Beaverton bond program shifts deferred-maintenance funds to seismic work; uncommitted balance under $10M

The Bond Accountability Committee of the Beaverton School District received a detailed update on the district's deferred maintenance program on March 19, 2024, focusing on how projects are identified, prioritized and funded.

The committee heard that the bond originally allocated $120,000,000 for deferred maintenance across the program; about $40,000,000 of that amount has been transferred into seismic projects, leaving a $80,000,000 deferred-maintenance budget with a current uncommitted balance of $9,700,000. The presentation said the transfers largely reflect efficiencies gained by doing deferred-maintenance work at the same time as seismic upgrades.

The update explained why the district moved from a static list of named repairs to a predictive, asset-based approach. The district commissioned McKinstry to produce a facilities condition assessment that catalogued roughly 20,000 assets (roofs, HVAC units, finishes, plumbing fixtures and the like), estimated remaining life, and loaded replacement costs into a database and visualization tool. That tool helped staff identify assets likely to fail during the bond period and prioritize work that would most affect classroom operation, such as roofs and HVAC systems.

Committee members were shown how the database can be filtered by school, system type and years remaining, and staff explained they use an Improvement Planning Group (including facilities staff and…