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A Good Bond Referendum Designed by the Community and the Schools Summary of the process . Objective, independent, professional facilities inspection Parent and Community involvement Parent and Community oversight and recommendations . The process is a Community working together Building Committees District Facility Task Force Athletic Facility Task Force Indoor Air Quality Committee Decision Resources Survey School Board More Parent and Community involvement Unanimous School Board support Wold Architects inspected individual Mounds View buildings for themselves in 1996 and returned in 1997. They subcontracted engineering firms for some of the most specialized assessments. Wold recommended $100+ million in facility improvements and upgrades. Building Committecs were created at individual schools, composed of parents, teachers, and building administrators. The committees reported their priorities directly to Wold Architects. In September, 1998, a district-wide Facility Task Force composed of parents and community representatives, a teacher's representative, building and district administrators was formed. A separate Athletic Facility Task Force composed of district representatives, youth athletic associations, and five city parks and recreation departments that use district athletic facilities had previously assessed current facilities and future requirements. They considered both school-based facilities and community-based athletic facilities.. In May of 1998, the District-wide Indoor Air Quality Committee, composed of community representatives, school nurses, building maintenance and administrators, and staff, submitted a master plan for indoor air quality. The Facility Task Force studied the Wold recommendations, and those of the Building Committees. They reviewed the assessments of the Athletic Facility Task Force, and the Indoor Air Quality Committee Master Plan. They considered the survey results from Decision Resources (see below).The result was the Facility Task Force Master Plan, January 7,1999, submitted with unanimous support from the Task Force. Decision Resources, Fall, 1998, conducted a survey of district residents to provide a broad assessment of residents' concerns, asking which improvements they supported most strongly and how much they felt they could afford. On January 26, 1999, the school board unanimously approved an $80 million bond referendum. . The result of a thorough, fair, and open process is a good Bond Referendum that deserves our support. Vote "Ves" on May 25. Prepared and paid for by the Vote Yes Committee Terry Quigley, Treasurer P. O.Box 120952. NewBrightQI'!.MN 55112