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District hears plans to replace unit ventilators, upgrade lighting and repair gym ceiling
Summary
District facilities staff outlined a multi-year capital plan including replacement of unit ventilators at the middle school and other buildings, lighting upgrades, gym ceiling demolition and potential gym-floor work.
District facilities staff and the district's consultant discussed a multi-year facilities plan at the March 10 meeting, detailing planned unit-ventilator replacements, lighting upgrades and other mechanical improvements intended to improve reliability and energy efficiency.
Mr. Wall, a district facilities staff member who summarized SiteLogic's building tours and the work list, said middle-school work would include replacement of about 70 unit vents "essentially every unit in every classroom in the middle school." He explained the plan calls for replacing multiple pieces of mechanical equipment at once rather than piecemeal to avoid mismatched parts and recurring failures.
"The controls is what controls timing when they run, when they don't run, set points to the building, is basically the brains behind the how they operate," Wall said, describing planned replacement of unit-ventilator controls along with the mechanical units. He said the new units will accept a larger filter (MERV 8) and that the Univents will use ECM motors to improve efficiency.
Board members discussed outcomes and costs. One board member asked whether the estimated annual energy savings figure in the contract applied per unit or to the whole project; facilities staff said savings estimates in the bid are modest per-unit and that lighting upgrades will generate larger annual savings. Staff also described commissioning and measurement-and-verification steps that are part of the installation and rebate processes.
The discussion also covered the gym: the ceiling is scheduled to be replaced this summer, with a possible future decision to refinish or replace the gym floor depending on the floor's thickness and how many times it has been sanded. Facilities staff said the gym ceiling work should precede any floor replacement to avoid damaging a new floor during ceiling demo.
Nut graf: The conversation focused on replacing aging equipment and improving long-term maintainability of building systems; board members and staff emphasized doing coordinated replacements to ensure compatibility and efficient commissioning.
What was specified: Middle-school unit-ventilator replacement (around 70 units), Univents replacement controls, MERV 8 filtration, lighting upgrades at multiple buildings, planned gym ceiling replacement this summer, discussion of possible gym floor refinish vs. replacement depending on condition.
What was not specified: Exact contract award amounts in the transcript, a detailed project schedule or final payback calculations in the meeting record.
