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Board schedules LERFAC work session, approves capital projects and authorizes surplus property sale
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Summary
The Greater Albany board set a May 18 work session to review long-range facility planning, approved cooperative-purchase capital projects paid from restricted funds, and authorized the sale of a district-owned surplus parcel while discussing wetlands/offset issues.
The board approved a set of facility and capital actions and scheduled a public work session to review Long-Range Facilities Advisory Committee (LERFAC) recommendations.
Board members agreed to hold a May 18 work session (5:00–6:30 p.m.) to review and discuss the facility plan update before the district files the long-range plan with the state. Superintendent Gardner (speaker 9) said the state deadline remains Dec. 1 and that the May session would provide an update rather than a finished product.
On capital projects, facilities staff (speaker 16) presented cooperative-purchase requests for projects above the board approval threshold, including the Timber Ridge roof replacement and athletic-field planning. Board members confirmed those projects would be funded from restricted bond, capital improvement and athletic capital receipts, not the general fund. The board moved and approved the capital budgets for the listed projects.
The board also authorized declaring the Lochner property (~29 acres) surplus and pursuing sealed bids for its sale. Facilities staff said the parcel contains wetlands and that negotiations with the city about acquiring a 12–14 acre parcel in a fast-growing part of the city remain preliminary; wetland mitigation and lack of available wetland offsets could slow any transaction.
Board members emphasized that the sale-and-purchase plan is expected to be cash-neutral for the district if the transactions proceed and that staff will keep the board apprised during negotiations and environmental work.
What happens next: staff will hold the May 18 LERFAC work session, finalize project bids for board approval, and proceed with sealed-bid steps for the Lochner property while working through wetland delineation and mitigation options.
