GNA Update 4/6/2007
There are a couple important
recent developments that you may have seen mentioned in the Enterprise:
·
The Board of Education approved the formation of
a “7-11 Committee” on March 29, as required by the California Education Code,
to advise the School District on disposition
of school property (i.e., the Grande site, Wildhorse [“Nugget Fields”]
property, and other real properties). Details of the Code Sections 17387 –
17390 are provided in the attachment. The name “7-11 Committee” derives from the
composition of the advisory committee to be appointed pursuant to Section 17388
that shall consist of not less than 7 nor more than 11 members, and shall be
representative of each of several categories (see attachment). The GNA Board will be discussing
participation and submittal of applications under one or more of the categories
of membership at an upcoming Board meeting, and expects to have a
representative on the Committee. This requirement for an advisory committee
is one of the issues that we brought to the attention of the previous Board of
Education on several occasions, but they and the previous Superintendent did
not take action to form such an advisory committee.
·
At its meeting on April 5, the Board of
Education approved contracts for firms to work under the district’s Real Estate
Consultant for the specific purpose of entitling the Grande site. These
contracts are essential to the entitlement process for engineering, surveying
and boundary determination, housing architectural design, landscape plan design,
etc. Once these contracts are approved, the entitlement process can formally
begin so that the appropriate applications can be made to the City of Davis. Contracts with the
following consulting firms were approved by the Board:
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Richard L. Crabtree – Legal Services
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Cunningham Engineering – Civil Engineering
Services
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Geocon Consultants – Geotechnical Investigations
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Geocon Consultants – Phase I Environmental Site
Assessments
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Williams and Padden – Architectural Design
The geotechnical consultant and the surveyor will start work at the
site very soon, and you may see drill rigs and other signs of activity on the
property. We are aware of those activities and are working with the Real Estate
Consultant in a cooperative effort toward reasonable development of the
property by the School District and the City.
