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Agenda I. Call to Order and Approval of Minutes II. Review of Materials Recognition of Visitors CBAC– Open Meeting III. Citizens’ Communication IV. Chief Operations Officer’s Update V. Discussion of Potential Projects and Priorities VI. Requests for Information & Agenda Items for Next Meeting I. Call to Order and Approval of Minutes Tri-chair Ramon DeJesus called the meeting to order and recognized AISD Trustee Robert Schneider and visitors. The September 18 and 29, 2012, minutes were approved as written. II. Review of Materials The chair introduced Paul Turner, who reviewed the meeting materials with the committee. III. Citizens’ Communication No citizens were signed up to speak. IV. Chief Operations Officer’s Update Tri-chair Ramon DeJesus introduced Lawrence Fryer, Chief Operations Officer, who provided the CBAC with his regular update. Mr. Fryer summarized the committee’s accomplishments to date and the next steps in priority setting process. Individual Campus Generated Plan requests that will be presented to the CBAC on October 16. The CBAC will present its preliminary scope of work at public hearings on October 23 and 25 to gather community input. Committee comments regarding the COO update included the following: The CBAC will incorporate public feedback into the scope of work and present it to the Board of Trustees on November, 12, 2012. The CBAC asked questions regarding the status of the planning for the South High School in order to consider $60M to fund construction of a portion of the South High school. 2
o Mr. Fryer informed the committee that a planning team has been established to determine the academic programming for the South High School. o He went on to explain that the academic programming must be determined in order to select an appropriate site that will be acquired with funds from the 2008 Bond Program. o Tri-chair Carolyn Merritt informed the committee that she is a member of the South High School Planning Team which has already held one meeting to date. A member asked for options to address underutilization at Garcia Middle School and, a report on space underutilization at under enrolled schools in the District. o Mr. Fryer responded that Garcia and Pearce Middle School’s Program Design, District 1, may possibly be linked with the preliminary Annual Academic and Facilities Recommendation (AAFR) for the Single School for Young Men, which would fully utilize space at Garcia Middle School. o Three of the five scenarios for the School for Young Men were outlined. • Co-locating in an existing facility. • Co-location and then moving. • Using an existing facility. Solar Power Tri-chair Ramon DeJesus introduced Jason Pittman from URS Corporation who presented information on AISD solar power projects and provided the rationale for developing a District-wide solar project to lower energy costs and reduce maintenance and operating costs for the District. He also discussed the possibility of working out an arrangement with Austin Energy in which they would purchase unused solar power. The committee asked if this would be done this at existing schools. o Mr. Pittman explained that some of the existing projects are located at existing schools however; another approach would be to locate at a central facility and use the energy array from Austin Energy. This would require collaboration with Austin Energy. o Mr. Pittman added that there is already a master plan being developed to create a solar array at the landfill. o The plan is to use solar energy to produce power for the District so as to receive the required energy credit from Austin Energy, which is needed to achieve climate protection goals. A member asked whether there are any solar arrays currently located at District schools. o At this time, there are none. 3
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