Land Acquisition Project Issues

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Land Acquisition Project Issues

• History
• Legal considerations 
• Master plan questions 
• Financial and tax impact
• Community sentiment

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History

• Campus decision
• Campus expansion
• Land acquisition decision

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Legal considerations

• Sunshine Act
• current court filing
• Property valuation
• probable court filing
• Residential development arguments
• possible court filing

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Master plan questions

• Capacity of campus
• Today - 2800
• With expansion on current land - 3200
• With expansion on additional land - ?
• Enrollment
• Today - 2350
• Range of projections - 2750
• Consistency with educational plan

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Financial and tax questions

• Debt projections
• 3-6 million land
• 20 million development
• Total cost per student
• 13,000 15,000 per year
• Tax rate projections
• 7 mills tax

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Community sentiment

• Campus exclusively
• all grades and all enrollments
• Campus plus neighborhood schools

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Project Title Campus Land Acquisition

• Responsibility Herb Payung
• Report due March - June 2006
• Objectives
• Recommend whether or not to proceed with the
  land acquisition enacted by the Saucon Valley
  School Board in 2005.

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Inputs and Questions
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Outputs and Recommendations

• What is the long range plan for enrollment and
  facilities?
• What is the capital cost of the plan?
• What is the operating cost of the plan?
• Should the school district proceed with the land
  condemnation?