Architect Evaluates Lacon Facility

Dear Friends and Stakeholders:

Recently the Midland Board of Education contracted with a third party architect to conduct an evaluation of the Lacon Facility to ascertain if the building had deteriorated.  The Architectural firm (Craig Wright and Associates) the district contracted with is not on the short list that the district is obligated to negotiate with.  You can find the report the report here.

In addition, the firm also issued a report identifying the basic minimal repairs that should be completed to ensure that the building is safe for students. You may find the red line report here. The minimal repairs, as recommended by the architect, amount to over $800,000 dollars in repairs.

Industrial Park Site

The Lacon City Council voted to restrict the use of property in the industrial park for industrial purposes only.  Business owners  within the Industrial Park expressed apprehension about locating a school in that area due to safety concerns to children.  Their concerns were valid.  I also informed the city council and business members in attendance that the district is not interested in locating in an area that we are not welcome.  This narrows are options considerably.  We now have the following options:

1.       Build a school across the street from the current location.

2.       Launch a site acquisition project.

3.       Repair the current building.

4.       Construct an addition to an existing facility.

5.       Do nothing.

The board will probably discuss this on the 15^th and determine what scope of services they would like Farnsworth to complete.  I would encourage all to attend the meeting on the 15^th . 

Pre Referendum Services

The Midland School Board conducted a special meeting last night to discuss pre-referendum costs with Farnsworth Group.  Farnsworth distributed a services list with projected costs.  You may find the document HERE.

Farnsworth Link

This is a link to the Statement of Qualifications that Farnsworth submitted. It discussed exactly what their engagement process will look like.  http://www.midland-7.org/website_district/page28.html

Previous links to Life Safety Documents

This is a link to the life safety documents that were generated during the facility committee.  Links to Life Safety Documents

Midland Completes Final Ranking of Architects

On August 22, 2012 Midland completed the final ranking of Architects.  The final rank is as follows:

1. Farnsworth
2. CBJ
3. Larson & Darby

Short List Statement of Qualifications

The following link will provide the community with copies of the Statement of Qualifications of Short List firms.
http://www.midland-7.org/website_district/page28.html