Honeoye Falls - Lima Central School District. Long-Range Planning Process Master Facilities Plan The...
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Honeoye Falls - Lima Central School District. Long-Range Planning Process Master Facilities Plan The District has a solid history of efficiently utilizing
Long-Range Planning Process Master Facilities Plan The District
has a solid history of efficiently utilizing capital construction
projects to perform repairs, in addition to maintaining and
upgrading its facilities. Through careful scheduling of regular
capital improvements and the effective use of state aid and local
reserves, HF-L has kept its facilities in good repair in a
cost-efficient way to help deliver a highly effective,
technologically appropriate, and safe instructional program and
environment.
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Loss of Merger Aid Master Facilities Plan During the 2009 state
budget negotiations, merger aid was eliminated as a resource
available to merged districts. As a result, the District responded
by: Deferring portions of the Long-Range Master Facilities plan.
Adjusting the schedule of the project into three distinct phases to
lower construction costs. Using its established reserve fund to
maintain an overall project with no impact on the local tax
levies.
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Bridging Project Between Phase I & Phase II Network,
Health, & Safety Capital Project The Network, Health, &
Safety Project addresses several critical items that can be
completed quickly through a bridge project between Phase I and
Phase II as soon as the 2014-15 school year. This bridging project
allows the District to modernize IT networks and provide safety and
security upgrades, while maintaining the ability to update and make
recommendations for the next steps in longer-term facilities
plans.
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Bridging Project Between Phase I & Phase II Network,
Health, & Safety Capital Project As a result, the District is
proposing a Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project that will
go before voters on Tuesday, December 10, 2013. Network The IT
network will be substantially updated to provide capacity for all
students and teachers to simultaneously access our network more
efficiently during their instructional time. This update will also
provide the foundation for student safety and security upgrades
included in the project. Health Several pieces of kitchen equipment
will be replaced and the Central Kitchen refrigeration and freezer
plant will be upgraded. Safety Campus safety will be increased by
enhancing the security of all building entrances and access points.
Up-to-date cameras, additional exterior lighting, and motion
sensors will be installed in strategic locations at all of our
buildings.
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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Network Component
The Districts technology network is the backbone and support
structure for the majority of day-to- day operations on campus. The
planned network improvements will enable increased technology
integration in the classroom and assist our students in preparing
for the rigors of college and future careers. Currently, we are
unable to support all of the student and staff devices connecting
to the network. They frequently experience: Dropped Internet
connections Slow browsing speeds No Internet connection at all All
of which interrupts instruction time.
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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Network Component
Network infrastructure upgrades include: Installation of: -10 Gbit
network backbone -A new CORE switch and wireless controller
-Additional wireless access points -IP-based cameras -Camera server
Replacement of all network switches and access points. Increased
internet bandwidth from BOCES for data backup and internet
connectivity.
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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Network Component
These upgrades will: Help the District prepare for the growth of
instructional needs, which include online research and
collaboration, online testing, distance learning, streaming video,
and increased device capabilities. Allow for continued expansion of
the network in the future. Support the integration of safety and
security upgrades district-wide.
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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Health Component
Local, state, and federal food safety guidelines mandate food
preparation and storage protocols that must be followed to ensure
our students receive meals that are safe to eat. The Food Service
Department currently faces a number of challenges in ensuring
efficient and safe handling procedures, as the equipment being
replaced in this project was purchased through a capital project
over 25 years ago and is well past its useful life span. The
majority of these appliances: Cannot be repaired. Require
refrigerants that are no longer available or have been banned,
because they damage the environment. Have cost-prohibitive repair
and annual maintenance costs.
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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Health Component
This project will enable the replacement of 12 pieces of kitchen
equipment at Manor, Middle School, and High School, including:
Reach-in refrigerators and freezers Pass-through refrigerators and
freezers Steamers This project will upgrade the Central Kitchen
walk-in refrigeration and freezer plant by: Replacing the failing
compressor and condenser units. Tying in an alarm system that will
notify District staff of any fluctuations in the plants
temperature.
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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Safety Component
Safety in school districts today is a delicate balance between
providing a welcome environment for our students and community,
while simultaneously ensuring student safety.
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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Safety Component
This project will increase campus safety and security by: School
Entrances The entrances at Lima Primary and Manor Intermediate will
be renovated to ensure the use of visitor check-in procedures.
Security Film Security film will be applied to the door and window
glass at specific locations in the entrances to our buildings
making it more difficult to breach the glass. Additional Points of
Entry Additional automated access controls will be installed at
strategic points in the buildings providing staff with flexible
entry points to eliminate the practice of leaving doors ajar or
propped open for re-entry when they take classes outside during the
school day. Classroom Door Locks All classroom doors will be
updated to ensure that they can be quickly closed and locked from
the inside in the event of an emergency, as required by our
district safety plan. Intrusion Detection Motion Sensors This
system will use both dedicated motion sensors and the IP-based
camera system to detect motion once the building has been secured
for the evening or weekend. If motion is detected, the system
alerts key staff members to the zone violation. This will replace
the Districts current security system, which is monitored by an
outside vendor.
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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Safety Component
This project will increase campus safety and security by
(continued): Door Sensors and Contacts (Exterior Doors) All
exterior building doors will be equipped with sensors and contacts
that verify the door is closed and secure. Any time a door is
propped open or left ajar for an extended period of time, the
monitoring system will send an open door notification to the
building office, and a staff member will respond to secure the
door. Door Sensors and Contacts (Interior Doors) The interior fire
doors will be upgraded with sensors and contacts that will give the
District the capability to release and secure these doors remotely.
Lighting (Exterior Lighting) Additional exterior lighting will be
installed to provide increased safety and security at the entrances
to our buildings, around the perimeter of the buildings, in parking
lots, and along the paths to the athletic fields. Lighting (Motion
Activated Security Lighting) - Limited, motion activated security
lighting will be added to the athletic stadium to serve as a
deterrent to vandalism. (All lighting will be localized, and its
design will be sensitive to the Districts neighbors needs.)
Generators Backup electric generators will be installed at the
transportation building and Manor Intermediate School.
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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Total Estimated
Project Cost$3,992,404 Reimbursable/Aided Portion*$2,992,404
Capital Reserve Fund Portion$1,000,000 Tax Levy Portion$0.00 No
Change to Local Property Tax Levies What This Means for the
Taxpayer *The State will reimburse HF-L in the form of building aid
at a rate of $0.78 on each qualifying dollar of capital
expense.
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What This Means for the Taxpayer No Change to Local Property
Tax Levies How is it possible that this project can have no local
tax impact? The District has a solid history of leveraging capital
construction projects to perform repairs, in addition to
maintaining and upgrading our facilities. The State will reimburse
HF-L in the form of building aid at a rate of $0.78 on each
qualifying dollar of capital expense. In addition, voters of the
District previously approved establishing a capital reserve fund to
cover the local community share of these types of improvement
projects. Therefore, the District is positioned to undertake this
project with no impact on local property taxes.
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What This Means for the Taxpayer No Change to Local Property
Tax Levies If there is no local tax rate impact for this project,
why do we need to vote on it? State law requires voter approval for
capital projects, regardless of the tax impact. The proposition
also includes voter authority required by law to access bonds and
expend capital reserves.
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What This Means for the Taxpayer No Change to Local Property
Tax Levies Why are we voting now rather than in May? Capital
project votes may occur at any time. The scheduling of this project
is timely because: - Voter approval in December will allow our
project to be reviewed by the NYS Education Department in the
spring of 2014. - After receiving SED approval, work can begin on
building and infrastructure upgrades as soon as the summer of 2014,
when school is not in session.
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What Youll See on the Ballot PROPOSITION #1Network, Health, and
Safety Capital Project RESOLVED (a) That the Board of Education of
the Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District, in the County of
Monroe, New York (the District), is hereby authorized to expend not
to exceed $3,992,404 to construct additions, alterations and
improvements to all District school buildings and sites (the
Capital Project); (b) that a tax is hereby authorized in the
aggregate amount of not to exceed $2,992,404 to pay a portion of
the cost of the Capital Project, such tax to be levied and
collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as
shall be determined by said Board of Education and, that in
anticipation of such tax, bonds of the District will be issued, and
a tax is also hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the
same shall become due and payable; and (c) that the balance of the
cost of the Capital Project shall be provided from moneys currently
available in the Districts 2013 Capital Reserve Fund, heretofore
established following approval by the voters on (the Fund); and the
expenditure of not to exceed $1,000,000 of moneys in the Fund for
said Capital Project is hereby authorized and approved.
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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Vote Tuesday,
December 10, 2013 High School Lobby 6 a.m. 9 p.m.
www.hflcsd.org/capitalproject