H.1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider approving WA Resolution 23-02 accepting the Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR); and take appropriate action

[H.1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider approving WA Resolution 23-02 accepting the Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR); and take appropriate action]

23 YEARS TO ACCEPTING THE TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

I'LL OPEN UP TO PUBLIC HEARING.

DOCTOR WILSON, YOU PRESENTING ON THIS.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. COUNCIL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN.

ACCORDING TO STATE LAW AND TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVIEWING THIS AGENT, WHILE THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING FOR THE YEAR.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, WE HAVE SCORED AN A IN ALL OF THE CATEGORIES THAT HAVE BEEN NOTED IN THE REPORT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AREA OF RELATIVE PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF ECONOMICS.

IN ESSENCE, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS WHERE WE ARE COMPARED TO ABOUT 40 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS WHO HAVE A SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHIC TO THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE OR TO WESTLAKE ACADEMY.

WE ARE SHOWN THAT WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT SAME CATEGORY OF ACHIEVING ABOVE THOSE PEERS IN A WAY THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE DOING AS AN ORGANIZATION.

WE DO HAVE SOME WORK TO DO AS A SCHOOL AND AS AN ACADEMY TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING AN APPROPRIATE EDUCATION, AND ACTUALLY MOVE THEM FORWARD IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN BE COMPETITIVE IN WHATEVER ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'RE IN.

BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, IT IS BASICALLY AT THE BOARD'S DECISION TO DECIDE WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AS AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED, AND ALSO TO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO. [INAUDIBLE] ANY QUESTIONS? NONE FORM ME.

OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY QUESTIONS TO THAT REPORT? THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILSON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU DOCTOR.

WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE IT FIRST AND YOUR SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

NOW, WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS.

[I.2. Presentation and Discussion of the Sam & Margarete Lee Arts and Sciences Center Facility]

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH I2 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION IN THE SAM AND MARGRET LEE ARTS AND SCIENCES FACILITY, ANY UPDATE TO THAT.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT IS UPDATE YOU GUYS ON THE ANS EXPANSION, EXTENDING THE BUILDING BACK IN APRIL OF THIS 2022.

WE WERE ASKED TO LET'S SEE IF I GET THE KEYBOARD SPACEBAR.

THANK YOU, JASON. BACK IN APRIL, WE WERE GIVEN DIRECTION TO PURSUE THE TWO-STORY OPTION.

WE HAD PRESENTED A THREE-STORY OPTION AND A SINGLE-STORY OPTION, AND THE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND ALSO HAVE ENOUGH CLASSROOMS IN THE BUILDINGS AND THE NEW EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATE THE MOVING OF CLASSROOMS OUT OF THE PORTABLES INTO THIS SPACE.

WITH THAT, WE HAD TWO ARTS AND SCIENCE ROOMS AS WELL AS THREE SCIENCE LABS, STORAGE.

WE INITIALLY STARTED OUT WITH 10 GENERAL CLASSROOMS. AFTER CONSULTING WITH DOCTOR WILSON, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM WHICH TOOK UP SOME OFFICE SPACE THAT WE INITIALLY HAD IN THE ORIGINAL FULL PLAN.

THEN IT ALSO INCLUDED THE WORK ROOM AND RESTROOMS AS WELL.

THE FULL PLAN.

THIS WOULD BE THE GROUND FLOOR.

THE INITIAL BUILDING WAS THE FOOTPRINT.

IT WAS THE SAME AS I MENTIONED ON THE LOWER END WHERE YOU HAVE THE CLASSROOM NEXT TO THE DRIVEWAY WAS AN OFFICE WITH DOCTOR WILSON'S RECOMMENDATION, WE TURN THAT INTO AN 11 CLASSROOM FOR CAPACITY REASONS.

THEN YOU HAVE THE TWO ART ROOMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR WITH A SHARED STORAGE ROOM, TO GO WITH THAT.

ON THE SECOND FLOOR, YOU HAVE THE RESTROOMS UP TOP.

YOU HAVE THE THREE SCIENCE LABS TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDING THEN YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, WE WERE GIVEN SOME GUIDANCE ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT BLENDS WITH THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS, THE PYP BUILDINGS.

THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE NORTH.

IF YOU'RE IN THE PYP BUILDINGS AND YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN TOWARDS THE ARTS AND SCIENCE BUILDING, THAT WOULD BE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

THEN IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE BUILDING, THAT WOULD BE THE SOUTH VIEW.

THEN THIS WOULD BE THE EAST VIEW, AND THE WEST VIEWS.

THE WEST VIEW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE SHADOW AT THE BOTTOM, THAT IS THE EXISTING BUILDING.

THIS IS LOOKING IF YOU'RE WALKING OUT FROM THE SPORTS COURT, FOR EXAMPLE AND YOU'RE LOOKING TOWARDS IT.

THEN THE TOP VIEW OF THE EAST VIEW, IF YOU'RE DRIVING INTO THE CIRCLE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL, IF YOU'RE PICKING UP YOUR KIDS FOR PYP, THAT'S THE ELEVATIONS THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THAT PERSPECTIVE.

THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL LOOK AT, WE HAD COST UPDATES JUST RECENT MONTH.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE FOR THE PAST 2-3 MONTHS.

THESE COST ESTIMATES CAME FROM STILLMAN FREEMAN, WHO HAS BUILT MANY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA AND CURRENTLY ARE BUILDING SCHOOLS.

THE TOTAL COST OF THIS BUILDING IS 16.9 MILLION.

THE CONSTRUCTION COST ARE ABOUT 13.9.

THEN YOUR SOFT COSTS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE YOUR FF&E, YOUR IT, ENGINEERING COST, GEOTECH, PROMOTIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN THAT BUILDING RELATED TO CLASSROOM MICROSCOPES, TO ART SCHOOLS AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT FF&E PACKAGE AS WELL.

WE WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE SOME UTILITIES ON THE FAR EAST SIDE.

THAT COST IS ABOUT OVER 100,000, BUT THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED INTO THE 13.9 MILLION AS WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW WE HAD TO MOVE SOME ABILITIES.

CURRENT BUILDING STANDARDS WHEN YOU ADD ON A CERTAIN VOLUME OF SQUARE FEET, YOU HAVE TO PUT STORM SHELTERS IN.

WHAT A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE DOING NOW SUCH AS FORT WORTH AND OTHERS, TO MAKE IT MORE COST-EFFECTIVE.

THEY WILL DO THAT SHELTER WHEN YOU FILLED OUT DINING FACILITY, OR GYM FACILITY, SO YOU CAN GET MORE STUDENTS IN THERE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER DOING TO THIS EXTENSION TO THE ARTS AND SCIENCE BUILDING, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $1.2 MILLION, ADD THAT STORM SHELTER.

FUNDING SOURCES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE WA CAMPAIGN FUND, $3.7 MILLION.

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THIS COMES FROM WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES IN TOWN AND THEY MAKE DONATIONS PER LOT, SO THAT BALANCED TO DATE IS 3.7.

THE ANS, THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT WE HAVE A DONOR THAT HAS DONATED FUNDS TO ADD ONTO THAT BUILDING.

IT'S THEIR PREFERENCE THAT IS AT 2.9 MILLION.

WE'RE ROUGHLY AT ABOUT 6.6 MILLION CASH ON HAND THAT WE HAVE.

THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS THAT WE CAN DO AND I'LL LET THE MAYOR SPEAK TO THOSE BECAUSE HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH OUR BOND CONSULTANTS.

THERE'S A POTENTIAL OPTION TO DO CEOS.

THEN THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FOUNDATION TO POTENTIALLY DO A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES?

>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE ARTS AND SCIENCE FILLING PROBABLY SINCE 2019, I BELIEVE.

IT'S WHEN WE GOT BROUGHT BACK UP AND TRYING TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

>> YEAH. [OVERLAPPING]

>> A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THAT THOUGH, WE HAD THE ACTUAL PLAN.

>> YES. [OVERLAPPING] WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR MASTER PLAN AND REVIEWED THAT, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2016 OR 2015.

>> YEAH, SEVEN YEARS AGO, EIGHT YEARS AGO.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT THE REAL WORK STARTED IN 2019.

I REMEMBER IN 2019 WAS WHEN THE RENDERINGS AND ALL BENNETT PARTNERS WAS TOLD TO MAKE AND WE WERE GIVEN A PRESENTATION.

>> YES. IN 2019, WE WERE GIVEN A PRESENTATION TO LOOK AT WHAT WERE OUR OPTIONS. [OVERLAPPING]

>>WE'VE REALLY COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN.

>> YES. THE GOAL THEN WAS TO SERVE THAT IMMEDIATE NEED AND ALSO SEE HOW WE CAN GET RID OF THE PORTABLE BUILDING.

>> SINCE YOU FIRST DID YOUR FIRST ESTIMATE FOR THIS, HOW MUCH DOES THE COSTS ESCALATE?

>> WE DIDN'T DO A LOT OF ESTIMATES IN 2019 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PROGRAMMING DONE AND SO WE HADN'T HAD ANY REAL HARD COST, BUT OUR FIRST ESTIMATE WE DID, I BELIEVE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 9-10 MILLION.

>> OKAY. WE'VE GOTTEN UP AT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS SINCE WE FIRST STARTED TALKING.

>> RIGHT.

>> HOW OFTEN DOES THIS COME UP ON THE AGENDA, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, PROBABLY THREE MONTHS?

>> IT'S OFTEN AS THE COUNCIL WANTS US TO GO RESEARCH IT, SO SEVERAL TIMES, CERTAINLY.

>> WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL ITSELF, THIS TOWN'S ACTUALLY NEVER DONE A FORMAL BOND VOTE FOR ANY OF ITS BONDS, YOU KNOW THAT? DOES ANYONE KNOW THAT? WE'VE NEVER DONE A BOND VOTE.

I LOOKED AT DOING A BOND VOTE IN SAYING, DO PEOPLE REALLY WANT THIS? WE GET THE COST ESTIMATES.

DO A BOND VOTE, JUST THE ADVERTISE FOR A BOND VOTE IS LIKE $150,000, JUST TO ADVERTISE.

IT'S DIFFERENT FROM RUNNING FOR ELECTION.

ELECTIONS YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON.

YOU HAVE TO ADVERTISE IN EVERY POLLING STATION, ENTIRE COUNTY.

THERE'S 36 LOCATIONS AND THEN AGAIN, I HAVE TO ADVERTISE OUTSIDE OF THIS TOWN TO DO THAT.

WHEN WE FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE, THERE WAS THE OPINION THAT WE COULD NOT EXPAND THE SCHOOL VIA CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

THERE'S AN INTERPRETATION OF A LAW THAT CAME DOWN THAT WE HAD TO DO A BOND VOTE.

WE SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS AND HIRED NEW BOND COUNSEL AND WENT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAID, I THINK YOUR PREVIOUS BOND COUNSEL MISINTERPRETED SOMETHING AND YOU CAN ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS.

WHEN WE FIRST CAME IN, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY OF HOW DO YOU PAY FOR ALL THIS STUFF.

WE'RE CURRENTLY ABOUT $10.5 MILLION SHORT FROM THIS PROJECT.

I'LL TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS TOWN.

IF I BRING THIS UP IN A MEETING, I ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE STAND UP, RAISE THEIR HAND LIKE, WE'RE A RICH TOWN, WE CAN RAISE THIS MONEY OVERNIGHT.

I'VE HEARD THAT SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE AND THEN NEVER ACTUALLY COMES TO FRUITION.

[NOISE] WE ARE A VERY RICH TOWN AND WE DO VERY WELL BUT FOR THIS PROJECT, EVENTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A BOTTLE.

I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, TO SHOW THE MAGNITUDE OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

WE HAVE ABOUT $10.5 MILLION LEFT.

WE CAN DO A BOND OBLIGATION FOR THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO REALLY CRUNCH OUR NUMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CORRECT AND WE HAVE THE SPARE CAPACITY.

THIS HAS BEEN THE PROCESS OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

MANY OF THE THINGS WE DO ARE PRETTY WELL CALCULATED.

WE START OFF IN JUNE, WE WENT THROUGH A BUNCH OF ITERATIONS OF WHAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL, AND WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO PAY FOR THINGS.

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VERY FEW THINGS HERE ARE OUR WILLY-NILLY AND HOW WE EXECUTE THINGS.

[INAUDIBLE] ARE YOU HERE RIGHT NOW? YOU WANT TO COME OFF FOR A SECOND HERE AND ONTO THIS TALK SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SEE AT THE SCHOOL AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET CHANGED.

WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN? YOU'VE BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND YOU'RE FORMULATING A PLAN ITSELF, YOU'LL PROBABLY GIVE IT TO US IN A FEW MONTHS HERE.

WHAT'S YOUR ISSUES AT THE SCHOOL, THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE CHANGE IMMEDIATELY, MID-TERM AND LONG-TERM?

>> I THINK IN TERMS OF MY COMING INTO WESTLAKE ACADEMY, IT WAS REALLY ABOUT LEARNING AND GETTING TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

USING SEVERAL TOOLS IN TERMS OF HOW TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE [INAUDIBLE], MY VIEWS THINGS LIKE THOUGHT EXCHANGED.

ENGAGE FOLKS IN WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND HOW THEY SEE THINGS.

AT ISSUE IN THE VERY FIRST SURVEY THAT WAS DONE WAS THAT OF THE PORTABLE BUILDING, THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY ARE IN ON THE CAMPUS.

FROM THERE WE HAD A FEW OTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO ADD STRUCTURE AND TO ADD SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE TO THE ORGANIZATION, HOW IT OPERATES, AND THEN NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED ACADEMICALLY TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

I THINK WHEN I AM LOOKING AT OUR FACILITIES, WELL, WE DO HAVE A FACILITY ISSUE.

WE DO HAVE SOME CRUNCHING ISSUES THAT WE CAN'T OVERCOME EVEN IF WE EXCHANGE LIKE FOR LIKE.

AS AN EXAMPLE, WE NOW HAVE A LUNCH PERIOD THAT GOES ABOUT TWO HOURS, STARTING AT ABOUT 11 IN THE MORNING, ENDING AT ABOUT ONE O'CLOCK, USING BOTH THE GYM FIRST FLOOR AND THE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING.

THAT'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE.

OUR OLDER STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CARRYING THEIR LUNCHES ACROSS CAMPUS.

JUST IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE RAINY TIMES OR DURING COLD DAYS WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR LUNCH INSIDE OF THE CAFETERIA, BUT THEN THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS TO EAT THEIR LUNCH.

THERE'S NOT A COMFORTABLE PLACE IN TERMS OF WHERE OUR STUDENTS SERVICE.

AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD IT'S LIKE WE CAN HAVE, AND I THINK WE DO HAVE THE OUTLINE OF A REALLY GREAT INSTITUTION, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT OUTLINE, WE HAVE TO PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE AND THAT IS, HOW DO WE GET THE FACILITIES THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BUILD ON THE THINGS THAT WE WANT.

WE WANT TO SEE MORE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY PERFORMING WELL ON THEIR IB EXAMINATIONS.

WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE 90 PLUS PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS DO THIS WORK YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT IMAGINE HOW MUCH BETTER OUR STUDENTS CAN BE PREPARED IF THEY HAD THE FACILITIES IN PLACE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY NEED.

ALSO, THAT GIVES THEM SOME COLLABORATIVE SPACE WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY MEET AND NOT NECESSARILY HAVE ALWAYS AN ADULT PRESENT SAYING THAT WE'RE IN A CLASSROOM.

I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY WHERE STUDENTS ARE SELF-ACTUALIZING, SELF-MODULATING SO THAT THEY CAN GET WORK DONE AND NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO BE UNDER THE [INAUDIBLE] OF ADULT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT IB IS INTENDED TO DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND I THINK OUR STUDENTS ARE READY.

THE QUESTION IS, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY AS THE LEADERS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT SIZE ORGANIZATION ARE WE GOING.

ARE WE GOING TO BE THE 875, ARE WE 900 ARE WE 1,300 STUDENTS, OR ARE WE A RETRENCHED ORGANIZATION WHERE WE ACTUALLY SHRINK FOR A BIT AND THEN REBUILD? THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO THINK ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND EVEN AS FAR AS HOW WE ARE ORGANIZED AS AN ADMINISTRATION.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AS AN ORGANIZATION TO ENSURE THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS ARE IN THE RIGHT SPACES ON THE BUS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO [INAUDIBLE] AS WE ARE HERE TODAY, IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR CURRENT NEEDS ARE, AND THEN HOW DO WE BUILD A PATHWAY FOR THE FUTURE? OUR NEEDS ARE AT THE MOMENT ABOUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF OUR PORTABLE BUILDINGS WHEN LEARNING IS BEING HAMPERED IN SO MANY WAYS.

JUST LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, AS MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE LETTERS, YES, OUR CLASSROOM, THE PORTABLE CLASSROOM HAD TO BE VACATED BECAUSE OF RODENTS,

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AND NOT BECAUSE THE RODENT WAS NOT REMOVED, IT IS JUST BECAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG THE STENCH CAN LAST.

WE'RE MOVING CLASSES AROUND JUST TO ACCOMMODATE JUST REGULAR EDUCATION.

IT IS ABOUT THE SAFETY, THE SECURITY.

IT IS ABOUT THE ABILITY TO HAVE GREAT INSTRUCTION HAPPENING INSIDE OF OUR CLASSROOM.

IT IS ABOUT HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD AND SHOW THAT WE SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.

BUT EVEN MORE SO, HOW DO WE SUPPORT OUR ADULTS WHO ARE PROVIDING THE SERVICES IN THOSE SPACES? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO SHOW THAT WE ARE TRULY BEHIND THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THEIR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART, AND THAT WE'RE TRULY LOOKING OUT FOR THE ACADEMIC CONCERNS? DR. WILSON AND EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE.

I KNOW MOST OF YOU ALL AREN'T HANGING ON EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY MEETING AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT IS TROY MEYER BROUGHT IN SOME BIDS FOR SOME BRAND NEW PORTABLES.

WELL, I'M A USED CAR GUY, I BUY NICE USED CARS BUT DON'T BUY BRAND NEW ONES.

THEN WE'RE LIKE, HEY, WHAT ARE THEY USED SOLUTIONS? BUT THE THING THAT REALLY GOT ME IS SEAN WAS LIKE A, NUMBER 1, WHAT I NEED RIGHT NOW IS A REPLACEMENT OF THESE PORTABLES WITH SOMETHING ELSE, AND YES, IS ONE OF A BUILDING THAT WENT FROM BEING 10 MILLION TO 70 MILLION OR WHATEVER, IT'S THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS AWAY EVEN IF WE SAID YESTERDAY.

I UNDERSTAND WHY FOLKS WERE UPSET AND IF I WAS ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, GOING, HEY, WE'RE PORTABLE WITH PORTABLE OR THERE'S A POTENTIAL NO BID OR WHATEVER.

WE WENT FROM HAVING JUST A FEW BIDS MAYBE TWO, I THINK ON NEW TO US GOING BACK AS A COUNCIL GOING WHAT ABOUT USED? BECAUSE THIS ISN'T OUR FOREVER SOLUTION.

THEN WE HEAR ABOUT BRODY AND KIM GREAVES AND I JUMPED IN MY TOYOTA TUNDRA AND ALMOST GOT KILLED ONCE AND WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN AND LITERALLY ON OUR DIME AND OUR TIME, ON OUR NON-PAYING JOB TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS.

IT'S TOTALLY APPLES AND ORANGES, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH ALL THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, YOU'D LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, IT'S A QUICK DEAL TO A WESTLAKE DONOR, BUT THE STRUCTURES HE'S BUILDING WILL HOLD A WAY BETTER THE TORNADO, WHICH I'M PROBABLY MORE WORRIED ABOUT A TORNADO THAN ANYTHING AT THE SCHOOL.

THE BULLETPROOF GLASS ON AND ON AND ON, IS TRULY IS AN APPLE AND AN ORANGE.

WHERE I THINK WE FELL JOEL, IS NOT REALLY GIVING YOU A CHART GOING, HEY, HERE'S A COUPLE OF BIDS ON NEW, HERE'S COUPLE OF BIDS ON USED, HERE'S EXPECTED LIFETIME, AND HERE'S WHAT THE BRODY UNICORN APPLES AND ORANGE SOLUTION IS.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION.

IF I HEARD THIS THING WAS GOING FAST OR IT DIDN'T GO OUT TO BID, I'D FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY YOU DO, BUT I PROMISE YOU, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS AND TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION AND WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THIS GUY SAID THAT THAT'S HIS NUMBER 1 PRIORITY AND WE'RE TRYING TO LISTEN TO HIM AND LISTEN TO YOU ALL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME FRUSTRATION BUT I PROMISE YOU WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

I WENT AND LOOKED AT THIS FACILITY AND I'M THE ONE THAT SUGGESTED USED SO THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING A BUNCH OF MONEY ON TEMPORARY SOLUTION VERSUS A PERMANENT STRUCTURE.

>> ACTUALLY, SORRY IF I CAN JUST JUMP IN BRIEFLY.

TIM, I WANT TO ECHO A LOT OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

THE FIRST IS TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S COME OUT, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MADE COMMENTS TONIGHT BECAUSE IT IS ALL TAKEN TO HEART.

IF YOU DON'T THINK IT IS, THEN YOU ARE DEEPLY MISTAKEN.

LIKE TIM, I WAS NEW TO THIS COUNCIL THIS PAST YEAR.

THERE'S A BIG STEEP LEARNING CURVE TRYING TO GET TO GRIPS WITH DECISIONS THAT HAD PRECEDED US, BUT ALSO WHAT WERE THE MOST PRESSING MATTERS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT AS A COUNCIL.

THEN THE BRIEF TIME THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED HERE, DR. WILSON, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE ALL MET JUST ON THE DISCUSSION OF CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE FACE A REALLY REAL PROBLEM, AND THAT IS JUST LIMITED RESOURCES BUT INFINITE OPPORTUNITY OF WHAT DO WE DO.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THESE PORTABLE BUILDINGS AND ALSO THE LACK OF A PERMANENT SOLUTION.

I THINK AS THE MAYOR SAID, ONE OF THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF PUTTING THE ARTS AND SCIENCE EXPANSION BACK ON TONIGHT IS SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN DELIBERATED.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY DISCUSSING WHAT CAN WE DO AS A PERMANENT EXPANSION TO HOUSE CHILDREN IN THE SAFE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT.

BUT IN PARALLEL AND AGAIN, DR. WILSON, IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I JUST LEAN ON YOU A LITTLE BIT HERE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT,

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WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THESE PORTABLES REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME SO WE CAN MAKE BEST USE OF BOTH OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURES GOING FORWARD.

I THINK THE VIEW HAS BEEN, YES, THERE IS ABSOLUTE NEED FOR THESE REPLACEMENT PORTABLES, AS WELL AS AN EXPANSION TO THE ARTS AND SCIENCE.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BATTLE AND JUGGLE BOTH OF THESE THINGS IN PARALLEL.

AS THE MAYOR'S POINTED OUT, THERE IS QUITE A GAP FINANCIALLY BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE TO EXECUTE ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCE.

WE HAVE ABOUT A $10.5 MILLION, $11.5 MILLION GAP IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT DONE.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS EXECUTE ON THESE PORTABLES.

I KNOW A NUMBER OF YOU AGAIN, EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE NATURE IN WHICH BRODY, IN PARTICULAR APPEARED ON THE AGENDA.

HERE'S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE.

THIS AS A TOPIC, HAS BEEN ON THIS AGENDA NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.

IN FACT, OVER THE LAST THREE MEETINGS IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, IT'S BEEN ON ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME.

TROY WAS TASKED A LITTLE WHILE AGO WITH GOING OUT AND SOLICITING BIDS TO REPLACE THESE PORTABLES WITH LIKE AND CAME BACK WITH BIDS FROM, I THINK IT WAS RAMTECH AND MOBILE MODULAR.

THEN PARTWAY THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WERE INTRODUCED TO A NEW CONCEPT THROUGH BRODY.

QUITE HONESTLY, IT WAS NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON, BUT WE FELT GENERAL, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I FELT AS THOUGH WE HAD ALREADY GONE THREE BIDS SOLICITATION PROCESS TO AT LEAST HAVE OPTIONS.

TONIGHT, I HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL STICK THROUGH THESE NEXT AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE THE WHOLE PURPOSE WAS TO HAVE BRODY PRESENT TO US ME AS COUNCIL SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THE PRODUCT, HOW DO WE COMPARE IT TO THE OTHER TWO EXAMPLES, WHY IS THERE A PRICE DIFFERENTIAL, AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE FINANCING OPTIONS TO SEE IF THIS IS A REALITY.

HERE'S THE THING. IT IS TRUE THAT THERE IS A SET OF RESOLUTIONS IN HERE WHICH WE CAN TECHNICALLY APPROVE IF WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE BRODY MODULAR SOLUTION.

BUT THAT IS JUST IN HERE FOR CONVENIENCE.

I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS COUNCIL, THERE WAS NO PREMEDITATION TO RUSH THROUGH AND BYPASS, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PROPER PROCEDURE.

AGAIN, LIKE TIM, I APOLOGIZE TO ALL OF YOU.

IF YOU FELT SOMEHOW WE WERE TRYING TO DO SOME INSIGHT DEAL WITH THE RESIDENT OF WESTLAKE THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

WE FELT IT WARRANTED MORE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, AND THAT IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS EVENING.

I AM TRULY GRATEFUL YOU ARE ALL HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

>> I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU.

>> IF I CAN JUST SAY A FEW WORDS TOO.

I AM EXTREMELY, TOUCHED THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL HERE TODAY.

THIS ENGAGEMENT IN OUR TOWN IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE DREAMED OF FOR MANY YEARS.

MY KIDS ARE ACTUALLY A LOT OLDER THAN A LOT OF YOURS IN THIS ROOM.

MY YOUNGEST IS NOW GRADUATING WESTLAKE ACADEMY THIS YEAR.

BUT WHEN I RAN IN 2021, I WAS ALL BY MYSELF FOR A WHILE THERE AND IT WAS A REALLY TOUGH YEAR.

ONE OF THE BIG REASONS I RAN WAS THE PORTABLES.

WHEN I CAME, I WAS BROUGHT ARCHITECTURAL DIAGRAMS OF WHAT THE NEW PERMANENT BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THEY WERE MARCHED AROUND AT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS ON WESTLAKE ACADEMY CAMPUS MEETINGS AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO HAPPEN AND THEN THEY SOMEHOW DIDN'T, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE FOR YEARS.

WHEN I RAN, I WAS REALLY INTENT THAT ONE OF MY BIG GOALS WAS TO GET THE PORTABLES ON.

NOW LAST YEAR BEFORE THESE GUYS WERE ELECTED, I DID NOT FEEL A GENUINE WILL TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE PORTABLES AND GET PERMANENT BUILDINGS ON.

WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT REPLACING PORTABLES WITH PORTABLES, I WAS QUITE DISGUSTED ACTUALLY.

WHY WOULD I WANT TO REPLACE PORTABLES WITH PORTABLES? IT FELT LIKE A COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY.

LOTS OF QUESTIONS DURING THE SEVERAL MONTHS PROCESS OF LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS, PRICINGS, QUALITY, DELIVERY DATES, AND OPTIONS BECAUSE HEAD OF SCHOOL, DR. SEAN WILSON, HAS COME IN WITH NEW IDEAS THAT QUITE FRANKLY NONE OF US HAD THOUGHT ABOUT.

WHEN YOU SIT HERE TODAY, I REALLY HOPE, AND ALL OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING LIVE STREAM BECAUSE I FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET THESE MEETINGS LIVE STREAMED AND ARCHIVED, YOU WILL HAVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

QUESTIONS LIKE, WHY ARE WE EVEN BOTHERING PORTABLES? ARE WE WASTING MONEY? HOW MUCH LONGER WILL IT TAKE TO GET PERMANENT BUILDINGS? WHAT WILL IT COST? ARE WE GIVING A WESTLAKE RESIDENT SOME SWEETHEART DEAL AND DOING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN? THESE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT ARE VALID.

THEY'RE EXTREMELY PERSONAL BECAUSE THIS IS A SMALL TOWN.

WE ALL LIVE HERE, OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SOMETHING WE ALL WORK VERY HARD FOR.

I'M HOPING ALL OF YOU WILL LISTEN ONLINE, WATCH ON THE ARCHIVES AND STAY AROUND THIS EVENING BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO PRESENT. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL.

I WANT TO SAY THIS FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE A LOT HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING.

I AM STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF REMOVING THESE PORTABLES.

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ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY I RAN ALSO, BECAUSE I DO NOT LIKE THOSE PORTABLES, THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE YESTERDAY.

THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, AND STAFF IS OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.

IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THESE PORTABLES NEED TO GO.

WHAT I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT IS THE LACK OF PROCESS AND TRANSPARENCY.

I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THESE MEETINGS THAT MY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TALKING ABOUT.

I WAS NOT INVITED TO ANY OF THOSE.

THE LAST MEETING WE HAD WAS IN DECEMBER THE 19TH, I BELIEVE, AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREED THAT WE WOULD DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR WESTLAKE ACADEMY.

EVALUATE ALL OPTIONS FOR PERMANENT BUILDINGS, USED PORTABLES, NEW PORTABLES, MODULUS AND GO TO THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH ONE OF THEM.

WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT. WHO DECIDED TO SKIP THIS ENTIRE THING AND GO STRAIGHT TO MODULAR WITHOUT A FORMAL DISCUSSION OF THE COUNCIL IS MY QUESTION.

WE ARE A COUNCIL MANAGERIAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

WE EVEN SKIPPED THE PART OF SOLICITING FEEDBACK THAT WAS SPOKEN WIDELY IN THE MEETING ON THE 19TH.

FROM PARENTS AND RESIDENTS CONSIDERING THIS TAB OF $3.5 MILLION IS TO BE PICKED UP BY THEM.

ALL OF THAT, I AM ON RECORD NOT AGAINST REMOVING THOSE PORTABLES.

I ALSO WANT LIKE EACH ONE OF US HERE THEM GONE.

BUT IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A COUNCIL AND SO IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SITTING HERE, THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW A PROCESS OF THE PUBLIC MONEY THAT WE'RE USING. THANK YOU.

>> THIS MEETING IS ACTUALLY PART OF THAT PROCESS.

I SET THIS MEETING UP.

I AM THE MAYOR. I SET THE AGENDA.

I SET THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK TO TONIGHT.

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A BREAK LITTLE BIT AND GO ON TO ALL THE OTHER OPTIONS WE'VE LOOKED AT, RENTING, USED, AND ALL THOSE OTHER ITEMS. THEN TROY WILL COME UP AND SPEAK TOO.

WE'RE DOING THAT NOW. THIS IS THE PROCESS.

SOME PEOPLE AND OUR COUNCIL, KIM PROBABLY PUT THE MOST INTO THIS, HE WENT OUT AND VISITED USED SITES, WENT OUT TO MANUFACTURING SITES.

TROY HAS BEEN OUT TO ALL THE MANUFACTURING SITES, I BELIEVE.

MANSFIELD, GRAND PRAIRIE, AND AUSTIN.

THEN KIM HAS BEEN OUT AND THEN HIM AND ANNA WENT UP TO LIBERTY TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER SECURITY ITEMS. EVERYONE IN COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS PARTICIPATED, AND WE DO A LOT MORE WORK THAN YOU THINK.

THESE THINGS ARE 30-40 HOURS A MONTH OF TIME.

THEN WHEREVER THE COUNCIL IS, THE MAYOR IS THREE TIMES.

WE'RE SETTING THIS UP FOR A DIRECTION.

THERE ARE CURRENT PORTABLES ARE 23 YEARS OLD, WE BOUGHT THEM USED, AND THEY WERE FALLEN APART WITHIN THREE YEARS.

AS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR PROBABLY LATER TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR LITTLE DECISION PROCESS OF WHY WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS A CERTAIN WAY.

THERE'S NO PREDISPOSED THING TONIGHT.

OUR RATE-LIMITING FACTOR IS, DO WE WANT TO GET RID OF PORTABLES, AND WHEN DO WE WANT TO GET THEM? EVERYONE UP HERE SAYS THEY WANT THEM OUT.

THE QUESTION IS, WHEN DO YOU DO IT? YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS THIS SUMMER OR NEXT SUMMER.

>> I WANT TO ADD TO THAT. BECAUSE THAT'S WHY IT FEELS RUSHED, IS WE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION IF WE WANT TO DO THIS OVER THE SUMMER. THAT'S THE FIRST THING.

THE SECOND THING IS WE DIDN'T CREATE THIS PROBLEM, WE INHERITED IT.

WHEN I HEARD DR. WILSON SAY THAT THAT IS NUMBER ONE CONCERN, I'M LISTENING.

I'M NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING IN A CAR AND GOING OUT AND FINDING AND LOOKING AT USED AND NEW AND ALTERNATE.

I'M DOING MY JOB AND THAT IS A FREE JOB.

TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND GO DO IT IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE ON A TIME CRUNCH.

WE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION.

WE ALL AGREE THAT THIS IS BAD.

WE INHERITED THIS, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION.

HERE'S THE REST OF THE PROCESS.

PLEASE STAY AROUND AND SEE WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.

>> YES PLEASE [OVERLAPPING] I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE THING. GO AHEAD.

>> WE'VE TAKEN A VERY SEQUENTIAL, VERY ORDERED APPROACH TO THIS.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, PORTABLES HAVE BEEN ON AND OFF THE AGENDA SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

I'VE LIVED IN WESTLAKE FOR 10 YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN LISTENING ABOUT PORTABLES FOR 10 YEARS.

I HAVE FIVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE OUR SIXTH CHILD IN THE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE AS MUCH OF A VESTED INTEREST IN FINDING

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A SOLUTION TO ALL OF THIS AS ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS ROOM, PROBABLY MORE SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT ANYONE ELSE IN THIS ROOM.

DO WE TAKE THIS EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY? JUST GOING BACK TO THE MEETINGS WE HAVE HELD RECENTLY.

ON DECEMBER THE 5TH, WE HAD A FULL PRESENTATION OF THE RAM TECH AND MOBILE MODULE SOLUTIONS BY TROY.

I THINK YOU WERE ABSENT THAT DAY, BUT ON DECEMBER 5TH, WE HAD OUR MEETING, WE WENT TO ALL OF THESE OPTIONS FOR THESE TWO MODULAR STRUCTURES.

>> IN OPEN COUNCIL MEETING.

>> IN OPEN COUNCIL MEETINGS.

>> IT'S ARCHIVED ONLINE.

>> ON DECEMBER 19, WE ALL UNANIMOUSLY AGREED FOR TROY TO REVIEW BRODIE MODULAR, AND CHANDRIKA, NO OFFENSE, BUT YOU VOTED UNANIMOUSLY WITH US BECAUSE WE'VE JUST APPROVED THE MINUTES FOR TROY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BRODIE MODULAR.

>> NO, I DISAGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT STRONGLY.

>> IF YOU WANT TO READ THE MINUTES. I'M HAPPY.

>> WE CAN THE MINUTES PLEASE.

>> ITS THE VERY CLEARLY THAT DAY WE DISCUSSED, TROY SAID BRODIE MODULAR HAS JUST COME IN TODAY AS AN OPTION.

I ASKED HIM SPECIFICALLY, IS IT THE SAME PRODUCT LIKE THE PORTABLES AND HE SAYS, NO, IT'S DIFFERENT.

I SAID, HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE INFORMATION? ANNA HAD ALSO MENTIONED THAT I AM NOT VERY MUCH ABOUT BRODIE.

THE ASK TO TROY WAS TO GO BACK AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON MODULAR BUILDINGS.

LET ME FINISH, PLEASE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> YOU'RE INTERRUPTING. [OVERLAPPING]

>> CAN I FINISH?

>> IN FACT YOU'RE INTERRUPTING ME ORIGINALLY.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> LET ME FINISH AND THEN I'LL LET YOU FINISH OUT.

DECEMBER 19, WE JUST APPROVE THE MINUTES.

WE, AS A COUNCIL, GAVE DIRECTION FOR TROY TO REVIEW BRODIE MODULAR AS A THIRD SOLUTION FOR CAMPUS.

WE ASKED HIM TO REVIEW CASH ON HAND AS WELL AS FINANCING OPTIONS AS WELL AS THE DEBT CAPACITY TO FINANCE THIS AS A POTENTIAL SOLUTION.

JANUARY 23, WE THEN MET WITH GOVERNMENT CAPITALS SECURITIES, THE NEW BOND ADVISOR TO GIVE US ADVICE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD ISSUE BONDS, HOW THAT WOULD WORK, AND WE ALSO MET WITH MCCALL PARK, KRISTEN HORTON WHO WOULD BE RETAINED AS LEGAL ADVISORS TO ROUND OUT WHAT THE FINANCING WOULD BE.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF TODAY WAS TO BRING THOSE THREE COMPANIES SOLUTIONS BACK TO COUNCIL WITH FINANCING OPTIONS AND LEGAL OPTIONS TO EXECUTE IF WE CHOOSE TO EXECUTE.

BUT THAT WAS THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

>> CAN I GO NOW? THANK YOU.

VERY CLEARLY THAT DAY WE HAD THE PRESENTATIONS FROM RAM TECH AND MOBILE MODULAR.

IT WAS TROY CAME IN AND SAID WE HAVE A NEW COMPANY CALLED BRODIE MODULAR, WHICH HAS GIVEN A THINK.

I SPECIFICALLY ASKED, DID THEY COME THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS? HE SAID NO. DID THEY COME TO THE PURCHASING CO-OPS, WHICH BIGGEST GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS USE? NOT. WE GIVE TROY THE ASK TO GO AND LOOK FOR MODULAR COMPANIES OUT THERE AND GIVE US A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

THAT WAS THE ASK. BRODIE SPECIFICALLY WAS NOT EVEN IN THE THING.

YET, YOU GUYS KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT TODAY IS THE DISCUSSION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ASKS.

THE AGENDA READS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH BRODIE MODULAR COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO MODULAR BUILDINGS AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY LOCATED AT 2600 J T OTTINGER ROAD.

IT DOES NOT TALK ABOUT ANY DISCUSSION OF NEW PORTABLES, USED PORTABLE, OTHER MODULAR COMPANIES.

HOW IS THIS PRUDENT USE OF MONEY WHEN WE HAVE NOT EVEN TAKEN COMPETITIVE BIDS FROM OTHER MODULAR COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR MUCH MORE TIME.

THEN PERSONALLY, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST MR. COLBY BECAUSE I AM NOTHING BUT GRATEFUL OF THE DONATIONS HE'S MADE TO THE SCHOOL.

I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST BRODIE MODULAR.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE COMPANY.

>> LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.

[OVERLAPPING] [NOISE]

>> I DID NOT DECIDE INTERRUPT YOU.

>> I DON'T.

SURE.

IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS, THE ONLY SOLE SOURCE, NON COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE CELL PHONE TOWER IN THE ART PROJECT.

>> SEAN, IS THAT IN THE AGENDA TODAY?

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME ART PROJECT.

>> LET' TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS TODAY. [OVERLAPPING]

>> EIGHT MONTHS AGO YOU VOTED ON ALL THOSE ITEM.

>> LET' TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS TODAY, [NOISE] LET' TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS TODAY ONLY PLEASE.

>> WE'LL COME BACK. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

>> I DON'T GET TO FINISH MY STATEMENT,

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AND WE'RE GOING ON A BREAK.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> MR. DISPUTER, THE MEETINGS NOT OVER WITH.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THREE AND A HALF HOURS. WE'RE TAKING A 10 MINUTES BREAK.

>> EVEN FOOTBALL GAME HAS HALFTIME.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH PROBABLY IT'S CLOSE OUT THE ARTS AND SCIENCES.

ANYMORE QUESTIONS ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES SECTION RIGHT NOW? THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE WITH

[I.1. Consider approving Resolution 23-10 authorizing the Mayor to negotiate an agreement with Brodie Modular Company for the construction of two modular buildings at Westlake Academy located at 2600 JT Ottinger Road; and take appropriate action]

THE PROPOSED MODULAR BUILDINGS FOR WESTLAKE ACADEMY. WELL, YOU WANT TO HIT OFF HERE?

>> YES. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO READ? I GUESS THE ITEM.

>> CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION 23-10 AUTHORIZING THE MANAGER NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH BRODIE MODULAR FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TWO MODULAR BUILDINGS AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY, 2600 J T OTTINGER ROAD AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

LET'S DO THE PRESENTATION NOW.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE PROPOSED MODULAR BUILDINGS ON THE WESTLAKE ACADEMY CAMPUS.

GIVE EVERYBODY A TIMELINE.

ALMOST THERE. THERE WE GO.

[NOISE] THE TIMELINE, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED TONIGHT, ON DECEMBER 5TH, WE WERE ASKED TO BRING SOME PROPOSALS BACK TO LOOK AT REPLACING THE MODULAR BUILDINGS AND WE LOOKED AT FLOOR PLANS, LOOKED AT THE LOCATION, WHAT WAS GOING TO TAKE TO REVAMP THE SITE.

WE HAD PRESENTED SOME BUDGET ESTIMATES AND SOME FLOOR PLANS THAT NIGHT.

THE COUNCIL'S GUIDANCE OR DIRECTION WAS TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT USE PORTABLES, LEASING OPTIONS, PURCHASING AS WELL.

ON THE DECEMBER 19TH, WE BROUGHT BACK TWO PROPOSALS FROM RAMTECH AND MOBILE MODULAR AND WE BROKE IT DOWN TO USED LEAST OPTIONS AS WELL AS NEW OPTIONS.

ON THAT WE ALSO HAD MET WITH THE BRODIE COMPANY ON DECEMBER 16TH AS A POTENTIAL OPTION FOR THE FUTURE AND SO THE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL ON THE 19TH WAS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT HOW WE CAN HAVE THESE MODULAR BUILDINGS SECURED ON A FOUNDATION OR PEERS OR SLABS, AS WELL AS VISIT OTHER FACILITIES THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF A BUILDING.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, THERE'S WHAT WE WOULD CALL OUR TRADITIONAL PORTABLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON WHEELS, YOU ROLL THEM IN, YOU SET THEM UP, THEY'RE SITTING OFF THE GROUND.

THE COUNCIL GAVE US DIRECTION.

THEY REALLY WANTED TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT SAFER AND HAVE THEM ATTACHED TO SOME FORM OF CONCRETE, WHETHER THAT BE A CONCRETE SLAB OR WHETHER IT'D BE A PEER.

THEY ASK US TO GO PURSUE THAT AND GO VISIT THE OTHER VENDORS AND SEE IF THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, AS MENTIONED TONIGHT, STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS VISITED RAMTECH, MOBILE MODULAR, BRODIE MODULAR COMPANY'S FACILITIES AND OTHERS.

STAFF THEN ALSO MET EITHER BY PHONE OR IN PERSON WITH THE THREE VENDORS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TRYING TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES AS WELL.

ALSO, DURING THIS TIME, THE HEAD OF SCHOOL REQUESTED THAT WE GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT REPLACING THE SECOND SET, THE NEWER SET AS WELL, SO THEN WE WENT BACK TO ALL THE VENDORS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS NOT JUST FOR THE OLDER PORTABLES, THE SIX ORIGINALS, THIS WAS ALSO GOING TO BE A PROPOSAL YOU'D HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER TO REPLACE ALL THE PORTABLES ON CAMPUS.

I'LL ASK DR. WILSON TO COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THE SECOND SET WAS REQUESTED TO BE REPLACED.

[NOISE]

>> GOOD EVENING AND THANKS AGAIN.

I THINK ALONG THE LINES OF THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MODULAR BUILDINGS IS ONE ABOUT SAFETY OF THE BUILDINGS IN WHICH [INAUDIBLE] FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST PLACE FOR OUR STUDENT OR THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND THEN ALSO THE AGE OF THE MODULAR BUILDINGS, THE CURRENT PORTABLE BUILDINGS, AND THE CONDITION THAT THEY'RE IN.

THE CHALLENGES THAT WE RUN INTO WITH THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS AS THEY ARE TODAY IS FACILITY.

WHEN STUDENTS NEED TO USE THE RESTROOM, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT, THEY ARE ACTUALLY, IF THEY ARE IN THE SECOND SET OF PORTABLES, EXITING ONE SET OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS TO GO INTO THE OTHER SET OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN THE SECOND SET OF PORTABLE BUILDINGS AND INSIDE THOSE RESTROOMS, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT WOULD NOT MEET MY STANDARD FOR MY CHILD, AND I ASSUME THE SAME FOR THE STUDENTS AT THE ACADEMY.

ADDITIONALLY, WHEN THINGS HAPPEN ON CAMPUS, OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY MOVING FROM THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS INTO A SAFER ENVIRONMENT.

MEANING THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE, EITHER THE ARTS AND SCIENCE BUILDING, OR THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THE SECONDARY BUILDING.

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I THINK WE'RE CHALLENGED WITH, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING [INAUDIBLE] IS ONE THAT IS BEFITTING TO THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE, FOR THE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THEN SECONDLY, IN OUR SCIENCE ROOMS AND EVEN WHEN WE HAVE AN ART TEACHER WHO IS MOBILE FOR ALMOST EVERYONE IN OUR CLASS, SHE'S ACTUALLY DOING ART ON A CARD, HOW DO YOU DO THAT IN AN IB ENVIRONMENT WHEN WE WANT MORE FOR OUR STUDENTS? IN THE SCIENCE CLASSROOMS, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE RUNNING WATER, AND TO ME THAT IS JUST A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WANT TO DO PROJECTS INSIDE OF A CLASSROOM.

YOU WANT TO DO EXPERIMENTS.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE HAVING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WHILE THEY'RE LEARNING, THAT ALSO GIVES THEM AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OBJECTS IN A LIVE ENVIRONMENT.

THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE PORTABLES, FOR ME JUST COMES BACK TO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS [INAUDIBLE] HOW DO WE MAKE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT AUGMENTS, SUPPORTS, AND ENHANCE THEIR LEARNING AND THEN HOW DO WE MAKE IT SO THAT IT IS SAFE FOR EACH ONE, INCLUDING OURS?

>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SLIDE, WE DID A COMPARISON OF SQUARE FEET WHEN THE TIMING THAT IT COULD BE DELIVERED TO THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS AND OFFICES.

RAMTECH, WHO HAD PRESENTED A PROPOSAL PRIOR IN DECEMBER, ALSO [INAUDIBLE] A PROPOSAL TO DO THE SLAB ATTACHED MODULAR BUILDINGS AND SO THEY HAVE TWO BUILDINGS LISTED HERE, 6-7 CLASSROOMS, WONDERFUL OFFICE SPACES, ABOUT 14,000 SQUARE FEET AND IN TOTAL, THEY'RE ROUGHLY ABOUT 3.4 MILLION.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD TO THIS IS THE TOWN COST.

IN OTHER WORDS, THAT FF&E COST, THE FURNITURE, HOW WE SUPPLY THE CLASSROOMS, AND SOME OF THOSE SOFT COST, SO THAT COMES IN AT ABOUT $665,000 PER PACKAGE.

RAMTECH AFTER FURTHER CONSULTING WITH THEM, THEY COULD NOT MEET OUR AUGUST 1ST, 2023 DATES.

THEY JUST FELT THEY COULD NOT GET THAT MANUFACTURED IN TIME AND INSTALLED.

MOBILE MODULAR, THEY'RE PENDING BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET US A PROPOSAL BY FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE ONE THERE.

BRODIE COMPANY CAN DELIVER ON AUGUST 1ST, THEY CAN DELIVER 12 CLASSROOMS, ONE OFFICE, ABOUT 12,500 SQUARE FEET AT THE COST OF ABOUT $3.5 MILLION AND AGAIN, THE FF&E IS THE SAME FOR ALL THE VENDORS.

LOOK AT RAMTECH AND YOU LOOK AT MOBILE MODULAR, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ON A BUYBOARD CONTRACT, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THEY HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT TO BID AND WE GET THAT BID PRICE SO THAT MAKES THEM A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND ANYTIME YOU'RE GOING TO DO A FAST TRACK PROJECT, IF THE VENDOR IS ON A BUYBOARD OR PART OF A BUYBOARD, THEN AS A MUNICIPALITY WE CAN BYPASS OUR BID PROCESS IN THE SENSE THAT POSTING IT IN THE PAPER FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, HAVING PRE-BID CONFERENCES AND GOING THROUGH THAT 6-8 WEEK PROCESS THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY GO THROUGH, SAY FOR EXAMPLE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROAD PROJECT TYPE OF A THING.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST TWO VENDORS AND THEN BRODIE COMPANY, LIKE I SAID, CAN MEET THAT AUGUST 1ST DATE SO THERE IS A SOLE SOURCE AND I'LL LET STAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOLE SOURCING AND WHAT THAT MEANS.

BECAUSE WITH THAT, IT BECOMES A TIMING ISSUE SINCE NONE OF THE OTHER VENDORS CAN PROVIDE THAT AND SO STAN, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.

>> TO EXPEND DOLLAR IN A MUNICIPALITY OVER $50,000 PER EXPENDITURE, YOU MUST COMPETITIVELY BID IT UNLESS YOU HAD FALLEN TO ONE OF THE EXEMPTIONS OR EXCEPTIONS.

SOLE SOURCE AS TROY MENTIONED IS ONE OF THEM AND ANOTHER ONE THAT POSSIBLY APPLIES HERE IS A PROCUREMENT NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF YOUR CITIZENS.

THE POINT BEING THERE'S A NUMBER OF STATED STATUTORY EXCEPTIONS TO COMPETITIVELY BIDDING.

THIS COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO FIND ONE OR MORE OF THOSE EXCEPTIONS APPLY AND IF YOU DO, YOU CAN BYPASS THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS.

>> THANK YOU, STAN. THE NEXT SLIDE.

BACK IN DECEMBER, A LOT OF THESE COSTS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THE TOWN SIDE, BUT ALL THE PROPOSALS ARE INCLUDED.

EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IT AND THE FF&E AND THE CONTINGENCY, THE TOWN WOULD STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

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A COST SUMMARY, TWO MODULAR BUILDINGS, 12,500 SQUARE FEET ABOUT $3.5 MILLION AND ALL YOUR SOFT COSTS AND YOUR CONTINGENCY RANGES FROM RIGHT AT FOUR MILLION TO ABOUT $4.1 MILLION IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

>> DO YOU MIND GOING BACK REAL QUICK ON THE DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THE BRODIE SOLUTION LOOKS EXPENSIVE, BUT DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT, IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE, BUT THE QUALITY IS EXCESSIVELY BETTER.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE SQUARE FOOT COST BETWEEN RAMTECH AND BRODIE COMPANY, IT'S $80 MORE SQUARE FOOT.

AFTER VISITING THEIR FACILITY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S STILL REINFORCEMENTS THAT THEY PUT INSIDE THEIR BUILDINGS WHEN THEY ATTACH THEM TO THE CONCRETE BASE.

SO THE QUALITY IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE TYPICALLY FROM A RAMTECH COMPANY OR FROM A MOBILE MODULAR COMPANY.

>> TROY, IF YOU HAD TO PICK WHICH PROVIDER WOULD BE THE SAFEST AND THAT YOU'D WANT YOUR KID AND WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PICK?

>> I WOULD RECOMMEND THE BRODIE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE FUNDING SOURCES, MAYOR I'LL LET YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THIS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAD MET WITH OUR BOND COUNCIL.

>> TED, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND GIVE US A LITTLE TALK ABOUT HERE?

>> TED IS OUR BOND COUNSEL, AND HE'S A WESTLAKE RESIDENT.

WE FIRST MET TED BECAUSE OF THE CELL PHONE TOWER.

HE CALLED UP TO COMPLAIN AND I WAS LIKE, "HEY, WHAT DO YOU DO?" HE SAID I'M A BOND GUY.

I WAS LIKE WE JUST GOT OF RID OF OUR LAST BOND GUY. "WHAT DO YOU DO?" HE CAME AND BRIEF TEST AND WE WERE IMPRESSED.

HIM AND HIS ATTORNEY, RUDY, BEEN AWESOME.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. TECHNICALLY, I'M THE MUNICIPAL ADVISOR AND [INAUDIBLE] SEGERA IS A BOND COUNSEL FROM A KOLL PARKER'S SO ALL THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF THIS YOU WOULD BE DOING.

RATHER THAN A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS WHAT'S CALLED A LIMITED TAX NOTE.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING JUST MORE STREAMLINED ONE VOTE OF COUNCIL TO ISSUE, WENT OUT AND WE WANTED IT TO BE QUALIBLE AT ANY TIME, MEANING THAT IF YOU HAD BIG DONATION OR SOMETHING, YOU WANT TO PAY IT OFF EARLY, WE WANTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH BANKS SO THAT YOU COULD.

WE HAD SEVERAL BANKS GIVE ME A BUNCH OF QUOTES.

THE BEST ONE WAS MIG BANK, 3.7% REPAYABLE AT ANY TIME.

IT'S A SEVEN-YEAR NOTE, X NOTES CANNOT GO MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS, WHICH SEEMED TO FIT RIGHT INTO WHAT THE COUNCIL WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO.

THE DEBT SERVICE WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 573,000 A YEAR.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT WITH TAXES, YOU CAN PAY FOR IT WITH ANY LEGAL SOURCE OF FUNDS BUT WHAT BACKSTOPS IT AND WHAT GIVES THE BANK ASSURANCES THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS LOAN IS THAT YOU COULD USE TAXES IF YOU HAD TO.

WE LIKE TO JOKE THAT YOU CAN LIBRARY FINES OR ANY OTHER LEGAL SOURCE OF FUNDS YOU CAN USE HOW WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

>> DOES IT REQUIRE ANY MANDATORY TAX STRUCTURE OR ALREADY ASSESSED?

>> NO. IF YOU HAVE FUNDS ON HAND, PAY WITH THAT BUT WHAT IT DOES SAY IS THAT IF YOU NEED TO, YOU WILL ASSESS THE TAX TO MAKE THE PAYMENT.

THAT'S WHAT SECURES THE BANK.

OTHERWISE, THEY'D NEVER LEND IT TO YOU.

>> IS THAT ALSO WHY WE GET CHEAPER MONEY?

>> IT IS WHY YOU GET CHEAPER MONEY AND YOU'RE BORROWING TAX-EXEMPT.

THIS IS A TAX-EXEMPT RATE TO THE BANK.

WE DID IT WHAT'S CALLED NON-BANK QUALIFIED, MEANING THAT YOU DID BORROW MORE LATER THROUGH A CEO FOR THE OTHER BUILDING.

WE CAN GO ABOVE 10 MILLION AND BE PROTECTED ON THAT YEAR.

HOW MUCH YOU DID NOT DIFFERENTIATE, THEY DIDN'T CHARGE ANY EXTRA FOR THEIR LAWYER. IT'S AN INTERNAL GUY.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY A SUBSIDIARY OF ZIONS BANK OUT OF TOWN, BUT I GOT BIDS FROM TRUIST, MIG, SOUTHSIDE, FIRST FINANCIAL, AND ALL THE OTHER BANKS.

NOBODY WANTS TO DO A TAX-EXEMPT ALL-BUT ANYTIME DEAL.

MIG THEY WOULD DO IT SO THAT'S GOOD.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT 3.7 RATE IS PROBABLY ALREADY GONE UP SINCE WE LOCKED IT.

THE RATES IN THE LAST 10 DAYS OR SO HAD A PRETTY BIG JUMP.

IF I WAS GETTING THAT SAME QUOTE FROM THE BANKER TODAY WOULD PROBABLY BE I'M GOING TO GUESS ABOUT IN A LOW 3.835.

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>> THERE ANY QUESTIONS? [INAUDIBLE]

>> NO. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CELL PHONE TOWER.

[LAUGHTER]

>> NO DOUBT.

>> THE NEXT SLIDE JUST DEMONSTRATES THE LOCATION OF THE PORTABLES AND ALSO YOU LOOK AT THERE ARE SIX SEPARATE BUILDINGS.

WHAT OUR BRODIE COMPANY WILL PROPOSE TONIGHT IS HAVING ONE INTERNAL HALLWAY SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING ALL THE SIX CLASSROOMS WILL ACCESS AN INTERNAL HALLWAY, IT'D BE ALL UNDER ONE ROOF AND YOU WON'T HAVE THE WOODEN DECKS THAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE PHOTO.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE BRODIE COMPANY COME UP AND COVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.

>> MIKE, REAL QUICK, YOU GOT A REMOTE?

>> WHAT.

>> YOU GOT A CLICKER?

>> I'LL LET JED GO THROUGH THAT.

I THOUGHT WHAT I DO IS JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF AND THEN I'LL INTRODUCE JED. THANK YOU.

I'M MICHAEL COLBY. YOU GUYS MAY KNOW ME, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD MY NAME ON FACEBOOK, [LAUGHTER] I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF WESTLAKE SINCE 2014.

WE HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE SCHOOL THAT SPENT THEIR ENTIRE ACADEMIC CAREER SO FAR IN THE SCHOOL, 15 AND 13.

WE'RE ALSO DONORS AND BIG SUPPORTERS OVER TIME.

I'LL ADDRESS SOME OF THE INSINUATION THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING THAT ARE FINANCIALLY [INAUDIBLE] I'M ALSO THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO, OF BRODIE MODULAR.

JED THEIS, MY PARTNER, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, 40-YEAR VETERAN RUSSIAN, WILL COME UP HERE AND WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH THE SLIDES AND HELP YOU UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE DIFFERENTIATION, OUR PRODUCT.

I WAS INDIGNANT ABOUT THE PORTABLES SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE IN 2014 BUT IT WAS MORE SUPERFICIAL.

THEY'RE UGLY. THEY'RE UNBECOMING FOR THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE.

PRIORITIZING A COSMO HALL OF A FIRE STATION OVER THESE PORTABLES WAS UNCONSCIONABLE TO ME.

BUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE RECENT YEARS OR MONTHS EVEN IS THAT THERE IS AN ACUTE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK TO OUR STUDENTS WITH THESE PORTABLES.

I'LL LET JED HIT ON THAT FURTHER.

WE'RE PROPOSING A SOLUTION, REPLACE THESE PORTABLES AT A FIXED COST, $3.5 MILLION BY AUGUST 1ST, GUARANTEED BY ME.

GUARANTEED. IF YOU CAN FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO THAT, I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO DO THAT BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE AUGUST 1ST DEADLINE IS ESSENTIAL.

THE LIABILITY ASSUMED BY HOUSING STUDENTS IN THESE STRUCTURES, KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW TODAY, YOU CAN'T DO IT.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

I'M NOT DOING THIS FOR FINANCIAL GAIN.

IN FACT, I'M DOING IT TO MY FINANCIAL DETRIMENT.

BUT I BELIEVE IN THE SCHOOL, I BELIEVE IN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY, CONCERNS AND ADDRESSING THOSE FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR OFFER IS THERE, IT'S FIRM, IT'S GUARANTEED BY ME.

WE WILL BUILD AND JED WILL GO INTO THIS, BEAUTIFUL NEW STRUCTURES TO REPLACE THESE PORTABLES WITH MASSIVE UPGRADES BASED ON WHAT MR. WILSON EXPLAINED TO US, WERE THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL.

I'D LIKE TO LAY TO REST ANY TYPE OF IDEA THAT WE'RE DOING THIS FOR ANY TYPE OF FINANCIAL GAIN.

FOR ME PERSONALLY, FOR MY FAMILY, FOR MY BUSINESS PARTNERS, THIS IS FOR THE INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS.

JED, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP?

>> HOLD ON? MIKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR ONE OBJECTIVE REALLY IS TO PROVIDE BETTER FACILITIES FOR THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS AT WESTLAKE.

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WOULD YOU MIND JUST GOING IN BRIEFLY WITH SOME OF THE CONCRETE VALUE ADS YOU HAVE STEPPED UP TO OFFER, LIKE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

>> I'M GOING TO HAVE JED WALK THROUGH THAT.

JED WILL INTRODUCE HIMSELF.

HIS RESUME IS IMPECCABLE AND I THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE VERY CONFIDENT IN HIS CAPABILITIES TO DELIVER.

>> THANK YOU, MIKE.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MIKE. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO COVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS.

JUST TAKE A LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS AND STUFF.

AS MIKE SAID, I'VE 40 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY.

LET'S GET A LITTLE MORE DETAIL TO THAT.

I HAVE DONE PRESCHOOLS, I'VE DONE HIGH SCHOOLS, I'VE DONE COLLEGES.

I'VE DONE BIO-MED LABS, I'VE DONE HAZMAT, AND BIO-MEDS FOR THE NAVY.

I'VE DONE THESE THINGS, THAT NOT BEING, DON'T SAY IT WRONG, BUT I'VE BUILT MORE BUILDINGS THAN EVER IN THIS ROOM COMBINED THAT.

I'VE BUILT $20 BILLION INDUSTRY.

THAT'S WHY I HAVE NOW PARTNERED UP WITH MIKE.

WE'RE STARTING THIS NEW ACTIVITY WITH THESE MODULARS.

REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE MODULARS IS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE.

YOU CANNOT GET CRAFTSMEN TO COME OUT OF THE JOB SITES ANYMORE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT SCHEDULING, ON HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DO THE ARTS AND CRAFTS BUILDING, YOU CAN'T GET THEM INTO SHOW UP.

IT'S A PROBLEM. WE'RE GOING TO START BUILDING MORE AND MORE BUILDINGS IN THIS TYPE OF FASHION.

THESE ARE NOT MOBILE HOMES THAT SHOW UP ON TIRES.

THESE ARE PERMANENT STRUCTURES THAT ARE MEANT TO STAY THERE AND ARE OUTSTANDING FACILITIES AND HAVE A HIGHER WIND LOAD THAN ANYTHING YOU'VE GOT ON YOUR CAMPUS.

THESE ARE REAL STRUCTURED, DONE QUICKER, NICER, AND HIGH-QUALITY IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE COMPANY BEING THERE IS REST ASSURED THERE IS NOT A SITUATION AT HAND THERE.

EVERYTHING'S FINE. GOING ON A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL BUILDINGS.

I'M GOING TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ON MY PAST.

I HAVE ALSO DONE MUNICIPALITY THINGS IN LOCAL AREAS.

I'VE BUILT BUILDINGS FOR SAN SABA.

I ALSO BUILT BUILDINGS DOWN IN NEGRO LAKE BACK IN THE '90S, SOME FACILITIES FOR THEM.

TURNED OUT WONDERFULLY BUT BOTH YOU GUYS CAN CHECK IN AND CALL BOTH OF THEM AND SEE HOW THEIR FACILITIES WERE.

WHAT BUTTON DO I PUSH DOWN HERE BUDDY? THE DOWN ONE MAYBE, OR BACK TO BACK? THE RIGHT ONE, AS OPPOSED TO THE WRONG ONE.

[LAUGHTER] WE'VE GOT A FEW HERE.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS JUST SHOWING THAT WE ARE GOING BACK INTO PLACE OF THE SAME ONES ARE.

THIS IS A LOOK AT THE NEW FACILITIES HERE.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ABOUT THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE PUT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WINDOWS IN THIS THING, AS YOU CAN SEE.

THAT IN FACT, THE WINDOWS ARE SUCH A MAGNITUDE IS WITH THE BULLETPROOF WINDOWS IN THIS THING, WE'RE SPENDING NEARLY $400,000 ON THE WINDOWS.

THAT RIGHT IN ITSELF, IF YOU TOOK THOSE WINDOWS OFF, WE WOULD NO LONGER BE THE APPARENT HIGH ON PER SQUARE FOOT IN THE BUILDING.

THAT ONE ITEM IN ITSELF, BUT JUST COMPETITIVELY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE AND THEY ARE NOT OFFERING IT.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE LAID OUT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE.

THE OTHER THING IS THE LADY'S ROOM IN EACH BUILDING IT HAS FOUR TOILETS, THE MEN'S HAVE THREE, WHICH IS AN UPGRADE TO WHAT YOU GUYS CURRENTLY HAVE IN YOUR FACILITIES TO TRY AND SUPPORT THAT AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE.

NOW WE GET INTO SOME NICER LOOKING PICTURES OF IT.

THE OTHER THING YOU DON'T NOTICE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THIS IS YOU DON'T SEE ANY OF THOSE BIG, UGLY MECHANICAL SYSTEMS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT.

BECAUSE THE ONES THAT ARE MOUNTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT AND FROM THE MOLE GUYS DO NOT HAVE HEPA FILTERS.

THEY DO NOT HAVE FRESH AIR INTAKES FROM THIS THING.

THEY DO NOT HAVE THE QUALITY OF A SYSTEM THAT WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN OF THESE DAYS.

THESE ARE GOING TO BE MOUNTED IN THE ATTIC SPACE ABOVE THE HALLWAY.

GOING DOWN THE PIECE, THERE'S FOUR SEPARATE UNITS.

THEY HAVE 20% MINIMUM FRESH AIR WITH HEPA FILTERS AND EASY ACCESS FOR THE HEPA FILTERS TO BE REPLACED AS NEEDED.

THERE ARE 27 BY 27, I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE.

>> JED, WOULD YOU ARGUE THAT THE AIR QUALITY IN THE NEW BRODY BUILDINGS IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING WE CURRENTLY HAVE?

>> ABSOLUTELY. WITHOUT KNOWING YOUR ABILITY JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW VERSUS HOW OLD YOUR BUILDINGS ARE, THEY'RE BETTER THAN ANYTHING YOU HAVE ON THIS CAMPUS.

WAIT A MINUTE, I'VE PLUGGED MANY, BUT I HAVE TO ONLY BE ABLE TO BUILD SCHOOLS.

I'VE BUILT THE COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL, I'VE BUILT HUDSON YARDS, PINS SKYSCRAPERS.

I BUILT FOUR SCHOOLS.

>> CAN WE AGREE TO LET HIM DO HIS PRESENTATION AND HOLD OFF QUESTIONS TILL WE END.

YES PRESIDENT. AT THE END OF HIS PRESENTATION IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET TO THAT.

>> IT'S OKAY THOUGH.

I'M JUST FINE. DON'T WORRY TIM.

YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ASK THE QUESTION.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE STUFF THAT I HAVE BUILT YOU CAN TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE, YOU CAN LOOK ME UP.

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BRODY MODULE COMPANY WE HAVE NOT BECAUSE WE'RE A NEW COMPANY WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE VETERANS THAT HAVE BEEN IN IT FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.

NOW ACTUALLY, I BEG TO DIFFER WITH YOU.

WHENEVER YOU GO TO A COMPANY TO MAKE A CONTRACT WITH THEM, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO IS BEHIND IT THAT YOU'RE MAKING A CONTRACT WITH.

A COMPANY NAME DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE PEOPLE THAT CAN BUILD ANYTHING.

>> YOU GO AHEAD.

>> I RAN THROUGH MOST OF THE THINGS TOGETHER, ITEMS THAT WE'VE TOUCHED ON THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT IS THE R FACTOR AND WE'RE DOING R35 ON THE FLOORS, R35 ON THE CEILINGS, R24 ON THE WALLS.

THAT ALSO HAS A BETTER R VALUE THAN YOU HAVE ON ANYTHING OF YOUR BUILDINGS HERE.

AGAIN, THAT JUST GOES BACK TO THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF THE UNITS AND EFFICIENCIES.

THE BULLETPROOF GLASS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

>> JED REAL QUICK. CAN I JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE BULLETPROOF GLASS? JUST GOING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BULLETPROOF GLASS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN THIS PRODUCT AND BULLET RESIST.

THINK YOU GUYS HAVE ASPECT OUT FILM THAT GOES ON THE WINDOWS?

>> NO, SIR.

>> OKAY.

>> THE FILM IF YOU'RE LOOKING INTO IT REALLY ISN'T BULLETPROOF.

THEY SAY IT BECAUSE WHEN THE BULLET HITS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE SHARDS FROM GOING ACROSS THE ROOM, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP A BULLET.

I REALLY HAVE FOUR LEVELS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BULLETPROOF GLASS.

THE REAL THING WAS I WASN'T WORRIED ABOUT SOMEBODY STANDING THERE TAKING 20 SHOTS AT THE GLASS.

I WOULD HOPE THAT KIDS WOULD RUN OUT OF THE WAY BY THEN.

THEY ALSO ARE GETTING THE SAME IMPACT RESISTANCE WHEN IF A 2 BY 4 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS SMASHED.

BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT I GOT SPECT OUT IS THE LEVEL 3, WHICH IS AN INCH AND A QUARTER LAMINATE.

ALL THESE INTO GLASS COMBINED.

TRYING TO GIVE THE MOST ESSENTIAL DEFENSE TO THE BUILDING.

>> JED WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT THE STRUCTURE YOU'RE PROPOSING WILL HAVE BETTER GLASS THAN ANY BUILDING WE HAVE, BETTER AIR QUALITY THAN ANY BUILDING WE CURRENTLY HAVE, BETTER R-FACTOR THAN ANY BUILDING WE HAVE, AND BETTER TORNADO RESISTANCE THAN ANYTHING WE HAVE?

>> MOST DEFINITELY.

>> CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY, JUST GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION ASKED, WHAT IS IT THAT'S SO SPECIFIC ABOUT A SCHOOL SETTING THAT WOULD MAKE THIS COMPLICATED OR UNIQUE OR SPECIALIZED IN.

>> I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU.

>> COMPARED IT TO WHAT YOU'VE BUILT UP IN OTHER SETTINGS, WHAT WOULD BE SO CHALLENGING ABOUT THE SCHOOL?

>> ALBRECHT HIGH-SCHOOL. I'VE DONE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND DONE THESE THINGS.

THE DIFFERENCES IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ADD THESE DAYS, WERE BUILDING COMPONENTS AND MODULAR SO WE CAN EFFECTIVELY SHOW UP DURING THE SUMMERTIME AND DO IT.

IF THIS WAS A BRAND NEW BUILDING THAT WAS NOT DONE MODULATING, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN I SAY SUMMERTIME, IT'D BE LIKE THE ARTS BUILDING.

IT'D BE A TWO-AND-A-HALF YEAR BUILD.

THIS SYSTEM THAT EVERYBODY IS TURNING TO AND BUILDING MODULAR, IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US ALL IN MULTIPLE WAYS. THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION?

>> I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS ACTUALLY ASSIST YOU IN RESPONDING TO THE QUESTION I ASKED.

THAT WAS WHAT SCHOOLS HAVE YOU DONE? MY OBSERVATION IS WHAT IS SO SPECIALIZED ABOUT A SCHOOL THAT YOU CAN'T TACKLE WITH YOUR CURRENT EXPERIENCE?

>> ACTUALLY, THE SCHOOLS ARE VERY SIMPLE COMPARED TO VERY SIMILAR THAT I HAVE DONE.

>> THAT'S WHAT I ASSUMED.

>> IT'S A SLAM DUNK.

>> ANOTHER WAY TO ASK IS, ARE THERE ANY RED FLAGS OR SPECIAL CHALLENGES WITH SCHOOLS THAT MAKE YOU WORRIED ABOUT APPROACHING THIS PROJECT?

>> NO, ACTUALLY, THE MOST DIFFICULT PART IS THOSE WINDOWS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER THERE.

THEY'RE 632 POUNDS EACH, FOR THE PICKING THOSE UP AND PUT THEM IN PLACES THAT GET DONE WITH A COUPLE OF GUYS THROWING THEM IN, LIKE MY COMPETITION, THIS IS DONE WITH A MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT THAT ACTUALLY HOLDS IT AS YOU'RE TRYING TO SET IT IN.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST THING ON IT.

OTHERWISE, IT'S A COUPLE OF BATHROOMS AND SOME REALLY NICE FINISHES.

WE DID JUST SEND OVER DETROIT TODAY SOME BRAND NEW RENDERING, SO SOME EVEN HIGHER-END FINISHES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THESE DAYS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE TYPICAL VCT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT HIGH-END CARPETS WE CAN PUT IT IN THE ROOMS THAT AREN'T THE HARDEST IN SCIENCE ROOMS AND PLACES WHERE WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS.

WE HAVE ALL THESE LED LOW-VOLTAGE LIGHTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH CREATING COVE LIGHTING.

VERY HIGH-END. YOU GUYS ARE ALL REALLY PROUD OF THIS BUILDING.

>> JED, KIM AND I WENT DOWN AND VISIT YOUR FACILITY.

THE THING I'LL SAY, NO ONE IN THIS ROOM HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT IS THE FACT I THINK THE LAST HOUSE SHE DID WAS A FOUR-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE IN WESTLAKE HILLS IN AUSTIN.

CURRENTLY IN YOUR FACTORY WHEN I VISITED THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN TROY VISITED.

THERE WERE LIKE, YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THE QUALITY AND THE FINISH OUT.

THIS IS A DAY OFF DOING SCHOOL BUILDINGS COMPARED TO THE HIGH-END QUALITY OF A HOUSE THAT COULD BE IN WESTLAKE TEXAS OR WEST HILLS, TEXAS.

I THINK THAT'S GETTING LOST IN TRANSLATION LIKE, HEY, HAVE YOU EVER DONE THIS? WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS GOING TO BE EASIER IN THE SCHOOL THAN WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY DOING, FOUR OR FIVE MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE BUYER.

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BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO SEE THAT.

KIM AND I DID, AND TROY DID ALSO.

>> THE LAST FEW HOUSES THAT WE DID WERE GOING FOR $800,000 PER SQUARE FOOT.

WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR YOU IS $280 A FOOT.

IF YOU TAKE THE GLASS OFF OF THAT IS ABOUT $180 A FOOT COMPARED $2,000 A FOOT.

THIS IS SUBSTANTIALLY EASIER.

>> WE JUST DID A SECURITY AUDIT THAT WE FINISHED IN DECEMBER, AND ACTUALLY ANOTHER RESIDENT AND WHO'S BUILDING QUOTE HOLLOW, THE SECURITY AUDIT FOR US.

A LOT LIFETIMES RESIDENCE STEP UP ALL THE TIME IN WESTLAKE, THEY'RE EVEN STEPPING OFF WITH A CELL PHONE TOWER TRYING TO HELP US OUT OF GET A BETTER OPTION.

THERE'S PORTABLES WERE ALWAYS CITED FOR SECURITY ISSUES, FOR FIRE, FOR WIND, BULLETS, ETC.

IN OUR TOWN WE'VE HAD THREE HOUSE FIRES SINCE APRIL, TWO TOTAL LOSSES. ONE PARTIAL LOSS.

ON VERY MODERN HOMES THERE'S ONLY 618 HOMES IN TOWN.

THIS IS REAL RISK.

IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

IT SHOULD GIVE YOU PAUSE.

ONE WAS A LIGHTNING STRIKE, ONE WAS A FIREPLACE.

THEY CAUGHT FIRE THROUGH THE OUTSIDE AND ANOTHER WAS A UTILITY WORKER.

>> ABOUT THE FIRST FIRE STATION?

>> YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] I GUESS AND THAT ONE TOO.

FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE ADDRESSING WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

WE DID A SECURITY AUDIT, WE ASSESSED OUR AUDITS, WE'RE FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS AT THE SCHOOL.

I'M RELAYING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IN THE PORTABLES OR CITED AS A PROBLEM FOR THE SCHOOL.

CURRENT PORTABLES ON THE WINDOWS HAVE BARS.

IF YOU GOT FIRE THAT CANNOT GET OUT.

>> OBVIOUSLY WE LOOKED AT THE PRICE POINT DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN RAM TECH ALREADY, DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE RAM TECH PROPOSAL? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THEM? OR IN OTHER WORDS, CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPECIFICALLY MAYBE TROY AS A QUESTION TO YOU, BETWEEN A RAM TECH PRODUCT, A BRODY PRODUCT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PRICE PREMIUM IN THE BIG QUESTION EVERYONE [NOISE] IS GOING TO ASK IS, ARE WE GETTING VALUE FOR THAT INCREMENTAL INCREASE THAT WE WOULD THEORETICALLY PAY FOR THIS? CAN YOU ARTICULATE THIS OR TROY CAN YOU HANDLE?

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN THE PROPOSAL, BUT ONE THING I NOTICED BACK ON SLIDE 4, AND TROY HAD PUBLISHED SOME OF THE BREAKOUT NUMBERS FOR DIFFERENT PIECES.

HE DIDN'T GET THOSE FROM ME, SO I SUSPECT HE GOT IT FROM THEM OR THEY CALL THAT AN ADDITIONAL $10- $20,000 IN WINDOWS THERE WERE SEVERELY OFF.

BECAUSE I'M PUTTING IN $400,000 IN WINDOWS.

RIGHT OFF THE THAT I CAN SEE WHERE ONE OF THEIR MAJOR COMPONENTS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN MYSELF.

THEN TROY MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHAT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS ARE THEY PUTTING IN? ARE THEY PUTTING IN THE WALL UNITS, OR THEY GOING TO GO BACK AND HAVE A FULL CENTRAL AIR SYSTEM LIKE WE ARE?

>> THEY HAVE FULL CENTRAL AIR SYSTEM.

>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. ARE YOU DONE?

>> NO, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION.

HAVE YOU RECEIVED A FORMAL PROPOSAL FROM BRODY? TROY, QUESTIONS TO YOU.

HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE FULL RENDERINGS OF WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING INTO THOSE BUILDINGS? HAVE OUR ENGINEERS LOOKED AT THOSE?

>> WE'VE RECEIVED A SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S SPECIFIC THAT YOU GUYS GOTTEN YOUR PACKET AND THEN ALSO THE RENDERINGS THAT [INAUDIBLE]

>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE WHERE WE HAVE THE COST DIFFERENTIAL? RAM TECH MODULAR IS AT $200 PER SQUARE FOOT, BRODIE IS AT 280.

IT'S 40% THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAM TECH AND BRODIE.

HOW ARE WE GETTING A SUBSIDIZED SOLUTION? MAYBE THAT IS QUESTION IS FOR MR. COBY.

>> IF YOU TAKE 400 OFF OF THE 3.5 OR 3.1, THERE ARE 2.9.

WE CAN GO DOWN TO THE REST OF THE PIECES ABOUT HOW I'M USING STEEL STRAPS THAT EVERY ONE OF THE STANDS HAVE BEEN USING MICRO LAMPS ON THE SIZE OF THE PIECES.

I'M ANCHORING TO THE MUSICAL PILLARS, THE OTHER COMPONENTS THEY WITNESSED IN OUR SHOP THAT WE'RE DOING, THAT THE COMPETITION IS NOT.

>> HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT? THAT YOU ARE DOING AND COMPETITION IS NOT? HAVE YOU SEEN THE OTHER PROPOSAL?

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN THEIR PROPOSAL HERE, BUT I'VE SEEN THEIR PRODUCT.

>> YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THEIR PROPOSAL.

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN THEIR PROPOSAL.

>> FOR NOW SINCE WE ARE COMPARING IT ALL.

LET'S JUST THINK WE ARE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. JUST FOR NOW.

>> WE'RE NOT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLE.

>> HAVE YOU SEEN RAM TECH PROPOSAL AND HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE RAM TECH. [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'VE SEEN RAM TECH BUILDING BECAUSE I TOOK TIME, EFFORT, ENERGY TO GO LOOK.

I'VE SEEN BRODIE BECAUSE I TOOK THE TIME, ENERGY AND EFFORT.

IF YOU DID THE SAME THING, I THINK YOU'D SEE WHAT WE SEE.

>> I WAS NEVER TOLD THAT COUNCIL GIVE DIRECTION FOR ANYBODY TO GO DOWN TO THESE BUILDINGS.

>> NOBODY TOLD ME I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF BECAUSE IT'S A BIG DECISION FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

>> WHICH IS WHY I AM ASKING THESE QUESTIONS AND YOU'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IT.

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>> [OVERLAPPING]I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, JUST DO WHAT I DID AND, YOU'D KNOW WHAT I KNOW.

>> CAN I COMPLETE MY QUESTIONS, PLEASE, TIM.

MY QUESTION TO YOU, MR. COBY, IS YOU HAD MENTIONED TO ME IN A TEXT THAT YOU SENT ME THAT YOU ARE SUBSIDIZING THESE MODULAR BUILDINGS.

IN THAT SAME TEXT, YOU ALSO MENTIONED TO ME THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE SCHOOL IN THE SAME TEXT, SAME SENTENCE BOTH THE THINGS WERE MENTIONED.

TODAY ON OUR AGENDA ITEMS, WE HAVE ON ONE SIDE, THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM YOU AS DONATION, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR.

ON THE SAME AGENDA, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE $3.5 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM THE SAME SCHOOL.

PLEASE COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US HOW THIS IS A SUBSIDIZED SOLUTION? BUT IT'S 40% MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE CURRENT BID THAT WE HAVE.

THAT'S ONE QUESTION. OR MAYBE LET'S JUST FINISH ONE FIRST.

SORRY. GO AHEAD. WOULD YOU LIKE TO?

>> [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING]

>> GO AHEAD.

>> TO YOUR QUESTION, AS JEFF POINTED OUT THREE TIMES [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU BACK OUT, THE COST OF THE WINDOWS ARE RIGHT IN LINE.

WE'RE DOING THIS A MUCH HIGHER END PRODUCT AT A BREAK-EVEN AT BEST.

I'M WILLING TO DO THAT AND SACRIFICE MARGIN PRODUCTS BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE SCHOOL.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

IF YOU WANT AN AUGUST,1ST DEADLINE, WE WILL MEET THAT DEADLINE IT'S GUARANTEED BY ME PERSONALLY AND AGAIN FOR ME, GUARANTEED BY ME PERSONALLY.

IF YOU WANT TO GO ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR, UNDERSTANDING THE LIABILITY THAT YOU'RE EXPOSED TO, THAT'S A DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE.

OUR OFFER IS FIRM WE'LL DELIVER ON THAT TIMELINE, WE'LL DELIVER IT THAT $3.5 MILLION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS BY CHAIN CHALLENGES, COMMODITY PRICES, THAT IS A GUARANTEED NUMBER AND THAT IS A SUBSIDY.

>> WHY AM I JUST CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE VALUE AND THE COST.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, NOT ONLY DID YOU PRICE THESE PORTABLES TO THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE AT BREAK-EVEN COSTS WITHOUT INCLUDING THE OVERHEAD AND MARGIN.

BESIDES PERSONALLY GUARANTEEING THE BUILDINGS AND THE DELIVERY DATE, AS WELL AS THE PRICE SO THAT WE WOULDN'T NEED THE CONTINGENCY FEE OF POSSIBLY 240,000 ON THE TOWN.

YOU'VE ALSO ACCOMMODATED THE TOWN AND THE COUNCIL ON SOME SCOPE CREEP, LIKE SQUARE FOOTAGE INCREASING FROM 9,000 SQUARE FEET TO 12 AND-HALF THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

WHEN WE SCRATCHED OUR HEADS ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THE UTILITY WORK, SUCH AS THE SEWAGE LINES FROM THE BATHROOMS, THE UTILITY WORK TO THE PORTABLES, AND ALSO THE GAS LINES TO THE SCIENCE LABS IN THERE.

YOU ALSO STEPPED UP TO COVER THAT AS WELL. IS THAT TRUE?

>> I APPRECIATE THE PR AGENT SITTING HERE BUT [OVERLAPPING] I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

>> CAN I ANSWER ONE QUESTION? CAN I SAY SOMETHING PLEASE.

>> SURE. GO AHEAD.

>> WHAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IN THIS ROOM, RAM TECH IS [INAUDIBLE] DOING MOBILES.

WE'RE NOT BUILDING THAT SAME PRODUCT.

WE'RE BUILDING REAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE FOR PERMANENT.

WE'RE GIVEN THEM TO YOU AT THE SAME SQUARE FOOT [OVERLAPPING]

>> I COME INTO THE TIMELINE AND IN THE PRESENTATION TROY AND THE STAFF REPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE PUBLIC HAS INFORMATION TO THAT OR NOT, BUT IT IS VERY CLEARLY MENTIONED AND I WILL READ IT OUT FOR EVERYONE.

STAFF HAS CONFIRMED THAT RAM TECH COULD NOT MEET THE AUGUST,1ST DEADLINE FOR THE PROJECT.

MOBILE MODULAR CAN MEET THE AUGUST,1ST DEADLINE WITH THE APPROVED AGREEMENT.

IT IS WRITTEN THAT MOBILE MODULAR WHO HAS NOT YET GIVEN US A BID.

IS GIVING US A BID BY FRIDAY THAT IS AFTER TWO DAYS.

CAN MEET THE AUGUST,1ST DEADLINE THAT IS THERE.

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>> THEN GO WITH MOBILE MODULAR.

>> IF THEY HAVE THE BETTER PRODUCT.

THEY HAVE A BETTER TECHNICAL PRODUCT.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST BRODIE MODULAR.

YES YOU DO.

NO I DO NOT. CAN I PLEASE ANSWER? GO AHEAD.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST YOU PERSONALLY, MR. COBY OR AGAINST BRODIE MODULAR.

I AM HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL ASK ME THIS QUESTION IF I DO NOT DO THE DUE DILIGENCE AND IF IT DID, THIS WAS NOT YOUR COMPANY, YOU WOULD HAVE DONE THAT TOO.

IF THAT IS A COMPANY THAT HAS A 40 YEAR TRACK RECORD AGAINST THE COMPANY, AND YOU KEEP SAYING THAT YOU WILL NOT BENEFIT ANYTHING OUT OF THIS. YES, YOU WILL.

IT'S A BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

IF YOU GET A PUBLIC SCHOOL CONTRACT, IT'S GOING TO DO WONDERS FOR YOUR BUSINESS, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE AT THIS POINT.

LET'S BE VERY CLEAR.

IT'S A BUSINESS TRANSACTION WHICH YOU AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND THE VENDOR HAVE TO PRESENT.

MY JOB IS AND RESPONSIBILITY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS TO LOOK AFTER THE INTERESTS OF NOT BRODIE MODULAR, BUT AFTER THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE I REPRESENT AND THE $3.5 MILLION TAB THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OFF.

>> YOU SHOULD DO YOUR JOB. IF MOBILE MODULAR CAN DO IT [OVERLAPPING] ON THAT TIMELINE FOR A BETTER COST, I'VE SEEN HOW HARD IT IS TO GIVE YOU GUYS MONEY, MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE [LAUGHTER] IMPERTINENCE.

I KNOW THAT FOR [OVERLAPPING]

>> WE HAVE ASKED YOU LAST YEAR FOR REMOVING THOSE PORTABLES FOR THE PLEDGE THAT YOU MADE AND YOU VERY CLEARLY SAID NO YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED.

>> DON'T YELL PLEASE TO THE PEOPLE.

>> YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED.

WE GAVE YOU A FIRM PRICE GUARANTEED BY ME.

AUGUST 1ST, DEADLINE FOR YOUR VOTE.

>> CAN I SAY SOMETHING?

>> GO AHEAD.

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> I APPRECIATE THAT.

[BACKGROUND] THAT'S YEAH.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> IT COMES DOWN TO A MATTER OF LOGISTICS FOR US.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO COMMIT TO A TIMELINE IF WE CAN'T DELIVER ON THE TIMELINE.

IF MOBILE MODULAR CAN DO IT AND THEIR BIDS COME IN TWO DAYS, AND IT'S A LOWER PRICE.

BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE CAN GUARANTEE 81 AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS, YOU WOULD NOT ACCEPT ANOTHER YEAR OF STUDENTS IN THOSE BUILDINGS.

>> MIKE, YOU'RE RIGHT.

>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. [OVERLAPPING]

>> I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE, LISTEN, YOU'VE HEARD OUR PROPOSAL, YOU'VE HEARD MY PERSONAL COMMITMENT AND JED'S PERSONAL COMMITMENT.

IT'S UP TO YOU ALL TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

WE'VE INVESTED CLOSE TO $100,000 ON DESIGN UP TO THIS POINT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT A SUNK COST, THIS GOES AWAY AND THAT'S FINE.

BUT I THINK WE'VE DEMONSTRATED IN GOOD FAITH THAT WE ARE WILLING TO DO THIS PROJECT ON TIME, GUARANTEED, BUDGET, GUARANTEED.

IF YOU HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION,

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BY ALL MEANS, DO IT.

THIS PROCESS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IS A LOT HARDER THAN THE OTHER DEALS THAT WE DO THAT ACTUALLY MAKE US MONEY.

>> MIKE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.

THE REASON WHY WE GOT TO THIS IS BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH OUR ATTORNEY AND BASICALLY SAID THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, BUT THE OTHER MOBILE SOLUTIONS WILL HAVE LOWER GLASS, LOWER AIR QUALITY, LOWER OUR FACTOR AND LOWER TORNADO SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW US THIS IS APPLES AND ORANGES.

YOU BY FAR ARE THE SUPERIOR PRODUCT.

I'VE LOOKED AT BOTH AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. I APPRECIATE.

>> [OVERLAPPING] FIRST, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE.

I AM EMBARRASSED AT OUR LACK OF CIVILITY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR WORLD OR TOWN.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT BREAKING EVEN ON THIS PRODUCT.

YOU'RE PROBABLY NOWHERE CLOSE TO BREAKING.

I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THIS.

I THINK WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING PROCESS.

IF YOU HEARD TONIGHT THROUGH THE ATTORNEY THERE'S EXCEPTIONS THAT WE CAN GO DO THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT THESE PORTABLY.

MR. MAYOR, I CAUSE WE TAKE THIS FOR A VOTE.

WE TAKE IT FOR A VOTE AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE AGAINST IT, YOU CAN JUDGE ME ON THE BALLOT MAY OF NEXT YEAR BUT I'M TIRED OF THIS CONVERSATION.

I'M TIRED OF THE LACK OF CIVILITY.

THIS IS EMBARRASSING.

THANK YOU FOR ONE FOR YOUR DONATIONS FOR STEPPING UP TO SOLVE A PROBLEM BUT MR. MAYOR, I'M READY TO TAKE THIS TO A VOTE.

>> YEAH. CAN I SAY ONE THING TOO? IS THAT WE DON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL NEXT MONTH AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR BOND SPECIALISTS AND OUR ADVISORS HERE IF WE WERE TO WAIT ANOTHER MONTH AND INTEREST RATES GO UP, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE POTENTIAL DELTA IN THE BIDS?

>> OR IF WE WAIT ANOTHER YEAR.

>> NOT WAITING.

>> GOOD EVENING, [INAUDIBLE] WITH NICOLE PARKHURST AND HORTON.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE TOWN'S BOND COUNCIL AND I WAS DISCUSSING THAT WITH STAN EARLIER AND WITH TED HERE.

WE HAD LATELY, AMEGY BANK ZIONS HAS BEEN WINNING ALL OF OUR PRIVATE BANK BIDS ACROSS TEXAS.

WE HAD THEM, THEY BID ON JANUARY 23RD, THEY BID AT 3.4% INTEREST RATE ON A DEAL I DID.

WE GOT THIS BID IN WHAT'S THE DATE ON HERE, TED? JANUARY 31ST.

SO EIGHT DAYS LATER IT CAME IN AT A 3.59.

THAT SAME CLIENT WENT BACK TO THEM ABOUT THE SAME DAY AT A TAXABLE RATE THIS WAS THE SAME BANK.

THEY BID A 4.75 TAXABLE ABOUT THIS SAME 1ST OF FEBRUARY AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SELL THAT THIS MONDAY AND DELIVER ON THE 28TH.

WE COULDN'T DO THAT AND SO WE HAVE TO RE-PRICE IT AND THEY'VE RE-PRICED AT 5.22, SO ALMOST A FULL, HALF A PERCENT HIGHER.

RIGHT NOW, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE DID OUR DILIGENCE AND TED TOOK BIDS, BUT HE HAS A FIRM OFFER FROM AMEGY BANK.

THEY ARE EXPECTING YOU ALL TO ACCEPT THIS OFFER TONIGHT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN ALWAYS VOTE IT DOWN, BUT IT IS A FORMAL OFFER, ALL THE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN PREPARED, THEIR ATTORNEYS HAVE HAVE REVIEWED IT.

RIGHT NOW THE DEBT SERVICE, THE INTEREST OVER SEVEN YEARS WOULD BE $526,000.

IF WE HAVE TO COME OUT AND RE-BID IT.

>> [INAUDIBLE] RE-BIDDING IT TODAY WOULD BE SAY SOMEWHERE IN THE UPPER THREES TO LOWER FOUR.

RATES HAVE JUST POPPED IN THE LAST.

>> WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IF WE WAIT ANOTHER MONTH TO VOTE AND GET ANOTHER QUOTE, IT WOULD EAT THE DELTA OF RAMTECH VERSUS BRODIE.

>> MY BEST GUESS WOULD BE, [OVERLAPPING] I KNEW FOR SURE I'D BE RETIRED, BUT YEAH, IF MY BEST GUESS WOULD BE THE INTEREST RATES RISING WOULD EAT UP ANY SAVINGS?

>> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

>> I'M SAYING THIS AS YOUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR, AS A TAXPAYER, I WANT YOU TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO STAN WAS THAT FINANCING OF THESE BUILDING REPLACEMENTS AND THE ACTUAL PURCHASE, THEY'RE INDEPENDENT, THEY'RE NOT TIED TOGETHER.

SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FINANCE IT WITHOUT PICKING WHICH VENDORS YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH, AS LONG AS THE COUNCIL COMMITS TO DO SO VERY EXPEDITIOUSLY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE CASH ON HAND.

WE DO HAVE SOME CASH.

WE WERE LOOKING AT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GO AHEAD, WHERE WE'RE BEING MINDFUL OF INTEREST RATE RISK, AND WE'RE ALSO BEING MINDFUL THAT THERE'S A CHANCE OF A RECESSION THIS YEAR.

WE'RE BEING A LITTLE CAUTIOUS, LOOKING TO BORROW SOME MONEY AND THEN WITH CASH ON HAND TO DO THIS BUT WITH THAT SAID,

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WE ALSO HAVE SOME THINGS IN THE PIKE, THAT THEY COME TO FRUITION, IT'LL.

>> THE FACT THAT MATTER IS YOUR MONEY IN THE BANK IS EARNING 4.5%, 3.7 [INAUDIBLE].

>> IT'S ARBITRARY.

>> YOU'RE MAKING AND YOU'RE NOT EARNING THAT ON WHICH YOU BORROWED BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT.

THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE IRS, BUT YOUR SAVINGS THAT YOU'RE MAKING 4.5% ON, YOU'RE MAKING MONEY ON YOUR MONEY AHEAD BY DOING THAT.

>> THANK YOU GUYS.

>> THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE DOING IT.

>> THANKS, YEAH. HEY BRIE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

>> BRIE, COME UP.

>> COME ON UP.

>> I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO, BUT WE WANT YOU TO COME ON UP.

>> I MAYBE THINK KIM AND MR. TIM, YOU ALL WENT TO SEE MOBILE MODULAR, CORRECT? IS THAT THEIR?

>> YEAH.

>> IS THAT IT? I THINK YOU CAN ALL JUST PULL IT UP ONLINE AND YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENCE IN QUALITY, JUST [INAUDIBLE].

SO TO ME, EVEN IF THEY CAME THERE AT WHAT? THEY ARE AT $636,000 DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW.

>> YES.

>> OH NO, THAT'S THE OTHER ONE, MOBILE MODULAR, BUT I MEAN, THE QUALITY OF THEIR PRODUCT JUST BY A QUICK. [OVERLAPPING]

>> MOBILE MODULAR, IT TENDS TO BE MORE OF AN OILFIELD.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A PORTABLE.

>> YEAH, IT IS.

>> I JUST WANTED TO [OVERLAPPING].

>> MOBILE MODULAR DOES HAVE PERMANENT MODULAR BUILDINGS AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY HAVE BUILT SOME REALLY NICE TWO-STORY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLS, WHICH CAN BE CUSTOMIZED TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS.

I ALSO WENT ON THEIR WEBSITE, BRIE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.

RAMTECH AND MOBILE MODULAR BOTH HAVE VERY SIMILAR PRODUCTS TO BRODIE MODULAR AND THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR 20-30 YEARS.

EVERYBODY LISTENING, EVERYBODY HERE AND EVERYBODY SEEING IT ON THE LIVE THING, AND GO ON THEIR WEBSITES AND TYPE PERMANENT MODULAR BUILDINGS.

>> THAT'S WHY I CAME UP HERE TO ASK IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING.

THAT'S WHY I CAME AND ASKED THE QUESTIONS TO SEE COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND YOU'RE SAYING YES, CORRECT?

>> TREY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY? I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN TASKED FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THESE PORTABLES.

NO COUNCIL YET HAS MADE A DECISION ON THIS.

WE'VE GOT THREE COMPANIES HERE.

IF THERE WERE MORE, I THINK I ASSUME YOU'D HAVE BROUGHT THEM TO US IF THEY WERE COMPETITIVE AND OR REALISTIC.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANT VOTE, WE HAVE SOME WHO DON'T WANT TO VOTE, THAT'S FINE.

BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO TIE THIS UP AND MOVE ON.

WE HAVE BIGGER THINGS TO DEAL WITH, WE HAVE BIGGER FINANCING ISSUES WE HAVE TO TACKLE.

[NOISE] I DON'T THINK THIS IS IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.

THIS SHOULDN'T BE TERRIBLY CONTROVERSIAL BUT AS I SAY ALL THE TIME, I NEVER SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS CONTROVERSIAL.

>> SIMPLY AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO BEGIN NEGOTIATING WITH BRODY?

>> THAT'S IT.

>> OR IS IT, WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION? BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A BID THAT HASN'T COME IN.

>> MOBILE MODULAR, IF YOU LOOK AT DOWN THEIR PRODUCT IS NOT REALLY WHAT WE WANT.

>> I KNOW, BUT ONE THING THAT BOTHERS PEOPLE HERE IS THAT EVERYBODY UP HERE IS ACTING LIKE THE PR ARM ROUT FOR BRODY.

WE EXPECT YOU TO BE DISPASSIONATE.

WE EXPECT YOU TO ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS TO EVERY VENDOR.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE VOTING ON THIS BEFORE YOU PROCEED AND FUND A BID.

>> WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF RESPECT, WE HAVE SAT THROUGH DOZENS OF HOURS SPECIFICALLY ON THIS TOPIC.

WE HAVE DISCUSSED RAM TECH AND MOBILE MODULAR AD NAUSEUM IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS WHICH YOU'VE NOT BEEN AT.

>> IF YOU GO BACK I SHOULD SEE ALL THAT.

>> EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAD PRIVATE MEETINGS UPSTAIRS WITH DR.

WILSON TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE OPTIONS, INCLUDING BRODY.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS COME UP.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU DON'T DO YOUR OPTICS ANY GOOD WHEN YOU DO HALF OF THE MARKETING FOR THE VENDORS COMING UP.

>> THIS IS A MOBILE MODULAR.

>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.

>> IT'S A TOUGH MARKETING. I LOOKED AT BOTH PRODUCTS.

ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER LOOKED AT BOTH PRODUCTS, YOU HAVEN'T.

HE AND I BOTH AGREE IT'S A FAR SUPERIOR PRODUCT.

IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT BOTH PRODUCTS, THEN I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION, BUT YOU HAVEN'T? WE HAVE.

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>> WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE? WE'RE A 20-YEAR-OLD BUILDINGS ON CARS?

>> I'M JUST SAYING.

>> NO, I'M ASKING. BECAUSE WE ARE FORMULATING AN EXEMPTION ON THE ADVICE OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE WORTH DISCUSSING, WHICH ARE, OBVIOUSLY WE'D ALL LIKE TO GET RID OF THESE THINGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND GET SOMETHING ELSE IN PLACE.

IT WOULD BE GREAT TO DO IT THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

DECISION-MAKING IS MULTI-DIMENSIONAL. YES, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET IT DONE THIS YEAR.

BUT WHAT ARE WE GIVING UP BY SHORT-CIRCUITING THE PROCESS, BY NOT BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT ENOUGH BIDDINGS. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THERE'S BEEN NO SHORT CIRCUIT OF A PROCESS.

>> FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY CELL PHONE CAR BIDS DO WE GET?

>> THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, MAYOR.

STICK TO THE AGENDA.

WE CAN ALWAYS ANSWER THOSE THINGS.

>> CHANDRIKA, LET ME SPEAK. IN TERMS OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING, THE TOWN WENT OUT AND GET ONE.

CHANDRIKA VOTED ON THAT.

>> LET'S STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEM TODAY.

DO NOT DIGRESS FROM THE AGENDA.

>> IT WAS SO SORTING.

>> LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

>> IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

>> I DON'T THINK SOMETHING WAS DONE THE WRONG ANYWAY IN THE PAST THAT ADJUSTMENT CAN TAKE MUCH LONGER NOW.

>> I'M POINTING THIS OUT YOU. [OVERLAPPING]

>> HANG ON. TO GO BACK TO YOUR POINT.

WE HAVE TACKLED THIS IN SO MANY MEETINGS AND WITH NO DISRESPECT, I'VE NOT SEEN YOU AT ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS.

I HAVE SAT HERE PERSONALLY AND HAVE DISCUSSED THESE THINGS FOR DOZENS AND DOZENS OF HOURS.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HELD PRIVATE MEETINGS UPSTAIRS TO SPECIFICALLY DISCUSS THIS AS AN OPTION.

THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE CULMINATION OF HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF TIME.

I MEAN, TROY HOW MANY HOURS HAVE YOU PUT INTO THIS?

>> A LOT. WE'VE DONE THE RESEARCH [OVERLAPPING]

>> WE'VE ASKED YOU MULTIPLE TIMES TO GO OUT, FIND POTENTIAL PROVIDERS, COME BACK WITH DRAWINGS, COME BACK WITH PRICING.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT MY FINAL POINT WOULD BE I THINK YOU INSULT THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE AUDIENCE WHEN YOU PRETEND YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY MADE A DECISION ON THIS, WHEN YOU PRETEND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE BID THAT'S COMING IN ON FRIDAY.

IT DOESN'T LOOK TO ANYBODY HERE WHO'S LOOKING AT THIS OBJECTIVELY, LIKE THAT'S THE CASE.

YOU MAY BE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.

BRODY, MAY BE THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, BUT IT'S NOT ENGENDERING CONFIDENCE IN THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN AT THIS MEETING WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY MADE A DECISION.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> GUYS, LET'S SETTLE DOWN HERE.

>> LISTEN. AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HERE WANTS TO EARN THE TRUST OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN.

THAT'S WHY I FOUGHT SO HARD FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE LIVE STREAMED AND ARCHIVED.

>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU DID NOT DO IT.

>> THAT MEANS YOU GUYS CAN GO BACK.

PLEASE, LET ME FINISH.

>> YOU SPOKE ABOUT DECENCY AND I RESPECTED THAT. DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY THAT?

>> MR. DISPUTER.

>> I'M SORRY. DID YOU JUST SAY WE SHOULD BE CIVIL?

>> MR. DISPUTER.

>> YES.

>> MR. DISPUTER.

>> THAT SOUNDS CIVIL TO YOU?

>> MR. DISPUTER, COUNCILWOMAN WHITE IS SPEAKING RIGHT NOW.

>> I WAS FINISHING GLEN.

>> NO, ACTUALLY, I WAS TALKING.

AS WE TRY TO EARN THE TRUST OF ALL THE RESIDENTS, I WOULD REALLY BEHOOVE YOU GUYS TO LOOK BACK AT THE ARCHIVED VIDEOS.

BECAUSE IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT REPLACING THE PORTABLES, WE NEVER GOT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

I'M HOPING THAT AFTER TONIGHT, EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM HERE AND EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AT HOME OR ON THEIR CELL PHONES WILL SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TWO WORKSTREAMS IN PARALLEL.

ONE IS PERMANENT BUILDINGS AND ONE IS GETTING RID OF THE PORTABLES.

LOOKING AT WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS IN TERMS OF EXPANSION AND PIP OR DP AND USING BUILDINGS THAT WE CAN USE THIS FLUX SPACES.

THE VISION HERE IS REALLY TO PROVIDE VALUE FOR THE TOWN, FOR THE RESIDENTS.

TO REALLY KEEP OUR SCHOOL IN TERMS OF BOTH EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM AND STAFF AND ALSO FACILITIES COMPETITIVE WITH ALL OF THE VERSIONING EXCELLENT SCHOOLS AROUND US, SO THAT WE CAN STILL HAVE THIS CROWN JEWEL THAT BENEFITS OUR PROPERTY VALUES, OUR FAMILIES OR QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR BUSINESS RECRUITMENT.

HOPEFULLY TONIGHT IS THE BEGINNING OF THIS CONVERSATION ON A WIDER SCALE IN OUR TOWN.

I AM SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF US UP HERE ARE HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS TO CALL US, MEET US, TALK.

I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE EVENINGS AT WORK, WEEKENDS AT OUR KIDS SOCCER GAMES ON OUR DATE NIGHTS.

I MEAN, WE TRY VERY HARD TO TALK TO YOU GUYS [LAUGHTER] WHENEVER YOU CAN.

PLEASE CALL BECAUSE THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THIS CONVERSATION ON A WIDER SCALE.

>> I REALLY DO. I DON'T AGREE WITH THEM, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPINION.

THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ELECTED US TO MAKE A DECISION.

MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO BRING THIS TO VOTE.

>> MR. GREAVES, THAT'S FAIR.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SEE. YOUR POINT.

>> YOU HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE.

>> NO, I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING BAD. YOUR POINT.

BECOMING CIVIL, I THOUGHT HIT A LESSON.

AGAIN AN EXAMPLE OF DONAHUE, YOU HAVE COMPLETE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DRINK AT THE END OF IT. THAT WAS OUR TURN.

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>> THAT'S GOOD.

>> ALL I SAID, WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER IS, WHO DO YOU GIVE A GOOD PRESENTATION? ACTUALLY GOT ME THINKING PERHAPS MODULUS AS PART OF THE PROCESS.

THE OTHER SAME ARGUMENTS, THE COMPANIES, MAKE A DECISION.

ALL OF US, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, HOW THIS ENTIRE THING WENT AGAINST OBS.

THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMED INSTEAD OF DOING THAT ALREADY BEEN DECIDED AND NOW WE ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO THAT'S ALL THAT IT WAS SAYING. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT.

>> THAT'S FAIR. THAT'S NOT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT THAT IS VERY FAIR AND I APPRECIATE IT. COME ON UP.

>> WHY NOT?

>> MY QUESTION IS, WE'RE TAKING THE BYPASS AND WE'RE SKIPPING THE DUE PROCESS BECAUSE WE ARE FOLLOWING EXEMPTIONS ALLOWED UNDER LAW.

>> I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT [OVERLAPPING]

>> UNDERSTOOD. LIFESAVING POINT.

I'VE HEARD THAT AND I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT AND I'M FOR IT.

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IF THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SO LONG AND YOU ALL PERSONALLY KNOW MR. COLBY, SO DO I.

WHY DID HE HAVE TO COME IN AT THE LAST MINUTE THROUGH THE BACK DOOR AND THE NOT BE MAKING HIM A PART OF THE PROCESS RIGHT OUT THE GATE, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, GO THROUGH THE COMPLETE PROCESS.

TWO, ARE WE SAYING THAT WE ARE SKIPPING THE PROCESS BECAUSE THE TIMELINES DEMAND? IS IT BECAUSE WE PURPOSELY DID NOT CHOOSE TO GO AND ASK THOSE PUBLIC PROCESSES FROM OTHERS WITH THAT TIMELINE? THEN WE MORE LAST MINUTE GOT THE PROPOSAL THROUGH THE BACK DOOR WHILE WE KNOW MR. GORDON WHO OWN THE COMPANY FOR OVER A YEAR, WE'RE PERSONAL FRIENDS WITH HIM, INCLUDING ME.

I GUESS, I KNOW HIM, BASICALLY.

WHY IS THE NEED TO BRING HIM AT THE LAST MINUTE, AT THE 11TH HOUR COMES IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR AND WE'RE NOW SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN EXEMPTION ALREADY BECAUSE THIS ALLOWED UNDER THE LAW NOW? ARE WE ACTUALLY CREATING AND MAKING THE QUESTION RULES?

>> LET HIM FINISH.

>> LET ME FINISH. NO, IT'S NOT.

DID WE CREATE A PATHWAY SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GET TO THAT WHERE WE ARE IN A POSITION LEGALLY TO SAY, "YES, WE HAVE MET THE PROCESS AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE EXEMPTIONS AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE DOING IT?" THE QUESTION IS, IT'S ALL BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.

MR. KARP IS BEING HERE.

>> I KNOW.

>> YOU ALL KNOW HIM PERSONALLY.

>> IT'S THE SAME POINT.

>> WHY HAS IT NOT BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE PROCESS RIGHT OFF THE GATE FROM DAY ONE.

>> CAN I ANSWER YOUR OBSERVATION.

IT HAS COME TO COUNCIL TROY BROAD BRODY, PRODUCT TO COUNSEL PREVIOUSLY AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT UPSTAIRS.

I'VE MADE THIS POINT MULTIPLE TIMES.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT BRODY PRODUCT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO COUNSEL.

WE HAVE BEEN DEBATING THIS FOR MONTHS IN OPEN COUNCIL MEETINGS.

>> THAT'S NOT A TRUE STATEMENT.

>> AS A PROPOSAL OBVIOUSLY.

>> THAT'S NOT A TRUE STATEMENT.

>> EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS SO MISLEADING.

IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY.

>> WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING.

I AM NOT HERE TO TAKE YOUR SCREAMING. PLESE HAVE YOURSELF.

HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME THAT WAY.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> [NOISE] EVERYONE CALM DOWN.

>> CALM DOWN. [LAUGHTER]

>> HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE THAT.

>> COME ON. SETTLE DOWN. WE WERE HAVING A PROPER DISCUSSION.

>> YOU RELAX FIRST.

>> MY GOD.

>> AS WE SIT THROUGH THIS THING.

[NOISE] WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT PROCESS, AND TWICE NOW I BROUGHT UP THE CELLPHONE TOWER.

IS THAT BOTHER YOU THAT THERE WAS NO BIDS FOR THAT?

>> THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> DOES IT BOTHER YOU THAT OUR PROJECT IS MISSING MONEY AND HER HUSBAND HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

>> CAN WE TAKE FIVE MINUTES, PLEASE? [OVERLAPPING]

>> ENOUGH.

>> ALL RIGHT. [NOISE] LET'S GET BACK INTO SESSION HERE, EVERYONE SIT BACK DOWN.

STAN IF YOU CAN REVIEW THE LAW ONE MORE TIME WITH US. WHAT IS IT?

>> THE BASIC PREMISE OF THE LAW IS THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO EXPAND YOU BEING A MUNICIPALITY, GOING TO EXPAND $50,000 OR MORE ON CERTAIN PURCHASES, THESE BUILDINGS BEING ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF PURCHASE, YOU MUST COMPETITIVELY BID AT EXPENDITURE.

>> YES.

>> AND STATE LAW GIVES TIMELINES AND CRITERIA ON HOW YOU BID THAT PROBLEM PURCHASE.

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HOWEVER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXEMPTIONS WHERE MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPETITIVELY BID, MEANING THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND EXPAND THE MONEY OVER $50,000 WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS.

THERE ARE PROBABLY BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL SHOULD IT CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE OF NOT BIDDING IT.

WHICH IS YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT TONIGHT, EVEN IF YOU VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION, YOU'RE MERELY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, YOU BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS.

TWO OF THOSE EXEMPTIONS MOST LIKELY WOULD BE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF YOUR RESIDENTS OR A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT RELATIVE TO YOUR STUDENTS AND THE SAFETY AND THE AGE OF THESE BUILDINGS.

THE OTHER ONE IS WHAT'S CALLED A SOLE OR SINGULAR SOURCE.

BASED ON THE WAY TROY DESCRIBE THE COMPONENTS OR THE ELEMENTS OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

AGAIN, THERE'S THE BASE RULE THAT [NOISE] REQUIRES EXPENDITURES OVER $50,000 TO BE COMPETITIVELY BID.

THERE'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF EXEMPTIONS THAT ALLOW YOU TO NOT BID.

I'VE GONE OVER A COUPLE OF THEM.

>> STAN FOR CLARIFICATION.

IT'S A TIMING ISSUE AS WELL.

DOES THAT QUALIFY?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. AND IF I DIDN'T STATE THAT I MEANT TO, THE TIMING ON WHICH YOU WANT THESE DELIVERABLES CAN BE A SOURCE OF SOLE SOURCE.

>> AND THEN ONCE I'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, ACTUALLY WITH THE ART PROJECT IN THE CELL TOWER ESSENTIALLY, THEY SOLE SOURCED IT WITH VERY FEW BIDS.

BUT WE'VE GOT BIDS, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF QUOTES.

>> TO CLARIFY, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS NOT APPROVING BIDDING MODULAR.

ALL IT'S SIMPLY SAYING IS IT'S GIVING THE MAYOR THE AUTHORIZATION TO SOLICIT A FORMAL CONTRACT FOR THEM. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> CORRECT.

>> WE'RE NOT VOTING TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO HAVE IT BROUGHT BACK TO US.

>> WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

>> THE NEXT MEETING, THE ACTUAL CONTRACT, THEN WE VOTE ON IT IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.

IF WE CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BID AND BY, THEN I'M ASSUMING WE'LL HAVE THIS MODULAR MOBILE 1, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED.

THERE'S REALLY NO COMMITMENT HERE.

>> CORRECT.

>> OKAY.

>> AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO GO WITH USING ONE OF THE DIMENSIONS THAT I SPOKE OF.

>> RIGHT.

>> OR PULLING THE PLUG ENTIRELY ON THE PROJECT OR PUTTING IT OUT TO A COMPETITIVE SEALED BID.

>> RIGHT. I WANTED TO ASK TED, IF HE'S STILL HERE.

YOUR RESOLUTION THAT'S AS IT'S PRESENTED.

IF WE WERE TO VOTE FOR IT, DOES IT COMMIT US TO DRAWING DOWN FUNDS UNDER THE TAX NOTE? WE'D HAVE TO DRAW THE FULL THING DOWN OR THERE'S A MINIMUM?

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> IT DOES. [NOISE] AND IS THERE A TIME COMMITMENT BY WHICH WE'D HAVE TO SPEND A MINIMUM OUT?

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> IF WE WERE TO DIFFER ON THE RESOLUTION TO THE NEXT MEETING, WE'D BE AT MARKET RISK FOR THE INTEREST RATE.

AND YOUR BEST EXPECTATION WILL GO UP.

DO YOU THINK THEY'D GO UP BY MORE THAN THE ISSUANCE COST? WE'D BE OUT OF POCKET IF WE APPROVED IT TONIGHT. DREW THE MONEY DOWN.

OBVIOUSLY, THE INTERESTS CLOCK STARTS.

WE HAVE AN ISSUANCE COST OF 50 ODD THOUSAND.

WOULD YOU IMAGINE THE INTEREST RATES WOULD GO UP BY MORE THAN THAT IF WE DEFERRED.

ARE WE BETTER TO LOCK IN KNOWING WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING?

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> AND IF FOR SOME REASON WE DID NOTHING, ALL WE'D BE OUT OF POCKET IS THE ISSUANCE COST OF 52,000.

GOT IT. UNDERSTOOD.

>> I GIVE YOU ONE MORE SHOT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY?

>> NOW THE QUESTION WAS THE PROCESS NOT THE DOLLARS AND THE BIDDING, IT'S THE PROCESS.

WE AS THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DUE PROCESSES ARE FOLLOWED.

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REGARDLESS WHO THE BIDDERS ARE ON WHO THE WINNERS ARE.

THAT'S NOT THIS ISSUE.

THE COSTS OF THE CAUSE.

EVEN IF SOMEONE IS HIGHER, BUT YOU CAN JUSTIFY, IT DOES MAKE SENSE.

WE ALL KNOW PERSONAL LIVES GO FOR SOMETIMES HIGH BIDDERS, BECAUSE WE SEE OTHER THINGS THERE.

THAT ARE THERE. MR. COLE HAS PUT UP HIS PERSONAL GUARANTEE HERE TO COMPLETE THESE THINGS.

HE SENDS HIS OWN KIDS TO SCHOOL.

ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED.

HOWEVER, WHAT CANNOT BE IGNORED IS THE DUE REQUIRED PROCESS.

AS A RESIDENT, I WILL HAVE AN ISSUE IF OUR REPRESENTATIVES TRY TO SKIP THE PROCESSES AND WILL GO AROUND OR CREATE CHANNELS TO MAKE THE EXCEPTIONAL LOOK LEGIT AND TRY TO CREATE ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

THAT IS WHAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE.

I WILL BE HERE AGAIN.

I'M SURE I'M HERE. I'LL BE HERE AGAIN.

I'M SURE THEY'LL ALSO BE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WOULD HAVE ISSUES WITH IT.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIDDING WHO TAKES THE PROJECT, WHO GETS THE PROJECT.

AS RIGHT ARE THE FIRST DISCUSSION I SAID, WE SHOULD LOOK AT OUR WESTLAKE RESIDENTS CLOSELY AND GIVE EVERYONE A FAIR OPPORTUNITY AND THEN CONSIDER WHAT MAKES THE BEST SENSE OF THE TOWN.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THE CHEAPEST.

BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES.

BUT DON'T DO IT THERE.

IT ALSO MAKES SENSE TO REVIEW IS HERE.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE COST, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PROCESS.

IT'S ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR FAIR PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC FAIRNESS POLICY.

>> I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE, AND I BROUGHT THIS UP, BUT ANYTIME TONIGHT, I'M A BIG FAN OF CONSISTENCY OF THOUGHT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR BIDDING, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE ART PROJECT AND WHO VOTED ON IT, AND WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE TOLD HER.

>> MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANKS.

>> MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PROPOSAL TO RESOLUTIONS 23.

>> SURE.

>> LET ME READ IT LOUD HERE. FOR OUR RESOLUTION 23, TOWN CONCERNING IMPROVING RESOLUTION 2310, AUTHORIZING THE AMERICAN TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH BRODY MODULAR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO MODULAR BUILDINGS AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY LOCATED AT 2,600 JT OTTINGER ROAD AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. CAN I GET A FIRST?

>> YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

>> CAN I GET A SECOND?

>> I'LL SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> ALL OPPOSED.

>> I'M OPPOSED.

>> MOTION CARRIES. THEN WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THE TOP ONE FOR ONE, THREE.

CONSIDERING ORDINANCE 962, CONSIDERING

[I.4. Consider adopting Ordinance 962 authorizing the issuance and sale of the Town of Westlake Tax Note, Series 2023; Levying an Annual Ad Valorem Tax and providing security for and payment of said note; and take appropriate action]

ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE 962 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE CANDLE WESTLAKE TAX NOTE SERIES 2023 11 IN ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX AND PROVIDING SECURITY IN PAYMENT FOUR SAID NO.

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR FIRST?

>> YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

>> I'LL SECOND IT.

>> CAN I GET A SECOND? ALL FAVOR?

>> AYE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> ALL OPPOSED?

>> I ABSTAIN IT.

>> YOU ABSTAIN. MOTION CARRIES. THE RELIEVE.

DID I MISS ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA HERE SO FAR? [NOISE] DID WE TAKE CARE OF MARTHA?.

YES. IN CONSENT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.