1) President Roberts announced that it looked positive for Heron School to receive the Raleys $5,000 grant for science equipment for their school. 2) Roberts accompanied Mike Cannon and Dr. Hanline on a campus inspection of which he appreciated the inspection as well as the ability to go along.

To assist in verifying the sufficiency of K-12 textbooks and instructional materials for 2011-2012 in Natomas Unified School District, the Educational Services Department distributed and has received surveys from all District teachers. These signed surveys confirm that all District students have the core materials required for the content areas prescribed by California Education Code 60119. The Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services will provide this information and Natomas community members and Natomas Unified School District employees will be given the opportunity to give input prior to a recommendation of action on Resolution No. 11-28.

A public hearing was held to provide an opportunity to comment on the sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials for each K-12 student. In grades K-6, sufficiency of materials includes the following content areas: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and History/Social Science. In Grades 7-8, sufficiency of materials includes the following content areas: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, History/Social Science, Foreign Language, and Health. In Grades 9-12, sufficiency of materials includes the following content areas: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, History/Social Science, Foreign Language, Health, and Science Lab equipment.

The term "sufficient textbooks" has been defined in California Education Code 60119 as each student, including English Learners, has standards aligned textbooks or instructional materials or both to use in class and to take home; this does not require two sets of materials. These textbooks and instructional materials must be consistent with the content cycles of curriculum frameworks adopted by the State Board of Education. This resolution attests that the District has fulfilled all prescriptions required by Education Code 60119. With approval of this resolution, the District will be eligible to receive any funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act.

The Board at its November 2010 meeting authorized the District to issue a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Preconstruction & Lease-Leaseback Contracts for the rehabilitation of the Leroy Greene Middle School. The contract was posted on the District?s website on August 26, 2011; ads were run in the Sacramento Bee on August 30 and September 6, 2011. A bid walk was held on September 1, 2011. As of the closing of the bid submittal period at 4:00 PM on Friday, September 9, 2011, the following contractors submitted proposals:

All submittals were evaluated per the published prequalifications criteria; all eight firms passed and were scheduled for interviews on Thursday, September 15, 2011. The interviews consisted of a standard set of questions for all firms (see attached); interviewees were rated on responses by each of the panelists, without consultation with each other. The interview panel consisted of: 

Michael Cannon, Executive Director

Chuck Roberts, Project Manager 

Ken Francis, SKW Architects 

Carla Najera, Principal-Natomas Middle School 

Scott Dosick, Chair-NUSD Bond Oversight Committee 

The panel met at 10:00 AM on Saturday, September 17 at the District Office to evaluate and recommend a contractor for this project. Ken Francis (Project Architect) shared with the panel his and other A&E firm?s experience with the submitters; Mike Cannon did the same for several school districts he had contacted as references. Panelists were requested to evaluate each contractor individually, and then to list the rankings on a ranking sheet (see attached). Panelists were then asked to rank their top five selections on the whiteboard as a prelude to discussion, as below; 

The panelists then began discussion of the relative merits of the finalists. Schrader, Clark & Sullivan and Roebbelen were eliminated because, among other factors, the panel thought that, although these are excellent contractors, this particular project might not be the best fit for the contractor teams, and that the teams presented for the project had less experience with this particular type of rehabilitation project than other submitters. Finally, after further discussion, the panel concluded that, although both remaining contractors (Carter-Kelly & Landmark) each showed a very strong project team and resources/support for this type of project, Landmark?s specific site/project knowledge, and thus their shorter learning curve on a very time-sensitive project, gave them a slight advantage. 

The panel and District staff therefore recommends that the Board award the contract for Lease-Leaseback rehabilitation work at Leroy Greene to Landmark Construction.