Facilities staff gave a status update on six ongoing HVAC projects and described timelines for completion. Alan Lowe summarized project status and overall scope: six projects totaling roughly $36,000,000. He said boiler replacement work at Rowena and Silvermine schools is underway, with boilers set in place and burners being installed; both projects were scheduled to be finished and ready for the heating season by Oct. 15. Brookside’s air‑conditioning rooftop units had been delivered and set; staff reported they were finishing equipment setup and controls and expected that project to be finished by the end of the week. Silvermine will complete heating work in about two weeks and staff plan to add air conditioning to the gym later in the fall; Bridal McMahon requires moving an underground oil tank to install a chiller, the chiller has been ordered and delivery is expected in February or March of next year, with installation aimed for completion before next summer. The Marvin Allen project does not yet have a construction contract; staff said initial bids solicited before summer returned few bidders and very high prices because contractors were busy, so the district will rebid and expects to go back out to bid in about a week and receive bids in three to four weeks before returning to the approval process. "When we bid...right before the summer...we didn't get very good bidding activity, and also the pricing is extremely high," a facilities manager said, explaining the rebid decision. Committee members asked whether Marvin Allen included heating and cooling; staff said it will include both systems and noted a specific problem in the media center/library where one unit served multiple zones and was beyond useful life. Several committee members pressed staff on sequencing and whether projects would be ready for next winter and next summer; staff said most projects are in active implementation and that Marvin remains the project at the end of the line awaiting rebid. No formal votes were taken on these updates.