April miinutes are not acessible. Will table approval.

Goals for Facilities Committee are read by A. Tufail.

DOJ Grant

• Partnering with Development in applying for a DOJ grant to receive items for security of the building to improve school grounds. 
• Grant is due June 14.
• Start date is October 2022.
• Max award is $500,000 over 3 years.
• Items: surveillance cameras, metal detectors, upgrading PA system, visiting management system, 2-way radios, travel to conferences to support building safety and security, door lock upgrades.
• Applying for $321,000 with the charter share of 80,000.
• M. Flannigan (Grant writer) is helping to write the grant. Supplying grant writer with data about our specific area that would make our need greater.

Asbestos Training

• team member completed 8-hour training.
• Can help identify any new challenges that arise to address immediately
• Training is conducted by the Management Resource Group - a local group in conjunction with NOLA Public schools. 
• In process of recertifying what was seen over the last two years in the building. 

Door access panels

• They are installed 
• Members of the executive team have theirs and are able to access all three doors.
• Ultimately, all faculty and staff will have key fobs with varying levels of access - days and hours of access.

Vape Sensors

• a work in progress.
• machines are becoming accustomed to what we use regularly in the building.
• staff is getting accustomed to the codes
• Sensors are visible if you know what you are looking for.

Facility Walkthrough

• There is a room that has a consistent problem. There is material that needs to be trimmed along the roof. 
• The roof is under warranty
• We recently paid for our annual inspection
• 84 items left. 
• The exterior gray doors will be painted blue.
• Lighting has been upgraded in auditorium. The space is open for use. School board has allowed school to remove the back row to fix the seating around it. 

Facility Assessment

• Items that are marked between 8-10 will be completed within 2 years. This includes fire escapes and HVAC.
• Its best to allow NOLA PS be lead on the project.

Funding

• Part of the meeting will roll out the budget for the first two years. 
• Is current lease is up this year. We are in a year to year.

Current Location vs New Location

• Discussion around the desire to remain and invest in current location versus seeking residence elsewhere. 
• The expansion grant creates a different need. 

Strategic Plan alignment

• finding the needs and potential costs
• negotiating a long-term lease
• Then the facility preservation fund comes 18 months ago
• The decision was to go with the facility preservation fund projects and allow the landlord to pay for it.
• K. Dwyer wants to be on the Facility's committee next term

• It's great to see the new locks on the door.
• How to balance public access with security.
• Staff will figure out public access

Next meeting will be determined by new committee.