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Calexico Unified trustees adopt facility needs study and authorize school facility fees
Summary
Trustees voted unanimously to adopt a school facility needs analysis and authorize school facility fees, agreeing the district qualifies for both the capped state "level one" fee and the more restrictive, uncapped "level two" fee; staff consultant Jared Anderson explained the distinctions and the triggers that make Calexico eligible for level two.
The Calexico Unified School District board voted unanimously to adopt a school facility needs analysis and to authorize school facility fees, approving Resolution No. 24.
The measure formalizes the district’s justification study for state-mandated fee levels used to fund school construction. Jared Anderson of School Facility Consultants told trustees that level one is the baseline, capped fee available to every California district and adjusted by the State Allocation Board in even-numbered years. “The level one is available to every school district in the state of California,” Anderson said.
Anderson said level two is uncapped but subject to stricter eligibility triggers tied to the state school facility program. He summarized the three principal trigger categories: passage of a general obligation bond with at least 50% plus one of the vote within four years; a high share of relocatable classrooms; and a high ratio of issued capital-outlay debt to the district’s bonding capacity. Anderson stated that Calexico Unified meets those triggers and recommended that the district adopt both level one and level two fees, noting that districts typically adopt both so that commercial and industrial fee calculations under level one remain available.
The transcript contains a clarification from Anderson about the exact thresholds: he corrected an earlier reference from 20% to 30% regarding the bonding-capacity trigger and referred trustees to a table on page three of the report for the full calculations. Anderson also said the district had issued debt “in excess of 93.9% of the total bonding capacity,” language that appears verbatim in the meeting record.
Trustee Calderon moved to approve Resolution No. 24; Trustee Ainha seconded. Trustees Ariano, Castillo, Calderon, Raina and the presiding board member voted yes. The motion passed unanimously.
The board did not record additional conditions on the resolution during the meeting. Details on the fee calculations are included in the adopted justification study.
