaks down. With that, I'm gonna say thank you very much and um I'm sure that there are some questions that I could answer. Any questions from the committee? I just want to say thank you for the map imagery. So when you were going through the phases, it is so hard as a non- studentent to remember which pod is which. We all know K pod very well. Everything else is a big mix. So
041I appreciate that. Um, I have a question about JPOD, the the round building. Um, and I know that there might be a possibility of us being able to do a little bit more or something different with that space. When will we begin to have conversations about that? And then phase one includes internal KOD, but at a prior meeting, we talked about external work and and finishing touches of Cape Pod would be done later. So is that part of bid package three or is that a separate they come back after big is it separate mic terrific question thank you um let me go in reverse order for kod we're doing the roof which is external and masonry improvements and also window replacements in this space but kod also includes the front door and the front sidewalks
042to the building and so that's been reserved for a later phase. So it's actually in two later phases to replace the vestibule but then also the steps that go up to the vestibule, the masonry, the curb and sidewalk which is adjacent to the front lot that we would repave. And so that scope has been split to the future phases. And really it's out of fear of damage to those areas if we were to replace them too prematurely if you will. Um, and the other question that you had was on J-pod and we've gone through an exercise and I'm sure you'll see at our May presentation where um, JPOD in the circular arrangement that you all know so well is a real challenge to renovate and that has to do with the structural uh, arrangement of
043the existing building. And it's one of those pieces where we can imagine the contractor coming in and said, "Holy cow, we're renovating everything and we're tearing everything down such to the point it that you really should have built a new building." And when we thought about that um and worked with Shrader Group, they put together an arrangement that really makes a lot of sense and was found to be equally coste effective by taking JPOD down and reconstructing it. It provides better program arrangement and better cost efficiency overall. And so I know that you will see that as a part of the presentation when we're before you in the community in May. Thank you. Any other comments or questions? I um have one question and um thank you for the presentation Mr. Lynch. It's around the
044abatement and the scope of it um for the entire project. Um is it how large is do you think this will be or we just don't know yet? So, uh, the the district has brought on an abatement consultant who has done a good job at getting in and confirming the reports from a past consultant and then also trying to satisfy, if you will, our fears of what might be hot. So, that was the first step in the process. Um, with other abatement projects, um, it, uh, you know, the the best thing that I can explain is we just have to get it out of the way so that construction can continue. Removing the floors is not a very hard process. Removing the windows is not a very hard process. Um, it's just that it has
045to happen before we start to renovate. And in some cases, it has to happen while we have an occupied building. And so our phasing also incorporates ideas in order to provide double wall protection for areas that are being abated, especially when we're still in in school. We do have a pretty good idea of all of the areas that are hot. We have um prior estimates that understand exactly what the the cost uh will be. It's very good that we're breaking it into two bids so that we do phase two first and we take kind of a lessons learned approach for what we do in in phase three. So, we're trying to provide all of the strategies that we know in order to a get the scope right, b attract the best contractors to the project,
046and c which is really probably the the most important is to perform the work in an orderly fashion. and most notably safely for the school district. Okay, thank you. Um, one more quick question. The um, NPDES modification for phase 4, does that does that um, in the process of getting that the NPDS permit approved now? Does that get layered in now or is that something that will come later? the modification. The strategy is to get the NPDS permit now for the work that we're about to embark on and to go back for a mod for the work that's incorporated with the front lot and some other components on the site that require some added storm water measures. If we were to do that now based on the knowledge that we have, we were fearful that
047the permitting process might be prolonged and we're trying to get the first permit as quickly as we can and then jump in to get the major or minor mod whichever way the conservation wants to look at it in order to do work that's out there in 2029 2030. Okay. Thank you. All right. Any other comments or questions? Okay. Thank you. All right. All right, Mr. Slaughter. Thank you very much, Mr. Lynch. Appreciate that. Uh, the nextformational item that we have is just an update to the 10-year capital plan. Uh, in the P, excuse me, in the public comment section, I kind of updated everything that's currently underway and upcoming and where we're at tonight. Uh you can see some stuff that's in progress, some items that are in design, some that are almost complete, and
048a lot was on tonight's agenda. So, the only new item that we have for the plan, as we talked about, was the uh York uh chiller replacement, which was on tonight's agenda. Uh that's been added in uh to uh the 10-year capital plan. Uh obviously, this is a living, breathing plan. We're going to constantly go through as items come up. There was just a couple items today that we we talked about that we're going to be adding into the the agenda and putting a score to them. Um but since they are are fairly heavily weighted items, they'll probably come rise to the top quicker uh than they will later. Um, so any questions on the updated 10-year plan? Is the overall uh cost still around 190 million? Yes. Oh, goody. Okay. All right. Thank you
049for that. Any other comments or questions? Okay. All right. Thank you. So, I don't believe we have a student representative with us tonight. I just checked again, but I I would like to thank Mr. Linsky for his help uh in presenting at every FNO meeting. And I also want to welcome Mr. Shawn Ryan to the team. I know you've all met Shawn at the board meeting, but Sean's going to be with us on every FNO meeting uh as well. So, welcome to him and a big thank you to Mr. Linsky as well. Thank you, Bill. Thank you. All righty. So, um, we will move to, uh, public comment. Mr. Gilmer, is there anyone wanting to make public comment this evening? We do have, uh, several people in the audience tonight. And I'll just, uh, remind
050everybody if they would like to make a comment. Go ahead and raise that hand. Just click it once and that hand will stay there and then that way I'll be able to determine whether or not you'd like to make public comment. All right. I So far, I see one. So, if you could read the statement, uh, we'll continue from there. Sure. All righty. Individuals attending the meeting virtually and intending to speak to the committee should be aware that they are being recorded. In order to meet the requirements of Pennsylvania sunshine law, it is necessary to record the names of all citizens who speak to the committee during the meeting. To assure compliance with this requirement, it is essential that those planning to address the committee raise their hand electronically and state their name and municipality.
051Members of the audience are asked to limit their questions and comments to matters being discussed at tonight's meeting or matters that may come before the facilities and operations committee. Members of the audience are asked to limit their questions and comments to three minutes and this is in reference to board policy 903. Okay. Up first we have Caleb Kovven. Caleb, I have enabled your microphone. So when you're ready to begin, please state your name and municipality for the record and begin your comments, please. Okay. Uh, my name is Caleb Kovven and I live in Lansdale. Uh, I've been a Lansdale resident since 2018 and a Democratic committee person since 2020. Uh, through this position, I've uh followed some of your progress from afar and I'd like to first commend the amazing work the school board and
052leadership has accomplished in these last few years. Uh, a little bit more about me. Uh by day I work in a laboratory growing deadly bacterian virus and I'm also part of the Bucks Mont branch of the Democratic Socialists of America. Uh we have a campaign that a aims to advocate for improved indoor air quality in public schools in the area. Um and with the recent resurgence of medieval sounding uh respiratory diseases and other eradicated former formerly eradicated diseases and the stopping of public health uh data collection by the new administration, I've grown increasingly concerned. Um so I have three questions that follow from this concern. I was wondering if the if North Penn has an indoor air quality coordinator. I was reading a document of guidelines for schools put out by the Pennsylvania Department of
053Public Health which recommended districts have one. Um, and to provide a little further context for my concern, I wanted to share these three inconvenient stats on CO 19, which is unfortunately still with us. As recently as January of this year, 1500 Americans were dying of CO 19 every single week. Uh, and as of 2023, one in seven working age adults have had some form of long COVID. And finally, I just wanted to share that even with vaccination, a single co infection can still bring a myriad of lifelong health issues for children and adults alike. Due in part to this, I'm also curious about the current uh state of environmental monitoring in classrooms, specifically for CO2, temperature, and humidity because we know managing these environmental conditions is crucial to creating a safe and optimal learning environment.
054I'm especially curious about this in the older middle schools, which I know are on the uh list for eventual facilities upgrades. And my last question is uh whether or not the school district follows the new 2023 CDC uh recommended guideline that uh recommends five equivalent air changes per hour in indoor spaces. Um, thank you in advance for your responses and for taking serious the health of our teachers, students, and community. Thank you, Mr. Culvin. Mr. Culvin, u Mr. Slaughter will follow up directly with you um to respond to and answer all of your questions. Okay, I'll just remind if anybody else like to make comment to go ahead and raise your hand in the interface. It's down at the bottom of your screen. I'm going to do the countdown. Here we go. In three, two,
055one. And that will conclude public comment for tonight. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Gilmer. So, Mr. Slaughter, can you review the items for action meeting, please? Certainly. Uh, the first item that we have recommended for work session is item 3A. It is the client consent letter for Shrader Group Architects. Uh we're looking for permission for the board to sign the client uh consent letter. Uh uh sorry announcing that Trader has become part of uh another firm. The sec the second item sorry I'm like totally lost for words. I'm sorry. The second item recommended for work session is the approval for the proposal of TNM Associates for the act 2 continuence at the final closeout of the NAP elementary school. The third item that we have recommended for work session is the approval of the RFQ permission
056to seek board approval for the lead water testing throughout the district for the 2425 season. The fourth item that we have is the approval of the quote for graybar for the installation of the HVAC system in the IT network center at the high school. Uh the fifth item that we have is the approval of the quote for the replacement of the modular office for transportation located at the Penrook Middle School. The sixth item that we have is the to amend the contract for Cow and Associates for surveying work at the North Penn High School Transportation Center. existing features contract. And the final item that we have is the approval of the quotes for the multiple school chiller air conditioning replacement to Johnson Controls to repair four chillers at various locations. So these are these seven
057items that we have. Thank you, Mr. Slaughter. And I just want to add FNO facilities and operations team has a lot going on. So, I appreciate all the work that you're doing and you're so au authentic on these calls that I love it. So, thanks so much. Um, and you know, it it does laugh laughter is a stress relief. I've found that. So, um, our next meeting on the agenda, I will note on the agenda, it says that our next meeting is Tuesday, May 28th, but it's actually Tuesday, May 27th. And again, it'll be in a virtual format. So, we'll just have to update that and make sure it's correct on the website. All righty. I will. Thanks. All right. No, that's fine. So, I'm going to wish everybody a happy Memorial Day because Memorial
058Day will have passed by the time we meet again. Hard to believe. Um, so could I please have a motion to adjourn this evening? So, move. All right, everyone. All right. Thanks so much. Good night. Good night. Thanks, Mr. Gilmer. Bye. Have a good night. Good night. Thank you.