1. Ad Hoc District Land and Property Use Committee
Dr. Joyce A. Mundy
Superintendent of Schools
November 26, 2013

2. Committee Members
Mrs. Jane Schrader Lynch, Board Member and Chairperson
Mr. Steve Adams, Board Member
Ms. Kati Driban, Board Member
Mrs. Terri Sparango, Community Member
Mr. Jason Croley, Community Member
Mr. David Beamer, Community Member
Mr. David Weidner, Community Member
Mr. Steve Jaffe, Community Member
Mr. Paul Rokuskie, Community Member
District Administration

3. Dates of Committee Meetings
February 27, 2013
March 13, 2013
April 30, 2013
June 18, 2013
July 16, 2013
August 13, 2013
September 17, 2013
October 15, 2013
November 19, 2013

4. Goals for the Committee
Subset of Operations Committee designed to assess targeted issues on which the Board would like community input.
These included the following:
Review all existing property holdings.
Review transition from nine (9) elementary schools to three (3) elementary schools
Plan for tennis courts along Log College Drive (poor condition)
Hart School Property- plan for next steps
Johnsville Administration Property- plan for long term maintenance

5. February-March, 2013 Bus tour of district properties
Review of enrollment projections
Tour of Johnsville Administration Building
Recommendation to remove tennis courts
Recommendation to research options for Johnsville Administration Building and the Hart School
Recommendation to have appraisals of the Administration building and land, Hart School, Centennial Road frontage, and Newtown Road property.

6. April-June, 2013
Presentation of quotes on Hart School, Newtown Road, and Johnsville
Order for limited scope appraisal recommended
Plan for return of Hart School to the District from the township
Review of architects for Johnsville Feasibility Study moves to Operations Committee
Maintenance costs for Hart School explored
Options for Hart School are reviewed: Decision to gather proposals for July
Open space
Nature center

7. July-October, 2013
Reports regarding potential Hart Property Development
Bucks County Conservancy
Bucks County Farm Association
Burpee Seed Company
Churchville Nature Center
Delaware Valley College
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology
Warminster Baseball Association

8. July-October, 2013
Discussions of potential use for Hart School continued. The committee further investigated funding sources
Continued work with Bucks County Conservancy
Request for Proposal issued to garner interest in Hart School development
Review of Architect Proposal for Administration Building
Renovation of existing site (basic to comprehensive) = 2.8 million-8.0 million
Relocation to a newer building with some renovation = 6.5 million
New construction at unidentified site = 8.7 million
Options ranged from 2.8 million to 8.7 million.

9. July-October, 2013
Tours of various potential sites for the Johnsville relocation
Architect updates for both renovation and relocation
RFP results for Hart School yielded no interest
Final meeting to formulate recommendations
The discussions at this 11/19/13 meeting summarized all previous information so that the committee could vote for recommendations to go to the full Board on the following topics:
Hart School Property
Newtown Road Property
Johnsville Administration Building

10. Outstanding Issues
The operations status report for the upcoming three years were presented by Mr. Berdnik. This included a summary of all pending projects.
Fiscal forecast and means to pay for potential project at Johnsville was discussed.
Tennis Courts were removed and will be seeded.

11. Recommendations Recommendation to sell Hart School property.
Recommendation to sell the Newtown Road parcel.
Recommendation to relocate the administration building to a location yet to be determined. The renovation would occur in the new location.

12. Thank you…
We sincerely thank the members of this committee for their time, commitment and dedication to Centennial School District.