Agenda Item Details
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Administrative Content
Meeting Jan 28, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting
Category 7. Consent
Subject G. Donation of Obsolete Portable Buildings to the Merced City Fire Department (MCFD)
Access Public
Type Action (Consent)
Fiscal Impact No
Budgeted No
Recommended
Action
It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the donation of two obsolete portable buildings to the MCFD for use at their emergency response training center.
Goals
STRATEGIC PLAN STRATEGY 3: FACILITIES
Prepared By:
Linda Parker
Chief Business Officer
Doug Williams, Ph.D.
Director of Maintenance, Operations, and Transportation
Background:
Two obsolete portable buildings will be donated to the MCFD to support their new emergency response training center on Hawkeye Avenue in Merced. The buildings were previously removed from classroom service at Chenoweth Elementary in 2018 due to their condition and not being approved infrastructure for use by students in compliance with the Division of State Architects (DSA). The units will no longer be required for the current use of housing the F&H Construction team and the District's Facilities Department. The buildings were originally scheduled for demolition and disposal at a direct cost to the District after the completion of the OSSC Warehouse construction project, located on Wardrobe Avenue in Merced.
An alternative plan was proposed to repurpose the remaining useful life and donate them to MCFD. MCFD accepts costs for removal, transport, and repurposing of the portable buildings upon transfer. It is estimated the remaining fair value of the portable buildings to be $35,000.00 each. If approved by the Board of Education the estimated total value of this donation is $70,000.00. The MCSD Executive Cabinet met and discussed both building disposition options and found it reasonable and appropriate to support the MCFD request.
MCSD Request for Donation Letter.pdf (1,157 KB)
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Consent Calendar approved by the Board of Education shall be deemed to have been considered in full and adopted as recommended.
It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the Consent Agenda as presented.
Motion by Allen Brooks, second by Beatrice McCutchen.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Aye: Allen Brooks, Beatrice McCutchen, Priya Lakireddy, Tsia Xiong, Ann-Marie Delgado