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Proceedings of the 20-Year Facilities Planning Committee

District No. 2 Yellowstone County

Billings, MT

 

May 10, 2005

 

The meeting was called to order by Co-Chair Barbara Bryan on Tuesday, May 10th, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 219 at Lincoln Center. The group then moved to Room 213 for use of the whiteboards.

 

Members Present: Barbara Bryan, Randy Hafer, John Eisen, Tim Cranston, Ludlowe Howe and Mike Marnin.

 

Members Absent: Peggie Smith, Matt Brosovich, Ed Workman, Larry Brewster, Donell Small

 

Guests: Three guests were present from Lockwood

 

Minutes Approval: Minutes were not approved at this meeting.

 

Tim announced that he needed to leave the meeting briefly but would return. He reported that his work continues on the student population table and he would be able to incorporate data from chosen scenarios. The findings thus far on student population suggest that West will decline and Senior will increase.

 

Review and Summary of Scenarios

Committee members have had some time to review the results of the public presentations and comments submitted from the public. Most members reported that they arrived at a different conclusion on the scenarios after taking into consideration comments from the public. At this point, the committee members were asked to state their scenario choice for each school site based on the criteria and shared beliefs, resulting in commonalities for each site.

 

Various possibilities of space utilization and building vs. no building for the various sites were reviewed. Some other matters taken into consideration during these discussions were renovation needs, student population, boundaries, transportation and staffing. At the upcoming meetings we will review the commonalities and possible solutions for the upcoming final report.

 

Meeting Schedule

Barb will notify Board Chair, Kathy Kelker that the final recommendation will not be ready by the May 16th meeting but we will attend that meeting to give an update and ask for a special meeting where this recommendation could be the only item on the agenda. The group agreed that ample time needs to be allowed to provide rationale to the board for the items in the recommendation, and for time to answer questions.

 

We will meet next week, May 16, 2005 in room 213 at Lincoln Center to continue work on the report.

 

With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m.

 

 

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Barbara Bryan, Co-Chair

Donna Obie, Recorder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceedings of the 20-Year Facilities Planning Committee

District No. 2 Yellowstone County

Billings, MT

 

May 10, 2005

 

The meeting was called to order by Co-Chair Barbara Bryan on Tuesday, May 10th, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 219 at Lincoln Center. The group then moved to Room 213 for use of the whiteboards.

 

Members Present: Barbara Bryan, Randy Hafer, John Eisen, Tim Cranston, Ludlowe Howe and Mike Marnin.

 

Members Absent: Peggie Smith, Matt Brosovich, Ed Workman, Larry Brewster, Donell Small

 

Guests: Three guests were present from Lockwood

 

Minutes Approval: Minutes were not approved at this meeting.

 

Tim announced that he needed to leave the meeting briefly but would return. He reported that his work continues on the student population table and he would be able to incorporate data from chosen scenarios. The findings thus far on student population suggest that West will decline and Senior will increase.

 

Review and Summary of Scenarios

Committee members have had some time to review the results of the public presentations and comments submitted from the public. Most members reported that they arrived at a different conclusion on the scenarios after taking into consideration comments from the public. At this point, the committee members were asked to state their scenario choice for each school site based on the criteria and shared beliefs, resulting in commonalities for each site.

 

Various possibilities of space utilization and building vs. no building for the various sites were reviewed. Some other matters taken into consideration during these discussions were renovation needs, student population, boundaries, transportation and staffing. At the upcoming meetings we will review the commonalities and possible solutions for the upcoming final report.

 

Meeting Schedule

Barb will notify Board Chair, Kathy Kelker that the final recommendation will not be ready by the May 16th meeting but we will attend that meeting to give an update and ask for a special meeting where this recommendation could be the only item on the agenda. The group agreed that ample time needs to be allowed to provide rationale to the board for the items in the recommendation, and for time to answer questions.

 

We will meet next week, May 16, 2005 in room 213 at Lincoln Center to continue work on the report.

 

With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m.

 

 

__________________________

Barbara Bryan, Co-Chair

Donna Obie, Recorder

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