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Glendora Unified board approves $28,850 voter survey to test bond options; Team Civics contract fails
Summary
On Aug. 25 the Glendora Unified School District board approved a $28,850 agreement with True North Research to run a statistically valid bond-feasibility survey and declined to approve a communications contract with Team Civics after the motion failed for lack of a second. The survey is the next step in testing possible tax-rate extensions and timing for a future GO bond.
Glendora Unified School District trustees voted Aug. 25 to hire True North Research for $28,850 to conduct a voter survey testing the feasibility of a possible general-obligation bond, after a presentation outlining options and timelines for a future measure.
Finance consultant Adam Bower told trustees the district’s assessed-value picture and current debt situation provide several paths a bond measure could take. He said the district’s statutory bonding capacity is roughly $210 million, with about $25.6 million outstanding, leaving significant remaining capacity. Bower outlined hypothetical scenarios including a $31-per-$100,000 extension that he estimated could yield roughly $80 million in par value for projects and a $20-rate option that he said could generate about $51 million.
“Your statutory bonding capacity is 210 million,” Bower said during his presentation, and he described a near-term refinancing opportunity that could produce taxpayer savings if market rates move favorably.
Trustees spent an extended period asking practical questions about sequencing, outreach and homeowner impact. Board members asked whether public education about district needs should precede the survey or whether a professionally run survey should be used to shape outreach. The superintendent and consultant said a neutral, statistically valid survey is intended to give the district reliable guidance about timing, tax-rate choices and how a possible city measure might interact with a district measure.
Costs discussed in the meeting included the True North survey fee ($28,850), a Team Civics proposal for $7,500 per month for communications support, and a quoted mailer cost of roughly $13,750. A separate Team Civics contract was put forward but failed for lack of a second; the True North contract passed on a 5-0 vote.
Board member Garcia moved to approve the True North agreement; the motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Trustees directed staff to proceed with the survey and return with results and recommendations aligned to election filing deadlines the presentation highlighted (March 6, 2026 for a June 2, 2026 election filing and Aug. 7, 2026 for a Nov. 3, 2026 filing).
What’s next: staff will execute the survey contract and report findings to the board; any decision to place a bond on a ballot would be brought back to the board for formal action and would be subject to the district’s public‑information and legal‑compliance processes.
