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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council-Agenda Packets-8/29/2005 city of e:.. -;J'.'.''';\ "".. PUBLIC NOTICE JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS MEETING AGENDA AUGUST 29, 2005 6:30 P.M. COLLEYVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY SECOND FLOOR 105 MAIN STREET COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS 1. Call To Order Mayor David Kelly Board President Charlie Warner 2. Pledge of Allegiance Board Secretary Vicki Thomas 3. Opening Comments Mayor Kelly Board President Warner 4. GCISD Presentations a. Presentation and discussion of student performance highlights b. Presentation and discussion of statistical and financial information c. Presentation and discussion of Bond Election 5. City of Colleyville Presentations a. Presentation and discussion of current economic development initiatives and Colleyville TIF District update b. Presentation and discussion of construction updates for SH26 and the Glade/Heritage Intersection c. Presentation and discussion of proposed purchase of property for a Senior Center d. Presentation and discussion of the update to the Trail Master Plan 100 MAIN STREET COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS 76034 (817) 503-1000 JOINT COLLEYVILLE CITY COUNCIL AND GCISD BOARD AGENDA PAGE 20f2 6. Discussion of future joint meeting dates and possible joint work initiatives 7. Adjournment Mayor David Kelly Board President Charlie Warner I hereby certify the above agenda was posted on the bulletin boards at City Hall on Friday, August 26, 2005, at 5:00 p.m. CYZ;./~>~ Cynthia Singleton, TRMC '"- City Secretary Joint City Council and GCISD Special Meeting August 29, 2005 Name Organization ~ ~/~~IIG. ~ I -l bcrsoS yvts/---ee I l( I '~?ifJ{21~~ ~ l(~ \~~Dv'VtttS_ !!;,.sLe ----4t- ~.. ~tY7f- DRI~--z- K, vf- Ih "L~ ~qLJ /r A. ~; i~Y0t1{f; . I I I 1 ------r I I I I - · Background on process · Information aboutthe plan (proposed by committee andcaUed by the Board) · Tax rate and financial information · Early voting times. & locations · Election dayinforrnation · Questions 1 Safety and Security · Add security cameras · Add entry/exit point control access readers · Replace fire alarm devices and add sprinkler systems · Add emergency lighting in classrooms · Add and replace existing exterior lighting · Replace school buses 3 Instruction · Expand and renovate library for GHS · Add practice ensernble rooms forGHS · Add wrestling roorrrand choir room forCHHS · Add new gym andrenovate existing gym and fine arts areafo(CMS · Add new gym and renovate fine arts area for CTMS · Add playgroundstructl.lres for TES and SLES · Relocate facilities forBridges/VISTA alternative schools to current CES msuucuon/Technorogy · Replace 5,500 computers including software over a five-year period (80 percent) · Replace printers for elementary classrooms · Complete the tech lab modules for middle schools · Purchase projectors for classrooms · Add network drops in hallways These items will be financed with short-term debt instruments that match the life of the asset. They will not be financed with 30-year bonds. 5 Bear Creek Elementary School Colli $3,43A,751 Add ,hlld-sofe playground border Addltlc:.nolltemsl . ~et.On~l'uHl Interior :1~~f~n~~~f&:i1h . ~:~~: ~~~:unler tops . InsIQlJ em(lrgency Ilght~ In classrooms without wlnd-ows . Updote studenl reslrooms Dm\1l 7 Colleyville Elementary School- Existing Facility RGillOVO portables al1er com~It111on of new CES olementary m\11 Pn:>po,ed 10((11;011 fQf new clcrlIcnl<:Hy "$(hool - Co'" $2,502.654 Additlor~lltetlllo! . As.$l,Ite ~A ~llpl1~I'o(e . Replace fire olorm sY"em . Replo(oE' SQund SYS'~m in((I(el~rl('J. . Reploce bvlld;nu $prllll:lel' s.,item Colleyville Elementa ry School- New Co'" $13.775.766 9 Ac.idili<>l'Itlllt(!ftl~' . Roploc(tvinyl woll j;?;I~'~mi ~:";::i1() . ~Cll~~fypr;\:&?~l Ille . Reploco fire tllonn '111011\ . Upgrodc f"~I."'$ bl rC~room$ Upgrada kitchon floor ~1'uct1Jro .".' , .' . I R:eploce ctllllers AddU!OflUllt.,rl)$: . Replace Ylrryl wall r:;:~t ':r:l~;i~ . Rcploco bua'1ding r..e olarmJ.ytfell'l D1D Grapevine Elementary School Costl $2,849.576 Heritage Elementary School (0$1: $2,476,422 Add cubblos 01 lmtrUClto.nol classroom wings Upgrade roof ~t:l:(~~~!~::'~~nrJ Add rejoining w~1I Pulnl Jnterior/exlf:rlol Add chlld-sofe plOYfJIOund border Oycrloy h(II'd 5vrfoce ploy area ~~tr~~)~~;'~"n9 Point Interior /exle-r1or Upgrode roof 11 Timberline Elementary School CO", $3.092.3~5 Ranovate curront enrichment conler into four dOS'SWOO1S Polrrt inlcrior/t>xtcrior ~ ~ AddItIonal ltellnl . lusu:e A{)A compflalxe . Replace 51age SOl.l1d 5';~t(!m . Add 5c-cur!I:Y comeros ond ~rrtry I ex;1 o(cen readei\ . Repktc.e bundlng flre ttlomls)'sletll . RepkK.e building IoplinkJer system Renovate mozzanlne [Iboyo bluo gym for flaw weight rool11 Recomtruct tonnis courh and odd fourth court E~pond and ronovate brown proc:tice gym 10 ((lgulnrlon-slzo nm\1J Colleyville Middle School Co." $8.9~ 1.031 AQQ p~ygrO\ln{l sfrlKlure Add t'l~w library Mdltlonol ft~ . Aswre ADA CCf11pllono::c . Replace ...In)'1 ....'011 ~1~~11 :;lI~:Jle . Add ~x fire olorm .lmlm Add new regulotlon-size delached gym wilh bl"C'fh(>l~, pubilc restfO{'.(lU ood lockers Add <CJt10l)Y f(lor bond ~Ivdelll drOll-ofl ~~~bl~~ HVAC!eleclrlwl! Rcdo1tgl1 Clnd re-novate- H)(".ood t\or,.r fOr ALL lob Conven exlit1l1g weight room to odml" conference coo stor'Qge ReO()v.Dte exIsting blue p-er1Qrmonce gym for af't and choir 13 Grapevine Middle School COlh $1,291.26A Upgrado tWAC/ oltlc1ricol/plurnblnQ ~~~:lf~r~l~~~~~~d Additionollleml: . Add KKlHi1y COffiOr01 ard on urrlry/oxit C1[(:(!"l;S rooder . Add ltldio booshn OQufpmCftklrOO1ClJJOIr.f (oomurioolion rodi<>> - Heritage Middle School (o-t-II $6.513,27.5 Ad.d 1.t Clo,~rOOlnl 10 Include 11 re{llJl(1( CIoUf'OOlllS,1hree ,del\te IalH, g pre-p lob 000 re$lfOOJn5 AddiliOI>:llllClI1l Replace crown on football field Remove po.rloble buildings from site Add IOl1chc:oplll9 (It One cnl\ wing o A'lUle ADA c.:-n,pI,QICe . CO"". dranog:. nhu'-I .Pfo"mdil~'<Y.<:(!"'C\ It~ry.ekl1a Oi'DpbcrbJ;Hrl9i'AI)'lf'lltn . ~pkK~ gym 11;ll;1;1l1 . Updu'" <;;>1 '.....oom OxtdC!'l; . Rapb;.. ~,\:M'9 fu' ala"n 1)"llclIl . Add JeC\Il",r)' U7l\e1'm cnj C'I"ry/f!.1I0~0"""'drc.j I~~n f.., r~.... .......... mtm . Rcpb;:Q Iot;b:<. Ie<' a~Mh:: ~o. 15 Grapevine High School CO", $11.770,3,~ Add irdgollorl (If fo",.I$ <<Ivrl, llenov<Jlo & (l}(pand ~:I~~lr~&~~~~~r f~~~cr now C1l1d Y(lrgor urliH ood ropll1co {~gltlg kllchen. equipment ReJl()re floOt or gyrn I ol'ld rcplcJw door mulllQofl!S ~ ~ Palnl aXledor/lnterior Demolish intorior tlnd woovoir.o for storage D1D GHS- Field House/Storage CO," $~701n Addlllon(llllern~: . AUl,Ife ADA complionce . Inslall pipe f~log IQr pori<i.~ . Rer~:w(lle r.;obltlCt~ ((lIJ1'I1WQP~ (...-.:1 fb:1I"IfC"i . P(ilnt lme,lor/eA1erlOl . Add 'Slorage room 11"1 IX""It"" 'Atkl2S$e<:1Jf'ftYWIll:f(J . ~~fft~~;~3~~~~~fJ~ and f1lttvn:$ Replace exterior doon Reploce bleochen In gym 2 and odd motorized conlrols lor bo sketboll goals Renovote and l.'!Xpond library and enclose l:Ourlyard's walkway UpgfCldg roof ~~bi~~ HVAC/oJoctrlwl/ Acid new romp & drive for ne'.... sloroge oeeCH to bullding 17 Swim Center COSh $794,f32 Upgrodo roof Additlonalltoms: . ReplClCQ 011 fIoof fnlshes . Update InlerJor 10 lodude replacement of tlghllng In pool room, restroom portltiOfl$ and ocolJstlcalllle . Rep'locCo rustod bUildIng elolllonh . Provide new fire sprinkler SYSll'Hll mmm Administration Building COIl: $1 J 169,056 ~;f~Jf{"(Clt~~~ding ~lll Up,,)r'udC HVACj -- ole-dlleo! Upgradc roof fmlalllidowalb III medians Anure AOA complionce AddltlonollfemSI . Replace occeu control system . ~~! ~~fa~~ . ~:~I;~'~~~~YS ~ ~ 19 Expand parking jot on tho north sido of sjto RepaIr exterlOf building Io~ulate above drop- ceilings ~dd~~5fd~~t~~~~t o.M - Transportation Building c..t, $3.~52,465 Addlllonoll1emsl . Assure ADA compIJcmce . Add exterior f1ghllng . Pro...k.lene-w fire sprlnlde-r systeM . Provide new fire atom' system . Updo'e lnferlor to Include replocement of break 100m ftxfurfl!., countertops.mx:l drinking fot,/l1fa!n District Wide $4,838,180 Site Work: . Repair and update sprinkler systems . Provide allowance to upgrade landscaping (trees and shrubs only) Building Renovations: . Provide allowance for elementary school flooring . Provide allowance for middle school flooring . Provide allowance for flooring for other facilities . Repair and update roofs throughout (five-year program allowance) . Renovate field house building located near GHS . Replace shade covers for outdoor learning areas . Replace tennis windscreens on all tennis courts . Upgrade DDC Security and Safety: . Repaint parking lot striping and fire lanes . Retrofit entry/exit access readers atColleyville facilities to meet ordinance . Replace existing servers for camera systems . Replace 50 percent of existing interior and exterior cameras . Procure seven lightning detectors for use at outdoor events Fixtures, Furniture and Equipment: . Replace tables and chairs for training center . Replace selected equipment for maintenance and custodial . Replace selected printing equipment . Add fixed basketball goals at every elementary gym (four each) 21 Technology $10,031,250 · Add document repository system (electronic documentstorage) · Add digital copier/PDF scanner/fax machine unit (two for administration and 18 for campuses) · Add network drops in hallways and selected rooms of campuses · Replace 5,500 computers, including software, over five-year period (80 percent of inventory and includes student, teacher and administrative computers) · Add uninterrupted power supplies (UPS) for telephone systems (23 locations) · Add desktop laser printers for elementary classrooms, administrators, and replacements for broken printers · Add projectors for classrooms (not mounted) · Add projectors for labs (mounted) · Add interactive white board for labs · Complete tech labs at secondary schools with seven remaining modules · Replace classroom televisions, as needed . Upgrade video broadcast capabilities for campus broadcasts and district cable feed . Add laptops for instructional/campus use · Add wireless accessibility at campuses Assume maximum increase of 3.3 cents for a $107.9M Bond Package Taxable Monthly Ann ual Value Increase Increase $100,000 $2.75 $33.00 $200,000 $5.50 $66.00 $300,000 $8.25 $99.00 There will be no tax increase to tax payers age 65 years and older who have applied for and received a homestead exemption. 23 Other Early Voting Locations Thursday, August 25, 2005; 2 - 7:30p.m. · Bransford Elementary · Cannon Elementary · Colleyville Elementary · Silver Lake Elementary · Timberline Elementary Monday, August 29, 2005; 3 - 8 p.m. · Colleyville Heritage High · Grapevine High Other Early Voting Locations Tuesday, August 30,2005; 2 - 7:30 p.m. · Bear Creek Elementary · Dove Elementary · Colleyville Middle School · Cross Timbers Middle School · Grapevine Middle School · Heritage Middle School Thursday, September 1, 2005; 2 - 7:30 p.m. · Glenhope Elementary · Grapevine Elementary · Heritage Elementary · O.C. Taylor Elementary 25 Inaepenaent Schoof (])istrict As part of the proposed GCISD Bond program, a new Colleyville Elementary School (CES) would be built with an entrance facing Pleasant Run Road. With elementary students in a new facility, the building currently housing CES would be used for the District's two alternative education programs, VISTA and Bridges. Please read the information below for an explanation of the two programs, how the move would affect nearby schools and neighborhoods, and how students/staff would be relocated. Information Regarding Alternative Education Programs of GCISD Introduction GCISD has two alternative education programs-VISTA and Bridges. Only one of the programs, VISTA, receives students with discipline infractions, VISTA is a disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP) mandated by the State of Texas. It is designed to provide a safe, respectful environment for students to continue their education while providing additional support services to improve behavior. Students are placed for violations of the GCISD Student Code of Conduct and/or the Texas Education Code. Bridges, the other alternative program, offers an individualized learning program for high school students allowing them to accelerate their studies, Students must apply for enrollment in the Bridges program. The VISTA prog ra m It is important to know that only certain discipline infractions require placement of a student in VISTA. To fully understand which students are placed in VISTA, please refer to the GCISD Student Code of Conduct, (The GCISD Code of Conduct is available online through the District's website at www.gcisd-k12.orgjresources.html.) The GCISD Student Code of Conduct specifies which discipline infractions result in a placement in VISTA for up to a period of thirty (30) successful school days. Some behavior infractions 'only require discipline administered by the campus, while other infractions of a rather serious nature require expulsion to the Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP), The JJAEP is not a GCISD program and students referred to JJAEP do not attend school in any GCISD facility. Therefore, VISTA is a program to address infractions occurring between the campus discipline level and JJAEP. An example of student behavior that would result in a VISTA placement is a student who is found consuming alcohol at a school activity. Upon successful completion of the VISTA placement, students return to the home campus, The VISTA program continues the student's coursework in the core courses and offers additional support services such as counseling and drug education to students within the alternative educational setting. Presently, the District maintains a 5-to-l student/teacher ratio and 4-to-l student/adult ratio within the VISTA program. VISTA is required by law to educate students ranging from age six through grade 12. The number of students in the program fluctuates. The number of students at VISTA during any given week in 2004-05 was 25 or less. In total, less than one percent of GCISD students were placed in VISTA last year. VISTA has a comprehensive Behavior Plan that is introduced to the parents and students at an initial orientation conducted after placement. Students are tested on the expectations and consequences so they clearly understand what is required for a successful placement, Days are added to the placement time if a student fails to meet behavior goals. If a VISTA student fails to abide by District and VISTA rules, they may be expelled to JJAEP, This has been the rare case over the 10 years of VISTA's existence, Experience shows that most of the VISTA students are students who have simply made poor choices. The majority of VISTA students do not return to the program. They return to their home campus to continue their education without further incident. VISTA serves its purpose. which is to help the student learn from past decisions and return to the home campus with improved skills, The common discipline issues that occur once the student is attending VISTA include failing to comply with an adult's request, being disrespectful, disrupting a quiet learning environment, and being truant, VISTA students typically arrive at school by driving or being delivered by a parent or other designated adult driver. The VISTA staff monitors its students from the time they arrive until the time they leave the campus. An observer can see staff members in the parking lot awaiting the student's arrival and watching them depart, The VISTA Program has existed for 10 years and has been a good neighbor to any community in which it has been located. Proposed movement of VISTA Program to the vacated CES Under the proposed bond program, students attending Colleyville Elementary School (CES) will move to a new school with entry/exit off of Pleasant Run Drive. Students attending Colleyville Middle School will continue to enter/exit off Bogart Street. Students attending the VISTA program in the vacated CES will enter/exit the campus from Highway 26. Students from VISTA, crossing paths with other students, are most likely going to be in a vehicle. That is not to say that a VISTA student would never walk to school in or near the CES and CMS sites, but given the proposed location and the entry/exit point it seems less likely. Currently VISTA students could walk and cross paths with Timberline, Cross Timbers, and Grapevine High School students, The VISTA school day is staggered to ensure separation between its three programs. VISTA currently follows the schedule below, but may be altered once it moves to the new location to ensure optimum safety, VISTA Elementary School VISTA Middle School VISTA High School 8:15 a,m. - 2:45 p,m, 8:30 a,m. - 3 p.m. 8:45 a,m. - 3:15 p.m. During the design phase of the bond program, the District will review requirements of all programs. It is at this time that the District will determine and consider whether additional fencing, beyond what already exists at CES, is needed. The one interior camera and the exterior cameras that currently exist in the facility will also remain in place, adding a visual monitoring system that does not exist at the current VISTA location. Because of the small student/teacher ratio, it would be readily obvious if a VISTA student was missing from class or activities, During the past ten years, this has not been an issue, Additionally, students who are placed at VISTA are forbidden to be on any other school district property or attend any school-sponsored activities under penalty of arrest or ticket for trespassing, The new location will offer a gymnasium to VISTA students, which they do not currently have. Some activities, allowing the student to exercise and release energy, will be conducted in the gymnasium and others will be conducted outdoors while monitored by staff, The Bridqes Program Bridges is not a discipline program. It provides an accelerated learning program on an individualized basis for students who prefer a setting different from the traditional high school. Bridges serves students in grades 9 - 12 with the majority being 11th and 12th grade students. The most important thing to understand about Bridges is that it is a school of choice. Students must apply and be accepted to attend Bridges. The Bridges program has seven full-time teachers and four adults in administrative and support roles. The average student/teacher ratio is 9-to-1. The average adult to student ratio is 6-to-1. Bridges averages 65 students at its highest enrollment, The peak months of enrollment are January and February. Bridges students are required to abide by the District Code of Conduct, as any other GCISD student. During the seven years of Bridges' existence at its current location, there has not been any incident requiring the police and there have not been any fights. There is zero tolerance for inappropriate behavior in a program designed for accelerated learning, The most common discipline issue at Bridges is tardiness, Bridges students typically arrive to school by driving, walking or being delivered by parents or other adult, Proposed movement of Bridges to the vacated CES Members of the Bond Steering Committee decided that Bridges should consider expansion of its program to include middle school. Often, students who do not enjoy the traditional school setting prefer a program like Bridges and this reduces consideration of dropping out of school. In the current location, Bridges cannot expand. In the proposed new location the District could explore expansion of the program. Under the proposed bond program, students attending Colleyville Elementary School (CES) will move to a new school with entry/exit off of Pleasant Run Drive. Students attending Colleyville Middle School will continue to enter/exit off Bogart Street. Students attending Bridges in the vacated CES will enter/exit the campus from Highway 26, Students from Bridges, crossing paths with other students, are most likely going to be in a vehicle. That is not to say that a Bridges student would never walk to school in or near the CES and CMS sites, but given the proposed location and the entry/exit point it seems less likely. Again, students do not attend Bridges because of discipline issues. The general school schedule for Bridges is 7 a,m.- 3 p.m. TARGET Evening Education courses operate from 4:30 - 8 p.m. Students attending TARGET pay course tuition and may be GCISD students or students from surrounding districts. The new location will offer a gymnasium to Bridges students, which they do not currently have, Some activities, allowing the student to exercise and release energy, will be conducted in the gymnasium and others will be conducted outdoors while monitored by staff. Bridges students must complete the high school P.E. credit, thus, basketball, volleyball, and walking/running laps are part of the curriculum. Summary Members of the Bond Steering Committee (BSe) recommended the movement of VISTA and Bridges to the existing CES facility in order to locate the programs in permanent facilities. Currently, VISTA is housed in three portable buildings and Bridges is housed in an old restaurant that has structural problems. Another factor in the decision to move VISTA and Bridges was the high renovation costs of the current facilities, estimated at $1,667,000, Discussion regarding these programs and the decision to move them is reflected in both the minutes from the BSC and the presentation given by the committee to the Board of Trustees. Both documents are available through the bond planning website. 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