CUSDWatch Comment

CUSD is doing a CIty of San Clemente SFID too. The SFID Boundary is to include all of San Clemente schools except Talega schools. 

While excluding Talega Schools, CUSD wants to add Capo Beach to the San Clemente SFID which would mean San Clemente taxpayers would be funding bond projects at Palisades Elementry School while there would be no projects funded at Telaga Schools. Capo Beach is part of the City of Dana Point. San Clemente taxpayers receive no benefit from paying for projects at Palisades Elementary School.

The first priority of a San Clemente SFID should be to bring ALL SAN CLEMENTE SCHOOLS up to minimum standards by 2022 at a total cost of $65 million according to the Kicthel Reports. This would include Talega Schools, even if Talega residents are excluded from the new SFID Bond. Vista Del Mar Elementary/Middle School needs $6.7 million in repairs and maintenance and this could be paid for out of the remaining Talega CFD Funds and Deferred Maintenance Funds. That commitent would be part of the bond langauge in order to pass.

CUSD should eliminate Palisades Elelemnetary School from the Southern SFID Boundary.  CUSD can create a second SFID for Palisades with the SFID Boundry being residents of Capistrano Beach- a small SFID $20 million. Or, CUSD can add Palisades Elementary School to the Western SFID because Capo Beach is part of the CIty of Dana Point.

San Clemente Tax Payers should not support any SFID that excludes Talega Schools and includes Palisades. That should be a non-starter for San Clemente Taxpayers.

see: June 12, 2019 CUSD BOT Meeting Agenda Item #48 Presentation on the Southern School Facilities Improvement District proposed facilities projects, tax levy amount, boundaries and timeline.

Board Agenda page 1,231 Slide Presentation

Board Audio at 52:01

CUSDWatch Comment

CUSD failed to disclose the maturity date for these bonds

Tax Levi:

$34 per $100,000 of assessed value. 

If you own a million dollar home, your tax wil be $340 per year.

CUSD did not state a maturity date

• 10 years you will pay $3,400
• 20 years $6,800
• 30 years $10,200
• 40 years  $13,600

Bond Proceeds $300 million re-payment depends on maturity date

CUSDWatch Comment

Notes at bottom of project list:

"1) Costs were prepared without a detailed facilities master plan."

"2) Costs were prepared based on preliminary scope and without defined environmental requirements and design concepts. Once projects commence, costs may be subject to change."

"3) Costs presented are estimates only and are based on average industry pricing"

The Capistrano Unified School District completed a Kitchell Facilities Assessment of every school in the District in November 2017 . This outlined the work that needed to be done to bring CUSD schools up to minimum health and safety standards. The bond project list that CUSD is currently proposing only address fixing Priority 1 of 5 of the Kitchell Report, and only for a limited number of schools.

From the Kitchel School Facilities Report: Definition of Priority 1 Repairs and Maintenance

"Conditions in this category require immediate action to: a) correct a cited safety hazard, b) stop accelerated deterioration, and/or c) return a facility to operation. The Escalation Factor in this category is 5%. Deficiencies in this category should be addressed in Year 1."

Year 1 was 2017. The Kitchell Reports outlined a 5-year plan to bring all facilities up to minimum health and safety standards. All projects Priorities 1-5 must be completed to ensure that facilities meet minimum health and safety standards. If CUSD cannot ensure that facilities meet minimum health and safety standards due to a lack of money, why has the District given employees five consecutive years of across the board compensation increases totaling over $150 million dollars?

CUSDWatch has reviewed all of the documentation and made a recommended Bond Project List that saves taxpayers millions of dollars, and brings all CUSD schools within the SFID area up to minimum health and safety standards by fixing all of the items listed in the Kitchell Facilities Assessment Priorities 1-5 for all schools.

If CUSD does not modify its bond project list to include the entire Kitchell Facilities Assessment, no taxpayer living within this SFID should support this Bond in 2020.

CUSDWatch Comment

If you read the Kitchell Reports for all the schools it is obvious that most mechanical equipment is original to the schools; and that almost every mechanical system is past it's useful life, and must be replaced in order to bring facilities up to minimum health and safety standards.  

Kitchell Priority 1 for some schools. No school will meet minimum health and safety standards because Priorities 2-5 will not be included. 

CUSD did not include any projects for Foxbury Elementary School aka Journey Charter School. The Kitchell Report  states that it would cost $3,454,000 million to bring all facilities up to minimum health and safety standards.

$66,267,900

$3,454,000

$69,721,900

$36,926,811

($3,454,000)

$33,472,811

Employee compensation increases are about $30 million a year.

#No CUSD Bond in 2020 unless the Bond Project List includes every project listed in the Kitchell School Facilities Assessment.

Capistrano Unified Bond Project List for chools withing Aliso Viejo.

Aliso Niguel HS (1993) 

$41,336,600

Permanent Building to              Replace 26 Portable       Classrooms      $27,561,600

50 meter pool with Support  Facilities $13,775,000

$52,523,253

Classroom Renovation $46,006,724

Theater Renovation $5,608,600

Air conditioning in  gymnasium $907,929

$103,194,711

$3,454,000

$106,648,711

CUSDWatch Bond Project List for the City of Aliso Viejo

The CUSDWatch Bond Project List is $37 million less than CUSD's proposal.

The CUSDWatch Bond Project List brings every school up to minimum health and safety standards by completing every project in the Kitchell Facilities Report Priorities 1- 5 plus includes the permanent building to replace older portables. This would not include building a new 50 meter pool with support facilities, instead it recommends renovating the existing 25 meter pool and support facilities.

CUSD CREATED A $37 million dollar SLUSH FUND and left facilities that do not meet minimum health and safety standards.

Links to Individual School Site Facility Assessments are below:

All of these reports show that mechanical systems are past their useful life (most are original to the building). CUSD must include all Kitchell projects Priority 1-5 in their bond project list.

Supporting Documentation:

Renovations   Kitchell Priority 1-5

$20,234,900

Permanent Building to Replace 26 Portable Classrooms $15,000,000 

Note: CUSD has built three of these buildings at San Juan Hills, San Clemente High and Tesoro at a cost of $15 million each. CUSD's  figure of $27,561,600 is inflated.

50 meter pool with Support Facilities $7,000

Note: It costs over $1 million per year to maintain a 50 meter pool. CUSD should renovate the existing 25 meter pool.

$17,673,000

Priority 1  $3,631,700

CUSD -0- 

• Classroom Renovation,
• Theater Renovation,
• Air conditioning in gymnasium  

These projects are all ready included in the Kitchell Facilities Report.

$5,201,000

Priority 1   $1,578,700

CUSD $1,804,229

$2,740,000

         Priority $1,227,900

CUSD $1,403,314

$9,580,000

   Priority 1 $1,169,000

CUSD $210,971

CUSD 1,125,029

$3,454,000

Priority 1 $1,395,000

CUSD -0-

$5,515,000

  Priority 1 $2,547,600

CUSD $2,911,543

$5,324,000

  Priority 1 $1,829,400

CUSD $2,090,743

$69,721,900

Kitchell Report Aliso Niguel High School 

Portable Renovation Projects Total Cost $1,540,100 Included in Kitchell Report

Wall mounted heat pump unit is at or approaching the end of its useful life. Provide equipment replacement and installation.

10 Portables X $21,000 = $210,000

Wall mounted heat pump unit is at or approaching the end of its useful life. Provide equipment replacement and installation.

5 Portables X $21,000 = $105,000

Wall mounted heat pump unit is at or approaching the end of its useful life. Provide equipment replacement and installation.

Wall mounted heat pump unit is at or approaching the end of its useful life. Provide equipment replacement and installation.

6 Portables X $21,000 = $126,000

Wall mounted heat pump unit is at or approaching the end of its useful life. Provide equipment replacement and installation.

3 Portables X $21,000 = $63,000

The exterior wallpack is damaged or approaching the end of its useful life and should be replaced. Replace the existing or
damaged exterior wallpack with a new wallpack.

9 portables X $700 = $6.300

AC- No Tag.