The School Board of Broward County, Florida
Meeting: Regular School Board Meeting :  LL. Office of Portfolio Services  
LL-5. Modular Classroom Agreement with the City of Parkland (SPECIAL ORDER - 2:00 P.M.) (D)  
March 17, 2014
Status: 
Open Agenda
 
Time Certain: 02:00 PM
 

Quick Summary / Abstract
Approve the Modular Classroom Agreement between The School Board of Broward County, Florida and the City of Parkland ("City").

The owner(s)/developer(s) of various properties in the City of Parkland have entered into separate agreements with the City, which obligate them to contribute monies into a City fund for a community project or other municipal purposes.  In order to help accommodate for the increase in students from the planned residential development of the Parkland properties, the City has proposed payment in the amount of one million seven hundred seventy-one thousand dollars ($1,771,000) from the City's fund to the School Board to pay for the School Board to construct, maintain, and operate seven (7) permanent modular classrooms at public school(s) within the corporate limits of the City and to remove seven (7) portable classrooms at a location of the School Board?s sole discretion as long as it is within the North School Impact Fee Service Area, which also includes the corporate limits of the City.  It should be noted that the payment is intended to supplement any school concurrency or school impact fee requirements and is not in lieu of any such requirements.  Pursuant to the Modular Classroom Schedule contained in the Agreement, payments shall be made in three installments: 1) upon execution of the Agreement by the School Board, 2) by May 15, 2014, and 3) by February 15, 2015, to fund the completion of three modular classrooms by September 29, 2015 and four modular classrooms prior to the opening day of school in the 2016 school year.

The Modular Classroom Agreement with the City of Parkland has been reviewed and approved as to form and legal content by the Office of the General Counsel.

The financial impact is $1,771,000.  The source of these funds is the City of Parkland.  


Requested Action
Approve the Modular Classroom Agreement between The School Board of Broward County, Florida and the City of Parkland ("City").


Summary
The owner(s)/developer(s) of various properties in the City of Parkland have entered into separate agreements with the City, which obligate them to contribute monies into a City fund for a community project or other municipal purposes.  In order to help accommodate for the increase in students from the planned residential development of the Parkland properties, the City has proposed payment in the amount of one million seven hundred seventy-one thousand dollars ($1,771,000) from the City's fund to the School Board to pay for the School Board to construct, maintain, and operate seven (7) permanent modular classrooms at public school(s) within the corporate limits of the City and to remove seven (7) portable classrooms at a location of the School Board?s sole discretion as long as it is within the North School Impact Fee Service Area, which also includes the corporate limits of the City.  It should be noted that the payment is intended to supplement any school concurrency or school impact fee requirements and is not in lieu of any such requirements.  Pursuant to the Modular Classroom Schedule contained in the Agreement, payments shall be made in three installments: 1) upon execution of the Agreement by the School Board, 2) by May 15, 2014, and 3) by February 15, 2015, to fund the completion of three modular classrooms by September 29, 2015 and four modular classrooms prior to the opening day of school in the 2016 school year.

The Modular Classroom Agreement with the City of Parkland has been reviewed and approved as to form and legal content by the Office of the General Counsel.

School Board Goals
Goal 1: High Quality Instruction


Financial Impact
The financial impact is $1,771,000.  The source of these funds is the City of Parkland.  


Source of Additional Information
Chris Akagbosu 754 321-2162



Associated File Attachments
Executive Summary (Files)  
Modular Classroom Agreement (Files)  
Collaboration Form (Files)  
ExecutedCompleteCopy (Files)