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Honeoye Falls - Lima Central School District

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Long-Range Planning Process Master Facilities Plan The District has a solid history of efficiently utilizing capital construction projects to perform repairs, in addition to maintaining and upgrading its facilities. Through careful scheduling of regular capital improvements and the effective use of state aid and local reserves, HF-L has kept its facilities in good repair in a cost-efficient way to help deliver a highly effective, technologically appropriate, and safe instructional program and environment.

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Loss of Merger Aid Master Facilities Plan During the 2009 state budget negotiations, merger aid was eliminated as a resource available to merged districts. As a result, the District responded by: Deferring portions of the Long-Range Master Facilities plan. Adjusting the schedule of the project into three distinct phases to lower construction costs. Using its established reserve fund to maintain an overall project with no impact on the local tax levies.

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Bridging Project Between Phase I & Phase II Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project The Network, Health, & Safety Project addresses several critical items that can be completed quickly through a bridge project between Phase I and Phase II as soon as the 2014-15 school year. This bridging project allows the District to modernize IT networks and provide safety and security upgrades, while maintaining the ability to update and make recommendations for the next steps in longer-term facilities plans.

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Bridging Project Between Phase I & Phase II Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project As a result, the District is proposing a Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project that will go before voters on Tuesday, December 10, 2013. Network The IT network will be substantially updated to provide capacity for all students and teachers to simultaneously access our network more efficiently during their instructional time. This update will also provide the foundation for student safety and security upgrades included in the project. Health Several pieces of kitchen equipment will be replaced and the Central Kitchen refrigeration and freezer plant will be upgraded. Safety Campus safety will be increased by enhancing the security of all building entrances and access points. Up-to-date cameras, additional exterior lighting, and motion sensors will be installed in strategic locations at all of our buildings.

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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Network Component The Districts technology network is the backbone and support structure for the majority of day-to- day operations on campus. The planned network improvements will enable increased technology integration in the classroom and assist our students in preparing for the rigors of college and future careers. Currently, we are unable to support all of the student and staff devices connecting to the network. They frequently experience: Dropped Internet connections Slow browsing speeds No Internet connection at all All of which interrupts instruction time.

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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Network Component Network infrastructure upgrades include: Installation of: -10 Gbit network backbone -A new CORE switch and wireless controller -Additional wireless access points -IP-based cameras -Camera server Replacement of all network switches and access points. Increased internet bandwidth from BOCES for data backup and internet connectivity.

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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Network Component These upgrades will: Help the District prepare for the growth of instructional needs, which include online research and collaboration, online testing, distance learning, streaming video, and increased device capabilities. Allow for continued expansion of the network in the future. Support the integration of safety and security upgrades district-wide.

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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Health Component Local, state, and federal food safety guidelines mandate food preparation and storage protocols that must be followed to ensure our students receive meals that are safe to eat. The Food Service Department currently faces a number of challenges in ensuring efficient and safe handling procedures, as the equipment being replaced in this project was purchased through a capital project over 25 years ago and is well past its useful life span. The majority of these appliances: Cannot be repaired. Require refrigerants that are no longer available or have been banned, because they damage the environment. Have cost-prohibitive repair and annual maintenance costs.

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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Health Component This project will enable the replacement of 12 pieces of kitchen equipment at Manor, Middle School, and High School, including: Reach-in refrigerators and freezers Pass-through refrigerators and freezers Steamers This project will upgrade the Central Kitchen walk-in refrigeration and freezer plant by: Replacing the failing compressor and condenser units. Tying in an alarm system that will notify District staff of any fluctuations in the plants temperature.

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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Safety Component Safety in school districts today is a delicate balance between providing a welcome environment for our students and community, while simultaneously ensuring student safety.

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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Safety Component This project will increase campus safety and security by: School Entrances The entrances at Lima Primary and Manor Intermediate will be renovated to ensure the use of visitor check-in procedures. Security Film Security film will be applied to the door and window glass at specific locations in the entrances to our buildings making it more difficult to breach the glass. Additional Points of Entry Additional automated access controls will be installed at strategic points in the buildings providing staff with flexible entry points to eliminate the practice of leaving doors ajar or propped open for re-entry when they take classes outside during the school day. Classroom Door Locks All classroom doors will be updated to ensure that they can be quickly closed and locked from the inside in the event of an emergency, as required by our district safety plan. Intrusion Detection Motion Sensors This system will use both dedicated motion sensors and the IP-based camera system to detect motion once the building has been secured for the evening or weekend. If motion is detected, the system alerts key staff members to the zone violation. This will replace the Districts current security system, which is monitored by an outside vendor.

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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Safety Component This project will increase campus safety and security by (continued): Door Sensors and Contacts (Exterior Doors) All exterior building doors will be equipped with sensors and contacts that verify the door is closed and secure. Any time a door is propped open or left ajar for an extended period of time, the monitoring system will send an open door notification to the building office, and a staff member will respond to secure the door. Door Sensors and Contacts (Interior Doors) The interior fire doors will be upgraded with sensors and contacts that will give the District the capability to release and secure these doors remotely. Lighting (Exterior Lighting) Additional exterior lighting will be installed to provide increased safety and security at the entrances to our buildings, around the perimeter of the buildings, in parking lots, and along the paths to the athletic fields. Lighting (Motion Activated Security Lighting) - Limited, motion activated security lighting will be added to the athletic stadium to serve as a deterrent to vandalism. (All lighting will be localized, and its design will be sensitive to the Districts neighbors needs.) Generators Backup electric generators will be installed at the transportation building and Manor Intermediate School.

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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Total Estimated Project Cost$3,992,404 Reimbursable/Aided Portion*$2,992,404 Capital Reserve Fund Portion$1,000,000 Tax Levy Portion$0.00 No Change to Local Property Tax Levies What This Means for the Taxpayer *The State will reimburse HF-L in the form of building aid at a rate of $0.78 on each qualifying dollar of capital expense.

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What This Means for the Taxpayer No Change to Local Property Tax Levies How is it possible that this project can have no local tax impact? The District has a solid history of leveraging capital construction projects to perform repairs, in addition to maintaining and upgrading our facilities. The State will reimburse HF-L in the form of building aid at a rate of $0.78 on each qualifying dollar of capital expense. In addition, voters of the District previously approved establishing a capital reserve fund to cover the local community share of these types of improvement projects. Therefore, the District is positioned to undertake this project with no impact on local property taxes.

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What This Means for the Taxpayer No Change to Local Property Tax Levies If there is no local tax rate impact for this project, why do we need to vote on it? State law requires voter approval for capital projects, regardless of the tax impact. The proposition also includes voter authority required by law to access bonds and expend capital reserves.

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What This Means for the Taxpayer No Change to Local Property Tax Levies Why are we voting now rather than in May? Capital project votes may occur at any time. The scheduling of this project is timely because: - Voter approval in December will allow our project to be reviewed by the NYS Education Department in the spring of 2014. - After receiving SED approval, work can begin on building and infrastructure upgrades as soon as the summer of 2014, when school is not in session.

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What Youll See on the Ballot PROPOSITION #1Network, Health, and Safety Capital Project RESOLVED (a) That the Board of Education of the Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District, in the County of Monroe, New York (the District), is hereby authorized to expend not to exceed $3,992,404 to construct additions, alterations and improvements to all District school buildings and sites (the Capital Project); (b) that a tax is hereby authorized in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $2,992,404 to pay a portion of the cost of the Capital Project, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education and, that in anticipation of such tax, bonds of the District will be issued, and a tax is also hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable; and (c) that the balance of the cost of the Capital Project shall be provided from moneys currently available in the Districts 2013 Capital Reserve Fund, heretofore established following approval by the voters on (the Fund); and the expenditure of not to exceed $1,000,000 of moneys in the Fund for said Capital Project is hereby authorized and approved.

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Network, Health, & Safety Capital Project Vote Tuesday, December 10, 2013 High School Lobby 6 a.m. 9 p.m. www.hflcsd.org/capitalproject