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Description
During the April 13 School Board meeting, Superintendent Flanagan provided the Board and community with an update on PCBs at Burlington High School.
A
C
On
bhs
btc,
the
vhs
btc
campus
on
institute
road,
which
the
current
bhs
is
calling
the
original
agents.
But
I
won't.
C
B
Road
and
their
impact
on
the
broader
re-envisioning
project
through
our
re-envisioning
construction
project,
we
found
pcbs
in
a
number
of
places
and
excuse
me,
because
I'm
going
to
kind
of
go
through
some
of
the
history
that
many
of
you
know
about,
but
I
want
to
put
it
in
a
in
a
in
a.
I
want
to
kind
of
contextualize
it
and
put
it
in
a
bit
of
a
story
here.
B
B
Then
we
found
them
in
mastic
in
the
mastic
or
the
glue
which
is
under
the
floor
tiles
and
we
found
it
in
the
air.
So
these
the
pcbs
have
gone
in
into
the
air,
as
well
as
into
the
soil
and
into
the
walls
and
into
the
floor,
and
most
recently
we
learned
that
the
pcbs
have
leached
from
the
mastic
glue
into
at
least
a
quarter
of
an
inch
into
the
concrete
flooring
underneath
the
the
tiling.
B
We're
currently
planning
a
pilot
remediation
project
to
understand
the
pcb
contamination,
and
this
project
will
conclude
in
august
today.
Currently
we
are,
we
are
testing
right,
but
the
pilot
remediation
project
hasn't
begun.
Yet
so
the
pilot
remediation
project
is
is
in
the
planning
phases
still
and
that
will
help
us
understand
the
contamination
and
that's
the
project
that
is
set
to
conclude
in
august.
B
B
I
want
the
board
to
know
that
if
we
move
forward
with
remediation,
we
will
need
to
identify
alternative
funding
sources
for
that
cost,
and
we
will
need
to
find
space
and
funding
for
btc
and
if
we
need
it,
and
if
we
need
to
build
a
new
building,
we
will
we
will
need
more
than
70
million
dollars.
The
70
million
dollar
bond
that
taxpayers
approved
in
november
of
2018.
B
So
I
want
to
remind
you
that
there's
a
lot
of
information
that
can
be
found
on
the
re-envisioning
webpage
of
the
school
district
www.bsdvt.org
and
I'd
like
to
encourage
the
public
to
visit
our
website,
to
learn
more
and
to
remind
you,
all
and
and
the
public
that
our
building
construction
oversight
committee
also
holds
monthly
public
meetings,
so
that
that
is
my
bhs
btc
update
and
we
are.
We
are
here
for
questions
and
and
conversation.
A
Thank
you
as
a
as
well
as
a
follow-up.
This
thursday
will
be
our
monthly
bcoc
meeting
as
well,
which
we
will
also
continue
this
conversation,
so
we'll
time-bound
this
conversation
for
sure,
but
we
will
offer
the
opportunity
as
well
for
more
in-depth,
lengthy
conversations
at
thursday's
bc.
A
E
I
think
I
think
director
spaulding-
and
I
can
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
There
has
been
additional
testing
with
the
goal
of
determining
both
how
far
from
the
edge
of
the
building
the
pcbs
are
in
the
soil,
as
well
as
how
deep
into
the
soil
they
are.
So
there's
been
testing
that's
done
on
in
both
for
the
intent
of
determining
both
of
those
things
and
the
degree
to
which
there
is
contaminated.
E
Soil
drives
costs
because
we
have
to
remove
in
many
cases
a
lot
of
that
soil
or
at
least
move
it
somewhere,
potentially
and
obviously
the
more
volume
of
soil.
We
have
to
deal
with
the
more
expensive
that
will
be
as
well,
but
but
that
is
also
triggered
to
some
extent
by
the
scale
of
the
project
we're
doing
the
scale
of
the
product.
We're
doing
could
impact
that.
So
that's
some
basics
marty,
if
you'd
like
to
add,
add
on
to
that
there's
other
key
elements.
F
G
I
can
I
add
on
to
that
too,
a
little
bit
sure.
So
we
have
a
variety
of
contamination
in
the
soils
and
pcbs
is
one
variety.
The
other
is
what
they
call.
Development
soils
and
you'll
sometimes
hear
that
referred
to
as
urban
soils.
G
Urban
soils
or
development
soils
are
things
like
lead,
arsenic,
pahs,
and
we
do
have
some
levels
of
that,
but
that
that's
all
over
the
city.
It's
not
a
huge,
it's
not
a
huge
deal.
We
have
to
deal
with
it,
but
it's
not
as
as
urgent
or
as
serious
as
the
pb
pcbs,
the
urban
soils
or
the
development
soils.
Some
of
those
at
certain
levels
can
be
left
on
site.
G
A
H
Thank
you
for
that
update
superintendent
plan.
Again
I
do
have
questions
about
the
pilot
remediation
project,
because
I
remember
you
first
referring
to
that
last
september,
and
so
now
you
know
that
was
shortly
after
we
found
out.
We
can't
use
the
school
and
when
I
think
of
this
pilot
project,
I
think
of
it.
H
I
think
the
way
you
described
it
back
then
was
that
they
would
take
the
pcbs
like
out
of
the
the
blue
in
the
windows,
or
they
would
remove
the
ballasts
and
the
fluorescent
lights,
and
then
they
would
remeasure
the
pcbs
in
the
air
and
see
what
effect
that
had.
So
you
know
I'm
kind
of
surprised
that
here
we
are
in
april
and
the
project
hasn't
started
and
I'm
wondering
how
much
the
cost
of
that
is,
and
if
we
go
the
route
of
tearing
the
building
down
and
building
a
new
high
school.
B
B
So
what
we've
been
doing
now
is
testing
all
the
different
materials
and
soil,
and
you
know
everything
that
we
can
to
understand.
Where
pcbs
are
the
issue,
is
we
keep
finding
more
the
more
we
test?
So
that's
where
we've
led
to
this
more
recent
finding
of
the
pcbs
in
the
gloomasic
under
the
tile
and
into
the
concrete.
So
all
the
testing
takes
more
time
and
we
are
finding
them
in
more
and
more
places.
B
So
the
question
then
is:
does
the
the
pilot
remediation
project
makes
sense
for
us
to
continue
to
to
to
do
it
does
if
we
continue
the
rent
re-envisioning
project,
but
I'm
not
sure
that
it
does?
If
we
don't
so,
I'm
going
to
open
it
up
for
for
tom
and
marty
and
nate
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
because
they
have
more
detailed
understanding
of
that
of
that
part
of
it.
B
E
Yeah,
so
a
few
points
I
would
expand
on
the
again
the
500,
even
the
500
000
estimate
for
the
remediation
pilot
is
an
estimate.
We
are
actually
in
the
process
of
putting
out
the
specs
for
to
get
bids
to
do
that
work.
So
if
we
choose
to
go
forward
with
that
work,
the
school
board
would
be
asked
to
approve
the
an
award
the
bid
to
the
contractor
to
do
that
work
in
may,
so
you
will.
E
E
Another
question
that
was
asked
was
why
why
we're
all
now,
just
at
that
point
to
be
able
to
do
that,
which
is
a
good
natural
question
at
this
time
we
have
spent
months
and
and
tom
covered
some
of
the
the
findings
of
the
testing,
but
we
spent
months
testing
other
materials
throughout
the
building,
because
in
order
to
plan
and
design
a
prod,
a
pilot
project
that
you
think
has
a
chance
to
show
success.
E
You
have
to
first
identify
what
are
all
those
potential
sources
of
pcbs
that
need
that
you
need
to
try
either
removing
or
encapsulating
or
treating
in
some
way
right.
So,
for
example,
we
would
not
have
known
that
there
was
pcb
in
the
floor
mastic
the
glue
with,
but
for
testing
it,
which
is
you
know,
to
process
and
testing.
E
That
is
one
example
of
the
many
types
of
products
that
have
been
tested
and,
of
course,
if
you
didn't
test
it,
you
didn't
know
that
you
could
go
through
your
pilot
project
and
find
that
there
are
still
tons
of
pcbs
in
the
air
because
you
actually
left
something
in
place
that
you
should
have
treated
in
some
way.
So
there
is
an
extensive
process
of
testing
in
order
to
determine
where
the
pcbs
are
as
well
as
then
obviously
having
to
design
the
pilot
project
itself
and
explore
what
types
of
treatments
we're
going
to
do.
E
Are
you
going
to
put
back
in
windows
of
a
specific
type
and
quality
and
so
forth?
There's
a
lot
of
elements
that
have
gone
into
designing
it.
Having
said
that,
I
think
we're
all
frustrated
that
it
takes
this
long
to
get
there.
On
the
other
hand,
if
it
is,
you
know
if
it
proves
that
we
can
either
build
this
project
or
we
stop
before
committing
to
you
know
tens
of
millions
of
dollars,
then
I
think
we'll
in
the
end
agree
that
it's
time
well
spent.
F
And
just
a
little
added
added
detail
on
that,
so
there
there
are.
There
are
products
that
were
manufactured
with
pcbs
in
them,
and
then
there
are.
There
are
products
that
have
been
contaminated
because
they're
adjacent
next
to
products
that
had
pcbs
in
them.
So
that's
why
this
testing
process
takes
so
long
is
because
you
one
need
to
test
all
those
products
that
could
have
pcbs
in
them
and
you
you
then
need
to
do
follow-up
testing.
Like
the
example
of
the
concrete,
it's
unlikely
that
the
concrete
was
manufactured
with
pcbs
in
it.
F
It
was
contaminated
because
of
the
mastic
that
was
put
on
top
of
it.
So
that
process
is
lengthy,
because
one
you
need
to
test
the
mastic,
then
you
need
to
test
a
you
know
a
certain
depth
of
the
concrete
and
then,
if
you
still
find
it,
you
got
to
go
test
even
further,
so
it
it
is.
It
was
unfortunate,
a
very,
very
lengthy
testing
process
to
to
you,
know,
rule
out
and
make
sure
that
we're
identifying
everything
that
may
be
either
manufactured
with
pcbs
or
contaminated
from
the
pcbs
that
we
have
in
the
building.
A
Thank
you,
dr
executive
director,
spalding,
and
thank
you,
executive
director,
lavry,
commissioner
waltz
and
then
commissioner
wick.
I
I
It
just
seems
like
it's
getting
worse.
I
also
want
to
know
how
have
we
spent
money.
Obviously,
we've
spent
some
money.
How
much
money
have
we
spent
yeah?
I
guess
I'm
just
asking
like
what
is
it
going
to
take
before
it's
just
clear?
We
don't
have
a
choice.
A
Thank
you,
commissioner,
waltz
director,
lavry
or
director
spaulding
executive
directors.
Can
you
just
explain
that
the
in
order
to
regardless
character,
characterization
of
each
of
these
buildings
has
to
be
done
regardless
for
disposal
of
materials,
so
any
time
and
money
that
we've
spent
thus
far
would
have
to
be
completed
regardless
if
we
were
going
forward
or
if
we
were
not
going
forward,
we.
E
Yeah,
I
think
that's
well
said
we
certainly
can
I
haven't
looked
recently.
We
can
look
at
what
we've
spent
to
date
on
on
the
project
and
and
come
up
with
with
that,
but
well
obviously
we
have
been
spending
spending
money
to
unfortunately
spend
money
to
get
to
this
point,
but
I
think
that
to
the
degree
that
that
money's
been
devoted
forward
pcb
contamination
analysis,
that's
very
true
that
by
and
large
a
lot
of
that
probably
would
have
been
spent
eventually
anyway,.
B
J
So
it
strikes
me
that,
even
if
the
500
000,
what
is
it
called
mitigation
project
or
mitigation
pilot-
is
a
success
that
leads
to
the
inevitable
result
that
the
mitigation
cost
will
be,
as
tom
suggested.
J
I
think
you
said,
seven
to
12
million
more
or
less
so
you
know
that
alone
is
about
17
of
our
overall
budget
for
this
project,
and
also
we've
had
to
make
so
many
well
what
I'll
characterize
as
compromises
already,
because
of
the
cost
overruns
and
again,
I'm
not
using
precise
language,
but,
generally
speaking,
we
all
know
that
we've
had
to
make
some
compromises
and
so
related
to
all
that.
The
question
that
another
commissioner
asked
was:
when
is
it's
a
very
good
question?
J
And
this
is
truly
where
that
somebody
is
us,
the
12
of
us,
and
this
is
going
to
test
our
leadership
as
board
members,
because
this
is
of
the
seriousness
of
being
where
we
are
with
our
high
school
or
the
non-existent
high
school
and
then
trying
to
come
up
with
another
plan
to
build
a
high
school
in
time
to
get
the
kids
back
to
a
permanent
high
school.
J
I
think
I've
seen
the
writing
on
the
wall
here
and
I'm
I'm
of
the
mind
that
what
we're
going
to
need
to
do
very
soon
is
determine
that
the
re-envisioning
project
is
not
viable
and
that
we
need
to
stop
the
bleed
meaning
stop
spending
money
on
it
other
than
what's
mandatory,
and
then
we're
going
to
need
to
ask
our
experts
that
maybe
tom
and
his
team,
including
marty
and
and
other
professionals
of
the
bcoc
or
we're
going
to
have
to
the
board,
is
going
to
need
some
kind
of
a
path
forward.
J
And
what
does
that
look
like
and
what
are
our
options
and
and
so
we're
going
to
need
help
with
that
like?
What
does
it
mean
that
we're
going
to
need
to
do
a
new
high
school
help
us
with
a
path
or
a
couple
of
paths?
But
this
is
really
going
to
test
us
as
board
members,
and
I
think
we
can
come
out
of
it.
Okay
in
three
or
four
years.
A
D
B
No,
but
those
are
the
questions
we
need
to
be
wrestling
with
and
the
question
of
of
site
assessment.
Do
we
start
with
the
site
assessment
beyond
the
the
lot,
the
the
current
land,
or
do
we?
If,
if
we
are
moving
to
a
new
project
or
do
we,
we
just
look
at
that
at
that
site?
That's
a
that's
a
question.
B
G
Yeah
in
terms
of
the
the
cost
of
of
removal
that
would
we
that
that
was
yet
to
be
determined.
It's
going
to
be
a
significant
number.
It's
it.
The
removal
and
dispose
proper
legal
disposal
of
that
facility
is
probably
going
to
be
several
million
dollars
to
to
come
up
with
a
a
blank
slide
site
with
with
no
buildings
on
it.
G
Whether
or
not
it
can
you
can
rebuild
there,
that's
to
be
determined,
and
I
don't
know
if
you
tour
those
buildings
down.
If
you
would
want
to
rebuild
on
that
site,
it's
it's
it's
not.
There
are
a
few
sites
in
the
city.
That
would
be
a
very
a
very
big
challenge,
but
with
the
way
that
that
place
is
built
on
a
hillside,
you
you've
got
a
seven
or
eight
story
high
school,
and
I
I
challenge
anybody
to
go
around
the
country
and
find
a
seven
story.
High
school
they're,
not
that
many.
G
If,
if
any
so,
I'm
I'm
getting
off
track
a
little
bit
here.
Talking
about
the
the
challenges
of
that
site,
but
the
yeah,
the
cost,
the
cost
of
demolition
and
proper
disposal
will
be
high.
G
E
Next
is
commission
go
ahead?
If
you
don't
mind
a
couple
things
I
want
to
point
out.
While
we
haven't,
we
don't
know
of
any
specific
opportunities.
E
E
One
area
that
I've
looked
into
already
there's
some
brownfields
money
that
the
state
makes
available,
but
one
of
the
limitations
there
is
that
we
would
not
be
eligible
for
it,
because
we
are
the
owners
and
were
the
owners
when
the
source
of
the
contamination
kind
of
was
put
in
right.
The
school
district
obviously
is
on
the
property
of
the
city,
but,
interestingly,
to
tom's
point
if,
for
example,
this
is
just
purely
hypothetical
here,
but
if
we
were
to
sell
that
property
a
buyer
could
potentially,
then
that's
what
the
brownfields
money
is
for.
E
It's
for
the
buyer,
it's
to
incentivize
a
buyer,
to
buy
a
property
and
do
redevelopment
work
by
making
it
more
affordable
for
them
by
by
subsidizing
the
cleanup.
So
if,
if
we
determined
that
that
site
is
not
suitable
for
the
reasons
tom
mentioned
for
a
future
high
school,
there
is
the
potential
that
if
we
were
to
sell
that
site
or
if
the
city
were
to
sell
that
site,
that
then
money
would
become
available
for
addressing
some
of
the
pcb
contamination.
So
there's
a
lot
of
moving
parts
there
again.
E
A
Thank
you
very
much
executive
director
lavry
commissioner
gulick,
and
then
commissioner
sauers.
L
Great
edie
lavrie,
you
just
covered
some
of
my
questions,
because
I
really
I'm
I'm
kind
of
wondering
about
costs,
and
I
know
some
of
the
house
right
now.
The
vermont
house
is
taking
up
school
construction
aid,
and
so
I
was
curious.
I
think
part
of
this
plan
should
be
for
us
to
look
at
how
we
could
get
some
additional
funds
to
build
a
new
school.
L
It
sounds
like
the
writing's
on
the
wall
and
I
think
we
just
need
a
path
forward
and
we
also
need
to
know
the
best
best
pass
path
forward
and
how
to
get
some
money,
because
I'm
wondering
if
s
or
funds-
or
I
know
that
there
was
that
memo
from
dan
french
about
school
construction
aid
as
well.
So
I
do
want
to
be
sure
that
we
investigate
those
those
sources
or
maybe
you
already
have.
A
B
B
M
M
I
think
there
would
be
a
great
deal
of
support
for
a
decision
like
jeff
was
mentioning
a
leadership
decision
about
doing
what
we
need
to
do,
and
I
I
want
to
echo
what
tom
said:
if
we
make
a
decision
in
the
spring
we
can
save
a
year
and-
and
that
might
be
from
my
perspective-
that's
the
way
forward
that
we
need
to
be
following
and
supporting.
N
Yeah
thanks,
so
I
guess
I'm
looking
for
clarity
around
which
questions
to
wrestle
with
so
one
is
like
deciding
whether
or
not
to
proceed
with
this
remediation
pilot
and
also
then
potentially
pursuing
remediation,
but
is
then
another
one
of
the
questions?
Okay,
so
let's
say
we
answer
that
question.
Then
it
sounds
like
and
I'm
personally
leaning
more
toward
wow.
This
sounds
like,
let's
put
our
money
toward
something
we
can
have
confidence
in,
and
I
know
that
comes
with
a
lot
of
other
issues
and
that
it's
not
necessarily
just
that
bond.
N
That's
going
to
pay
for
it,
but
would
we
also
by
may
need
to
decide
on
the
location
of
a
new
site,
because
I'm
thinking
that
that
can
be
a
really
time
consuming
process?
That
requires
a
lot
of
community
input,
but
maybe
we've
done
that
already.
I
remember
seeing
plans
for
a
potential
new
high
school
on
the
same
site
as
the
current
bhs
grounds,
not
where
bhs
is
but
like
where
the
baseball
field
is
and
all
the
questions
around
that
I'm
just
like
wondering.
B
B
B
That's
that's
a
something
to
weigh
that's
big,
the
then
we
would
need
to
we
would
then
the
next
kind
of
sets
of
questions
are.
What
does
the
site
assessment
look
like?
Do
you
know
and
how?
How
broad
is
the
site
assessment?
Are
we
looking
at
multiple
sites
across
the
district
that
that's
a
that
would
be
step
one
and
and-
and
that
is
a
part
of
us
of
a
decision
that
is
saying
we
are.
We
would
no
longer
continue
the
re-envisioning
project.
B
We
would
move
toward
a
new,
a
new
build
and
there
are
a
lot
of
different
questions
there
right.
How
how
how
how
much
is
is
the
community
ready
to
support
that
and
the
cost
of
of
a
new
high
school
build
is
a
big
question
for
us
to
think
about.
A
K
K
Thank
you
yeah.
I
it
seems
to
me.
I've
been
involved
in
this
since
around
2013
that
we
can't
talk
about
stopping
the
project.
If
we
don't
know
where
we
can
go
because
that
was
an
issue
year
after
year
after
year
there
was
no
real
estate.
K
So
I
I'm
sitting
here
having
like
an
anxiety
attack,
because
I'm
thinking
where
would
we
go,
and
maybe
you
all
have
information
that
I
don't
have,
but
that
that
scares
me
because
I
I
we
looked
and
there
nothing
came
available.
Nothing
was
available.
A
You
thank
you,
commissioner
gulick
any
we'll
answer,
commissioner
fisher's
question
and
then
follow
up,
so
it's
fisher,
then
waltz
then
ivancic.
Thank
you.
Chairwall.
O
So
I
think
it's
important.
I
I
appreciate
commissioner
van
der
puten's
question.
What
do
we
need
to
decide
and
I
was
talking
to
superintendent
flanagan
the
other
day
about
what's
the
critical
path-
and
I
think
and
I've
had
to
I'm
just
going
to
share
this,
because
I
had
to
put
it
down
to
to
make
some
sense
for
myself.
So
maybe
this
will
be
helpful.
O
I
don't
think
we
need
to
commit
to
we're
going
to
build
and
here's
where
we're
going
to
build
all
we
need
and
because
look
at
the
cost
the
cost
is,
I
think
it's
over.
150
million
was
that
the
I
think,
but
when,
when
you
looked
at
it,
the
re-envisioning
committee,
commissioner
gulick
was
about
150
million.
So
it's
probably
more
than
that.
A
Commissioner
fisher
sorry
sorry,
I
just
want
to
interrupt.
I
would
I
would,
if
you
don't
mind,
pulling
your
screen
down.
I
think
these
these
conversations
and
these
estimates
would
be
better
served
in
our
bcoc
and
follow-up
discussion.
Sorry,
I
don't
want
to
in
a
public
meeting,
be
putting
out
numbers
that
we
haven't
yet
discussed
with
our
bcoc
meeting.
Thank
you
because.
O
I
understand
what
you're
saying
I
apologize
chair.
Well,
I
was
basing
on
what
I
what
I
read
from
public
meetings
in
the
past.
Yes,
so
really,
what
I'm
saying
is,
I
think
what
we
need
to
do
is
to
decide
whether
to
pause,
the
current
path
and
explore
a
new
build.
We
don't
have
to
commit
to
the
new
build,
but
I
also
want
to
caution
the
board
to
say
just
because
we're
going
to
explore.
It
doesn't
mean
we're
going
to
do
it.
It
doesn't
mean
we,
we
know
how
to
pay
for
it.
A
Thank
you,
commissioner
fisher
next
was
commissioner
von
chick
and
then
was
there
someone
else,
commissioner,
waltz
evan,
chicken
walls,
evangelical.
H
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Gulick
for
letting
us
know
about
the
inavailability
of
other
sites,
and
I
know
we
need
to
figure
out
about
remediation
what
contaminants
we
need
to
get
rid
of,
but
that's
prime
property
in
the
city
of
burlington,
and
you
know
personally,
I
would
vote
to
keep
our
height,
keep
that
property
in
our
district
and
and
and
build
there
and
then
the
other
issue
is
yeah.
H
We
would
need
another
50
million
dollars
or
another
70
million
dollars,
another
huge
amount
of
money,
and
how
would
we
go
out
and
get
that,
especially
if
we're
trying
to
come
to
a
decision
this
spring?
Because
if
we
decide
to
go
out
to
the
voters,
we
don't
have
another
vote
until
next
town
meeting,
which
is
almost
a
year
from
now.
A
I
I'm
responding
to
all
all
the
three
commissioners,
such
as
both
glick
fisher
and
evan
cake.
It's
not
like.
We
have
a
choice.
We
have
to
have
a
high
school
and
I
believe
that
our
city
right,
we
can't
just
like
sorry
the
land
is
in
it.
You
know
not
viable
and
it
sounds
like
the
current
site
doesn't
have
a
lot
of
promise.
I
So
with
that
said,
and
knowing
the
real
estate
situation
in
burlington,
I
believe
that
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
people
that
are
going
to
support
the
city
supporting
us,
whatever
that
means,
as
in
maybe
there
are
places
that
have
can
have
been
considered
off
limits
up
until
now,
because
you
can't
not
have
a
high
school
in
rome.
A
Yep.
Thank
you,
commissioner
wallace.
I
think
that's
a
good
ending
on
this
topic.
If
everyone
is
okay
with
that
time
bound
tom
peterson,
I
see
your
hand
up
superintendent,
flanagan,
you've
heard
the
commissioner's
feedback
based
on
this
serious
agenda
item
again,
we'll
discuss
further
at
our
bcoc
meeting
on
thursday
tom
peterson.
Is
there
something
in
closing
that
you'd
like
to
share
yeah
and.
G
I
I
want
to
see
this
project
succeed
as
much
as
anybody
does,
and
I
I'm
I'm
not
accustomed
to
to
to
thinking
even
about
walking
away
from
a
project
and
if,
if
you
move
forward
with
with
abandoning
this,
abandoning
this
particular
site
and
deciding
to
build
a
new
facility,
that's
a
huge
lift.
It's
a
lot
of
work
as
you've
all
pointed
out.
Where
do
we
do
it?
How
do
we
find
the
money?
What
kind
of
time
is
it
going
to
take?
G
If
the
pilot
project
reveal
yields
positive
results
and
if
we
find
that
we
can
cost
effectively
manage
the
pcbs
in
the
air
and
if
we
can
put
together
a
rehabilitation
plan
that
manages
not
only
the
pcbs
but
delivers
the
kind
of
project
that
you
want
for
the
community
you're
still
going
to
end
up
in
a
few
years,
with
a
57
year
old
building
with
pcbs
in
it,
we
know
we
can't
get
rid
of
them
all.
G
And
with
long-term,
basically
perpetual
costs
for
for
monitoring
and
potential
additional
remediation
and
those
are
those
are
the
realities.
B
Yeah,
I
just
want
to
and
sort
of
enclosing
tom
peterson
thank
you
for
for
sharing
your
perspective
on
that.
It's
important
because
you've
been
really
on
the
ground,
leading
this
work,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
for
that
too.
I
wanna
I
wanna
just
say
that
in
as
we
head
off
from
this
meeting
to
continue
thinking
about
this
attending
the
bcoc
and
and
heading
into
next
month
for
for
another
conversation
about
this
or
perhaps
a
decision
or
perhaps
a
pause.
B
I
it's
no
one's
fault
that
we're
here.
This
is
a
we
learned
about
this
problem
through
doing
our
due
diligence
and
our
due
diligence
has
led
us
to
uncover
a
serious
problem
that
we
could
have
swept
under
the
rug.
We
could
have
kept
moving
at
full
speed.
We
could
have
done
a
lot
of
things
differently,
but
we
chose
to
be
leaders
and
make
hard
decisions,
and
that's
we're
right
in
the
middle
of
that
right
now.
B
But
I
don't
want
commissioners
to
feel
that
this
was
in
any
way
a
reflection
of
the
work
of
of
of
the
board
right,
because
this
is
a
this
is
a
reflection
of
of
the
of
the
leadership
of
the
board,
and
we
have
some
big
decisions
to
make
coming
up.
But
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
had
all
the
information
and
I
wanted
to
sort
of
end
on
the
a
note
of
hope
that
there
is
there
there.
B
There
are
ways
out
of
this
and
into
a
high
school
that
we
can
be
proud
of,
and
we
need
to
stay
positive
and
optimistic
and
know
that
it's
our
responsibility
to
to
keep
our
community
safe
and
to
keep
doing
this
work
together.
And
I
know
and
trust
you
will
do
that.
You
don't
need
me
to.