anchor Description
MCPS contracted with an external entity to conduct full facility assessments of all schools during the spring and summer of This provided an important baseline of facility condition information across all school facilities to inform decision making about capital projects, systemic replacements, and other work needed to address facility infrastructure challenges. The Key Facility Indicator (KFI) data was compiled into a public facing website in the spring of As part of the amended FY CIP, the superintendent identified the first set of schools to be included in the Major Capital Project project. At the elementary level, the first set of schools identified are Burnt Mills, South Lake, Woodlin, and Stonegate elementary schools. An FY appropriation was requested to begin the architectural planning and design for these first four projects. Burnt Mills, South Lake and Woodlin elementary schools have scheduled completion dates of August and Stonegate Elementary School has a scheduled completion date of January However, due to fiscal constraints, the County Council, in the adopted CIP, approved the completion dates for South Lake, Woodlin, and Stonegate elementary schools one year beyond the Board of Education's request, but maintained the planning funds. South Lake and Woodlin elementary schools had scheduled completion dates of August and Stonegate had a scheduled completion date of January An FY appropriation and amendment to the FY CIP was approved to accelerate the completion dates of the four elementary school major capital projects to August The requested completion dates aligned with the Board of Education's request in the FY CIP. Based on the request to accelerate the completion dates, an FY appropriation was approved for construction funds for all of the four elementary major capital projects. An FY supplemental appropriation and transfer of funds of million in total for four elementary schools (Burnt Mills, South Lake, Stonegate, and Woodlin) was approved, in September for increases in construction costs. An FY supplemental appropriation of in total for four elementary schools (Burnt Mills, South Lake, Stonegate, and Woodlin) was approved, in December to maximize state aid. An FY appropriation was approved for Burnt Mills, Stonegate, and Woodlin elementary schools to complete these projects. The approved appropriation also will fund architectural planning and design for Piney Branch ES, the next school identified for a major capital project. Construction funds will be considered in a future CIP, and therefore, the completion date for the Piney Branch ES project is to be determined. Due to construction delays and challenges, the approved amended CIP includes a six-month delay for Woodlin ES, now with a completion date of January As part of the approved CIP, the Piney Branch ES project is postponed until the Takoma Park Minor Master Plan Amendment process is complete. funding includes continued planning funds for Piney Branch ES. In addition, the approved CIP includes planning funds and placeholder construction funds for the following elementary schools--Cold Spring, Damascus, Twinbrook and Whetstone. An FY appropriation was approved to begin the planning and design for these four elementary school projects. However, due to fiscal constraints, as part of the County Council's approved FY CIP, the placeholder construction expenditures were shifted to the out-years of the CIP. The Board's request for FY is to reallocate million of placeholder construction dollars from Cold Spring, Damascus, Twinbrook, and Whetstone elementary schools, totaling million, from FY for other projects. Once planning is complete and the scope and the cost of the project are determined, construction funds, along with a completion date, will be considered in a future CIP.
anchorFiscal Note
supplemental in G.O. Bonds for the amount of to accelerate completion date to in the South Lake ES. Supplemental for in GO Bonds for Burnt Mills ES million); South Lake ES million); Stonegate ES million); and Woodlin ES million).
anchorDisclosures
MCPS asserts that this project conforms to the requirement of relevant local plans, as required by the Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act.