Post by WeBe204 on Mar 12, 2008 5:33:05 GMT -6
District 204 closer to starting of Metea Valley construction
By Justin Kmitch
www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=151924
Construction of the new Metea Valley High School, in Indian Prairie Unit District 204, could begin as soon as the end of the month.
Each of the three conditions necessary to trigger the $8.6 million in pre-construction contracts approved by the district Monday could be met as soon as March 25.
At Monday's district meeting, members unanimously approved a total of more than $8.6 million in contracts for the grading, excavation, precast walls and roof and materials testing at the site. Each contract is contingent on the annexation of the St. John AME and Midwest Generation properties by the city of Aurora, the district's possession of the title to the property and the completion of a special meeting to discuss the first two phases of soil borings and other environmental testing on the site.
In an e-mail to the community Tuesday afternoon, Superintendent Stephen Daeschner said he believed all of the contingencies would be met "in the coming weeks."
Following Tuesday's Aurora City Council meeting, City Planning Director Stephane Phifer confirmed the annexations would be discussed at Tuesday's committee of the whole meeting and could be approved at the March 25 city council meeting.
"It's a pretty straightforward annexation request so it's moved right along," Phifer said of the annexation proposal.
As for title acquisition, Daeschner estimated last week that the district could close on the properties "on or within the vicinity of March 19."
Also next week, the district expects to unveil the findings of the Phase I and Phase II environmental reports done on the property in recent weeks to test soil borings for ground contaminants at the site. The reports were supposed to be released Monday night but were pulled from the agenda just prior to the meeting due to the district not getting permission to release them.
Tuesday, District President Mark Metzger reiterated the district's plan to release the information next week but warned that permission still had not been obtained. He couldn't even say who was preventing the information from being released.
"All I can tell you safely is that we have a confidentiality agreement that prevents us from even saying who we have the confidentiality agreement with," Metzger said. "That's all I can say at this point."
By Justin Kmitch
www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=151924
Construction of the new Metea Valley High School, in Indian Prairie Unit District 204, could begin as soon as the end of the month.
Each of the three conditions necessary to trigger the $8.6 million in pre-construction contracts approved by the district Monday could be met as soon as March 25.
At Monday's district meeting, members unanimously approved a total of more than $8.6 million in contracts for the grading, excavation, precast walls and roof and materials testing at the site. Each contract is contingent on the annexation of the St. John AME and Midwest Generation properties by the city of Aurora, the district's possession of the title to the property and the completion of a special meeting to discuss the first two phases of soil borings and other environmental testing on the site.
In an e-mail to the community Tuesday afternoon, Superintendent Stephen Daeschner said he believed all of the contingencies would be met "in the coming weeks."
Following Tuesday's Aurora City Council meeting, City Planning Director Stephane Phifer confirmed the annexations would be discussed at Tuesday's committee of the whole meeting and could be approved at the March 25 city council meeting.
"It's a pretty straightforward annexation request so it's moved right along," Phifer said of the annexation proposal.
As for title acquisition, Daeschner estimated last week that the district could close on the properties "on or within the vicinity of March 19."
Also next week, the district expects to unveil the findings of the Phase I and Phase II environmental reports done on the property in recent weeks to test soil borings for ground contaminants at the site. The reports were supposed to be released Monday night but were pulled from the agenda just prior to the meeting due to the district not getting permission to release them.
Tuesday, District President Mark Metzger reiterated the district's plan to release the information next week but warned that permission still had not been obtained. He couldn't even say who was preventing the information from being released.
"All I can tell you safely is that we have a confidentiality agreement that prevents us from even saying who we have the confidentiality agreement with," Metzger said. "That's all I can say at this point."
