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MOUNTAiN HOUSE MASTFR PLAN 5.4.3 Capital Facility Costs Schools The total cost of K-12 school facilities required to maintain the standards set forth in this chapter is approximately $131.8 million. Of this total, $72,7 million will be needed for K-8 core facilities,vehicles and equipment: $54.9 million relates to high school facilities, vehicles and equipment; and$4,2 million will be used to pay for temporary and permanent administrative space, food service facilities, and corporation yards. These cost estimates assume dedication of improved school sites. Section 5.4.1: School Phasing, sets forth the school facility phasing program for Mountain House. Generally, school facilities will be phased based on student generation with the objective of minimal temporary facilities usage for K-8 students. Because there is a minimum number of high school students that must be generated prior to opening a neW 5000i,there is more dependence on temporary housing at existing 9.12 Facilities prior to opening the first phase of a new high school in Mountain House_ There is a conservative cost allowance for school buses and other vehicles ccnsidering that the Neighborhoods have been designed so that roost students are within walking distance of their school The proposed community transit system will also provide service between schools for magnet and special education programs. A dotailed breakdown of school facility mts and phasing assumptions is provided in the Public rinancing Plan(PFP). Library More than $7 million have been included in the cost estimates for library facilities. The cost estimate assumes that the library site will be dedicated. Funding for a central library includes a 21,000 square foot central facility,a minimum of 118,000 books and periodicals, and a bookmobile. 5.4.4 Operations and Maintanance Schools School operations in California are primarily funded by a State allocation to each school district that is determined based on average daily attendance (ADA) at district facilities. Because ADA, and therefore State funding, will increase as Mountain Rouse develops, it is assumed that this revenue source will pay for operational costs associated with the new schools. However.in the first couple of years prior to student generation and a corresponding increase in State funding, detailed facility plans must be prepared for both K-8 and 9-12 facilities, 7"he cask of these pians will exceed the proportional ADA funding that Will be available from the initial enrolled student population. In addition, L.ammersville dri fiedglementary School District will need to hire a facility planner to assist i n the Chapter Five Page 5.14 Resolution Template 01/2023