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Board reviews Brea Junior High modernization concepts after district discovers larger site ownership
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Summary
Staff presented schematic site concepts for Brea Junior High, reported that the district owns additional adjoining parcels (opening new layout and parking options), and fielded detailed board questions about parking counts, bus circulation, temporary campus needs and CEQA requirements.
District staff and the architect outlined site concepts for a large modernization of Brea Junior High and told trustees that recent title work shows the district owns additional adjoining parcels, enabling expanded options for building placement, parking and circulation.
Rick (Staff member) said that discovering district title to fields and adjacent parcels allowed planners to "stretch our wings" on site placement and parking and suggested opportunities to add a secondary parking proposal off Lambert or to expand the lower parking toward the existing park if the grading and drainage allowed. Jeff Ferrotta confirmed a count of roughly "22 parking spaces" in the CTE-area lot and later summarized that combined parking reconfigurations could produce several hundred additional spaces across both lots.
Board members pressed staff for net parking totals and for circulation designs that will keep queuing off Brea Boulevard and Lambert. Trustees repeatedly asked staff to provide precise space counts (Bridal Boulevard vs. Lambert vs. Country Lane) and to analyze bus drop-off, ADA access, and how temporary classrooms will be sited for construction phases. A trustee asked whether extending or looping existing lots was feasible; staff said grading, drainage and ADA path-of-travel constraints could add significant cost but that there were potential solutions including new ramps, switchback walkways and improved storm drains.
Staff described the outreach process: Google-form surveys for staff and parents, a modified survey for sixth graders (who toured the junior high), and storyboards to be posted on-site for additional feedback. Principal Risberg and other site staff provided feedback via forms. Staff also noted CEQA will require traffic and circulation review and that PlaceWorks (the district's CEQA advisor) will be involved when appropriate.
No formal actions were taken; staff will return with detailed parking counts, cost implications for the "pickoffs" discussed earlier and a timeline that includes temporary campus planning and further meetings with the architect.
