Prepared for Dietrick Brown

Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
Maintenance & Operations

UFG Works

Facilities partnership introduction

Introduction for MPUSD

Keeping MPUSD campuses ready for every student, every day.

UFG Works brings disciplined custodial, grounds, maintenance, and project-surge capacity to help protect daily campus readiness while MPUSD's modernization program moves forward.

$340M Measure A context
Monterey office at 30 Ragsdale Dr.
Family-owned MBE
26+ years in Northern California facilities

02 · Why this conversation

Bond work creates visible progress. It also creates operating pressure.

MPUSD's facilities team is already carrying the day-to-day work that families, principals, coaches, students, and staff feel first: restrooms, classrooms, fields, lighting, doors, walks, set-ups, breakdowns, and the work orders that never wait for a capital schedule.

UFG is not approaching MPUSD as a replacement for that institutional knowledge. We are approaching as a practical capacity partner: the crews, supervision, documentation, and accountability needed to keep predictable work moving while district leaders stay focused on the highest-judgment work.

MPUSD campus improvement image from Measure bond materials — MPUSD bond work has a direct operations tail: punch, protection, cleaning, turnover, and care.

03 · The facilities moment

The public is investing in the future. M&O still has to protect the present.

MPUSD's Capital Facilities Program describes work funded by Measure I and Measure A: replacing aging infrastructure, improving safety, upgrading utilities and energy efficiency, adding classroom technology, and constructing new learning and activity spaces.

That is exactly when daily campus readiness becomes more demanding. Modernization adds swing space, dust control, new assets, field care, fixture turnover, event load, and higher visibility from families and oversight committees.

SafetyMore inspections, more documentation.

ScheduleSchool calendars leave narrow work windows.

TrustFamilies see the operating details first.

04 · District footprint

MPUSD is not a generic district footprint.

Campus care on the Peninsula has coastal conditions, legacy infrastructure, athletic use, community use, and former Fort Ord realities layered on top of normal K-12 operating demands.

Five communities Monterey, Marina, Seaside, Sand City, Del Rey Oaks

Operations standards need to feel consistent across a spread-out public footprint.

Coastal exposure Salt air, fog, moisture, corrosion

Exterior metal, door hardware, HVAC equipment, roof penetrations, and site furniture age fast.

Modernization strain Bond projects plus school calendars

Every new or refreshed asset needs protection during turn-on and disciplined care afterward.

Public visibility Fields, gyms, board use, graduations, family events

Evening and weekend campus use turns facilities readiness into a community-facing promise.

05 · Who UFG is

Northern California facilities support, with Peninsula accountability.

UFG Works is a family-owned, minority-owned facilities partner founded in Santa Clara and operating across Northern California for more than 26 years. We are privately held, close to the work, and accountable through the people whose names are on the contract.

For MPUSD, the important detail is proximity: UFG has a Monterey office at 30 Ragsdale Dr., a Santa Clara headquarters, and leadership that understands public-sector, education, healthcare, commercial, and multi-site facility environments.

26+: Years serving Northern California
2: California offices: Santa Clara and Monterey
MBE: Supplier diversity with direct owner accountability
K-12: Education environments, occupied sites, event calendars

06 · Full-scope support

One accountable partner for the work that keeps campuses usable.

MPUSD can start with one pain point or structure a broader co-sourced model. The value is clean ownership, steady supervision, and work that closes instead of circling.

01

Custodial and janitorial

Night cleaning, day porter support, restrooms, classrooms, offices, gyms, locker rooms, trash, recycling, disinfection, and floor care.

02

Grounds and exterior

Landscaping, athletic fields, irrigation, playground checks, hardscape care, pressure washing, exterior windows, and site presentation.

03

Maintenance and trades

HVAC filter programs, lighting, plumbing fixtures, doors, hardware, carpentry, painting, repairs, preventive maintenance, and backlog work.

04

Project and surge support

Summer turn, modernization punch, swing-space moves, event support, emergency cleanup, move management, and short-term staffing.

07 · Custodial and janitorial

Clean enough for a Williams walk, durable enough for a school day.

The custodial standard has to be more than "looks clean." It needs to hold up in restrooms, drinking fountains, classrooms, kitchens, locker rooms, and common areas after real student use.

APPA-level expectations translated into practical daily, weekly, and break schedules.
FIT/Williams readiness built into routine walkthroughs and issue documentation.
Microfiber, HEPA vacuuming, dwell-time discipline, and green-cleaning choices suitable for school environments.
Day porter support where principal complaints, restroom turnover, or meal periods are the friction point.

UFG team member detailing a clean restroom fixture — Routine detail work is what prevents small issues from becoming principal escalations.

MPUSD Battle of the Bay football game at Seaside High School

08 · Grounds and exterior

Fields, frontages, paths, and play areas carry the district's first impression.

New and refreshed facilities only stay new when grounds care, irrigation discipline, hardscape safety, athletic scheduling, and event turnover are managed as an operating system.

Athletic readinessField care, set-ups, event support, paths, bleachers, and post-event cleanup.

Coastal durabilityRinse protocols, corrosion awareness, equipment care, and weather-driven inspections.

Risk visibilityTrip hazards, fall zones, playground surfaces, walkways, and parking lot presentation.

IPM alignmentGrounds work coordinated with district pest-management expectations and site notices.

09 · Maintenance and work orders

Backlog relief should be measurable, not anecdotal.

MPUSD's in-house craft leaders should spend their time on high-skill, district-specific work. UFG can absorb the repeatable work that still matters: filters, fixtures, lighting, doors, painting, furniture moves, minor repairs, and summer turn tasks.

PreventiveHVAC filters, lighting sweeps, restroom fixture checks, door and hardware cycles.

ReactiveTicket triage, same-week closure targets, vandalism response, water intrusion cleanup.

Project-adjacentPunch-list support, dust control, move coordination, swing-space resets, closeout cleaning.

10 · Operating model

UFG's job is to make the work easier to see, assign, verify, and improve.

Scope

Start with what hurts

One campus, one service line, a summer turn package, or a districtwide support layer.

Supervision

Local field ownership

A named UFG supervisor, schedule discipline, attendance controls, site walks, and escalation paths.

Visibility

Work-order clarity

Requests, photos, status, closeout notes, trend categories, and recurring issue tracking.

Review

Simple KPI cadence

Complaint rate, close rate, audit score, PM completion, staffing coverage, and principal satisfaction.

UFG team member operating commercial floor equipment

11 · Co-sourced with M&O

We work alongside the district team already carrying the load.

The strongest fit is not outsourcing for its own sake. It is co-sourcing: UFG takes on a defined body of work, reports clearly, and gives the MPUSD team more room to lead the judgment calls only they can make.

That posture matters. Facilities work is personal inside a school district. UFG would align with MPUSD's Maintenance and Operations structure and keep that chain of accountability intact.

12 · Procurement and compliance

Built for public-agency scrutiny before the first invoice.

A school district should never have to wonder whether its facilities partner is current on insurance, safety, payroll, fingerprinting, training, chemicals, or public-works requirements.

Insurance and bondingGeneral liability, auto, workers' comp, umbrella, and contract-ready certificates.

DIR and prevailing wagePublic works readiness, certified payroll capability, and bid discipline.

K-12 cleared teamsFingerprinting and background process aligned to California school-site requirements.

Safety programIIPP, OSHA-aligned training, SDS management, PPE, ladder/lift, and bloodborne pathogen protocols.

Healthy Schools alignmentGreen-cleaning practices, chemical discipline, site notifications, and IPM coordination.

Supplier diversityMBE certification with senior leadership directly available to MPUSD.

13 · Practical next step

Start small enough to be easy, real enough to be useful.

The first step should give Dietrick and the M&O team usable information whether or not MPUSD moves forward with UFG.

01

Walk two campuses

UFG joins MPUSD for a 90-minute field walk across two chosen sites. We document conditions against the service areas MPUSD cares about most.

02

Build a baseline

UFG returns a short readiness memo: top friction points, likely scope boundaries, risk items, staffing assumptions, and near-term opportunities.

03

Choose a pilot

One campus, one service line, or one seasonal package. KPIs and off-ramps are clear before work starts.

14 · UFG team for MPUSD

The UFG people behind the work.

MPUSD should know the names behind the work before scope, pricing, or procurement language takes over the conversation.

Relationship contact

Amy Alfaro

Business Relations · UFG Works

Made the first phone introduction to MPUSD and stays close as the relationship point of contact while the team evaluates fit.

Executive sponsor

Letty Miranda

President

Senior accountability for MPUSD scope, staffing commitments, and service standards during evaluation and beyond.

Owner accountability

Al Cuevas

Founder and CEO

Direct owner contact for MPUSD — the name on the contract, available to district leadership at any point.

At contract signing, MPUSD also receives a named UFG account lead and field supervisor — with schedule ownership, site walks, escalation paths, and a written service cadence agreed before crews ever step on a campus.

15 · Thank you

Let's walk a campus and make the next conversation concrete.

UFG is ready to meet MPUSD in the field, listen first, and bring back a practical facilities support path that respects the team already doing the work.

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