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City Council · 2016-08-31
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Orem City/ASD Joint Meeting
Wednesday,August31,2016
Orem High School
12:00 P.M.
This meeting was for discussion purposes only. No official action was taken.
Orem Elected Officials Present: Mayor Richard F. Brunst, Jr., Councilmembers
Debby Lauret, Tom Macdonald, Sam Lentz, Mark Seastrand, and Karl Hirst,
RecreationDepartmentDirector.
Alpine School District Administration: Superintendent Samuel Y. Jarman, Assistant
Superintendent Robert W. Smith and Administrator of District Operations Jess
Christen. Board members Paula Hill, JoDee Sundberg, Debbie Taylor and John
Burton.Executive Assistant Rhonda Mortensen.
Superintendent Samuel Y. Jarman conducted the meeting.
SRO Agreement
made by the legislature that need to be included in the agreement SRO agreement.
Both Orem and AsD's legal counsel found that the agreement had been updated with
the following changes:
1. Designate that if there is an offense, the resource officer confers with the
administration to resolve it.
2. Must contain a detailed description of students' rights' under state and
federal law in regards to searches.
3. Training material for SROs is a joint assignment, with the city having the
major responsibility to make sure the officers are performing to the highest
of their abilities. Mayor Brunst suggested there be a sign off that shows
when each officer has received the training. Alpine School District will pay
$5,0o0 for the new body cameras for the SROs.
4. Feedback on performance.
5. The responsibility on behalf of the SRO to maintain the privacy of student
records.
The first four of these changes are statutory. Rob will share these changes with the
Chief of Police. ASD has made the first payment, as well as, the money for the body
cameras.
The Alpine School District Bond
Superintendent Jarman explained that the Board of Education voted to put the $387
million bond on the November 8 ballot. He explained that if the bond passes, there
will be no tax increase on the portion of the taxes that go to Alpine School District.
Jess Christen shared the specific bond and capital projects that have recently been
completed and those that are planned for the Orem area. Superintendent Jarman
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yesterday.
JoDee Sundberg said it was effective for Provo City to have the support from their
community leaders when they went out for their bond. Mayor Brunst requested a
list of how the bond money will be spent. Jess Christen shared the following about
projects in the Orem area:
$4 million (bond) to replace the 20-year-old roof at Timpanogos High School.
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an outside concession stand, restrooms, dugouts for girls' softball and a
football/track scoreboard (already ordered).
Canyon View recently received a refurbish of the auditorium (capital).
$6 million (bond) to renovate Mountain View High School, which will include
flooring, windows, the fine arts areas, counseling offices, athletic facilities,
classroom for life skills students and turf on the football/soccer field.
$15.5 million (bond) to rebuild Cascade Elementary.
Capital funds have recently been used at Scera Park to re-carpet and to deal
with some ADA issues to bring it up to standard.
Aspen and Bonneville Elementary will have new front offices built at the
front of the schools to address safety/security issues (bond).
Geneva Elementary is on the ten-year plan and the community will be
involved on future decisions for the school.
With the growth of Vineyard, property was recently purchased in the Waters
Edge Development to build another school.
Superintendent Jarman thanked Orem City for supporting the ASD bonds in the past.
the tax base that benefits the 14 municipalities. Mayor Brunst thanked
Superintendent Jarman for ASD's support of the CDA with University Mall. It has
allowed the city to see a $300 million increase in the investment the Woodburys
made. Mayor Brunst, speaking for himself, said he supports what ASD is doing and
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growth in the west benefits the Orem students, as well, in maintenance and
operations to keep many of the Orem schools small. Orem has nine of the eleven
Title I schools in the district and Orem Jr. is the only Title I junior high.
Consequently, Orem students are the most expensive to educate. Superintendent
Jarman emphasized that if we continue to stick together as a district, we will
continue to benefit the whole. We know that in four years we need to look at
schools like Geneva, Scera Park and Suncrest but we are trying to do it in a fiscally
responsible way. The $387 million bond will not meet all of the needs in the district.
Mayor Brunst complimented Rob Smith for the Triple- A rating Alpine School
Districtreceived.
Rob Smith reported that we have projected a two percent increase each year until
2020. Currently we are at four percent, but will have firm numbers after Labor Day.
Two of the highest growth schools, looking at projection verses actual numbers,
were Lakeridge and Orem Junior High Schools, due to the Vineyard area.
Mayor Brunst said they appreciate the "hawk system" at Canyon View Jr. High, but
that the parents at Northridge Elementary would like one too. Superintendent
Jarman replied that they can make the request, which begins the process of working
with the city and doing the necessary research.
AlpineSchool District hasmanyvolunteersscheduled tohelpwiththeAllAbilities
football team will be volunteering on September 5, Sharon Elementary on
September 6,SceraParkElementary onSeptember 9 and CascadeElementarywill
have 150 people there on September 10.
Superintendent Jarman invited Mayor Brunst and the City Council to a breakfast for
the south/central cityleaders on September 30 at 7:30 a.m.at the district office.The
purpose of the meeting will be to educate the city leaders about the bond. Another
breakfast meeting is scheduled for September 23 at 7:30 a.m. for the north/west city
leaders. There will also be 86 meetings with the school community councils and
PTAs. Superintendent Jarman asked that Orem City post on their social media about
the upcoming bond community meeting to be held at Canyon View Junior High on
October 13 at 7:00 p.m.
Jess Christen reported that the Mountain View baseball field fence has gone through
the bid process and money has been budgeted for the project. Mayor Brunst said he
will have the necessary signatures by next week, but operationally it is in ASD's
control.
Seven of the Orem elementary schools (Cascade, Foothill, Hillcrest, Northridge,
Orchard, Scera Park, Sharon) have joined in the Apollo Project. The kickoff is
September 8 at 6:30 at Orem High School. This is the STEAM/STEM initiative for
21st Century Learning and has been a local "grass roots" initiative.
Councilman Sam Lentz asked at what age we are providing the opportunity to learn
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elementary and secondary schools.
Superintendent Jarman asked for the city to consider the timing of road
construction and the areas being affected. When roads are under construction, it
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schools in the Mountain View area were greatly affected. He suggested starting road
construction in April and doing it through the summer when school is out. Mayor
Brunst asked the superintendent to outline his request in an email and explained
that a lot of factors go into planning the road construction. He also suggested
sending road construction updates to the superintendent's office a month in
advance.
JoDeeSundberghasbeengettingcallsfromSceraParkparentsabout thegravel
parking area thecity owns.Theyfeel it is a dangerousspotandwould likeitpaved.
Superintendent Jarman will include the parents'requestinhisemail.
Tom Macdonald thanked the district for hosting the meeting at Orem High School.
Karl Hirst encouraged everyone to drive past the All Abilities Playground. The idea
began witha simpleFacebookpostfrom aparent andistrulyagrassroots effort.
DebbyLauretshared abouttheTabitha'sWayfacilitiesopeninginAmericanForkto
servethenorthcounty.SheisontheTabitha'sWayBoard.SuperintendentJarman
reported thatAssistantSuperintendentJohnPatten is the districtcontacthas
completedanMoUwithTabitha'sway.
The next Orem City/ASD Joint meeting will be held on November 16 at the Orem
City Offices.
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Themotion to adjourn was made byDebby Lauret and seconded byMark
Seastrand.
Themeeting adjourned at1:28p.m.
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Approved:September20,2016