Overview
SUMMARY OF MEASURE C PROJECTS
On June 7, 2016, the voters of Lafayette approved Measure C, a $70 million General Obligation Bond. This bond will pay for new classrooms and general modernization as follows:
• Repair or replace leaky roofs, and old, deteriorated plumbing, sewer, heating, ventilation, lighting and electrical systems.
• Upgrade technology infrastructure to keep pace with 21st century teaching and learning.
• Modernize 50+ year-‐old, outdated classrooms, labs, and instructional equipment, including removal of portables, and where appropriate, replacement with permanent classrooms.
• Accommodate projected growth -‐ construct a modern, flexible classroom facility for science, technology, engineering, arts and math instruction at Stanley Middle School, and reconfigure or construct classrooms on elementary school sites serving grades TK-‐6.
• Improve school safety and security – including lighting, cameras, fencing, emergency alarm systems, hardscapes, playfields, outdoor play equipment and pick-‐up/drop-‐off zones.
OFFICIAL MEASURE C PROJECT LIST
EXHIBIT A
LAFAYETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND PROJECT LIST
The Board of Trustees of the Lafayette School District evaluated the District’s critical facility needs over an 18 month period in 2014-2016, including safety issues, repair and renovation needs, enrollment trends, class sizes, instructional best practices, changing education/information technology needs and other factors, in developing the scope of capital projects to be undertaken and funded through the proposed bond program. Prior to preparing the Project List, the District conducted a comprehensive facilities assessment, receiving input from teachers, staff, parents, community members and the public. The Board concluded upon this comprehensive 18 month study involving numerous meetings held in public, that the District’s most critical facilities needs must be addressed immediately in order to maintain the local quality of education; and further, that the longer the District waits to address these needs, the more pressing and expensive to repair its facilities needs will be. The District’s Project List therefore includes:
REPAIR, RENOVATE OR REPLACE AGING, DETERIORATED BUILDING SYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT:
ALL Schools/Sites: Stanley Middle School, Burton Valley Elementary School, Happy Valley Elementary School, Lafayette Elementary School, Springhill Elementary School, and the District Office.
School Site Safety Projects
• Upgrade/replace safety systems as required, including fire alarm systems, intrusion and security systems, telephones and communication systems as required to improve school security and safety.
• Renovate, repair, resurface and/or expand parking lots, student drop-off/pick-up areas, walkways, perimeter fencing, and exterior lighting to improve safety, security and accessibility.
• Upgrade/replace aging playground equipment with new, age-appropriate, code compliant playground equipment and safety surfacing.
Core Infrastructure Projects
• Repair or replace aging/deteriorated roofing, flashing, and waterproofing systems where necessary due to aging facilities or known water leaks.
• Repair or replace lighting, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems with energy efficient systems where necessary due to aging equipment.
• Repair and upgrade site utilities, such as storm water, sewer, water, and electrical services.
General Modernization
• Repair, replace and/or improve classrooms, school buildings and other structures to eliminate/mitigate structural deficiencies or dry rot, termite, mold or similar damage or hazards.
• Repair or replace worn or outdated classroom and building interiors including walls, ceilings, and floor coverings, cabinetry, fixtures, doors and hardware.
• Renovate student and staff restrooms for health and ADA code compliance.
• Renovate aging, deteriorating building exteriors, siding, paint, windows and doors and hardware.
• Improvement, correction, repair or renovation of grounds, buildings and structures to comply with, local, state and federal building, health, safety, access and other related requirements, including seismic safety requirements, Field Act requirements and access requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
• When practical and cost efficient, include in projects renewable energy and/or energy- saving systems, improvements and equipment, including electricity generation and distribution systems, purchase of existing systems currently installed under power purchase agreements, and/or water heating systems, natural light improvements, upgraded insulation, efficient lighting, windows and window coverings, shade structures, energy management and conservation systems, and other passive technologies, and structures to support such systems, improvements and equipment and related infrastructure.
• Improve, repair or renovate grounds and facilities as required to make such grounds and facilities accessible to the disabled.
• Make improvements to playfields, grass areas, hard courts and playgrounds. Add outdoor shade structures.
TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT:
ALL Schools/Sites: Stanley Middle School, Burton Valley Elementary School, Happy Valley Elementary School, Lafayette Elementary School, Springhill Elementary School, and the District Office.
• Renovate/upgrade network and technology, including the acquisition and installation of technology equipment, improved electrical capacity and technology infrastructure, classroom and library technology, and teaching equipment.
SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECTS
(FOR REPAIR, UPGRADE, REPLACEMENT, or ADDITION at/to EXISTING SITES)
Stanley Middle School
• Construct a new classroom building to accommodate enrollment growth and replace portable classrooms that will provide a modern educational setting and equipment needed to teach core subjects like math, science, engineering and technology.
• Remodel or replace the aging special education and home economics classroom building.
• Remove portable classrooms from field, and relocate to another site, sell, or convert to support space
• Modify and improve parking and circulation.
Stanley projects if additional funds become available (Possible sources of additional funds include unused contingency, favorable bids, State matching funds):
• Add a lunch kiosk to improve circulation and accommodate growth.
• Expand, remodel or reconstruct the school library.
• Expand, remodel or reconstruct the gym and locker room.
Burton Valley Elementary School
• Construct new kindergarten classrooms to replace undersized and aging kindergarten classrooms
• Renovate or reconstruct undersized fifth grade classrooms.
• Provide additional staff restroom facilities.
Burton Valley projects if additional funds become available (Possible sources of additional funds include unused contingency, favorable bids, State matching funds):
• Replace all portable classroom buildings with permanent or upgraded modular buildings.
• Expand the kindergarten play yard.
• Construct upgraded modular classrooms or renovate existing portables for science, technology, music or other instructional support space.
• Renovate the multi-use room for improved sound quality, lighting, and architectural finishes.
• Upgrade the kitchen.
Happy Valley Elementary School
• Remove aging portable science lab, computer lab, and instructional support spaces and construct new kindergarten classrooms adjacent to the kindergarten play yard.
• Construct upgraded modular classrooms or renovate existing portables for science, technology, music, or other instructional support space.
• Add portables or upgraded modular classrooms as required to accommodate enrollment growth.
• Construct covered walkways and awnings at selective locations to provide rain cover.
• Renovate drop-off/pick-up areas and increase parking.
Happy Valley projects if additional funds become available (Possible sources of additional funds include unused contingency, favorable bids, State matching funds):
• Construct additional restrooms.
• Replace all portable classroom buildings with permanent or upgraded modular buildings.
• Renovate the multi-use room for improved sound quality, lighting, and architectural finishes.
Lafayette Elementary School
• Construct upgraded modular classrooms or renovate existing portables for science, technology, music or other instructional support space.
• Purchase old Lafayette Library and demolish building. Construct new kindergarten classrooms to replace removed undersized kindergarten portables. Construct additional classrooms to accommodate growth. Renovate site for improvements to traffic, circulation, and parking.
• Remove portables from field and relocate to another site or sell.
Lafayette projects if additional funds become available (Possible sources of additional funds include unused contingency, favorable bids, State matching funds):
• Replace all portable classroom buildings with permanent or upgraded modular buildings.
Springhill Elementary School
• Construct permanent or upgraded modular or portable classrooms for science, technology, music or other instructional support space.
• Add space for instructional support.
• Remove aging portable classrooms from the field.
• Construct sound wall or green screen along Pleasant Hill Road.
Springhill projects if additional funds become available (Possible sources of additional funds include unused contingency, favorable bids, State matching funds):
• Replace all portable classroom buildings with permanent or upgraded modular buildings.
• Renovate the multi-use room for improved sound quality, lighting, and architectural finishes.
• Investigate and acquire additional land for parking.
• Renovate main parking lot.
District-wide
• Upgrade network infrastructure.
• Renovate aging district office facilities.
District-wide projects if additional funds become available (Possible sources of additional funds include unused contingency, favorable bids, State matching funds):
• Relocate maintenance yard from Lafayette School to another location
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The listed projects will be completed as needed at a particular school or facility site according to Board-established priorities, and the order in which such projects appear on the Bond Project List is not an indication of priority for funding or completion. Each project is assumed to include its share of the election and bond issuance costs, furniture, equipment, architectural, engineering, inspection and similar planning and testing costs, program management, staff training expenses and customary contingency, unforeseen conditions revealed by construction, renovation or modernization (including plumbing or gas line breaks, dry rot, seismic and structural deficiencies, etc.), and escalation for unforeseen design and construction costs. In addition to the listed projects stated above, the Project List also includes the acquisitions of a variety of instructional, maintenance and operational equipment, including
the reduction or retirement of payment of outstanding lease obligations and interim funding incurred to advance fund projects from the Project List, payment of the costs of preparation of all facility planning, facility studies, assessment reviews, facility master plan preparation and updates, environmental studies (including environmental investigation, remediation and monitoring), design and construction documentation, demolition and temporary housing and storage of dislocated District activities caused by bond projects.
The budget for each project is estimation and may be affected by factors beyond the District’s control. The final cost of each project will be determined as plans are finalized, construction bids are awarded and projects are completed. Based on the final costs of each project, certain of the projects described above may be delayed or may not be completed. Demolition of existing facilities and reconstruction of facilities scheduled for repair and upgrade may occur, if the Board determines that such an approach would be more cost-effective in creating enhanced and operationally efficient campuses. Necessary site preparation/restoration and landscaping, may occur in connection with new construction, renovation or remodeling, or installation or removal of relocatable classrooms, including ingress and egress, removing, replacing, or installing irrigation, utility lines, trees and landscaping, redirecting fire access, and acquiring any necessary easements, licenses, or rights of way to the property.
The allocation of bond proceeds may be affected by the District’s receipt of State matching funds and the final costs of each project. In the absence of State matching funds, which the District will pursue to reduce the District’s share of the costs of the projects, the District may not be able to complete some of the projects listed above. Alternatively, if the District obtains unexpected funds from non-bond sources with respect to listed projects, such projects may be enhanced, supplemented or expanded to the extent of such funds. Whenever specific items are included in the list, they are presented to provide an example and are not intended to limit the generality of the broader description of authorized projects.
PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PLANS
Concepts for Board Study Session February 2016: