Present: S. Heinrich, T. Koenig, W. Morrison, M. Morrison, D. Miller and School Board Liaison J. Flis

S. Heinrich called the meeting to order at 7:35 PM.

Non-Public Session

S. Heinrich........yes
T. Koenig.........yes
D. Miller...........yes
M. Morrison.....yes
W. Morrison....yes

The committee went into non-public session at 7:40 P.M.

The committee resumed public session at 8:35 P.M. S. Heinrich made a motion, seconded by M. Morrison, to appoint Bob Triolo as a member of the committee to serve until the next election. The vote was 3-0-2.. S. Heinrich thanked the people interviewed for their interest in the committee. The School District Clerk swore in B. Triolo.

Approval of Minutes

Parking and Traffic Recommendations

A new draft of the recommendation was submitted for committee input. Several suggestions regarding rewording and adding more information were made. T. Koenig and M. Morrison agreed to work on further detail. D. Miller agreed to prepare several diagrams to further explain the committee recommendations. J. Flis offered to work with him to computerize the diagrams. There were questions regarding how to estimate the cost of each recommendation and how much money is currently in the pavement reconstruction capital reserve fund (CRF). D. Miller will contact Scott Isabelle to request CRF figure and copies of the "40 square" Mylar survey of the main campus. By consensus, the committee agreed to revisit the issue on October 14 and make a presentation to the School Board at their October 20 meeting.

Kindergarten Charge

The clerk presented the committee with information about a kindergarten study that was done in 1985. The focus of this study was the need for kindergarten. Discussion among the committee brought up the following points: What exactly does the School Board want the committee to do? Is the committee supposed to investigate alternates like providing money per child as opposed to building/running its own kindergarten program? How will kindergarten impact on the long term district building space needs? What will a free-standing town-wide kindergarten need as opposed to building kindergarten additions onto current elementary schools? What will impact of kindergarten additions have on current elementary facilities and programs? What do the current principals think? If committee suggests building a town-wide free standing kindergarten, should it be built on currently owned land and, if so, which parcel? Is the committee supposed to make a recommendation about implementing kindergarten?

It was agreed to write to elementary principals (with carbon copy to Jim O'Neil) to invite them to attend a meeting to give or send in writing their input on impact of kindergarten additions at their schools. Some other things the committee felt needed to be reviewed before any recommendations could be developed were

1. Complete site surveys of Timmins, Buker, and the land across the by-pass from Thorntons Ferry School as well as site walks.
2. Information on building costs/pricing estimates.
3. Current space utilization inventory and population projections, including kindergarten.
4. Review of all paperwork on kindergarten proposals.

The committee will discuss these issues at its next meeting on October 14, 1997.

Public Participation

There was no public participation.

On a motion from B. Triolo, seconded by M. Morrison, the committee voted unanimously to adjourn at 10:20 P.M.

Last Updated: February 2, 1998 by Wayne Morrison