MARCH 20, 2018 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.) Superintendent’s Feasibility Committee Meeting Notes
Dr. Hagerman thanked everyone for coming to the Feasibility Committee meeting tonight. He noted the committee has been divided into three (3) groups for the specific purpose of focusing on:	Cost and Election Details Group
Assessing District Needs Group Community Engagement Group

He asked committee members to please introduce themselves. The following people were in

attendance:

Cost and Election Details Group: Anne Velosa
Adam Hamm Debbie Harris Theresa McWilliams Shannon Pacheco Dr. Wayne Peate John Rueter
Francis Verbois

Community Engagement Group: Claire Place
Barbara Drummond Steven Langford Kaitlyn McWilliams
Becky Watson

Assessing District Needs Group: Susan Fry
Scott Hagerman Marie Baca Lori Gahr
Diana Nottingham Taylor Nye
Carrie Radomsky Robert Torres

Dr. Hagerman described the purpose of the committee -

The Feasibility Committee’s purpose is to consider the educational program, facility needs, and to provide the Superintendent with feedback on four possible ballot options to consider for the November 2018 election:
1.	No election items placed on the November 2018 ballot.

2.	Continuation of the current 15% M&O override placed on the November 2018 ballot. 3.	New capital bond placed on the November 2018 ballot.
4.	 Both the continuation of the 15% M&O override and the new capital bond placed on the November 2018 ballot.

Dr. Hagerman showed a PowerPoint presentation that covered:

Understanding Property Tax Cost ● Current Cost
● How does it compare

● Cost of continuing Override ● Cost of a Bond

A comparison of bordering and local Districts:

School District Tax Comparison

District

Primary Levy

Secondary Levy
	
Prior Year 16-17

Total School Levy 17-18

Continental

$ 2.0613

$ 0.4378
	$ 2.4626

$ 2.4991

Ajo

$ 4.7101

$ -
	$ 4.7673

$ 4.7101

Amphi

$ 4.2597

$ 1.3714
	$ 5.4917

$ 5.6311

Cat Foothills

$ 4.1180

$ 1.5481
	
$ 5.9893

$ 5.6661

Sunnyside

$ 4.2045

$ 1.4964
	$ 5.5498

$ 5.7009

Tanque Verde

$ 4.2300

$ 1.5274
	
$ 5.2329

$ 5.7574
	
Altar Valley

$ 4.8629

$ 0.9109
	$ 5.9857

$ 5.7738

Marana

$ 4.3830

$ 1.8504
	$ 6.3871

$ 6.2334

Flowing Wells

$ 4.2080

$ 2.5459
	
$ 6.8971

$ 6.7539

Tucson Unified

$ 6.3763

$ 0.5455
	
$ 7.1258

$ 6.9218

Vail

$ 4.2742

$ 2.9888
	$ 7.0523

$ 7.2630

Sahaurita

$ 4.6949

$ 4.3450
	$ 7.3670

$ 9.0399

What does this mean?

The property tax rate for schools is the total school levy per 1,000 of assessed value.

For example in TVUSD, If your home was assessed at 100,000, you would pay $575.74 in yearly school property taxes.
Override Cost ❖	The current 15% M&O Override
❖	$89 per 100,00 of assessed value

❖	The current M&O Override accounts for about $1.5 million of the District’s budget ❖	A continuation would continue the M&O Override at the current 15% rate

Bond Cost

❖	The district has about 25 million dollars of bonding capacity ❖	The range of possible bond is between 8-12 million dollars
❖	The cost of an 8 million dollar bond is $34 dollars per $100,000 of assessed value ❖	The cost of a 10 million dollar bond is $43 dollars per $100,000 of assessed value ❖	The cost of a 12 million dollar bond is $52 dollars per $100,000 of assessed value

Ms. Place provided an Executive Summary of Transportation Department – see attached

Dr. Hagerman encouraged discussion from each table group and asked each group to develop a list of needs from their knowledge and/or perspective.

Cost and Elections Details *Transportation:
Equipment needs Buses /Bus Loops White Fleet
Drop off / Pick up Cameras

* Staff:

Continuation of specialists

High School schedule

Assessing District Needs

Yes Yes Yes Yes

N/A

Community Engagement

Yes Yes

Yes

N/A

Teacher classroom instruction (AP Spanish, Physics)

* Safety/Security: Single point of entry Intercoms/PA systems

* Facilities/Maintenance: Roofs

Leaks Mold
Tiles falling

Carpet replacement

Keys/Master key Portables Classrooms

* Technology: Smart Boards
Consistent networking Specialist /Teacher (starting in elementary) Curriculum for consistency Benchmarks/sites/lessons
Standardization of technology

* Community/Businesses: Donations from Raytheon Community outreach for
Volunteering

JTED IT lab/facilities Leveraging to elementary – Jr. High
Maintenance partnership

Yes Yes Fencing
Cameras

Yes

Yes

Community access

Yes

Parking / Parking lots Space issues

Devices/Access

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes
Security gates

Yes

After hour’s field access

Yes

A/C systems control

Yes

Dr. Hagerman asked each group to develop questions relating to their respective areas (Cost, Needs and Community).
District Needs Group:

The group discussed the areas of concern. The group also discussed how to prioritize the needs. Safety / Security
Transportation Technology Facilities Maintenance Parking

Cost and Election Details Group:

Q - How to manage bond payments so taxpayers experience the same taxes? ___________
Q- If we add $0.01-$0.02 per $100,000 assessed property value, in order to pay bonds off sooner, would the taxpayer be willing to accept that increase?
___________ Q - What is a bond?
___________

Q – Homeowner taxes may be higher than the quoted amount. Why would that be? ___________
Q - In the last bond issue, were voters opposed to an increase taxes? ___________
Q - Why didn’t the 2001 5% Override pass?

----________ Q - Will there be a tax increase?
___________

Q - Which ballot measure requires a “what are we paying for” plan to be communicated to voters?
___________

Q- Can bond funds be used for teacher and staff salary? ___________

Q- Current bond discussion have focused on fixing things . . . is there a way to include something that shows taxpayers/community where the district is growing/planning ahead?
___________

Additional points made from the Cost and Election Detail group:

❖ If the override does not pass – we could lose what makes Tanque Verde great. ❖ What are the election timeline and filing deadline requirements?
❖ Make the distinction between what the Governor’s proposed school safety funding costs

will cover and what the District’s school safety/security needs are and what the bond measure can (is allowed to) cover.

Community Engagement:	

How to communicate District needs to the community? Clear messaging of district needs
Networking map / web Community Organizations:
TVVA Rotary Optimists
Communication via:

Get out the Vote

Faith Based & other networks Student Council voter Drive- TVHS
HOA’s and Community coffees

Local facilities i.e. 49ers, Coffee Shops Local publications
Neighborhood & social media

Dr. Hagerman announced that Mr. Paul Bentz, our survey consultant from High Ground, will be at the next Feasibility Committee meeting to discuss the survey with the committee.

Committee members unable to attend the meetings are welcome to submit questions or concerns via email to Dr. Scott Hagerman at shagerman@tanq.org , to Ms. Claire Place at place@tanq.org or to Mr. Adam Hamm at ahamm@tanq.org.

Dr. Hagerman thanked everyone for coming, and reminded the committee the next meeting is on Thursday, April 5.