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Board considers $5 facility-fee increase and options for field upgrades, including an $850,000 turf proposal
Summary
Facilities committee reviewed a five-year capital plan, recommended a $5 increase in most facility rental fees (no increase for the high‑school auditorium) and discussed field-study options ranging from resurfacing at about $39,000 to adding a new turf field estimated at roughly $850,000–$1 million.
The board’s facilities committee reported it reviewed the five‑year capital plan and recommended modest increases to district facility rental fees. Committee members said rates have not risen in three years and proposed raising most user fees by $5 while exempting the high‑school auditorium.
Field upgrades: The committee presented multiple field-study options. One low-cost option would update existing fields (releveling, reseeding) at an estimated $39,000. Another option would install a new turf field on the middle-school property; committee slides and discussion referenced an approximate cost “about $850,000” and noted the total could be “upwards of a million dollars,” depending on scope. The proposal would include a fence and a practice track around the turf; the committee said the existing middle-school area cannot currently host a 100‑yard regulation field and would need alteration to support games.
Committee rationale and context: Members said the fee increases would align the district with neighboring districts that charge higher rental rates. The turf estimate was described as comparable to recent district turf replacements at other schools.
No formal vote was recorded on the turf at the July meeting; facilities items later brought forward in the meeting included other contract renewals, preventive maintenance agreements and low‑bar change orders related to the 5–6 Center construction.
Next steps: Committee members said they would continue refining cost options and bring recommendations to the board for formal consideration as part of capital‑budget planning.
