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Facilities committee advances three capital projects; timing likely for next spring vote
Summary
The facilities committee asked staff to cost out three potential capital projects — stadium restrooms/concessions required for state funding, a middle-school kiss-and-ride loop, and a middle-school cafeteria expansion — and signaled a likely bond or voter action next spring rather than this fall.
The district’s Facilities Committee confirmed it will pursue cost estimates for three major projects and discussed timing for a future capital vote.
Committee member Jim said the three projects under consideration are: (1) restrooms and a concession area at the new high school stadium that the district must complete to qualify for certain State Education Department capital funding, (2) a “kiss-and-ride” loop behind the middle school to separate car drop-offs from bus traffic that will require significant earthwork, and (3) an expansion of the middle school to add a new cafeteria and updated food-preparation areas because the current kitchen is structurally and functionally deteriorated.
“Those three projects…we decided that plans were close enough to work on getting costs so we could consider whether or not we want to include them,” Jim said. He told the committee the projects will be costed out and presented to the full board, which would authorize any future capital project to take to voters.
Committee members also discussed timing. The committee concluded the middle-school loop project could not be completed in time to put a bond question before voters this fall; committee members said current thinking is any bond or voter question would be placed on the ballot in May. The committee scheduled a follow-up meeting three weeks from the board meeting at the high school at 6 p.m. to review the recently completed building-condition survey and reconcile it with the district’s project list.
No formal capital project was approved at the meeting; the committee voted to obtain cost estimates and continue planning. Those estimates will inform whether the district moves forward with a voter-approved capital project and whether it seeks financing options that could be tax-neutral for residents.
