This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Schools

CUSD Hires Firm to Study Facilities Needs In Order to Float New Bond Measure

New Study Sines Light on Inflated Measure M - the $889 million dollar School Facilities Bond that CUSD tried to pass last November.

This article is not properly formatted for the Patch - it can be read at: http://disclosurecusd.blogspot...

May 24, 2017 BOT Meeting Agenda Item #34 Districtwide Facilities Condition Assessment Services Proposal: page 346
RED FLAG: City of San Juan Capistrano and Ambuehl Elementary School Parents

Background:

CUSD hired Kitchell to do a facilities study on Ambuehl Elementary School as a test to see if they wanted to hire this company to do a full districtwide facilities condition assessment services proposal. This Agenda Item presents the results of the Ambuehl study and asks the Board to approve a contract in the amount of $599,744.75 to complete a districtwide facilities needs study. The $599,744.75 will be paid for out of the Deferred Maintenance Fund.

Find out what's happening in San Juan Capistranofor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Kitchell
4179 Viewridge Avenue
Suite 130
San Diego , CA 92123
web site: http://www.kitchell.co

A BLUE CARD SHOULD HAVE BEEN PULLED

Find out what's happening in San Juan Capistranofor free with the latest updates from Patch.

The Kitchell Study found that Ambuehl has facilities that violate the Williams Settlement.

The legislation implementing the Williams settlement requires that every school district provide a uniform complaint process for complaints regarding insufficient instructional materials, unsafe or unhealthy facility conditions, and teacher vacancies and mis-assignments.

The findings of Kitchell would violate the Williams Settlement requiring that the State of California would not mandate that students attend Ambuehl Elementary School if the facilities were unsafe or unhealthy.

The Kitchell study found the following which would violate the Williams settlement and gave the school a rating of POOR:

  • General Buildings: Life safety, ADA, inadequate restroom quantity
  • Mechanical Systems: Poor condition, end of useful life, rust, corrosion. Two
    units inoperable
  • Plumbing Systems: Inoperable water heater, water fountains, calcium build up
  • Electrical Systems: Switchgear & panels past useful life, lamp replacement
    difficult, added receptacles required
  • Fire Alarm Systems: Panel in poor condition
  • Fire Sprinkler Systems: No fire sprinkler in main building

The Associated Costs of Immediate (Williams Complaint) Repairs: $990,954.00

CUSD has given employees across the board compensation increases totaling over $120 million dollars while forcing students and staff to attend a school that is "unsafe" and "unhealthy".

CUSD hires NO NAME-ADRESS-PHONE NUMBER- "Facilities Inspection Services Incorporated" which does business as "CSC- Lawyers Incorporating Service"

Source at page 45 of 388: http://capousd-ca.schoolloop.com/file/1218998819331/1218998864154/4303158237254321399.pdf

Source: CA Secretary of State

Contract is being approved on the May 24, 2017 BOT Meeting as Agenda Item #4 page 51 of 388 for $41,880.00. Ambuehl Elementary has been given a "GOOD" on all SCARC reports from these Inspectors hired by CUSD.

Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7no0GfL-TcgWXBQVnVlYlJXVU0/view

Ambuehl Elementary School SACR Report:

This is also in contrast to the facilities requirements specified in CUSD's Measure M documentation which INFLATED the needed repair costs at Ambuehl stating that preliminary cost estimates were $14.6 million while Kitchell who did a "recent study" stated $8,432,518.00.

There is criminal activity going on within CUSD and a BLUE CARD should have been pulled for this consent item.

Source: http://capousd-ca.schoolloop.com/file/1446974332943/1446974333195/2042442860942787966.pdf

If the District truly intends to float a NEW Bond then the services of Kitchell will be valuable as CUSD has inflated the facilities needs cost on the November 2016 Measure M Bond by a criminal amount.

http://capousd-ca.schoolloop.com/file/1218998819331/1218998864154/4303158237254321399.pdf

CUSD taxpayers dodged a bullet- 187 of 206 school measures passed in November 2016. That represents nearly $50 BILLION in future property taxes. 162 of those are Prop 39 bonds.
Richard Michael California School Bonds Clearinghouse E-mail: walnutwatchdogs+cboc@gmail.com Twitter: @BigBadBonds

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?

More from San Juan Capistrano