As part of the planning process for any bond fund campaign, an assessment of the condition of the district’s facilities is necessary. Several of these assessments were conducted during the late 1990’s and 2000’s and the latest assessment was completed in April 2013 by TELACU Construction Management. Also included are assessment of pavement and buildings and other systems such as roofing, HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning), electrical systems and lighting, plumbing systems and restrooms, flooring, etc. This document served as the starting point for the Facilities Needs and Conditions Assessment portion of the Facilities Master Plan which was completed by LPA Architects in 2015. This process included site walks at each school site to verify the accuracy of the districts site plans and conditions. After analyzing the information the LPA team began the master planning for each site. Included in the team were board members, district administration, site administration, teachers, classified staff, parents, students, foundation members, and representatives from the City of Santa Barbara, City of Goleta, County Supervisors, colleges and the businesses community.
The Facilities Master Plan indicated the needs of the district were far beyond current available capital funds and TELACU was tasked with helping to determine the most critical needs for the near future. Based on these reports and board input the board authorized the placement of two bond fund measures on the ballot for November of 2016.
Staff is projecting to have three separate bond sales for both Measures I 2016 and Measure J 2016. The priority list is designed to correspond with the issuances of each bond sale. Each bond issuance is required to have 85% of the funds expended or encumbered within 3 years. The district has six architectural firms and three construction management firms on our board approved lists and based on the number of consultants and timelines for projects we are anticipating sale amounts to be are $50 million, $50 million and $35 million for Measure I 2016 and $20 Million, $20 million and $18 million for Measure J 2016.
The board authorized the use of modular construction for the replacement of the two portables at Las Flores Preschool and if this test indicates that modular construction is feasible for portable replacement buildings we can expect to construct 5 modular classrooms for every 4 traditional stick build classrooms. The assumption of the modular \classroom cost model is reflected in the current project estimates.
Attached are:
- Project costs by site
- Phases for funding of each project
- Project cost by site as a percentage