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Eureka Union trustees review $50.5M facilities master plan, consultant highlights funding pathways and safety priorities
Summary
Consultant Brian Whitmore presented an informational facilities master plan that prioritizes site safety and interior upgrades, estimates roughly $50.5 million in needs (about $73.6M with contingencies), and recommends pursuing a future bond plus state matching funds; board and public questioned fencing types, costs and timing.
At the Eureka Union Board of Trustees meeting, consultant Brian Whitmore of Studio W presented an informational draft of a facilities master plan that identifies prioritized repairs and upgrades across district sites and outlines potential funding approaches.
Whitmore told the board the planning process began in March with a facility site committee and multiple site visits, and that priorities that rose to the top were site safety and security, interior environment upgrades, exterior repairs and replacement of aging portables. He said the district’s preliminary inventory of needs across campuses amounts to about $50.5 million in today’s dollars and that "with contingencies escalation and soft costs, that comes up to about $73,600,000." (Brian Whitmore, Studio W.)
Why it matters: the plan is intended to help the district align project priorities with potential funding sources,…
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