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District staff tell board a comprehensive fix would cost roughly $100 million; urgent fire-panel replacement estimated at $1.5 million
Summary
Staff said a comprehensive renovation to bring district buildings up to standard could require a bond of about $100 million; an urgent repair need — replacing aged fire panels — was estimated at about $1.5 million and may be staged across years.
District staff told the board that bringing buildings back to an acceptable long-range standard would require a comprehensive investment the district estimated at about $100 million. The finance and operations presentation stressed the district only has limited capital-transfer funding (fund 272) and CET receipts (fund 274) totaling roughly $500,000 per year, requiring prioritization.
Operations staff highlighted an urgent, previously unrecognized need: many fire-panel systems are more than 25 years old after a system breakdown revealed parts shortages. "We have about 1,500,000 to replace all of those is what the estimate is," the staff member said, and the district is considering staged replacements. Board members asked for a prioritized spreadsheet of projects with costs so they can weigh short-term fixes against the need for a potential bond.
