July 19, 2005 Meeting

[obied]

Proceedings of the 20-Year Facilities Planning Committee

District No. 2 Yellowstone County

Billings, MT

 

July 19, 2005

 

This final meeting was held to approve past minutes and finalize any committee business.

The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. in Room 213 at Lincoln Center.

 

Members Present: Tim Cranston, Barb Bryan, Randy Hafer, John Eisen, Ed Workman

 

Members Absent: Donell Small, Ludlow Howe, Mike Marnin, Peggie Smith

 

Minutes Approval: Tim motioned, Ed seconded and all voted in favor to approve the minutes for March 29, May 3, May 10, May 17, May 31, June 7, June 14, June 21 and July 6, 2005. No meetings were held in April due to the number of public presentations being done.

 

Final Report Approval: Randy motioned, Ed seconded and all voted in favor to approve the final recommendations with Tim’s correction to the enrollment projections on the table from 2005-2008. The enrollment forecast will be modified slightly but does not affect the final outcome.

 

The report titled: Kids & Community: Recommendations for the Future of Billings Public High School Facilities 2005-2025 was presented to the Board of Trustees, School Community Committee, Education Committee and Business Committee by Randy Hafer on July 11, 2005. There are three parts to the report:

• Volume I Main Report

• Volume II Appendices

• Executive Summary

 

Barb was commended for her work in putting the document together in such great detail.

 

A copy of the draft minutes from the joint meeting on July 11, 2005 will be included in our binder.

 

Follow-up discussion: Randy reported that the Consultant Selection Committee has met twice thus far. It is his understanding that the final reports from previous planning committees will be on the table as well as our current report.

 

Everyone was encouraged to follow-up on the progress of the reports and evaluations by the consultant. People should be encouraged to write letters to the editor of local newspapers focusing on the different aspects of the report. This would help keep the interest alive and promote positive results.

 

Tim suggested that it might be helpful to have a post-planning committee to track the progress of facilities planning.

 

It has been reported that the School/Community did not move to acknowledge or accept the Recommendations Report from this committee.

 

With no further business the meeting was adjourned.

 

 

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Barbara Bryan, Co- Chair

 

Donna Obie, Recorder