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CBOC questions $17M LED retrofit timing and spot-cooler bond charges; asks district for legal opinion
Summary
Committee members pressed district staff about staging a $17 million LED lighting retrofit—arguing some fixtures risk being installed in buildings that may later be demolished—and asked for a written legal opinion after staff charged $155,000 of spot-cooler rental to Measure S. A public commenter alleged the district floated bonds prematurely and raised potential IRS compliance concerns.
The Citizens Bond Oversight Committee spent the bulk of its meeting probing the sequencing and fiscal prudence of a districtwide LED lighting retrofit and related short-term cooling costs that the district has charged to Measure S.
Committee members said the LED retrofit, budgeted at roughly $17 million across 18 sites, risks wasting taxpayer dollars if fixtures are installed at campuses slated for later demolition. "We were assured ... that we would not be putting LED lighting in buildings that could potentially be demolished," a committee member said, summarizing earlier board-level discussions. Presenters and program managers replied that the project team pushed campuses with potential demolition to the back of the schedule and that LED fixtures and controls are typically reusable in modernizations. A program manager said energy and operational savings begin as soon as fixtures…
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