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2012 Bond Oversight Committee
DPS Sustainability Discussion, MWBE and Project Goals Update,
Construction Project Status
April 17, 2015
Meeting Agenda
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Public Comment
5 minutes
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Sustainability Update
30 minutes
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MWBE Update
30 minutes
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Construction Projects Update
25 minutes
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Sustainability Presentation Outline
 Sustainability Department Overview
 2012 Bond Involvement & Support
– Highlight Program: Xcel Energy, Energy Design Assistance (EDA) –
 Focus on Emily Griffith Shops project
– Project Example (Rebate Funded): Palmer Gym Lighting Upgrade
 Sustainability and District Data Comparisons: Square Footage, Student Growth, Energy
 Additional Sustainability Initiatives including Student Support Programs
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Sustainability Vision and Goals
Develop and implement a comprehensive district-wide energy
efficiency, education and conservation plan focusing on:
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Programs – involving students/staff
Reporting: Effective and Timely
Environmental standards and energy code requirements
Conservation Efforts:
 Protect Natural Resources
 Mitigate against rate increases
Bond Projects - coordination:
 Equipment efficiencies
 Rebates – Energy and water efficiency programs
Partnership Development:
Xcel Energy
Denver Water
Link to Denver Plan: added emphasis on alignment with Strategic
Management of Financial Resources
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Sustainability – 2012 Bond Program Involvement
 Energy. A major focus of the bond program is reducing energy consumption
and increasing operational efficiencies.
 DPS Bond Program. The Sustainability Team and project efficiency goals have
been an integral part of efficiency upgrades in new construction and
renovations.
 Energy and Water Rebate + Grant Program. The DPS Sustainability program
has received over $3M in rebates and grants from Xcel Energy, Denver Water
and various providers.
 Denver Water High efficiency fixture replacement Program. Denver Water
rebates offset cost of low flow fixtures installed in 45 schools. Water savings
have exceeded 40% at each school with expected overall end of project savings
to exceed 55 million gallons per year with reduced costs of over $200,000/year.
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Sustainability – 2012 Bond Programs – Building Efficiency Options
Sustainability and energy infrastructure upgrades (new boilers, HVAC controls, high efficiency lighting and motors, low-flow water fixtures) have been
responsible for overall building efficiency improvements. These upgrades along with district-wide energy conservation and education programs,
competitions among school based green teams, and building optimization initiatives have resulted in higher efficiencies, reduced consumptions and cost
avoidance in the midst of increased student population and square footage.
Xcel Energy (New)
Energy Design
Assistance (EDA):
Xcel Energy
(Remodel) Energy
Efficient Buildings
(EEB):
EPA’s Energy Star™
Design
DPS
Sustainable
Building
Practice
Options
Colorado
Collaborative for
High Performance
Schools (CO-CHPS):
USGBC Leadership in
Energy and
Environmental
Design (LEED):
Denver Water :
Rebate and
Efficiency Programs
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Highlight Program: Xcel Energy – Energy Design Assistance (EDA)
 Xcel Energy supports energy engineering consultant assistance to design process of new
and remodel construction.
 Xcel pays up front consultant, engineering fees and follow up incentives after construction.
 Comparative analytical models used in high efficiency design of new construction projects
 (EDA) Program focus: Emily Griffith Shops Project
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Emily Griffith Shops Project – EDA Example
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Emily Griffith Shops Project – EDA Example
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Emily Griffith Shops Project – EDA Example
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Sustainability Projects – Rebate & Grant Funded
2012 Bond Term – Rebates received $944,573. Grants received $439,776.
• These rebates and grants are used to fund additional energy and water efficiency projects,
enhance existing projects and fund student garden and green team education programs.
• Palmer gym before (old lighting – 15 foot candles)
• Palmer gym after (new LED lighting – 55 foot candles)
• 4,560 watts electric consumption
• 1,340 watts electric consumption
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District Change – Percent 2009 - 2015
Percent Increase from 2009 to 2015 in Utility Rates, Student Population and Square Footage
30%
25%
25%
24%
20%
17%
15%
11%
10%
5%
0%
2009
2010
Student Enrollment
2011
2012
Square Footage
2013
Denver Water
2014
2015
Xcel Energy Electric
Graph shows utility rates escalation in comparison to district growth. Utility rates significantly outpace
district growth rates.
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District Utility Cost History: 2009 through 2015
Total Annual Utility Costs (spent) in $
$20,000,000
$15,000,000
$10,000,000
$5,000,000
$0
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015 (Projected)
Amount
Utility costs remained fairly flat until 2014, due in part to energy infrastructure improvements in bond program plus energy
education and conservation programs. Recent additions in square footage, student population and spike in natural gas rates
sent 2014 costs much higher. Recent drop (2015) due to energy efficiency improvements and very low natural gas rates.
Percent Increase in Utility Costs Since 2009
20%
11%
10%
0%
-10%
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015 (Projected)
This chart is very positive considering rate increases of 24% for electric and 25% for water, along with a
17% increase in student population growth and 11% increase in square footage. Essentially, this chart demonstrates a
reduction in the per pupil cost of utilities.
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Sustainability – Initiatives
Solid Waste LargeScale Composting
 20 schools across the district; provide schools with the opportunity to further reduce their
impacts on landfills and the environment by saving food scraps and paper goods
School Waste
Reduction Programs
 Funding partnership with organizations Green Up Our Schools, Denver Recycles, Earth Force
 Reduce waste by using paperboard, compostable products, reusable trays & utensils
Energy Rebates
 Rebates = $3.1M since 2009
 Reinvestment into bond and energy efficiency projects
Recycled Water
Program
 Working with Denver Water to use non-potable “recycled water” for irrigation at schools
 9 schools have been converted with 73% water rate savings compared to regular water
Garden & Greenhouse
Program
 Sustainability Office partners with community groups to connect students to where food grows
 100 DPS schools have gardens or urban farms
Energy Challenge
 10 high school and 10 elementary schools competed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
through efficiency upgrades and student actions in 2011 and 2012
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Sustainability – Initiatives
Green Jobs Workforce
Training Program
 Two cohorts of paid special education interns perform basic energy audits in elementary schools
 Garden of Youth Program, life and work skills training program for special education students
 2011 Passport to Green Jobs, green jobs career fair for high school students
Curriculum
Development
 Collaborate with district science staff to develop HS online Sustainability Overview elective
course
 Denver Water collaborating to develop Water Utilities Training program for students
Sustainability Forums
 Hosted four district-wide education conferences: Energy, Waste, Composting, Gardening
 Focused on sharing conservatory information with interested students, parents, community
Solar Photo Voltaic
Program
 Solar arrays installed at 29 schools for a total of 4.5 megawatts of clean, renewable energy
 Provides 5% of total electric consumption for DPS, 20 year savings of over $1.5 million
Natural Gas
Purchasing
 Since 2009, savings of over $3.3 million through transport natural gas purchasing
Upgrade Projects
• Example: Montbello HS gym lighting upgrade
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DPS Garden and Greenhouse Program
• Over 100 gardens on school grounds and increasing
• DPS School Garden Coalition – resource garden
programming in partnership with 6 community
organizations
• DPS Garden Curriculum – district approved Math and
Literacy curriculum for grades 3 to 5 around Gardening
• District-wide protocol and standards for gardens,
chickens, greenhouses
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DPS Green Jobs Workforce Training Program
• Collaboration with Special Education to
provide green jobs for 18 special needs
youth per year
• Integrate gardening and energy
efficiency lessons in to Special
Education classes in 5 high schools
• Garden of Youth – summer youth
employment at 5 high school garden
sites
• DPS Energy Team and DPS Green
Team – school-year youth employment
in energy auditing and xeriscaping
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MWBE Program Status
• Policy ACE (Equitable and Inclusive Contracting Policy) adopted by
Board on November 20th
• Disparity Study and Aspirational Goals were reported to the Board on
February 19th and accepted
• DPS Goals Committee has convened 7 times over the past 4 months
• Currently 45 projects have MWBE project goals (see next slides for
details )
– 34 Construction goals, 11 A&E goals
• Bid documentation has been updated to include MWBE commitment,
Letter of Intent process
• Compliance Coordinator and Compliance Analyst hired (2 new FTEs to
support program efforts)
• Implementation of compliance management system (B2G) to track
MWBE project goal and payment data underway, April 13th Go-Live
• Evaluation of SBE Sheltered Market qualifier
Equitable & Inclusive Contracting Policy Update – April 2015
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MWBE Project Goals - Construction
Project #
PP2257
PP2385
PP2274
PP2381
PP2393
PP2267
PP2384
PP2132
PP2269
PP2273
PP2378
PP2265
PP2362
PP2377
PP2379
PP2382
PP2259
Project Name
Lowry Elementary
East HS
Randolph & Manual
North HS
Ellis, Hamilton, Roberts, Whittier and Howell
DSA and Phillips
JFK
Park Hill Smith
GWHS Pool Renovations
Pioneer Charter
Place Bridge
Multi Site - Ash Grove
Hill MS
FD Columbine
FD Philips
FD Ash Grove
FD Ellis
Centennial Reroof (Under Warranty)
Engineers Estimate
$4,045,600.00
$2,397,637.15
$1,397,955.97
$1,633,821.00
$295,131.00
$420,750.00
$2,990,882.00
$701,377.00
$320,000.00
$590,000.00
$1,190,000.00
$647,601.00
$1,500,000.00
$346,019.00
$195,838.00
$231,898.00
$357,692.00
$98,000.00
Project Goal
25%
20%
20%
30%
25%
33%
20%
30%
10%
30%
35%
30%
30%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
MWBE
Commitment
50%
62%
20%
30%
25%
33%
20%
30%
5%
30%
52%
TBD
TBD
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*
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* - 0% Goal based on Specialized Scope of Work
Equitable & Inclusive Contracting Policy Update – April 2015
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MWBE Project Goals – Construction cont.
Project #
PP2353
PP2438
PP2260
PP2268
PP2262
PP2380
PP2448
PP2194
PP2272
PP2446
PP2365
PP2361
tbd
PP2520
PP2383
PP2460
Project Name
JFK - Tech Lab
GALS @ Del Pueblo
Centennial
Eagleton
Schenck
Cory - Merrill
Place Bridge Academy Modular
West HS - Wood Flooring
Grant MS Reno
West HS - Digital Pathways
Barrett/PREP/Oakland
Columbine/Garden Place/ Harrington
Recycled Water Conversions (6 Schools)
Bryant Webster - Boiler Replacement
Steele - Hallet Reno
Skinner - Beach Court Cooling
Engineers Estimate
$170,000.00
$2,744,252.00
$1,969,236.00
$940,738.00
$220,000.00
$826,803.00
$60,000.00
$282,500.00
$545,095.00
$281,240.00
$389,623.00
$853,355.00
$200,000.00
$572,226.00
$943,263.00
$326,850.00
Project Goal
25%
25%
15%
15%
30%
15%
20%
10%
0%
10%
20%
18%
10%
0%
15%
15%
MWBE
Commitment
25%
TBD
TBD
TBD
30%
TBD
TBD
10%
*
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
* - 0% Goal based on Specialized Scope of Work
Equitable & Inclusive Contracting Policy Update – April 2015
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MWBE Project Goals – A&E
Project #
PP2503
PP2504
PP2505
PP2506
PP2507
PP2508
PP2509
PP2510
PP2511
PP2512
PP2513
Project Name
A.1 - Manual
A.2 - Skinner
A.4 - Hilltop and Yuma
A.5 - Randolf
A.6 - Fairmont
A.9 - 5 Schools (Force, College View, Denison Doull and Gust)
A.10 - Beach Court and CEC Middle College
B.1 - Rishel and Valverde
B.3 - 4 Schools (Roberts, Westerly, Howell and Ashley)
B.4 - University Park
B.5 - Ashbury and Rosedale
Engineers Estimate
$1,431,667.00
$1,780,530.00
$1,265,419.00
$1,091,602.00
$900,999.00
$1,164,624.00
$1,843,196.00
$802,377.00
$806,158.00
$816,851.00
$887,346.00
Equitable & Inclusive Contracting Policy Update – April 2015
Project Goal
35%
20%
30%
35%
20%
35%
24%
20%
35%
24%
35%
MWBE
Commitment
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
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DPS Program Elements underway
DPS Response
• In the first months of full implementation of the DPS MWBE program – a crossdepartmental team is assigned to addressing various elements of the new
program’s design and execution.
• New processes, procedures and visibility of more detailed data will lead to
significant increases in the utilization of women and minority-owned businesses
for construction and construction-related professional services within the district.
• To create a program that is sustainable over time and focused on MWBEs…
• MWBE Project Goals
• Create a sheltered market for certain projects – in planning (not final)
– Project of $750,000 or less
– Must be a certified SBE firm with earnings of a percentage of the SBA Federal
requirement ($36.5 million annual receipts) to encourage meaningful work
opportunities for underutilized small businesses (Example – architectural
firm at 15% of SBE, GC at 30% of SBE qualifier)
– Must provide proof of gross receipts at time of bid/proposal
• Establish Teaming Agreement for at least one project on annual basis
– At least one project a year over $1 million that must include teaming
agreement
Equitable & Inclusive Contracting Policy Update – April 2015
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Next Steps
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Track 2015 project goal process for all prime contractors
Establish the requirements for SBE Sheltered Market
Train vendors on B2G software and compliance process
Lessons Learned with Construction Services at end of construction
season to determine improvements to program
• Establish communication plan to ensure stakeholders are kept
abreast of diversity program status
• Annual Review of Business Diversity program
– Measure progress towards Aspirational Goals
– Make necessary changes to procedures, processes, documentation
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Appendix - Goals Committee
• Goals Committee Members
– Nine (9) member goals committee of external stakeholders in construction or
architectural/engineering services
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3 MBE: Michael Roybal, Raymond Garcia, Jeffrey Knight
3 WBE: Rebecca Arisitizabal-Sandstrom, Janelle Martinez, Heather Noyes
3 Majority: Gary Constant, Tom Stone, Julie Witecki
Staggered 2-year and 3-year terms
Goal Setting Process
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Goals Committee receives project scope breakdown and data showing market availability
PM reviews project scope breakdown and any special requirements during Goals
Committee meeting
Goals Committee member motions for project goal, majority vote to recommend goal
Recommended project goals and disclosure of Committee member interest in projects are
documented
Committee Chair (Trena Deane) records and approves recommended goal
The Project Manager has opportunity to request/justify amendment of goal to Chair
Meet 2x month to
review upcoming
projects
Provide goals
recommendations
for upcoming
projects
Equitable & Inclusive Contracting Policy Update – April 2015
Committee Chair
approves goals
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East Quad High School Campus Phase I (PP-2234)
 Construct Phase I - 500 Student High School
Plan Phase II Expansion to 1,000 Students
 Project Budget $24.1M
 Construction On-site Start: 10-3-2014
Construction Completion = 25%
 Planned Substantial Completion Date: 12-15-2015
 Building will house KIPP FNE High School and
STRIVE FNE High School
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Near the corner of 51st and Tower, NE of
Evie Dennis Campus in Green Valley Ranch
Paul Sandoval Campus – Phase I* (PP-2037)
5450 N Central Park Blvd
 Construct Phase I – 900-1,000 Student High
School
Plan Phased Expansion up to 2,400 Students
 Project Budget $39.8M
 Construction On-site Start: 4-1-2014
Construction Completion = 80%
 Estimated Completion Date: 8-1-2015
 Northfield High School to open in August 2015
Note: Does not include additional funds applied to this project from the 2012 premium reserve in January 2015
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Loretto Heights Campus - CHU Phase II (PP-2035)
 Construct
Phase I – Middle School 450 Students (08GOB)
Phase II - High School 500 Students
 Project Budget $13.4M
 Construction On-site Start: 6-24-2013
Construction Completion = 100%
 Actual Substantial Completion Date: 12-4-2014
 DSST College View Middle School currently open
(high school to open Fall 2015)
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3111 W Dartmouth Ave
Hampden Heights - Joe Shoemaker School (PP-2036)
 Construct Elementary for 550 Students
 Project Budget $21.0M
 Construction On-site Start: 1-15-2014
Construction Completion = 65%
 Estimated Completion Date: 6-26-2015
 Joe Shoemaker Elementary to open in Fall 2015
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3333 S Havana St
Florence Crittenton HS Renovation (PP-2187)
 Construct New High School & ECE Center
250 HS Students and 100+ ECE Students
Renovate portions of Existing Building
Construct Parking Lot & ECE Playground
 Project Budget $7.9M
 Construction On-site Start: 10-1-2014
Construction = 55%
 Planned Substantial Completion Date: 8-14-2015
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55 S. Zuni & 96 S. Zuni St
Valdez Renovation & Addition (PP-2159)
 Open Planned School Renovation
Cafeteria Addition
 Project Budget $5.7M
 Construction On-site Start: 7-7-2014
Construction = 80%
 Estimated Completion Date: 7-15-2015
 Valdez Elementary to relocate back from Smedley
building in summer 2015.
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2525 W 29th Ave
Renovation 2626 W Evans Phase I & II (PP-2322 & 2430)
 Construct
Phase I – 1st Floor & ½ Basement
Phase II – 2nd & 3rd Floors & expand to full Basement
 Project Budget $16.2M (includes $2.3M for building
purchase)
 Construction On-site Start: 12-15-2014
Construction = 45%
 Estimated Completion Date: 8-3-2015
 STRIVE Ruby Hill elementary currently open.
STRIVE Federal middle school to relocate summer
2015.
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2626 W. Evans
BOC Next Steps
Next Steps
• Joint meeting with Mill Levy Oversight Committee on Wednesday May 6th at 4pm in Emily
Griffith Campus room 1035
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