“We want to make sure that when we do this work, that our citizens can be very proud of the work that’s being done,” Fernandez said. Some work has already been completed on the turf replacements for baseball and softball facilities, which will serve as a model on how to move forward when further architect and engineering firms are selected in August. “The district can gain a lot of reporting and dashboarding that we will work with our communication and IT departments to start showing our community so it can go to the website and see the work taking place,” Fernandez said. Portable removal and several security upgrades are also planned for the first phase.Īdditionally, the district is also working on a plan to create an online platform to monitor ongoing and future construction projects relating to the bond, said Fernandez. “The way we’re doing the work is breaking the work up in three different phases.” “I wish we could do every elementary playground replacement right out of the gate,” Fernandez said. Phase one projects include the multi-program activity centers at all seven high schools - the entirety of Proposition B - playground replacement at 15 campuses and baseball and softball field turf replacements. The first phase is set to be completed in early 2027 with the fifth phase finishing by late 2028. Javier Fernandez, director of facilities, planning and construction services, presented a timeline of projects broken into five phases. Trustees in the Tuesday, June 13, Bond Committee Meeting recommended an action item to establish the parameters for a first debt issuance not to exceed $150 million, a yield rate no more than 6% and a 25-year maturation period.ĭebbie Cabrera, a former interim chief financial officer of Garland ISD, presented an overview of the first sale that will allocate $129.2 million for Proposition A projects, $14 million for Proposition B projects and $6.8 million for Proposition C projects. After receiving approval for all three propositions that were part of a $1.2 billion package, Garland ISD has taken its first steps to issue the first tranche of the debt.

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