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District sends elementary design to contractor and advances athletic-campus talks with city
Summary
Superintendent Michael Sawyers updated the board that the elementary school's design-development package was sent to Resili Construction for pricing, early site and electrical packages were out for pricing, and discussions with the city on using the Discover property for a shared athletic campus are advancing.
Superintendent Michael Sawyers told the New Albany-Plain Local Board of Education on Oct. 6 that the district has sent the design-development package for a proposed elementary school to Resili Construction for pricing and that early site and electrical work were being bid separately.
Sawyers described the building as the future home for all-day kindergarten and grades 1–2 on the current baseball/softball fields on the district campus, and said the district is near the end of its architectural review process required under the property's deed restrictions. He said the district expects to present guaranteed maximum price and construction approvals to the board either at the Dec. 8 meeting or at the board's first regular meeting in January.
On athletics, Sawyers said the district continues negotiating with the city of New Albany and development partners about a plan to use the 49-acre Discover property as a joint athletic campus that would include baseball and softball fields, a potential future football stadium, a plaza with restrooms and concessions, and consolidated parking. He said the most recent site concept flips the north/south layout from earlier designs so the baseball fields sit south across from the hamlet development and align as a visual axis with the proposed hamlet center.
Sawyers said engineers are finalizing stormwater-retention analysis, civil engineering, landscaping and parking plans; the team was meeting again on Oct. 10. He said the district is also exploring shared-use or shared-parking agreements with adjacent property owners to reduce the need for additional built parking on the athletic site.
The superintendent said interior design meetings with teachers and administrators continue and that final comments from the district's architectural review process were nearly complete. He said the project will go before the city's Architectural Review Board in November, after which the district will pursue permitting and, pending pricing, move toward a guaranteed maximum price and construction award.
Board members asked for clarification about parking and potential satellite solutions; Sawyers said preliminary engineering indicates a substantial number of parking spaces currently exist on the property and that temporary street parking or agreements with adjacent owners remain options to serve large events.
