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Uploaded: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 9:55 AM
Cubberley options to be presented tonight
Advisory committee will present findings to joint meeting of City Council, school board
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The community is invited to discuss the future of Cubberley Community Center tonight, Thursday, March 14, at a joint meeting of the Palo Alto City Council and the Palo Alto Board of Education.
The Cubberley Community Advisory Committee will present recommendations from its nine-month study of options for the 35-acre campus, most of which is owned by the school district but leased by the city for use as a community center.
The 28-member committee, co-chaired by former Palo Alto mayor Mike Cobb and former school board president Mandy Lowell, is recommending that the city and school district cooperate on a long-term plan for joint use of Cubberley, with various financing options to replace or repair the aging buildings.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road. A 6 p.m. tour of Cubberley also will be offered, starting at the theater.— Chris Kenrick Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 11:14 am I hope this meeting will be well attended.
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Posted by soccer mom, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 3:13 pm I am concerned that one of the "financing options" is the lease-back option which PAUSD has proposed for the Paly Gym.
The lease back option is NO BID. In other districts where this has happened - including Poway where Kevin Skelly was previously - the developers begin to control the agenda. One this genie is put of the bottle we will be at the mercy of the contractors. In other districts they have never ending construction and constant bond issues.
No bid and lease back enhances the power of whomever picks the contractor which is Kevin Skelly and the incumbent school board.
This action has the power to destroy democratic school governance by injecting contractors and their money into it.
NO LEASE BACK AND NO BID FOR CUBBERLEY.
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Posted by What next?, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 4:20 pm Once the options are presented, and are hashed over in people's minds, do they go to the vote to select one? Does the Palo Alto public get a say in this at all?
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