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Home My WebLink About1988-09-14 88-388 ORDER88-388 Mignedbf:ouncgw Seal, September 14, 1988 CITY OF BANGOR /BB (TITLE.) (Orb1K• Directing City Clerk to Place Referendum Question on Ballot . at Ptheroject Next Fiftlarh Municipal School School Construction Piaj ec[ - Pff LM1 g[[eet middle SCM1001 MdiClon and &enOVeClOn. By Wald CommnR of the aro Na rodr: ORDEMo. 11MOI the City Clerk take all necessary action as may be required by law to place the following question on aballot for consideration by the voters of the City of Bangor at a referendum to be conducted on the date of the text regular municipal election: Shall a school construction project having a total estimated project coat of Five Million Seven Hundred Fifty -Five Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($5,755,900) and consisting of the design, construction, and equipping of an addition to CM Fifth Street Middle School, substantially in accordance with aceptual plan prepared by Allied Engineering, Inc., be approved; and shall the Bangor City Council be authorized to issue bonds or notes of the City of Bangor to fund this project in a total principal server not toexceed Five Million Seven Hundred Fifty -Five Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($5,755,900). 1. TM entire additional operating coats of the new project during its firs[ two (2) years shall be borne by revenues raised by the City of Bangor. 2. The estimatedamount of the additional-ope;abAng. costs during each of the first two (2) years Is One knedred Twenty -Two Thousand Five Hundred Sixty Collate ($122,560) for the first year and Mae Hundred lkeaty-Bight Thousami Six Hundred Ninety Dollars ($128,690) for the second year. 3. The City of Bangor shall be responsible for the local share of debt service allocation to be calculated in accordance with State law. In City Council September 14.1988 (P/aasssss�ed�� Qvc City Clerk 88-388 ORDER Title, Directing City Clerk to place Referend ...................... 4............. Question on Ballot at the next regular Municipal Election School Construction .................................... Pra" Pif[M1 S[ t[pMidQ y School ov Asdped to .. C councii�n DWPT BANGOR SC800L DEPARTMENT PROPOSED PIM $MET MIDDLE SCHOOL ADDITION AND RENOVATION REFERENDUM VOTE - NOVEMBER 0, 1988 pda. ✓e P p— Since 1939 the Fifth Street Middle School has been serving the school- age children and citizens of Bangor as a Junior USA School and/or Middle School. In all instances its purpose was:to provide the correct environment to allow students of a particular age or grade to learn and grow. It has served the City well. After nearly 50 years of use, it no logger meets the educational meds of those it was designed to se Budget restrictions of wea past years, normal and tear, overcrowding and changes in educational expectations at State Anal local level require additional space and major alterations to the facility If it is to continue to serve the citizens and students correctly. The proposed project that Bangor citizens are being asked to approve on November 8, 1980 represents many years of planning and hard work by a lot a people, past and present. Finally, with Bangor's willingness to reopen We existing school facilities, the State Board of Education has approved a project for the Fifth Street Middle School that will relieve overcrowhm, allow for future population growth, and provide educational facilities that offers appropriate space to accommodate the educational programs needed. 1. Why renovation¢and new classrooms? The present structure cannot adequately homes the existing population. Currently there are usenine (9) relocatables in at Fifth Street. Although there Is an enrollment increase is thecurrent ens year. students already enrolled in grades k-5 throughout the City will cause a enrollment expansion at the middle school level as they reach grades 6-8. Renovations an necessary to bring the existing facility in lies with State of Maim regulations, guidelines and/or expectations. Currently the Science, Library, Gymnasium am undersized and outdated. Them exists nocafeteria facilities. Shops and Nome Economics areas obsolete along with a number of other specialty areae. The existing play area fs inadequate and certain plumbing and electrical functions are not up to code. 2. What an the enrollment projections for Fifth Street? Based on three separate enrollment studies, It has been determined that the Fifth Street Middle School Is currently overcrowded, and unless a solution Is at hand it will get worse. In fact, based o September 6, 1908 actual school enrollments, the projection conducted in 1987-88 could very Fall prove conservative. Draft Tropoeed Fifth Street Middle School 2. Addition and Be enation - Referendum Vote - November 8, 1988 PROJECTED APRIL FIRST ENTARLMENTS BASED ON ME WEIGHTED AVERAGE SURVIVAL RATIOS PROM TRE LAST FIVE MASS 1987 1988 1959 19% 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 GRADE 6 278 268 277 274 318 334 325 333 320 333 329 GRADE 7 302 303 292 302 299 347 364 354 363 349 363 WADE 0 341 290 291 280 290 287 333 349 340 348 335 MAL 6'-8 927 861 860 856 907 968 1022 1036 1023 1030 1027 Prepared by John N. Meehan, Center for Educational Field Services. University of Maine 3. Shat are we getting for our dollars? The plan, if approved by the voters, will provide the following: a. Seven new classrooms b. One additional Science Notes c. New full -sire Gymnasium and Locker Booms , d. New Bone Economics and Industrial Arte areae a. New Cafeteria f. Remodeled and improved School Auditorium g. Convert old Gymnasium to new Library Area D. Improved play areae 4. What is the coat of the project? The total coat of the project is $5,755,900. Of that total, the State - approved portion is $5,142,400 and Bangor will pay for $613,500. The split in funding occurs because the State will only pay for new construction and the portion of renovations in the existing building Mich relate to new construction, such as converting the existing gymnasium to the library. The State x111 act pay for upgrading the existing. building's mechanical, electrical, or Dancing system unless they de not conform to code. Draft Proposed Fifth Street Middle School Addition and Renovation Referendum Vote - November 8, 1908 5. Flat will the City of Bangor's cast be to complete the project? The debt service for the project will be spread "at a period of 20 years and will he split between State -eligible debt and locally paid debt. On the State -eligible debt, the principal payments would be $257,120 and the first year interest payment would be $269,976 at 5.25 interest. Under the current "circuit breaker" formula for State - eligible debt service payment, the Bangor School Department would pay $66,895 of the first year's debt service payment of $521,096 and the State would pay the rest (92.1X). $251,120 principal payment 269_916 interest payment at 5.25% $521,096 The principal would remain at $251,120 par year. The interest payment would decrease annually. The Bangor School Department's share of this project, if it sets part of our current debt service, would be $46,895 (1.95). The State's sharewould be $480,201 (92.1%). Under current lav governing State funding of approved school projects the Bangor School Department's share of debt Service is a maximum of .51 of one (1) all of State valuation. our payment on the $46,895 will place us at the limit of the "circuit breaker'. 6. Flat about the portion of The project that Is not paid by the State? The locally funded debt service for renovation ($613,500) would, for a 20 year period, cost $30,615 for principal payment and approximately $32,208 for interest payment in the first year of the issue. This debt would be paid as a local operating coat with an estimated 50% of the principal and interest being paid by the State two years after the expense taken Place. - 1. We have two middle schools in Bangor. what about Garland. Street? Both Fifth Street and Garland Street Middle Schools are in weed of expansion and rmovations. Based on the State's priority rating system, Fifth Street has the greater need. Garland Street's need in substantial and the State's current rating places the Garland Street project ready to receive Stateapproval as early as Spring of 1989. If r time table if correct, the Garland Street Issue Should come before the voters of Bangor during the 1909-90 school year. 8. 'what about the additional operating cost? We am estimating that the additional Operating coat to operate this new building to be $122,560 for the first year and $120,690 for the second year. Drafe _ Proposed Fifth Street Middle School 4. Addition and Renovation Refere Mum Fote - November 0. 19M In the first two "are, the increase in the operating east is funded locally. In the third year of operation and every year thereafter, the operating coats will be eligible for State subsidy (currently at a race of 50JR). Sl13�VVIOIV9 3 817311H�tltl O3TV1 WV- ld 600 rvv�a oo�a isdid Prlmaot Budget TOTAL FUNDS NEEDED (LOCAL) $613500 ITEM I – ADMINISTRATIVE COST AND RESERVE Lam 8_ neallc/Inur fArt llngance/egol S 10.000.' 1X$ 'Art 1% Contingency ngency {� $ Subtotal $ 50 .400 .ITEM 11 – FEES AND SERVICES Subtotal 58.100 S�ahltect/Engmaer rwy and Sons Field Inspection cMbct/Engineer Asbestos Remawl $� Life Cycle Analysis $ Subtotal $ 59.100 ITEM III - CONSTRUCTION Building $ Site Dowropmenl - { 30 000 Sewer Water $ Bulli–In Equipment fJ2�00 Molntaln School Program $ Renovations S 443200 Subtotal - j5U�000 TOTAL FUNDS NEEDED (STATE) f 5142. aro REM 1 – ADMWISTRATIVE COST AND RESERVE Lana S Mermaid Equipment $ 40900. ' Adverlleing/lnsumnce/Legel S 10.000.' 'Art 1% f-25990 -Contingency j_17S nQQ - Subtotal f 'TI LOGO ITEM II – FEES AND SERNCES cMbct/Engineer j112.5pC Survey and Sans FieldI $$ Asbestos Remooval 32 Lila Cycle Analysis f 3000. Subtotal $ 607.500 ITEM 111 – CONSTRUCTION Building $.2078.0001 Site Development 4:185.008: Water BS6000 Built–in Equipment $�4LB40_ Moinbin School Program $ 175`000 RanowOans 8__$2630 AW® AgONITEC n S mN011lj�f3