A Report to the Board of Education: Ten-Year Health/Life Safety Review. February 12, 2018

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1 A Report to the Board of Education: Ten-Year Health/Life Safety Review February 12,

2 Overview of the Ten Year Health Life Safety Survey Process Every ten years, each local school board is required to have its school buildings surveyed by a licensed professional to develop any recommendations for repairs/improvements in accordance with the Health Life Safety (HLS) section of the Illinois School Code. 2

3 Overview of the Ten Year Health Life Safety Survey Process For purposes of the Health Life Safety Code, the term School Building means any building occupied in whole or in part by public school students or intended for occupancy by such students. 3

4 Overview of the Ten Year Health Life Safety Survey Process The District s architect, Woolpert, Inc., has completed the ten-year HLS survey of District 7 school buildings and has identified over $12 million in repair/improvements that would meet the necessary requirements to qualify for Health Life Safety funding. 4

5 Overview of the Ten Year Health Life Safety Survey Process While $12 million is a large amount, it is still less than 5% of the District s total appraised building value of approximately $245 million. This is a testament to the ability of the District s maintenance staff to perform on an annual basis the necessary maintenance and repairs of the District s fourteen facilities. 5

6 Cassens Elementary (Built 2008): 6

7 Cassens Elementary: Parking lot/playground resurfacing, install access ladder to upper roof area 7

8 Columbus Elementary (Current Build 1910): 8

9 Columbus Elementary: Replace doors at corridors, masonry work (tuck pointing), replace exhaust fans, parking lot/playground resurfacing, sidewalk repairs, new roof, repair exterior stairs, asbestos abatement 9

10 Edwardsville High School (Built 1997): 10

11 Edwardsville High School: Boiler replacement, replace HVAC Roof Top Units and building controls, replace domestic hot water line, parking lot resurfacing, new roof (shingles), new roof (membrane), exterior EIFS cleaning and recoating 11

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13 Sports Complex: Parking lot resurfacing 13

14 Glen Carbon Elementary (Current Build 1954): 14

15 Glen Carbon Elementary: Replace exhaust fans, improve stage accessibility, masonry work (tuck pointing) at stage interior 15

16 Goshen Elementary (Built 2008): 16

17 Goshen Elementary: Parking lot/playground resurfacing, access ladder to upper roof area 17

18 Hamel Elementary (Built 1969): 18

19 Hamel Elementary: Asbestos abatement, replacement of ceiling hung HVAC units, plumbing repairs (above ceiling), new roof (membrane), parking lot resurfacing 19

20 JDWC (Built 2009) and CFAC (Built 2014): Parking lot resurfacing and drainage repairs 20

21 Leclaire Elementary (Originally Built 1954): 21

22 Leclaire Elementary: Replace doors at corridors, asbestos abatement, replace outside air louvers and dampers for boiler, install new classroom unit ventilators, install new window A/C units, masonry work (tuck pointing), new roof (membrane) 22

23 Liberty Middle School (Built 2003): 23

24 Liberty Middle School: Repair exit doors and hardware, parking lot/ playground resurfacing, repair interior gym wall panels 24

25 Lincoln Middle School (Originally Built 1928): 25

26 Lincoln Middle School: Replace corridor doors, corner re-grading and foundation drain, asbestos abatement, replace bleachers in Gym (upper level) and athletic track, repair outside air louvers and dampers for boiler, repair exhaust fans, install new heating system, install new water heater, gym roof and floor replacement, new roof (membrane) 26

27 Lincoln Middle School Heating System 27

28 Lincoln Middle School Heating System 28

29 Midway Elementary (Originally Built 1957): 29

30 Midway Elementary: Repair floor slab and install new flooring, replace HVAC Roof Top Units and roof vents, new roof (membrane) 30

31 Nelson Elementary (Built 1967): 31

32 Nelson Elementary: Replace corridor doors, masonry work (tuck pointing), replace multi-purpose room slab and flooring, improve exterior wall system at multi-purpose room enclosure, new building fascia, repair boiler valves, re-grade playground area, new roof (membrane) 32

33 Woodland Elementary (Built 1959): 33

34 Woodland Elementary (Built 1959): Structural repairs at west entrance, replace exhaust fans, replace outside air louvers and dampers for boiler, install new unit ventilators, masonry work (tuck pointing), parking lot/playground resurfacing, new roof (membrane) 34

35 Summary The District and Board of Education expected that the results of the ten-year survey would show the need for a significant funding source to address these issues. 35

36 Summary Due to the financial crisis that has faced District 7 over the past eight years, there have been numerous school building repair/improvement projects delayed. Unfortunately, these building projects can no longer continue to be deferred into future years. They need to be addressed within the next five years. 36

37 How to Address Health Life Safety Issues The Board of Education has the authority to utilize funds received from the District s current $0.05 Health Life Safety tax levy (over $600,000 annually) to pay for a portion of the over $12 million in repairs/improvements identified in the ten-year HLS survey. 37

38 How to Address Health Life Safety Issues The Board of Education also has the authority to borrow money through a Health Life Safety bond issue to address the over $12 million in repairs/improvements identified in the tenyear HLS survey. Unfortunately, this funding mechanism would more than likely result in an increase to the District s debt service tax rate. 38

39 How to Address Health Life Safety Issues Another mechanism could be from funding received from the County School Facility Tax. This 1% sales tax question will be on the ballot in Madison County on March 20, As a reminder, the 1% County School Facility Sales Tax would provide revenue for schools to be used exclusively for school facility purposes 39

40 How to Address Health Life Safety Issues If approved, the sales tax would generate over $4.5 million for District 7 on an annual basis that could be used to complete the over $12 million in identified Health Life Safety work without issuing bonds and increasing the District s debt service tax rate. 40

41 In addition, a portion of the funding from the sales tax could be used to assist with the retirement of existing school facility debt; resulting in potentially lower District debt service tax rate. 41

42 Also, funds from the sales tax could be used to address new facilities, additions to existing schools, playground improvements, and other needed non-health Life Safety maintenance and repairs of all facilities throughout District 7. 42