Feb 07, 2023 School Board Special Meeting

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LET'S SEE. THE TIME IS NOW 6:00.

AND I CALL THE FEBRUARY 7TH MEETING OF THE EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.

MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE DO. THANK YOU.

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WE WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.

WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN IN A LITTLE BIT.

OH, I KNOW. ALL RIGHT.

THE TIME IS NOW 7:00, AND WE WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.

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[5.1. Superintendent's Report]

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HAVENSTRITE AND TRUSTEES.

REFLECTING ON LAST WEEK, IT WAS QUITE AN EVENTFUL TIME FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, REALLY FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA.

AND I HAVE TO COMMEND OUR COMMUNITY AND THANK THEM FOR HOW THEY CAME TOGETHER.

THE EXAMPLES OF SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM REALLY ON EVERY CAMPUS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF WERE SUPPORTED AND THAT THINGS RETURNED TO NORMAL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

REALLY, THEIR EFFORTS WERE HEROIC AND IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE, GRATIFYING TO SEE HOW MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, PARENTS IN PARTICULAR, TURNED OUT AND WORKED IN EVERY DIFFERENT CAPACITY AND LAYING TOOLS AND HAULING THINGS AWAY.

IT WAS JUST SO IMPRESSIVE.

SO WE WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR THAT.

TODAY WE WALKED OUT OF OUR DOORS HERE AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER INTO THE PARKING LOT, AND WE WERE MET BY DOZENS OF FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO HAD COME OVER WITH THEIR COACHES TO MOVE BRUSH AND TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES THAT WERE STILL DOWN AROUND OUR PROPERTY AND TO TRY TO PUT THEM ALL INTO ONE LOCATION TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO COME IN AND THEN DISPOSE OF EVERYTHING.

SO WE WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENTS AS WELL, WHO GAVE UP THEIR TIME DURING THEIR FIRST HOUR THIS MORNING AT SCHOOL TO COME OVER AND HELP OUT OUR PROPERTY.

SO ANY OTHER REFLECTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES OR ANY? JEN AND THEN JAMES.

I JUST, YOU KNOW I KEPT REFLECTING LAST WEEK THAT WHAT'S BECOME CLEAR OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IS THAT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IS AMAZING IN A CRISIS AND EVERYONE AND REALLY NOT JUST OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, OUR WHOLE TEAM IN EANES ISD PULLS TOGETHER WHEN WE NEED TO PULL TOGETHER.

AND I, FOR ONE, AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL.

I HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM OUR COMMUNITY HOW GRATEFUL THEY WERE FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR TEAM'S HARD WORK, DR.

ARNETT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY THANKS PUBLICLY TO OUR STAFF AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED SO HARD TO ULTIMATELY GET OUR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE.

SO THANK YOU. I WOULD ECHO THAT AND ADD HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM TO THE OPERATIONS TEAM, THE GUYS WHO WERE IN THOSE BUILDINGS WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE SHUT DOWN, REALLY CARING FOR THEM LIKE THEY WERE THEIR OWN AND LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE BUILDINGS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN IT FREEZES LIKE THAT AND JUST BEING THERE AND HELPING KEEP THEM OPERATIONAL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE POWER GOES OFF OR THE WATER GOES OFF IS SUPER APPRECIATED. AND THEN I TOO AM GRATEFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAME TOGETHER.

I'M IMPRESSED AND ALWAYS HEART WARMED BY A COMMUNITY THAT WILL COME OUT AND HELP, YOU KNOW, THEIR PUBLIC BUILDINGS, THEIR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UP TO STANDARDS FOR WHAT THEY WANT THEIR COMMUNITY TO HAVE.

AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER LIKE THAT AND WORK AS A TEAM, BOTH ON THE DISTRICT SIDE AND THE VOLUNTEER SIDE AND OUR FOOTBALL PLAYERS, TOO.

SO AND THE LAST THING IS, I WAS REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WERE CLEAR, CAME ON A REGULAR BASIS AND KEPT US UP TO DATE ON WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND I KNOW THERE WAS A BIG TEAM BEHIND THOSE THAT WAS MEETING AND DISCUSSING WHAT WAS POSSIBLE AND WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO DO.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. LET'S SEE ELLEN AND KIM.

I CAN'T AGREE MORE WITH WHAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID, THE APPRECIATION, THE COMMUNICATION, THE HARD WORK AND HOW EVERYBODY PITCHED IN.

I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE STAFF.

THERE WERE PEOPLE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES IN ALL SORTS OF ROLES ALL THROUGH LAST WEEK, AND I FEEL LIKE AS A BOARD MEMBER, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO KNOW SOME OF THOSE

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THE STORIES COMING FROM THE TEAMWORK AT EANES ELEMENTARY ON FRIDAY MORNING WAS JUST EXTRAORDINARY.

I MEAN, DR. KRISTY SAILORS, B.K.

JUST PEOPLE FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS PITCHING IN ON THAT CAMPUS BECAUSE IT WAS THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH TO TAKE CARE OF.

I WAS THRILLED THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY CAPTURED BY THE STATESMAN YESTERDAY IN THE METRO SECTION.

AND THERE WAS SOME ACKNOWLEDGMENT GIVEN IN A VERY POSITIVE LIGHT TO THE TEAMWORK BECAUSE IT HAD PICTURES NOT JUST OF THE M&O TEAM WHO WERE ALWAYS THERE AND ALWAYS WORKING SO HARD, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL PEOPLE WHO WERE PITCHING IN.

SO I JUST THINK IT CAPTURED THE SPIRIT OF WHAT TEAMWORK IS ALL ABOUT AND WHAT THIS DISTRICT IS ALL ABOUT.

AND I'M SORRY IT WAS A CRISIS WEEK TO BRING ALL OF THAT OUT.

BUT CERTAINLY, AS JEN SAID, WAS A PERFECT SHOWCASE OF HOW THAT WORKED SO BEAUTIFULLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR THAT, KIM AND THEN WE HAVE HEATHER.

I'LL ALSO JUST ECHO WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID SO FAR.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE TEAMWORK EVERYONE HERE IN THIS THIS ROOM, ALL OF THE WORK.

AND IT WASN'T JUST IT WAS THE WEEK, BUT IT WAS ALSO THE WEEKEND.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE WORKING WITHOUT A LOT OF SLEEP.

ALL OF THE TEAM HERE IN THE ROOM, ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS.

IT WAS HEARTWARMING TO SEE THAT.

AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY THAT I'VE TALKED TO WAS SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE HARD WORK AND ALL THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS THAT WENT INTO GETTING US BACK INTO SCHOOL AND GETTING OUR KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HEATHER THEN LAURA. OKAY. I THINK THE ONLY THING LEFT TO SAY BESIDES THANK YOU AGAIN IS, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT OUR STAFF WERE AT OUR CAMPUSES, EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL DIDN'T HAVE POWER AND WATER, TOO, AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS WERE IN A SPACE THAT WAS GOING TO BE SAFE FOR THEM TO RESUME THEIR SCHOOL WAS AMAZING. SO THANK YOU.

AND THEN I REALLY APPRECIATED ALL OF THE PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE YOU CAN SAY IT, BUT TO SEE IT REALLY MADE IT VERY REAL AS TO WHY WE CAN'T HAVE KIDS ON THOSE CAMPUSES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OK, LAURA. YEAH.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH THAT THE OTHER TRUSTEES HAVEN'T SAID.

I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THE DAD'S CLUB AT A COUPLE OF OUR CAMPUSES WHO SHOWED UP AND HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.

BUT I WAS IMPRESSED THEY WERE THERE.

THEY COULD HAVE BEEN HOME CLEANING THEIR OWN YARDS UP, AND THEY WERE ON OUR CAMPUSES MAKING SURE SPECIFICALLY THAT THOSE CAMPUSES WERE SAFE.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT LIMBS WERE LIABILITIES AND WERE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. AND THEY ACTUALLY REALLY ENJOYED TAKING THOSE LIMBS DOWN.

BUT I LOVE THE FOCUS ON SAFETY AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL WATCHING THE CABINET WORK TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, JEREMY, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOU ALL ALWAYS SHOW UP FOR THIS TYPE OF EVENT AND JUST THE MOST AMAZING WAY.

BUT, KRISTY, I KNOW YOU WERE THERE HELPING AND B.K.

FROM SAFETY AND SECURITY WAS HELPING.

AND CLAUDIA, YOU WERE THERE.

YOU ALL WERE. MOLLY YOU WERE DOING YOUR THING.

SO EVERYBODY WAS THERE HELPING.

IT'S A FAMILY AND IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL TO SEE.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.

WE HAVE YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND.

THE ONLY THING MAYBE THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR BEING PATIENT WITH US.

THIS WASN'T EASY.

THIS WAS HARD. IT WAS WE WERE ALL EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP AT HOME.

WE HAD KIDS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP AT HOME WITH US, AND WE HAD SCHOOLS THAT WE WANTED BADLY TO REOPEN AND WE COULDN'T.

AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY'S PATIENCE WITH US AS WE WORK THROUGH THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES ON OUR VARIOUS CAMPUSES.

I CREDIT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM COMMUNICATION FOR HELPING OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHY THINGS WERE THE WAY THEY WERE.

I MEAN, THE CITY OF AUSTIN COULD LEARN A THING OR TWO ABOUT COMMUNICATION FROM THE WAY Y'ALL MANAGED MESSAGING OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.

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AND WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I'LL SHARE.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING.

THIRTY ONE MINUTES. [LAUGHTER] FIRST OK.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO HELP YOU OUT HERE.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE SO EXCITED TO RETURN TO SCHOOL IS TO CONTINUE THE GREAT THINGS THAT GO ON IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND TO CELEBRATE THAT GOOD WORK.

VERY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT OUR WESTRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TEAM, THE THUNDER TITANS, WON SECOND PLACE IN THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND LAST SATURDAY DURING THE ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL REGIONAL QUALIFIER.

THE JUDGES WERE VERY IMPRESSED AND GAVE OUR TEAM EXCELLENT RATINGS ON ROBOT RUN'S, ROBOT DESIGN, ENGINEERING, INNOVATION, PROJECT CORE VALUES.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE PICTURED HERE.

AND THEN FINALLY IN MY REPORT TONIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS TO WESTLAKE, THEIR HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH ROBERT LUCERO, ON HIS 300TH CAREER WIN AS A HEAD COACH IN HIS 9TH SEASON AT WESTLAKE, HE'S OVERSEEN SEVEN DISTRICT TITLES, TWO STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES AND A REMARKABLE 84 GAME CONSECUTIVE DISTRICT WIN STREAK.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ROBERT AND HIS LEADERSHIP OF THAT TEAM AS WELL.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

ARNETT? SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ON.

YES, MA'AM. HEATHER.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH LUCERO, BECAUSE THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING THAT HE'S DONE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

JEN. YES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH LUCERO.

SHOULD I THINK OF SOME MORE? [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH FROM YOU.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OPEN FORUM.

NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT OPEN FORUM THIS EVENING, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM OF THE EVENING.

[7.1. 2023 Bond]

AND WE HAVE JEREMY TRIMBLE.

JEREMY, WELCOME.

I'M GOING TO SAY, AS JEREMY TAKES A SEAT, HE AND I WORE OUR MATCHING BOND BLAZERS TONIGHT.

SO I JUST WANT TO.

[LAUGHTER] BEFORE JEREMY AND ALLYSON AND OTHERS CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR CONVERSATION TONIGHT I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PARENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE AT EANES ELEMENTARY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS SINCE YOUR PREVIOUS MEETING ON JANUARY THE 24TH.

CERTAINLY HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THEIR FEEDBACK REGARDING PROBABLY THE LONE ITEM THAT YOU'RE STILL TO DISCUSS REGARDING THE PROPOSED BOND ITEM OR BOND ISSUE, AND THAT IS SPECIFIC TO A POTENTIAL PROJECT AT EANES ELEMENTARY TO TRY TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC ON THAT CAMPUS.

JEREMY IS GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION AS WELL AS SOME OPTIONS HE ACTUALLY HAS FOUR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT HE'S GOING TO OUTLINE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PREFACE HIS REMARKS AND HIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION BY LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD FOCUS ON OPTION THREE TONIGHT.

AND THE REASON WHY OPTION THREE IS IT IS THE ONE OPTION OF FOUR THAT JEREMY WILL SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT THAT WOULD ONLY ALLOW FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY CONSTRUCTION OR SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS TO THE EANES ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

IT WOULD ALSO NOT REQUIRE A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD.

SO WE BELIEVE, BASED UPON THE INPUT AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM PARENTS AND FAMILIES OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, THAT THAT'S THE OPTION ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE BOARD FOCUS ON TONIGHT.

BUT CERTAINLY WE WILL DEFER TO YOU AND YOU'LL HAVE FOUR SCENARIOS THAT JEREMY IS GOING TO STEP THROUGH VERY QUICKLY FOR YOU THIS EVENING AND ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND MAKE YOUR FINAL DECISION.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JEREMY TRIMBLE AND ALLYSON COLLINS.

THANKS, DR. ARNETT.

SO I WANTED TO BRING US TO THE TIMELINE.

THIS IS THE ONLY PREVIOUS SLIDE I'M GOING TO CARRY WITH US THROUGH ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS.

BUT WE ARE HERE AT THAT MOMENT IN FEBRUARY WHERE YOU HAVE THE OPTION AS A BOARD TO CALL FOR A BOND ELECTION.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS NOW.

BUT DR. ARNETT DESCRIBED THE ONE PROJECT THAT WE FOCUSED ON A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME WE WANT TO FOCUS ON AGAIN.

THIS MEETING IS TO TRY TO DRIVE TO THAT CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE WANTED TO LAY OUT ADMINISTRATIVELY JUST A PROGRESSION OF SOME OPTIONS FOUR OPTIONS BEING IN FRONT OF YOU.

ONE OPTION IS KIND OF KEEP THINGS THE SAME, BUT RESTRUCTURE SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY AROUND THAT CERTAIN LINE ITEM.

ANOTHER ONE WOULD JUST REALLY NARROW DOWN THE SCOPE OF A POTENTIAL PROJECT IN WITHIN THE BOND.

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ARNETT DESCRIBED, WOULD RETAIN A BOND LINE ITEM, BUT WOULD FOCUS ON AN ADJUSTED DESCRIPTION OF THAT OF THAT LINE ITEM AND ONLY COVER THE STUDY AND THE ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC IN AND AROUND EANES ELEMENTARY AND WHAT THAT INFORMATION WHAT WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION MOVING FORWARD IS UP TO THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD.

AND THEN THE LAST OPTION WOULD BE JUST COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THAT LINE ITEM FROM THE BOND RECOMMENDATION.

SO WITH THAT CONSENSUS LAST TIME WAS AROUND A STUDY.

SO I'M GOING TO GO DIRECTLY TO THAT OPTION THREE, WHICH WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD.

AND SO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT.

AND SO WHAT WE SEE HERE IS THAT OPTION NUMBER THREE WOULD INCLUDE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT LINE ITEM SCOPE WOULD TO BE, IN QUOTES, EVALUATE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ENHANCEMENTS FOR EANES ELEMENTARY.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE THAT STUDY IN THAT ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON FOR EANES WHAT WE THINK MAY HAPPEN WE HEARD FROM THE CITY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS COMING DOWN THE LINE.

SO FOLD ALL THAT ANALYSIS INTO THIS DOCUMENTATION.

WHAT THAT DOES IS IT REDUCES THE OVERALL LINE ITEM.

AND THAT STUDY, THAT ANALYSIS KEEPING A LINE ITEM OF $100,000.

SO THAT REDUCES THAT LINE ITEM BY $2.231 MILLION DOLLARS.

SO YOU CAN SEE I HAVE A BREAKDOWN BY TABLE HERE.

THE TOTAL BOND WOULD WITH THIS OPTION WOULD BE $131,429,000.

AND IF WE LOOK HERE, THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN.

IT ONLY AFFECTS PROPOSITION A.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AS A BOARD AND I'LL ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, JEREMY. JAMES AND THEN HEATHER.

SO ON THE STUDY, IS IT SORT OF PUTTING EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE.

WE'VE SEEN SOME SUGGESTIONS EVEN COMING IN TODAY ABOUT THINGS TO CONSIDER.

SURE. IS IT LOOKING AT EVERYTHING OR IS IT SPECIFICALLY THE STUDY FOCUSES ON THIS ROAD AND WHAT IT WOULD DO THAT? WHAT'S THE STUDY? YEAH. SO NOW IF WE TAKE THE SCENARIO THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS KIND OF OPENING THE BOOK A LOT BROADER.

SO WHAT THE STUDY IS GOING TO HAVE ARE MODELS KIND OF BASED ON HOW MANY CARS ARE GOING IN AND OUT OF THAT SPACE, HOW MUCH SPACE YOU NEED ON YOUR SITE TO REMOVE THOSE CARS TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO GO THROUGH.

SO IT DOES OPEN THE BOOK AGAIN FOR A LOT OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS.

WE MAY GET DOWN TO ANOTHER DRIVEWAY OF SOME SORTS, BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS OPEN THAT BOOK BACK UP FOR THAT TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THIS NEW CITY HALL COMING INTO PLAY AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT IT.

RIGHT. SO THAT ANALYSIS, THAT DATA WASN'T IN ANY PREVIOUS TRAFFIC STUDIES, BUT IT WILL BE IN THIS NEW TRAFFIC STUDY.

WE CAN MAKE SURE WE FOLD ALL THAT IN.

SO IT ALLOWS TIME FOR ALL THAT TO COME IN AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT WE INVOLVE THE EANES ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY SOME PEOPLE FROM THERE, I REALLY YOU KNOW, ME PERSONALLY, I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR A CHANGE LIKE THIS ON A CAMPUS UNTIL I WAS HEARING THOSE PEOPLE ASK FOR IT.

AND SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

I WAS THE CROSSING GUARD OVER AT BRIDGE POINT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO.

IT'S AN AWESOME VOLUNTEER THING TO DO, TRUSTEES.

BUT THEIR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AT BRIDGE POINT, I MEAN, I STOOD RIGHT THERE AND SAW THE TRAFFIC BACK UP TO 360.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE CARS ARE HAVING TO DUMP AND GO INTO THE CHURCH PARKING LOT THERE.

AND I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WOULD BE WHERE IS WHAT SCHOOL CAMPUS HAS GOOD TRAFFIC? I DON'T THINK ANY DO.

I MEAN, FOREST TRAIL GETS TO DUMP ON TO THEIR OWN ROAD, LUCKILY, AND MAYBE VALLEY VIEW AT SOME POINT.

BUT I YOU KNOW, ALSO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT SOLVING TRAFFIC, IT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP EIGHT OR NINE OTHER CAMPUSES WHERE WE NEED TO SOLVE TRAFFIC.

SO SO WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT TOO.

AND THEN SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE CHANGING THIS FOCUS AND I LIKE THIS OPTION.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S NO TAKING THE 2.31 MILLION OUT.

THERE IS NO MONEY IN THE BOND FOR A ROAD.

THERE IS ONLY MONEY IN THE BOND FOR A STUDY.

OK. CORRECT. THANK YOU, HEATHER.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY AND FOR LISTENING TO TRUSTEES AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THIS.

BUT I AM CURIOUS, IS THERE AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY ALREADY, BUT IS THERE A COST SHARING OPPORTUNITY TO DO A STUDY WITH THEM? I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS ALSO FOR THEIR CITY HALL BUILDING.

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SO THERE'S OVERLAP ESPECIALLY.

AND SO WE HAVE HAD THAT DISCUSSION ON JUST THE COLLABORATION AND DEFINING WHAT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE.

SO WE KIND OF WE DON'T WANT TO DO THE SAME THING TWICE AND SO WE CAN BOTH BENEFIT FROM THE SAME STUDY.

WE WILL COLLABORATE ON THAT.

AND, I AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT THERE WILL BE SOME COST SHARE.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. WE THINK THE BENEFIT OF THIS OPTION IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE IN THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE STUDYING THEIR OWN TRAFFIC ISSUES.

WE'LL HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AT THE SAME TIME TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM AS JEREMY SAID.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

JEN. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION BRINGING RECOMMENDING THIS OPTION.

THIS IS THE OPTION THAT I WAS DEFINITELY LEANING TOWARDS.

AND I'M THANKFUL THAT EVERYONE KIND OF SEEMS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE NOW.

MY QUESTION REALLY WAS SIMILAR TO HEATHER AND I, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING THAT CONTINUED COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY THROUGH THIS STUDY, HOWEVER THAT BEST WORKS, BUT REALLY WITH THIS STUDY DETERMINING WHAT'S TRULY WITHIN OUR PURVIEW VERSUS WHAT'S IN THE CITY'S PURVIEW, BECAUSE HONESTLY, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO THE STREETS THEMSELVES.

AND THIS IS A BIGGER PROBLEM.

AND THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO HELP US WITH THIS.

AND IT CANNOT BE ONLY EANES ISD.

SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR CONTINUED COLLABORATION WITH THEM.

THANK YOU, JEN. KIM AND THEN ELLEN.

I THINK MY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS.

MY QUESTIONS, FOR THE MOST PART, HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.

ONE OF THE THINGS, THOUGH, JEREMY, THAT YOU JUST SAID IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THE SENSE THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE WRITTEN TO VOICE THINGS IS THAT THERE MAYBE THERE'S A LACK OF TRUST HERE AND HAVING VOICED SOME THINGS, AND THEN THEY'RE STILL VOICING THINGS.

SO YOU JUST SAID A MINUTE AGO THE RECOMMENDATION AND DR.

ARNETT'S RECOMMENDATION IS NUMBER THREE.

AND IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU SAID THIS IS FOR A STUDY ONLY AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN UNLESS THE BOARD TAKES ACTION.

BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOND WE IN PROPOSITION OR PROPOSAL THREE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A STUDY ONLY, FULL STOP.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A STUDY AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD COME INTO THIS BOND.

IT'S A STUDY FULL STOP.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. AND I THINK, JEREMY, WHEN YOU REFER TO THE BOARD TAKING ACTION, WE'RE THINKING THAT THAT'S PROBABLY ON A FUTURE REFERENDUM AT SOME POINT BASED UPON WHAT WE MAY LEARN OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS.

OKAY. SO THAT WILL BE AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY.

AND I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT.

AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY IT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS BOND PROPOSAL NUMBER THREE IS A STUDY.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. AND IT'S NOT A ROAD.

HEAR ME THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THIS IS, WHAT, 100,000? SO THAT'S CERTAINLY IS NOT SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION OR PHYSICAL MODIFICATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KIM.

ELLEN, THANK YOU.

AND I'M GLAD WE'RE SEEMING TO COME TO CONSENSUS ON THIS.

WE'RE CALLING IT A STUDY, A TRAFFIC STUDY.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PRACTICAL, BUT I SURE WOULD LOVE TO ALSO LOOK AT NOT JUST HOW THE CARS MOVE IN AND AROUND THE CAMPUS, BUT HOW THE PEOPLE MOVE.

RIGHT. IN AND AROUND AND THROUGH CAMPUS.

I KNOW HISTORICALLY WE CONTINUE TO HAVE EROSION ISSUES, SITE ISSUES.

WE MAY HAVE SOME ADA UPDATING THINGS LIKE THAT ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MOVE AROUND THE CAMPUS AND THAT CAN AFFECT IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE THAT MAY INFORM US IN TERMS OF HOW THE TRAFFIC COULD BE REEVALUATED.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S CALLED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF A TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY.

BUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT THAT, PEOPLE MOVING.

I'D APPRECIATE IT IF WE COULD ADD THAT IN.

YEAH. IT'S DATA, SO WE CAN FOLD THAT IN.

AND SO NOTHING HAS TO BE TRADITIONAL HERE WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

IF WE NEED SOMETHING TO ANALYZE, THEN WE CAN FOLD THAT INTO TO THE OVERALL ANALYSIS.

THANK YOU. LAURA. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING.

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SO I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TO US, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

YEAH, I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS THIRD PROPOSAL.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS TO US.

I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING.

I WASN'T INTERESTED IN KIND OF PIECEMEALING THAT THAT FIX INTO, I MEAN, IT'S A TRANSFORMATIVE, PIECEMEAL FIX.

AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN, AS SOME OF THE OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE SAID, I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF WESTLAKE ON THE SOLUTIONS AND THIS PROBLEM, IT DID KIND OF POP UP OVERNIGHT.

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAMPUS, BUT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED WITH THE WIDENING OF THE ROAD AND SOME OF THE OTHER THAT ADDING THAT CURB THAT I THINK MADE IT WORSE.

AND SO I THINK THAT WORKING WITH THE CITY IS A GOOD WAY TO GO.

SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN MADE.

AND I THINK IT'S I INSTRUCTIVE OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS BOND FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS NOW.

WE'VE GOT 100 ITEMS ON IT AND WE'RE DOWN TO ONE WE'VE DONE.

AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING FORWARD A PACKAGE OF PROJECTS THAT WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF.

AND WITH RESPECT TO THIS LAST ONE, I'D LIKE I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH ELLEN THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL AS IN A HOLISTIC WAY AND NOT NECESSARILY THE CAMPUS.

SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE SOME ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE FOR THIS ASTERISK.

AND THAT'S EVALUATE CURRENT AND FUTURE CAMPUS NEEDS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ENHANCEMENTS.

I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE, AS ELLEN POINTED OUT THERE ARE THE CAMPUS HAS LOTS OF NEEDS RIGHT NOW. AND I'M NOT PERSUADED THAT THE GREATEST NEED THAT THAT CAMPUS HAS IS A TRAFFIC JAM.

SO I'D LIKE TO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME CAMPUS PLANNING WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO COLLABORATIVELY WORK TOWARDS SOME TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS WITH POTENTIALLY TXDOT, THE COUNTY AND WESTLAKE.

SO I GUESS I'D LIKE FEEDBACK ON THAT PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT I JUST SUGGESTED.

I'LL READ IT ONE MORE TIME.

EVALUATE CURRENT AND FUTURE CAMPUS NEEDS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS.

SO JEFF, REFLECTIONS.

I GUESS I WOULD ASK JEREMY IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON HOW THIS PROPOSED STUDY WOULD FOLD INTO A LONG RANGE MASTER PLAN FOR THE CAMPUS, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER PROCESS THAT WE HOPE TO INITIATE THIS SPRING.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TIMELINE.

YES. I WOULD SAY THAT WITH ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AND WE'LL WORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR CAMPUSES AS WE LOOK AT LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

EANES ELEMENTARY IS JUST ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTARIES THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

AND I WILL SAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE CAMPUSES, THERE COULD BE TRAFFIC STUDIES INVOLVED IN ALL OF THEM.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO EANES ELEMENTARY, THIS WOULD BE KIND OF CHAPTER ONE, RIGHT, TO UNDERSTAND JUST SOME OF THE VARIABLES THAT IMPACT HOW THAT CAMPUS OPERATES.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE OPERATING WITH THE CURRENT CAMPUS, BUT A FUTURE CAMPUS THAT MAY TELL US A DIFFERENT STORY.

RIGHT. AND WHAT WE WANT TO PROPOSE MAYBE DIFFERENT WITH ALL THAT FEEDBACK.

SO OUR GOAL IS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, ESTABLISH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT THAT CAMPUS COULD BE.

SAME THING GOES FOR EANES ELEMENTARY.

AND SO FORMING THOSE COMMITTEES AND GETTING THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, ALL THIS INFORMATION IS JUST DATA TO HELP US MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

SO I WOULD SAY THIS WOULD BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING ON HAVING LEADING UP TO A POSSIBLE FUTURE BOND.

AND AND I BELIEVE EANES ELEMENTARY WOULD BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

AND SO I THINK THIS WOULD GO HAND IN HAND WITH THAT STUDY.

SO. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WOULD ALSO INCLUDE CAMPUS MASTER PLANNING? WELL, I THINK THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN PROBABLY WOULD FOLD IN A TRAFFIC STUDY, BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CAMPUSES, WE ALWAYS WANT TO BRING TO THE TABLE WHAT CHALLENGES ARE WE HAVING ON THAT CAMPUS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO YOU KNOW, THE FORM IS GOING TO FALL FUNCTION.

WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS WE HAVE BEFORE WE START PLANNING.

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AND SO THIS STUDY WOULD GO INTO THAT.

IT'D BE ONE DOCUMENT THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD UTILIZE TO HOPEFULLY MAKE FUTURE DECISIONS ON THAT CAMPUS.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THEY'RE KIND OF TIED TOGETHER.

BUT THEY'RE ALSO SEPARATE, TOO, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THIS ISSUE ON ELEMENTARY, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF AN INDIVIDUALIZED LINE ITEM.

NOW, IF WE WANT TO, WE CAN FOLD THIS IN SOMEHOW TO THAT PLANNING THAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO THIS BOND IF WE WANTED TO.

SO WE CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

BUT EANES ELEMENTARY WOULD SPECIFICALLY HAVE AN IN-DEPTH TRAFFIC STUDY KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.

WHAT I'M SPECIFICALLY PROPOSING IS THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE INTEND TO DO THE CAMPUS MASTER PLANNING WORK AND THAT WE MY FEAR IS THAT IF WE OMIT IT HERE, WE WILL OMIT IT LATER AND I'D LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER WHATEVER THESE TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BROADER CAMPUS INITIATIVE.

I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE.

BUT I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS THAT WE'VE GOT PLANNING DOLLARS IN THIS BOND ALREADY AND WE HAVE CARRY FORWARD PLANNING DOLLARS, AS I RECALL, FROM THE LAST BOND.

SO I'M NOT CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONEY IF WE CONTEXTUALIZE THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.

OKAY. COULD YOU READ WOULD YOU MIND READING YOUR PROPOSED LANGUAGE AGAIN? YES. EVALUATE CURRENT AND FUTURE CAMPUS NEEDS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ENHANCEMENTS.

SO IT INCLUDES THE TRAFFIC STUDY LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY AS PRESENTED AND CREATES CONTEXTUAL OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

CONTEXTUALIZING OPPORTUNITIES.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REASSURE THE COMMUNITY, THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING TONIGHT, THAT THE PLANNING DOLLARS FOR THIS STUDY, AS WELL AS A LONG RANGE STUDY OR A MASTER PLAN WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US FROM THE 2019 BOND, AS WELL AS THIS UPCOMING BOND THAT THOSE AMOUNTS ALLOCATED FOR PLANNING DO NOT INCLUDE ANY CONSTRUCTION THEY'RE SIMPLY FOR THE STUDY OF AND THE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. AND JOHN, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE ASTERISKS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT THIS SLIDES OR I GUESS IT IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THESE SLIDES OF ALL THREE OF THE SLIDES WITH THE NUMBER THREE CAR UP TOP.

OKAY. SO THE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT WE'LL COLLAPSE ALL THIS STUFF.

RIGHT? BUT THERE WILL BE FOOTNOTES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP DEFINE WHAT THE VARIOUS PROJECTS MEAN.

AND I JUST LIKE THAT FOOTNOTE TO BE CLEAR THAT IT IS A CONTEXTUAL DISCUSSION OF TRAFFIC AND CAMPUS NEEDS.

GOT YOU.

HEATHER AND KIM.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH, THIS ISN'T IN THE RESOLUTION OR ANY YOU'RE NOT PROPOSING THAT THAT LANGUAGE BE ANYWHERE ELSE.

YOU'RE JUST PROPOSING IT IN FUTURE LANGUAGE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

YEAH. AND ON.

DOCUMENTATION. DOCUMENTATION THAT DEFINES THE BOND.

OKAY.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING A I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE INSERT ANY LANGUAGE INTO A RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

SO MAYBE JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT HEATHER JUST ASKED.

I MEAN, THE WHAT I THOUGHT, JOHN, YOU WERE PROPOSING IN YOUR DESCRIPTION IS THE DESCRIPTION IN THE LINE ITEM OF THE BOND OR THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THE DETAILED PACKAGE, SHOULD THE COMMUNITY PASS THIS BOND OR THESE BONDS THAT THEY WORK OFF OF AND EVALUATE? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

NODDING MY HEAD. GOOD.

GOOD. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION, AND IT'S A FOLLOW UP, DR.

ARNETT, WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IN REASSURING THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE NO FACILITY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS OUTSIDE OF WHATEVER IS PASSED IN A BOND THAT ANY ACTION OUTSIDE OF WHAT A COMMUNITY PASSES AND A FACILITY IN ANY ACTION OUTSIDE OF A BOND WOULD TAKE BOARD ACTIONS.

YES CERTAINLY EXCEED THAT THRESHOLD THAT WOULD REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.

RIGHT. SO JUST AND THAT'S TO FURTHER ASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE HEARING WHAT THEY SAY.

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CORRECT. GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE.

OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 7.1.

WELL, SO IF I COULD DISCUSS SORT OF THE NEXT FEW PARTS OF THIS.

SO ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT TO CONSIDER FOR ACTION IS TO CALL THE ELECTION TO PASS A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE BOND, A REIMBURSING RESOLUTION, AND THEN THE TRAVIS COUNTY JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT. SO WE'VE GOT THE WHOLE ELECTION BUTTONED UP.

AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR BOND COUNSEL, SAMANTHA [INAUDIBLE] IS IN THE AUDIENCE IN CASE WE HAVE ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS FOR HER.

SO POSTED IN THE BOARD PACKET WAS A RESOLUTION JUST SIMPLY TITLED REGARDING THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM.

AND IT CONTAINS SEVERAL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING ESTABLISHMENT OF A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ESTABLISHING THAT THE TAX RATE WOULD NOT CHANGE.

AND THEN SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION PROJECT.

AT YOUR SEATS IS AN ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD RECOMMEND YOU STILL APPROVE TONIGHT.

ALTHOUGH DR.

ARNETT MENTIONED THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO A RESOLUTION, HE MEANT FOR THE TRAFFIC PROJECT, BUT ADMINISTRATION WOULD STILL RECOMMEND THE RESOLUTION FOR THE COMMUNITY ESTABLISHING THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND ESTABLISHING THAT THE TAX RATE WILL NOT CHANGE.

WE THINK THAT THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT COMMITMENTS TO BE MADE CLEAR, AND WE USE THOSE IN OUR BOND MARKETING MATERIALS AND TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS IF THE BOND DOES PASS. SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND THEN THE REIMBURSING RESOLUTION THAT'S IN THE BOARD PACKET IS TO REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE MONIES THAT WERE EXPENDED TO PURCHASE 401 CAMP CRAFT ROAD AND IF THE BOND PASSES.

AND SO YOU'RE JUST COMMITTING THAT IF THE BOND PASSES, YOU'LL JUST REIMBURSE WHAT WE SPENT TO MAKE THAT PURCHASE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR REAL ESTATE. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE DOCUMENTS, SAMANTHA, I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ALLYSON'S REPORT? I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THIS, BUT I HAVEN'T.

YOU KNOW, THE LINE THAT REQUIRES US TO SAY THAT THIS IS A TAX INCREASE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT.

AND THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE FROM LAST MEETING WAS, CAN WE SAY THE EFFECT WILL BE ZERO? MM HMM. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

I DID WANT TO POINT THAT OUT IN YOUR BOND ELECTION ORDER, STARTING ON PAGE FOUR ARE THE PROPOSITIONS THAT WOULD BE ON THE BALLOT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PUSHED SAMANTHA AND HER PARTNERS PRETTY HARD TO SEE HOW FAR CAN WE GO ON THAT LANGUAGE? AND, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE VERY GOOD LAWYERS WHO HAVE SAID THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS REALLY TOLD US VERY CLEARLY THAT YOU CANNOT QUALIFY THAT LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT IN ANY WAY, EITHER RELATED TO THAT SENTENCE OR ADDING ANY OTHER LANGUAGE.

SO ALL THOSE STATE LAW REQUIRES YOUR BALLOT TO SAY FOR EACH PROPOSITION, THIS WILL BE A TAX RATE INCREASE, IT WILL NOT BE A TAX RATE INCREASE IN EANES ISD AND CLAUDIA AND HER TEAM WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET INFORMATION TO THE VOTERS INDICATING THE TRUTH OF THAT STATEMENT.

BUT WE DID REALLY WORK THROUGH, COULD WE DO SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT TO HELP VOTERS HAVE CORRECT INFORMATION? AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ISN'T ALLOWING THAT AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THAT ITEM.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT 23-24 BUDGET OR BOARD PRIORITIES.

[7.2. Discuss Draft of 2023-24 Board Priorities]

AND WE HAVE REFINED AND MADE SOME REVISIONS TO THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU EMERGED FROM THAT EVENING AS A DRAFT.

BUT WE WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR FURTHER REVIEW THIS EVENING AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.

AND IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL EDITS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO MAKE.

THIS IS NOT FOR ACTION OR APPROVAL TONIGHT.

THIS IS ONLY FOR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE DID REVIEW THIS WITH THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM YESTERDAY, BUT WE STEPPED THROUGH EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

THEY REALLY COULDN'T PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT WHICH WE'VE ALREADY INCORPORATED.

SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAD ALREADY TAKEN THAT STEP WITH THE DLT.

AND THEN DEPENDING UPON YOUR ACTION ON THIS AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVAL AT THE FEBRUARY 21ST MEETING, THEN WE WOULD BEGIN WORKING ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE GOALS AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDERNEATH EACH OF THESE.

THAT WILL THEN BECOME THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

I CAN STEP THROUGH THESE INDIVIDUALLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE, AND WE CAN GO PRIORITY BY PRIORITY AND ALLOW YOU TO ADD ANYTHING OR IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU

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WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT NUMBER FIVE.

IF UNLESS THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS, I THINK WE CAN JUST KIND OF ASK INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS AS OPPOSED TO.

OKAY. SOUNDS FINE.

ALL RIGHT, ELLEN, YOUR HAND IS UP.

THANK YOU. DR.

ARNETT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE SAY SUPPORT, LONG RANGE PLANNING AND PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW PROCESSES.

WILL THAT BE FLESHED OUT TO INCLUDE LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT DECLINE, THE TREND AND THAT SORT OF THING WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT? I THINK IT WOULD. THAT'S PROBABLY THE PLACE WHERE THAT FITS THE BEST.

SO WE'LL MAKE NOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CAPTURED AS A GOAL THERE UNDERNEATH THAT PARTICULAR PRIORITY.

THANK YOU AND DOWN IN ENGAGE STAFF AND COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RECRUIT RETAIN AND RESOURCE TOP QUALITY STAFF.

DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING AND TRAINING AND PROVIDING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED FOR OUR TEACHING STAFF? YEAH, THAT ACTION WORD RESOURCE IS MEANT TO CAPTURE ALL OF THAT.

WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, SUPPORT THEM BOTH IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUT OTHER MEANS AS WELL.

WE KNOW THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT STAFF COMPENSATION LATER THIS SPRING TOO, AS A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JAMES. WHEN WE DO, YOU WANT TO GO NEXT? WHEN WE MET IN THE SUMMIT, ONE OF THE GOOD PIECES OF FEEDBACK I FELT LIKE WE HAD FROM THE CABINET, FROM THE TEAM, WAS THAT A LOT OF THESE SOUND LIKE, WELL, THAT'S MY JOB.

AND I DON'T THINK WE FIX THAT.

I THINK A LOT OF THESE ARE KIND OF DESCRIBING WHAT PEOPLE WOULD DO ANYWAY.

I APPRECIATE IN A SENSE, THOUGH, THAT BY THE BOARD SAYING THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO US, IT MAY ADD SOME EMPHASIS THERE.

BUT BUT NOW IT RINGS EVEN TRUER TO ME BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE BOTTOM ONE; GOVERN AND COLLABORATE AS A BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT, IT REALLY READS LIKE, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I DO AS A BOARD MEMBER.

I THINK ALTHOUGH IT'S LIKE THREE LISTS IN ONE SENTENCE AND IT'S A VERY LONG WAY TO SAY WHAT WE DO, AND I'M STRUCK BY IS OUR PRIORITY NEXT YEAR TO DO WHAT A BOARD DOES OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S OUR PRIORITY AS A BOARD. AND I'M JUST STRUGGLING WITH THAT A LOT.

I MEAN, WE COULD LEAVE IT IN THERE.

NOBODY'S EVER GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, THAT'S TERRIBLE, BUT IT DOESN'T MOTIVATE ME AS A BOARD MEMBER TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN I'VE EVER DONE.

I THINK UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW IT DOES, I'M WILLING TO LISTEN HONESTLY.

BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE CHECKING A BOX AGAIN AND SORT OF PUTTING SOME WORDS ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT DESCRIBE WHAT WE DO.

AND IT'S NOT INSPIRING TO ME TO DO ANYTHING.

MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS.

AM I WAY OFF BASE HERE? THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO WEIGH IN? NOT SEEING ANYBODY.

YEAH. LET ME.

WELL, OKAY.

I'VE GOT TWO LAURA AND THEN JEN.

JAMES, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

AND I THINK THAT WE'RE PROBABLY ALL SORT OF PROCESSING THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO WHILE WE DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK UP TO THE ENGAGE STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

THE SECOND BULLET POINT WAS ONE THAT WE KIND OF WE DID A LOT OF WORK ON DURING SUMMIT.

AND THE LANGUAGE, AND IT JUST FEELS A LITTLE LIKE WE WERE TRYING TO APPEASE EVERYBODY AND TRYING TO GET A LOT OF STUFF INTO ONE SENTENCE.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN SIMPLIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT.

MEANS OF CONVERSING WITH, LISTENING TO AND SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM, THAT'S COMMUNICATION.

I MEAN, I THINK INCREASED COMMUNICATION WITH EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS COVERS IT IN A MORE DIGESTIBLE WAY.

THAT SAID, I'LL PROBABLY COME BACK ON THE OTHER ONE.

THANK YOU. AND I MAYBE THINKING OUT LOUD A LITTLE BIT HERE.

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I DON'T WANT TO REMOVE IT.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN STATING PUBLICLY THAT WE WANT A WELL FUNCTIONING BOARD, THAT WE WANT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT WE WANT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY, AMONG WITH EACH OTHER.

IT IS SOMETHING I PRIZE ABOUT THIS SCHOOL BOARD.

WHEN I LOOK AT EXAMPLES AROUND THE STATE THAT ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL, WE HAVE BEEN A VERY WELL FUNCTIONING BOARD BECAUSE WE PRIZE THAT, BECAUSE WE PRIZE WORKING TOGETHER IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER AND WE PRIZE COMING TO CONSENSUS.

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S EASY AND SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT.

BUT I DO THINK THAT POINTING THAT OUT IS IMPORTANT.

WHAT I THINK MIGHT BE MISSING IS SOME SORT OF WORDING IN THAT BULLET POINT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THAT SENTIMENT OF COLLABORATION, OF BUILDING TO CONSENSUS OF THAT THE IDEA THAT ONCE WE GET THERE, WE'RE ALL IN LINE AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AT TO WHATEVER END THE BOARD COLLECTIVE HAS DECIDED WE'RE GOING AS A DISTRICT. SO IN MY MIND AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T REALLY, I'M NOT ARTICULATING THIS SUPER WELL AND I DON'T HAVE WORDS FOR YOU, DR.

ARNETT, BUT YOU ARE THE MASTER WORDSMITH, SO I'M HOPING YOU CAN GET MY GIST.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT INCORPORATES THAT SENTIMENT BEYOND SORT OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU.

HEATHER. YEAH.

I'M GOING BACK AROUND TO JAMES.

I LIKED WHAT JEN WAS SAYING MORE ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE PIECE OF OUR WORK TOGETHER AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE'S ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.

THE OTHER THING, THOUGH, THAT ISN'T MENTIONED AND IT'S KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINE, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED THE MISSION, THE VISION, THE BELIEFS, THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, ALL OF THAT. BUT WE DO HAVE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT WE AS A BOARD OPERATE UNDER.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WORTH MENTIONING, BUT IT GOES IN THE SAME THING.

AND THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALL HAD INPUT IN AND HAVE APPROVED, WHEREAS THE MISSION WE DID AS A BOARD.

BUT THE VISION, BELIEFS, STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ARE A LITTLE BIT DATED POSSIBLY.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

THANK YOU. THAT WASN'T VERY HELPFUL.

OH, IT WAS. THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, KIM.

MY SENTIMENT IN REACTING JAMES TO YOUR COMMENT WAS YOU KNOW I GO BACK TO THE SUMMIT AND WE ALL TOOK A MAYBE A DIFFERENT APPROACH AT THE SUMMIT AND THESE PRIORITIES AND NOT GETTING LASER FOCUSED ON DETAILED THINGS.

BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMEWHAT TOP LEVEL, SO IT DOESN'T GIVE US A WHOLE LOT OF AS JAMES PUT IT INSPIRATION.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF IT AS KIND OF MEAT ON THE BONES.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AND JEN TO YOUR COMMENT I MEAN THERE THERE IS A LOT OF TO ME BOTH COLLABORATION AND INSPIRATION ON WHAT THE BOARD, HOW THE BOARD SHOULD OPERATE IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AND SO.

HEATHER, I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF IN SOME WAY EITHER.

SOMEWHAT SCRAPPINESS OR KEEPING IT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OR OR PULLING IN THAT WE DO COLLABORATE AND WE COLLABORATE PURSUANT TO OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT ARE FRESHLY REVIEWED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT RECOMMENDATION IS.

THOSE WERE MY THOUGHTS.

THANK YOU, JAMES.

AND THEN JEN. YEAH, JEN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, I DO, BECAUSE I'M STRUGGLING.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE COLLABORATION PIECE, AND I VALUE THAT A LOT.

AND FOR ME IT WASN'T.

IT WAS STRUGGLING TO SEE THAT IN THESE WORDS.

AND I JUST LONG FOR A SIMPLE SENTENCE THAT WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD IS GOING TO WORK REALLY HARD TO COLLABORATE BETTER TOGETHER.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE SENTENCE, I DON'T HAVE THE SENTENCE, BUT IT ISN'T TO ME, THE SENTENCE ISN'T I HAVEN'T EVEN COUNTED THE WORDS, BUT IT'S THREE DIFFERENT LISTS OF,

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AND I JUST LONG FOR SOMETHING SIMPLE THAT I CAN HANG MY HAT ON TO GO DO.

AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THOSE WORDS YET.

I HOPE I'M OPEN.

SOMEBODY THROW THEM OUT THERE. BUT AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IF WE JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT A BOARD DOES, LET'S JUST SAY THAT.

RIGHT. WE CAN GO TO TASB AND PROBABLY PULL UP THE HOME PAGE AND SAY, SCHOOL BOARDS DO THIS, AND THEN WE CAN PUT THAT DOWN ON THERE AND IT'D BE FINE.

BUT I THINK WE'RE LONGING FOR WHAT DOES EANES ISD SCHOOL BOARD DO THAT? WHAT'S THE SPECIAL SAUCE? AND LET'S DO MORE OF THAT.

THANK YOU, JEN. SO THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THINKING BACK TO WHAT DR.

ARNETT SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRIORITIES, SO.

THINKING MORE OF THE TOP FOUR.

THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO DEVELOP THEIR PRIORITIES, THEIR METHODS OF ATTAINING THOSE PRIORITIES.

HOW DO YOU ENVISION THAT PROCESS WORKING FOR THIS FIFTH SECTION WHEN IT IS MAYBE THIS IS THE AREA THAT IS TRULY BOARD PRIORITY.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME OF WHAT JAMES IS SAYING, SIMPLIFY THIS AND THEN BUILD IT OUT FURTHER UNDERNEATH IN SOME SORT OF BOARD / ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN THAT THE BOARD CAN ACTUALLY COLLABORATE WITH ON THIS SECTION OF THAT PLAN.

THANK YOU. SO YOU'VE HEARD FROM EACH OF US.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION.

DO YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH FEEDBACK TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT AT REWRITING? I DO. AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.

BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO PROCESS THIS DURING THE STRATEGIC SUMMIT.

IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO LISTEN TO YOU HAVE THE CONVERSATION OUT LOUD TONIGHT.

AND I'VE CAPTURED SOME KEY PHRASES THAT I THINK WILL BE IMPORTANT TO YOU.

SO WE'LL REWORK THIS PARTICULAR PRIORITY AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL ON THE 21ST.

I ALSO THINK THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF THIS, IS WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT YOU AS A BOARD.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO OWN THAT AND LIVE UP TO THAT STANDARD IN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WHAT DO WE DO TO SUPPORT YOUR COLLABORATION AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEES? SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL TRY TO REPRESENT THAT.

BUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE WORK TOGETHER, I THINK YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT ARE THOSE THAT YOU LIVE BY AND THAT I THINK REALLY TRY TO REPRESENT THE ASPIRATION OF THIS PRIORITY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

HEATHER, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? YEAH, I JUST WANTED A CLARIFICATION FROM JEN ON THAT.

AND IF WERE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE, LIKE KIND OF GO BACK TO THE OLD STYLE AND HAVE ALL THE BULLET POINTS OF THE THINGS THAT WE? NO? OKAY JUST MAKING SURE.

NO IN SOME SORT OF IS THERE A POSSIBILITY FOR THIS SECTION ONLY THAT OR COULD THERE BE BOARD COLLABORATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? OKAY. GOT IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JAMES, LAST COMMENT. LAST COMMENT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT HAVING SAT THROUGH RECEIVING THE WORDS FROM YOU AND STRUGGLING WITH THAT, I THINK I'M MORE OPEN TO THE NEXT SUMMIT.

NOT SO MUCH FEEDING WORDS TO THE CABINET, BUT GETTING MAYBE STARTING WITH THEIR WORDS ON SOME SUGGESTED PRIORITIES AND LETTING YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THOSE VERSUS THE SORT OF IT'S NOT A BAD THING.

I'M JUST SAYING HISTORICALLY THE BOARD SORT OF WROTE OUR THINGS AND THEN KIND OF PUSHED IT THAT WAY, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORKING TOGETHER.

BECAUSE HAVING SAT ON THIS SIDE OF RECEIVING WORDS NOW AND STRUGGLING TO PROCESS THOSE, I FEEL THEIR PAIN.

ALL RIGHT. MOLLY DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? ALL RIGHT, OK.

[8.1. Election Order Calling a Bond Election to be held on May 6, 2023]

DO I HAVE A MOTION.

JAMES. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE ELECTION ORDER CALLING FOR A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 6, 2023, INCLUDING PROPOSITION A IN THE AMOUNT OF 117 MILLION 773 THOUSAND DOLLARS PROPOSITION B IN THE AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION 4 HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND PROPOSITION C IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,245,000.

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I HAVE A SECOND FROM ELLEN.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'D LIKE TO THANK THE THE [INAUDIBLE] BACK THAT DID YEOMAN'S WORK IN GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE LINE ITEMS WITH THE STAFF AND I THINK REALLY CAME UP WITH A FINE RECOMMENDATION FOR US.

I'M PROUD TO PUT THIS IN FRONT OF OUR PUBLIC.

JAMES. YEAH, AND I SECOND THAT AND WOULD JUST ADD IN MY MIND THE IMPORTANCE OF BONDS IN THE WAY THAT WE MANAGE OUR FINANCES AND, AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS BOND IS TO THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE THOUGHT THAT'S GONE INTO THAT AND ESPECIALLY INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF M&O SAVINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REALIZE FROM THESE BOND ACTIONS AND INITIATIVES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.

LET ME JUST FOR MY OWN PEACE OF MIND.

THERE'S A DEAD HORSE I NEED TO KICK.

MY EXPECTATION IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LANGUAGE IN THE SUPPORTING MATERIAL THAT RELATES TO THE LINE ITEM FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE EANES ROAD THAT SAYS EVALUATE CURRENT AND FUTURE CAMPUS NEEDS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ENHANCEMENTS.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM.

[8.2. Resolution Regarding the 2023 Bond Program]

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? JEN.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM ELLEN AND A SECOND FROM JEN ANY DISCUSSION? LAURA.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED IS THE ONE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE ABOUT TRAFFIC REMEDIATION.

CORRECT. THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS A RESOLUTION FOR BOND REIMBURSEMENT OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

[8.3. Resolution for Bond Reimbursement of Capital Expenditures]

I HAVE A MOTION FROM LAURA, A SECOND FROM HEATHER.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NEXT ITEM.

[8.4. Travis County Election Services Agreement and Joint Election Agreement Agreement]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? HEATHER. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE TRAVIS COUNTY ELECTION SERVICES AGREEMENT AND THE JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT FOR THE MAY 6, 2023 ELECTION AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FROM HEATHER AND A SECOND FROM JAMES.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE HAVE TWO MORE MEETINGS COMING UP.

[9. UPCOMING MEETINGS UPCOMING MEETINGS]

WE WILL HAVE A STUDY SESSION.

AND WITH THAT, IT IS 7:58 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.