Ordinance 2529-01 - Laserfiche WebLink

SECTION 4: CAPITAL FACILITIES INVENTORY Under the GMA, cities and counties are required to inventory capital facilities used to serve existing development. The purpos, o the following facilities inventory is to establish a baseline for determining what facilities will be required to address existing deficiencies and accommodate future demand (student enrollment) at acceptable or established levels of service. This section provides an inventory of capital facilities owned and operated by the Everett School District including schools, portables, developed school sites, undeveloped land and support facilities. School facility capacity was inventoried based on the space required to accommodate the District's adopted educational program standards (see Section 3). A map showing locations of District school facilities is provided in Figure 1. Schools Everett School District elementary schools include grades K-5, middle schools grades 6- 8, and high schools grades 9-12. OSPI calculates school capacity by dividing gross square footage of a building by a standard square footage per student3. This method is used by the State as a simple and uniform approach for determining school capacity for purposes of allocating available State Match Funds to school districts for school construction. However, this method is not considered an accurate reflection of the capacity required to accommodate the adopted educational program of each individual district. For this CFP, capacity is based on the number of teaching stations within each building and the space requirements of the educational program. The school inventory is summarized in Tables 1. Portables Portables are used as interim classroom space to house students until permanent classroom facilities can be provided and to prevent overbuilding. Portables are not a solution for housing students on a permanent basis. The Everett School District currently uses 81 portables at various school sites throughout the District. The number of portables and their capacities are summarized in Table 2. For this Capital Facilities Plan, costs of portable relocation has been included in the formula for determining developer mitigation fees. Because such relocations defer the need for permanent facility construction, they are viewed as a benefit to the taxpayer, the District and the development community. It is therefore considered a reasonable and eligible cost to be assigned to new development. 3 80 square feet per kindergarten through sixth grade student, 110 square feet per grade seven and grade eight student, 120 square feet per grade nine through grade twelve student, and 140 square feet per disabled student. Everett School District Section 4- 1 Capital Facilities Plan