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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, December 9, 2014
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Construction Documents and Guaranteed Maximum Price and Resolution to Draw Additional Impact Fee Funds for a Classroom Addition at Lennard High School
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A 20-classroom addition is proposed for Lennard High School to alleviate overcrowding at East Bay High School and assist in accommodating growth impacting Riverview and Lennard High Schools.  The addition will open in August 2015 for the 2015-2016 school year.

On April 29, 2014, the Board appointed Holmes Hepner & Associates Architects, Inc., the designer of record for Lennard High School, to provide the needed design services.  Concurrently with appointment of the design professional, the Board approved a Resolution for Impact Fee Fund Disbursement from the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in the amount of $5,065,790 to fund the design, construction and capital equipment acquisition for the project.  Subsequently, the Board appointed Pinnacle Construction Support Group, Inc. to provide construction management services.

Approval of the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) will establish the cost for the project.  Based on the anticipated final cost of construction and capital equipment, approval of the attached Resolution for Impact Fee Fund Disbursement requesting permission to draw an additional $1,500,000 of Impact Fee Funds is also requested.

Project completion is scheduled for July 2015.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Construct and maintain facilities that create an environment conducive to teaching and learning
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)

Total construction cost is warranted at $5,141,026.  The current estimated total cost for design, construction and capital equipment acquisition is $6,565,790, to be funded by Impact Fees.

EVALUATION
SUBMITTED BY:  Jill Edwards, Project Coordinator
Rory A. Salimbene   Christopher Farkas
General Manager of Construction
(813) 272-4112
  Chief Facilities Officer
(813) 272-4004
    A 7.03
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20141209_646 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 7.03