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Hopkins board approves 10‑year facilities plan prioritizing roofs, pools and parking work
Summary
The board approved the required 10‑year Long‑Term Facilities Maintenance plan June 2. Staff and consultants said the plan prioritizes roofing, parking lots, pool retiling, carpeting and accessibility work in the first two years, with estimated 2027 costs of about $8M and 2028 costs of about $16.7M.
The Hopkins School Board approved the district’s 10‑year Long‑Term Facilities Maintenance (LTFM) plan on June 2, authorizing district staff to submit the plan to the Minnesota Department of Education and to coordinate bond timing with financial advisors.
Facilities staff and consultant SiteLogic summarized the plan, emphasizing that the first two years are the most detailed and that projects include roof repairs, pool retiling and mechanical work, parking‑lot resurfacing, carpeting and accessibility upgrades across district sites. The presenters said 2027 projects total about $8.0 million while 2028 projects total about $16.7 million, yielding roughly $25.5 million in the two‑year window; work is spread across facilities so that summer programming and construction sequencing can be coordinated.
Gino Mazali, assistant director of buildings and grounds, said the district assessed 14 facilities and cataloged assets in an internal site‑management database. "We assessed every single site and organized the assets into potential projects and categorized the greatest needs," he said.
Board members asked about the submission process and how the board would see the state spreadsheet; staff said the slide packet presented a faithful summary and that the district would import the items into MDE’s required spreadsheet now that the state has posted its templates. Members also asked for the plan to be posted publicly after submission so community members can inspect the full project lists.
The board approved the resolution to adopt and submit the plan; district staff said they will meet with bond advisors over the summer to finalize issuance timing and will publish more detailed project pages on the district website.
What’s next: staff will transfer the plan into the state’s official spreadsheet and submit to MDE by the July deadline. Work sequencing and bid packages for 2027 projects will be coordinated with summer programming and with the district’s bond advisers.
