Under the board’s consent agenda, the project, if approved, would address deficiencies at the high school’s central cooling plant, which has experienced degradation, according to agenda documents.
“The configuration of the chilled water system needs to be upgraded in order to provide a reliable HVAC system,” FBISD Chief Operations Officer Oscar Perez wrote in the report.
The project comes before the board of trustees after it was originally identified under the 2017 facility assessment with Phase 1 partially funded under the 2018 bond initiative, which was approved by over 70% of FBISD voters Nov. 8, 2018, at nearly $993 million. In addition to transportation and technology and the construction of new schools and classroom additions, the bond allowed FBISD to install a new chiller and chilled water pumps.
However, due to budget restraints, the upgrade performed under that bond did not address all the necessary components required to provide a reliable heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, according to agenda documents.
The board of trustees will vote on the $1.2 million project by recommendation from district officials, who said it was not feasible to wait until a future bond is approved.
If approved by the board of trustees, district staff will negotiate a contract with Houston-based Infrastructure Associates.
