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District weighs low-cost repairs vs larger remodel for North Transportation facility lounge
Summary
Committee reviewed options for the North Transportation facility including a low-cost partition-and-finish lounge (~$10,000), a $125,000 contractor estimate for shed expansion, and a larger $300,000 remodeling option; members favored a phased approach to preserve a mechanic bay and add insulated lounge/dispatch space.
The Properties & Facilities Committee on Feb. 11 debated how to improve the North Transportation facility's driver lounge and dispatcher workspace, considering solutions that range from a quick, low-cost retrofit to a multi-hundred-thousand-dollar buildout.
Speaker 4 summarized the site's history: an original storage "shed-esque" building was converted into lounge and office space, and an internal garage bay was later walled off for a lounge and small work area. An initial low-cost option to…
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