posted by Tom Moertel at 8:53 AM /
This morning, the Mt. Lebanon School District made its Act 34 Project Description Booklet available to the public. The document is about 40 pages in length and declares a maximum project cost of $113 million. The document declares a corresponding total millage increase of 3.4 mills, of which 0.35 mill is expected to be returned in cost savings, for a net increase of 3.05 mills.
Updated 2010-01-29 11:16: $113 million is the declared maximum project cost, not building cost. Thanks to David Huston for pointing out the mistake. —Tom
Labels: Act 34, high school renovation, mt lebanon school district
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Check this out, page 2:
"The Board of School Directors hereby authorizes a maximum building construction cost of $44,977,920"
Great work, Dan Remely! I knew you could get the cost down to a reasonable figure.
Tom and I made the same mistake, swapping maximum building construction cost and maximum project cost.
Switch his number with mine and mine with his.
Mr. Remely still has his work cut out for him in order to get the maxiumum project cost below the $95MM he promised 18-JAN-2010
Thanks for the catch, David. I have corrected the main article.
Cheers! —Tom
Mr. Huston, I'm not sure I understand your point, or attempt at a joke. You've been paying attention long enough to understand the difference in the numbers.
The "maximum building construction cost" of $44,977,920 represents costs associated with NEW construction ONLY.
The balance of the "maximum project cost" of $113 million is associated with the renovations/alterations to existing buildings and all other project costs.
I think there's enough confusion about the project already . . . you don't need to add to it.
Mr. Franklin, I am sorry if I confused anyone with my post.
If one were selling one project in excess of one hundred million dollars, one would think one would spend some time on one's project materials.
Yes, one can surf one's website, viewing one plan here and one plan there.
But if one only wants to look one place to advance one's understanding, one might think one could download one's own ACT 34 Booklet ..... and one would be done.
Not a chance.
Viewing floor plans in one's Act 34 booklet, one feels like one is looking through the bottom of one Coke bottle. One for one eye and one for the other, that is.
Is this anyway to respect one, let alone 14,000 families?
Looks like a copy of a copy that has been faxed and copied. High tech 21st century stuff.
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