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District outlines potential athletic venues and bleacher work tied to millage plan; Fernandina Beach bleachers prequalification list to appear on agenda
Summary
Superintendent-level staff presented a four‑year conceptual athletics and capital plan tied to the district millage, and asked the board to add a prequalification list for contractors for Fernandina Beach High School bleachers to Thursday—s agenda; staff said millage funding and capital funds together would be used to sequence projects.
District staff presented a conceptual multi-year athletics and capital plan at the workshop, showing a sequence of projects for high-school venues and asking the board to add a prequalification list of contractors for the Fernandina Beach High School bleacher and press box replacement to the next board agenda.
Plan outline and funding: staff said the plan combines existing capital funds and anticipated millage revenue to sequence projects across the district. If the voter-approved millage is not renewed after its scheduled end in 2026, staff said the district would either remove the millage-funded portion from the plan or spread work across additional years using capital funds. Staff emphasized the plan is conceptual and subject to the final state budget, student-enrollment numbers and millage outcomes.
Bleachers and schedule: staff said the Fernandina Beach High School home stands would be replaced (home-side seating capacity estimated around 2,300–2,400 in current plans) and the press box rebuilt; the bleacher and press-box work is expected after the football season. Staff noted contractors were prequalified for the project and asked the board to add the prequalification list to Thursday—s agenda so the project procurement could proceed.
Other projects and traffic concerns: staff discussed concurrent projects including turf and track work at West Nassau and Hilliard schools and concession improvements at Yulee; board members asked about traffic flow and approaches to reduce congestion at Fillmore Road, and staff said preliminary architecture and budgeting work had been done for an access loop to improve traffic at Yulee.
Transparency and outreach: staff said the district is publishing "millage minutes" and a web-based capital-tracking comparison and that the millage oversight committee will meet during the week; board members suggested adding links on county tax-collection pages to the district millage information to help taxpayers find the materials.
