11/28/2023 0 Comments Oak time out chair![]() ![]() “We’re eager to get them going,” Michaels said. No action has been taken, but the proposal is expected to be voted on by the school board at a later date. The Arts Academy of Sedona is interested in leasing the music classroom at BPCS and renting the auditorium for performances by the AAS-affiliated Emerson Theatre Collaborative. YCSO does not have a move-in date because the roof repairs haven’t been completed, YCSO spokeswoman Kristin Greene said. SOCSD Director of Operations Jennifer Chilton at the podium during the July, 11 school board meeting. That was just informational there’s been no action or conversations since that time.” In May, I drafted a potential lease to give them the idea of what that would look like, particularly so they would know the square footage of the rooms that they were interested in. “I’ve been in several meetings with them. “YCSO is one of the many groups that Donna Michaels invited to the campus for a tour proposed that idea as a potential space for offering services,” SOCSD Director of Operations Jennifer Chilton said. But committed to the 5,000 square feet that he’ll be occupying.” “As I understand it there’s a lease already on the desk, Sheriff Rhodes signed, it’s ready to be executed,” Michaels said before addressing the needed repairs to the property including roof issues and retiling. Michaels said that she doesn’t see a need for YCSO to present its own letter of intent to lease a portion of the property. Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office also wants to move a substation into Big Park. Michaels said she sees the property as an opportunity to bring public health services, such as telemedicine in conjunction with medical providers and Verde Valley Caregivers, to VOC residents. Yavapai County District 3 Supervisor Donna Michaels addresses the Sedona-Oak Creek School Governing Board on July, 11 about the potential of the county leasing to purchase the Big Park Community School campus. “Then thereafter a decision by the board, so I’m looking at months rather than years.” “I think a reasonable amount of time to project would be in a matter of months to have the appropriate information for a study session,” Michaels told the board. Yavapai County District 3 Supervisor Donna Michaels, who has been spearheading the effort, informed the board that she was excited to begin formal discussions with residents now that the county is authorized to speak openly on the matter. Either party can terminate the process at any time. The county has presented a non-binding letter of intent for the lease, which SOCSD has approved. “Since then, we have an operating reserve, and we have been able to offer additional opportunities for our kids in terms of subject areas … and we’ve added almost 300 new kids in the last two years,” Hawley said. Board President Randy Hawley at his seat during the July, 11 meeting. And it’s not going to even be in a condition to be leasable.”īoard President Randy Hawley described the property as one of the main reasons that the district was $1.4 million in debt during the 2018 school year. ![]() “In the future, if we continue down the path of owning Big Park as a district and managing as a district, we’re not going to be able to maintain the facility, and it’s going to be dilapidated. “Big Park is around the neck of the governing board and the district a financial albatross,” board member David Price said. The Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board unanimously voted during its Tuesday, July 11 meeting to begin the formal process of negotiating a lease-to-purchase agreement with Yavapai County for the former Big Park Community School in the Village of Oak Creek. ![]()
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