Conceptual Master Plan - Emeryville Center of Community Life

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The two features that are the most attractive to me are the oval courtyard and the
creek/playground area.
Another request would be to have a round table area, for SST’s and parent-teacher
conferences.
o We didn’t show it today, but on the website, you can see there is a lot of
square footage dedicated to teacher offices, collaborating areas.
Also think of other adults and the spaces to foster this relationship with students
as we want to integrate their talents into the curriculum.
What is the access to the computer labs and how many are planned?
o One tech lab for the elementary and also one for the secondary school.
Security and other operational needs?
o Security is being designed by the architects with the police and school
district security to make sure we think of all areas to make a safe space.
o Operationally this site shouldn’t require more staff, we’re just folding
everyone into one site.
We have this site that was just created, with a nice science center, new nature
center, etc? Was this a waste? With the economy, this seems hard to swallow.
o Seven years ago, we started working on this and it was unlikely the center
was to be built for 15-20 years due to purchasing and clean-up. We
couldn’t out all growth and leverage today’s kids for tomorrows growth.
Now that we have the programs on ESS, we moved ahead very fast.
The improvement won’t be lost, the improvements will be passed
on to the next users, whoever that may be.
No mechanical arts on this site, we send lots of kids to ‘the crucible’ through
scholarships. They are planning on expanding and teach classes off site. Can we
have spaces that can accommodate welding, glass making, etc. on site?
o We’ve heard this from both adults, students and teachers. We’ve noted it
for the next set of planning.
Is the design created in such a way to not hear sounds throughout building,
especially hearing HS children?
o Areas will be separated and an acoustical engineer will design this to not
allow sound to transfer through the walls.
You mentioned it could be expanded?
o Yes, add a 3 rd and 4 th floor over 2 wings of the ECCL.
In AK, the schools dedicated funding to art for permanent display, can we do this?
o Not all AYES art has been installed, but it will be designed so it can travel
with us to ECCL. Also, City has public art funding that could be used for
this project.
The total cost is $125 million and ground breaking is 2011, how is this going to
be financed?
o City put in $25 million, School put up land worth $25-30 million, we need
school construction funds from State worth $10-20 million, also federal
monies and finally a local bond measure approved by citizens.