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Mill Valley board awards food contract to Revolution Foods and reviews $1.35M Edna McGuire modernization plan
Summary
Trustees approved a new food-service contract with Revolution Foods after student taste tests and received a schematic design for Edna/Ed McGuire modernization that included garden drainage, playyard resurfacing and TK play area upgrades with a construction estimate presented as $1.35 million and a DSA review planned.
The Mill Valley School District board on May 14 approved a new food-service agreement with Revolution Foods after staff described a procurement process that included blind taste testing with students, staff and board participants. Board discussion noted reheating and packaging constraints (no on-site kitchen) but emphasized student involvement in the selection process; the motion to award the contract passed by voice vote.
Later in the meeting Julia Royo, the district’s director of maintenance, operations and safety, and Lee Paul of Hy Architect presented the schematic design for the Edna/Ed McGuire modernization project, targeted for summer 2027 construction. The schematic scope included improved garden drainage and permeable paving, replacement of aging wooden bench seating, resurfacing and reorientation of the main playyard to improve sightlines, TK/kindergarten play-surface and play-structure replacement with additional shade, minor restroom accessibility upgrades tied to the Division of State Architect (DSA) review, and other site improvements. The presentation initially misstated a construction estimate as $3.5 million and was corrected in the discussion to an estimated construction cost of approximately $1.35 million with a standard allowance for soft costs.
Lee Paul described a tentative DSA review timeline of roughly three to four months and said the intent is to finalize drawings in the fall so construction could proceed next summer. Trustees voiced support for minimizing student disruption and appreciated the draft construction noise policy and process for requesting a zoning/land-use exemption; the board adopted resolution 18-25-26 to request an exemption from city zoning and land-use ordinances and to advance a project construction noise policy that would permit some weekend work and altered delivery hours to reduce schedule impacts.
The board moved and approved the Edna/Ed McGuire schematic design and the resolution on noise/exemption by voice vote. Staff said the citizen bond oversight committee and CFAC will be re-established to provide oversight as modernizations move forward.
