| Facilities
and Modernization News
July 2010 On behalf of
the Mill Valley School District (MVSD) Board of Trustees, the District
has launched the Facilities Modernization Bond Program funded by the
proceeds of the November 2009 voter approved "Measure C" bond
measure. The first three projects the District seeks public input
on are the Edna Maguire New Elementary School, and Modernization at Old
Mill and Tam Valley Elementary Schools. Fall 2010 Public Input Meetings June 2010 Modernization at Middle School to Increase Accessibility
The scope of the project will vastly improve the campus by making required upgrades for access compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and State laws. Edna Maguire Schematic Design Update Because of the
need to do our level best to create a school that endures for
generations, the Edna Maguire school site design committee recommended
that the original date of June 23rd for School Board approval of the
schematic design be extended through August to further explore the many
aspects of this project, including classroom learning schemes,
traffic/parking flow, field and garden spaces, and multi-purpose
facility. Click
here to see the presentation of current status of the Schematic
Design update for Edna Maguire School new construction project presented
by Wally Gordon, DLM Architects to the Mill Valley School District Board
of Trustees on June 23, 2010. Schematic Designs for Old Mill And Tam Valley Approved at June 15 School Board Meeting
The
District has held several Facilities Modernization Bond Program
public input meetings on the first three projects in the program: the
new Edna Maguire Elementary School, and modernization at
the Old Mill and Tam Valley Elementary School campuses. Over 100
people have attended these Public Input Meetings to learn
about the projects and give their input on the schematic design.
Schematic
design is the first phase in the design of a project whereby the project
team prepares initial diagrams and drawings giving a general view of the
components and the scale of the project after detailed discussions with
the MVSD staff, site committees, and the community. Final
schematic designs for Tam Valley School and Old Mill
School were presented to the Board for approval at the June 15 School
Board meeting. The schematic design for Edna Maguire has been
extended through August 2010. If
you have not been able to attend any of the public input meetings you
can view the following presentations for each school.
Appreciation is extended to the school Site committees for their work:
May 2010 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING - SOILS TESTING SERVICES Thank you to all firms who submitted their Proposals for the District’s bond program. We were fortunate to receive several submissions from highly qualified firms for the above RFQ/P. Below is the short-list of firms being invited to interviews:
April 2010
Beginning June 2010 the Middle
School campus will undergo the first modernization project funded
by the proceeds of the November 2009 voter approved "Measure
C". As a result the campus will be closed so that
construction can be completed before school reopens. The scope
of the project will vastly improve the campus by making required
upgrades for access compliance with the Americans with Disabilities
Act and State laws.
None of the campus will be available for rentals during the summer of 2010, and large portions of the campus, parking lots and blacktop will be closed periodically to public access. The Edna Maguire School Site Committee is building an approach to the landscape design. The overall goal is to create a secure, accessible, sustainable “green school” landscape that requires minimal maintenance and provides maximum flexibility to service the school’s educational goals today and into the future. The key idea is to demonstrate, educate and celebrate the natural world. To read the entire narrative click here. Facilities Modernization: Public Input Meetings The
A site committee at each of the three schools is working with architects to develop the Schematic Design. Public input meetings will provide an opportunity for the community to contribute to the Schematic Design. Additional public meetings on the development of those designs will be held in August and September 2010. Interested parties
who are unable to attend public meetings and wish to submit input, can
send comments to the District's Program Manager, Van Pelt Construction
Services, attention Pete Norgaard, at pete@vpcsonline.com
or
call (415) 389-7762. Request
for Proposal:
GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING SOILS TESTING SERVICES March 2010 Standard and Poor's Upgrades District Bond Rating On
February 25, 2010, Standard and Poor's informed the Read the AAA Rating Summary.
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS/PROPOSALS (download) RFQ/P-09/10-06
Consultant Services – California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Compliance The Mill Valley School District (“District”) is soliciting proposals and qualifications from qualified persons, firms, partnerships corporations, associations, or professional organizations for the following services with respect to the design and construction of the District’s modernization and new construction at each of its school sites (“Projects”): Consultant Services - California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Compliance February 2010 The Mill Valley School District Board approved a professional services contract with Deems Lewis McKinley to provide architectural planning and design services for the new construction of Edna Maguire School at the February 10th School Board meeting. At the same meeting the Board approved a professional services contract with Hibser Yamauchi Architects to provide architectural planning and design services for the modernization of Old Mill, Park, Strawberry Point & Tamalpais Valley elementary schools and Mill Valley Middle School. January 2010 The Mill Valley School District Board approved a professional services contract with Van Pelt Construction Services for program and construction management of district facilities renovation/modernization projects. For more information about Van Pelt Construction Services please visit www.vpcsonline.com. |
Program and
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Pete
Norgaard, Program Manager Van
Pelt Construction Services Site:(415) 389-7762 Cell:
(707) 695-2408 |
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