Provo School Board approves $70 million lease revenue bonds to finish Tempe View and start Dixon planning
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The Provo City School District Board of Education voted unanimously to authorize $70 million in lease revenue bonds to complete construction at Tempe View High School and begin design work for the Dixon Middle School site after a public hearing and brief public comment.
The Provo City School District Board of Education on Feb. 20 voted unanimously to authorize the issuance of $70,000,000 in lease revenue bonds to complete Tempe View High School and begin design work for the Dixon Middle School site.
The vote followed a public hearing during which the district’s business administrator, Devin Daley, described the purpose of the bonds as completing Tempe View—cited as having safety issues—and funding initial design work for the Dixon site. Parent Heather Scabeland spoke in favor of the bond during the hearing, saying completing Tempe View “makes both practical sense” and that construction costs are likely to rise if the district delays.
Board members who spoke before the vote described the financial and practical reasons for acting now rather than placing the question on a citizen ballot. Board member Nick Van Wagon said the district had sought ways to “minimize the impact” on taxpayers while meeting student needs. Vice President Gina Hales and board members Lisa Boyce and others said they would prefer a ballot measure in principle but that waiting would increase costs and prolong safety and capacity problems at Tempe View.
After the board hearing, the same group convened as the Board of Trustees of the Municipal Building Authority of the district and held a separate public hearing, as required by state law, before voting to approve the same resolution as the municipal building authority. Both votes passed unanimously.
The district did not provide a detailed repayment schedule or tax-rate impact in the hearing; Daley summarized the projects the bonds will fund and described Tempe View as needing completion to address safety concerns. No formal objections were recorded during the hearings.
The board’s action authorizes the district and its municipal building authority to proceed with the bond issuance; further financing details, sale dates and fiscal impacts will be developed as the transaction proceeds.