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District outlines 10‑year paving and roofing plan, cites $40M maintenance backlog
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Facilities director Steve Moore presented a decade plan based on thermal imaging that prioritizes preventive pavement maintenance and target roof projects; he estimated a districtwide maintenance backlog of about $40 million and pegged 10‑year roof needs at roughly $8.3 million, and described state funding options and a planned traffic study.
Steve Moore presented the Moorhead Area Public Schools’ 10‑year pavement and roofing plan and described the methodology and funding implications.
Moore said the district used infrared aerial imagery to generate a pavement condition index (PCI) and to prioritize maintenance. "Doing certain pavement solutions at the right time will save you money so you never have to get to a full rehab," he said, outlining routine maintenance (crack filling, seal‑coating, selective mill and fill) and noting the worst parking lots by PCI were at Hopkins/Horizon and Vista.
For near‑term work Moore proposed targeted mill/overlay and striping budgets alongside traffic‑flow studies; he said the district will engage engineering partners for a campus traffic study to guide redesigns and avoid unnecessary pavement reconstruction. He estimated pavement programming across the coming fiscal years at roughly $5.4–5.5 million (with a 3% inflation factor in later years) and described options such as design‑build contracts for sites where both design and construction might occur in the same fiscal year.
On roofing, Moore described a similar prioritization approach (infrared scans, core sampling, annual inspections) and said FY27 roof projects sum to roughly $1.6 million; he estimated a 10‑year roof total of about $8.3 million. Moore explained a change in approach for some sites: remove EPDM and install 80‑mil PVC in sections, replace insulation only where core samples indicate moisture, and reuse ballast where feasible to lower costs.
Moore told the board the district’s long‑term facility maintenance backlog across all systems is about $40,000,000. He said roofs and pavements account for roughly 55% of projected LTFM needs and flagged a new state funding mechanism (available July 1) and the possible use of abatement bonds to address roofing costs.
Board members asked questions about specific lots, striping durability on concrete and bus routing at Vista; Moore described tradeoffs between cost and long‑term performance and said the district would incorporate bus turning radii into site designs. The board did not take a vote on the 10‑year plan but discussed next steps including traffic studies and project bids due later in April.
