Voices for International Business and Education
Minutes
Facilities Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday September 25, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Location
International High School Community Meeting Room
2733 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
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Committee Members Present
C. Robinson, L. Arellano-Rivera, S. Olivier
Committee Members Absent
C. Peterson, K. Wolfe, P. Manson
Guests Present
A. Berger, A. Le, D. Lewis, E. Thomas, F. McKenna
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
S. Olivier called a meeting of the Facility Committee of Voices for International Business and Education to order on Wednesday Sep 25, 2024 at 6:49 PM.
C.
Approve May 2024 Minutes
C. Robinson made a motion to approve the minutes from Facilities Committee Meeting on 05-07-24.
L. Arellano-Rivera seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Committee Business
A.
Facilities Report / Major Projects Update
III. Closing Items
A.
Next Meeting
12/4 next meeting 6:30pm
B.
Public Comment
C.
Adjourn Meeting
L. Arellano-Rivera made a motion to Motion to Adjourn the meeting.
C. Robinson seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
F. McKenna
Welcome our new facilities director Aviva Le. I have been the Faciliites director at ISL for 17. managed 3 sites.
This facility is facing a lot of challenges. This builidng has been a swing space for many schools 5/6. Therefore, the space needs many maintenance and repairs.
Completed project
The fired alarm will update the new systems
Cell phone storage- costume built by our team
AC Repairs- 45 units- and we have fixed 44 units and missing RM 308 and waiting for parts to come in October.
AC 1988 were installed- they are old and need to be replaced
Current project
Emergency Exit Plan- Resigned a Map/Plan/Flags
Intercome reset- some rooms have access and some do not. Had to purchase new ones and reset the intercom to recognize numbers and letters.
AC Repair-46 air conditioning needs to be working with constant maintenance
Hurrincane Francine update- Water intrusion in various classrooms/Windows, need repair, and 10 rooms need cleanup. We need to repair the outside and waterproof, estimated 80-120 thousand.
We have terminated the damage around windows that get water.
Toilets - Repaired or replaced 21 toilets and needed to replace 9 toilets and replace flush valves.
Ovens: 2 double-decker ovens, August one broke. only two working right now. NOLAPS will let us use one oven.
Refrigerator- never worked since we been here. it costs 13/15K to replace it and $8000 for the walking freezer.
Upcoming projects
Intercome
Exhaust Fan
AC Condenser
Building Inspection
AC Thermostats
Freezers.
Building Inspection today 9/25
80/90 infraction we need to correct.
Asking for understanding from the Board. Promised I would do my best.
We need Fundraising
New door
Letter in door.