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Administration building renovation options could total up to $7.5 million; board may authorize bid
Summary
Administration presented three renovation options for the administration building with estimated costs ranging from about $6.5 million to $7.5 million; administration recommended a footprint-focused option and asked the board to authorize sending the project to bid at the next meeting, with final award decisions left to the incoming board.
District staff presented three options to renovate the Administration Building's HVAC and workspace and recommended a course that keeps work largely in the existing footprint while adding a one-story boardroom.
Kenny, the presenter, said the original intended scope — which included fitting out a third-floor attic space to relocate the district's consolidated IT/server room — produced a first probable cost estimate "considerably higher at $6,800,000." Administration then described option 2, HVAC renovation within the existing footprint plus a one-story boardroom addition, which produced an estimate about $6.5 million and was the administration's formal recommendation. Option 3 would add a designed ad-alternate second level above the new boardroom for future growth and raised the total to about $7.5 million.
Board members asked how the project would be funded and whether committing to the work would affect the 2026–27 budget. Belinda (administration) said the district plans to use remaining bond proceeds and capital-project funds and would not need to issue a new bond; she said those funds should be sufficient without a tax increase for the project and that the district would rebuild capital reserves over time through the general-fund budget process.
Kenny and Belinda said the board's action at the next meeting would be limited to authorizing the project to go out to bid; the administration recommended designing the ad-alternate second level so the board can choose it later if bids and economies of scale make it advantageous. If the board authorizes the bid, the administration expects a standard public advertisement and bid-evaluation timetable and projected a possible summer start if bids and approvals align.
No final construction award was made at the meeting; administration and the board agreed to consider the funding details and to allow the incoming board to review final bid results and make award decisions.
