Public Comment/Review Agenda

Facilities Task Group - Business Items

a. Information requests
b. Bill's "Box of Stuff"
Bill Hirsh brought in a box of samples of electrical and plumbing materials that have been removed from the schools.

Task Group Work Time

a. Clarifications

• Measure 5 was money designated for buildings and cannot be used in the classrooms. 

b. List additional interests for remaining category topics (15 min. per category)

• It was requested that items listed on the presentation outline be moved under appropriate headings. 

c. Develop Heading & Sub-Heading Statements
d. Combine & summarize interests

Concerns: 

•  Having adequate building staff to run the buildings. 
•  Where to place fencing for safety (how do you vision a school) 
•  Evacuation routes should be different for different types of emergencies. 
•  All of our buildings are older. 
•  Availability of sites big enough to build a school on.

Physical Structure and Design;  Accommodation of all internal and external programs

• Design at the front end rather than compensate later - Pro Act.
• Design should reinforce love of learning/relevant/Hands on
• Schools filled with natural light surrounded by park like natural beauty, art.
• Comfortably heated/cooled.
• Walk anywhere without leaving the building - no breezeway.
• Position/what's interest?
• Keeping kids inside
• Integrate safety/security into design.
• Schools will be healthy buildings/occupant well-being a priority.
• Garden spaces
• Design for good traffic flow within the building
• Design for safe, efficient vehicle circulation of autos, bicycles, and buses.
• Effective options for getting to school.
• Develop this topic e.g. "intra-site"
• Consider overall planning in site decisions.
• Life cycle issue
• ADA accessibility throughout all buildings.
• Look at sites along existing bus routes (now & in future) plus bicycle paths/offer alternatives.
• Design a (repeatable school) model that could be build on more than one site.
• Design for energy conservation (e.g. roof top gardens)
• Design for enrollment ample enough to support full staffing.
• Design suitable spaces for special needs and programs - adolescent oriented programs (art, music, PE, media and environmental spaces).
• Design a place where students want to be.
• Earlier career-oriented engagement incorporated into design (school-to-work)
• Incorporate "reality" being always with us in implementing the dream.
• Create buildings that "learn & grow" with you.
• Create design that is "super-flexible" and modular.
• Finest public buildings in Eugene are schools.
• School site decisions should impact land use decisions/goals.
• Adequate teacher, volunteer, classified, preparation space (e.g. work rooms)
• Community use issues.
• Seniors - during & after school
• Day-care
• Community agency locations
• L.C.C., police, etc.
• Conferencing space for large/small school groups.
• Consider other "new & innovated" school models (info request) - Bill will bring magazines.
• Discussion of perceptions about non-4J use of 4J classroom everyday.
• Design innovative playgrounds that encourage positive activity.

Student after-school/sports activities and community use

• *Create space for athletics
• Trend toward space in schools for before/after school activities for students.
• Consider after school care needs
• Design Considerations
• Adequate acreage
• Strategic placement of fields
• Security
• Supervision
• Ease of use
• Available for community use
• Design for efficient after school use
• Zoning of heating, security, lighting, etc.
• Access from parking areas
• Access to rest rooms
• Card Key Systems
• Design for vandal resistance and maintainability
• Minimum Facilities Standards
• Elementary Schools
• Middle Schools
• High Schools
• Operational Considerations
• Policy - protect investment
• Fees & fee structure considerations
• Dark Campus considerations
• Appropriate use of herbicides?

New Schools vs remodel - large schools vs small schools 

• Schools should be a part of their community, a true community center
• Schools should be safe havens
• Close/consolidate some schools
• Schools need a system with secure, adequate funding
• Flexibility for use of time, space, resources.
• Ability to change to fit student needs.
• Recognize students live in an information age and need access to global knowledge.
• New schools are more cost effective than remodel (over a 50 year period)
• Schools are obsolete after 50 years
• Build schools to 50 year life cycle
• Consider future replacement cycle
• Safety and health should be #1 priority in all school site issues
• Recognize community attachment to community schools
• Schools should play a "real" role in establishing and maintaining "community"
• Build schools that are useable year around.
• Build schools with relevant teaching in mind.
• Build schools with (brick & metal) long-term building materials.

School Safety and Security

• Basic concepts of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)
• natural surveillance
• natural access control
• territorality
• special emphasis: office entry
• Design should avoid turning schools into prisons
• design climate
• design should boost confidence
• Security/technological improvements should
• be cost effective
• mitigate problem

• Every teacher has research/analysis of CPTED
• Gut reaction to school is positive, non-threatening, welcoming "At-risk Kids"
• Hope as opposed to Fear
• Architects would understand and incorporate CPTED
• Cost effective and labor efficient security measures incorporated into design
• Safety is incorporated into "day" of a student - from portal to portal
• Playgrounds and structures and fields
• Safety is always in issue in design and maintenance throughout school campus
• Emergency procedures should be incorporated into school design
• All schools meet or exceed building codes
• Promote guardianship responsibility attitude of staff
• Schools are designed with adequate and good ventilation.
• Use of materials in buildings that are least toxic possible (i.e., carpets, flooring, etc.) 

Money and Timing

• 2 High Schools @ 40 million  = 80 Million
• N.E.H.S.  & S.E.H.S.
• 4 Middle Schools @ 15 Million   =  60 Million
• C.Y., Roosevelt, Jefferson, Madison
• 8 Elementary Schools @ 7.5 Million = 60 Million
• = 200 million
• Elementary Schools
• 42,000 gsf  =  1 Acre
• 68,000 gsf = 1.5 Acres
• Middle Schools
• 120,000 gsf = 15 Acres
• 150,000 gsf
• High Schools
• 250,000 gsf

Debrief/Closure 

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