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VIRGIN ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FEDERAL CONSISTENCY DETERMINATION PRE-APPLICATION MEETING SCHOOL BUNDLE II ST THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND DATE TO BE CONFIRMED AGENDA 1. OPENING REMARKS o VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION o SUFFOLK-CBNA JOINT VENTURE 2. INTRODUCTIONS o VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & NATURAL RESOURCES o SUFFOLK-CBNA JOINT VENTURE 3. PROJECT OVERVIEW 4. SITE CONDITIONS 5. PROJECT DESIGN DETAILS 6. Q & A 1 OPENING REMARKS VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (VIDE) o DR. DIONNE WELLS-HEDRINGTON EDUCATION COMMISSIONER o MS. CHANEEL CALLWOOD- DANIELS, AIA VIDE ARCHITECT OFFICE OF DISASTER RELIEF (ODR) o DIRECTOR ADRIENNE L. WILLIAMS-OCTALIEN SUPER-PMO(JACOBS) o GAYLE BENJAMIN, USVI EDUCATION CENTER - SR. PROJECT MANAGER SUFFOLK-CBNA JOINT VENTURE o CHRIS KENNEDY VP OF PRE-CONSTRUCTION INTRODUCTIONS 2 VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DPNR) SUFFOLK-CBNA JOINT VENTURE o CHRIS KENNEDY SUFFOLK-CBNA, VP OF PRE-CONSTRUCTION o MICHAEL MCGUINN ZYSCOVICH, SR. EXECUTIVE VP o JOHN WOODS JDG, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL o LENNY RODRIGUEZ LANGAN, PRINCIPAL o AMY DEMPSEY BIOIMPACT, PRESIDENT VIRGIN ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FEDERAL CONSISTENCY DETERMINATION PRE-APPLICATION MEETING LOCKHART PREK-8 SCHOOL ST THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND DATE TO BE CONFIRMED PROJECT OVERVIEW • EXISTING SITE AREA: 8 .9 ACRES • EXISTING BUILDING AREA: 63,355 SF • EXISTING SITE USE: EDUCATION • SCOPE OF WORK: EXISTING OCCUPIED BUILDINGS. RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION • ZONING: P – PUBLIC SCHOOLS • AREA USE BY RIGHT • A PREVIOUS PRE-APP MEETING HAS ALREADY BEEN HELD FOR LOCKHART. THE INTENT OF THIS NEW PRE-APP MEETING IS TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION THE LATEST DESIGN 3 PROJECT LOCATION SITE HISTORY 1954 1999 2002 2023 • ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1962 • DESTROYED BY HURRICANE MARILYN IN 1995 • REBUILT IN 2OOO • SITE TO BE MONITORED AS REQUESTED BY SHPO SOIL CONDITIONS • URBAN LAND SOIL • URBAN LAND HAS BEEN HIGHLY ALTERED BY MAN • SOILS ARE NOT PRIME FARMLAND • THE HIGHLY VARIABLE SOIL IS NOT HYDRIC FLOOD ZONES • SITE IS OUTSIDE ALL FEMA AND USVI ADVISORY FLOOD ZONES • NOT SUBJECT TO FLOODING • LOCATION LIMITS IMPACT ON COASTAL WATERS AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT • WITH PROPER SEDIMENTATION AND EROSION CONTROL, NO IMPACTS TO OFFSITE PROPERTIES OR MARINE ENVIRONMENT ARE EXPECTED VEGETATION No native forest, critical habitat or ESA species are present. MIX OF LANDSCAPE SPECIES, FRUIT TREES AND PALMS WITHIN THE COURTYARDS. LARGER TREES AROUND PERIMETER SUCH AS THE TAMARIND. LANDSCAPE HAS UNIQUE NATIVE SPECIES SUCH AS GIANT MILKWEED. TOPOGRAPHY • TOPOGRAPHY SHOWN ON MAP- GEO • HIGHEST ELEVATION: 80 FT AT NORTHWEST CORNER • LOWEST ELEVATION: 40 FEET ALONG SOUTHERN BOUNDARY • EXISTING SWALE ON WESTERN SIDE • SITE SLOPES GENERALLY SOUTHWEST • NO EXISTING STORMWATER FACILITIES SITE CONDITIONS 4 • EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY FOR STORMWATER RUNOFF • EXISTING STORMWATER CONSIDERATIONS • EXISTING WATER DRAINAGE PATTERNS STORMWATER CONSIDERATIONS UPLAND RUNOFF • UPLAND (OFFSITE) STORMWATER RUNOFF COMING IN AND THROUGH THE SITE • COLLECT STORMWATER RUNOFF AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE SITE AND CONVEY TO EXISTING DITCH ON THE WEST • MAINTAIN EXISTING DRAINAGE PATTERNS ONSITE RUNOFF • CHANGE IN PERVIOUS/IMPERVIOUS RATIO • REDUCE OR MAINTAIN TOTAL RUNOFF DISCHARGE (PRE-TO-POST) • MAINTAIN EXISTING OFFSITE DISCHARGE POINT • MAINTAIN THE EXISTING BUILDING FOOTPRINT • GRADE CHANGE AT NORTH END OF SITE 5 PROJECT DESIGN DETAILS EXISTING SITE PLAN • EXISTING BUILDINGS o RENOVATED AND MODERNIZED • NEW BUILDINGS (+/- 76,959 SF) o TWO (2) NEW CLASSROOM AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS o ONE (1) NEW GYM BUILDING • RELOCATED VEHICLE PARKING LOT AND SITE LOOP PROPOSED DESIGN PROPOSED SITE PLAN STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN PROJECT TO FOLLOW TEMPORARY EROSION CONTROL MEASURES PER DPNR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HANDBOOK STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DESIGN • DIVERT UPLAND RUNOFF AROUND SCHOOL AND INTO EXISTING DITCH • LIMIT OFFSITE DISCHARGE – PERMEABLE SURFACES, CISTERNS,SWALES, AND UNDERGROUND DETENTION AREAS • HARVEST ROOFTOP RAINWATER • TREAT WATER – SETTLEMENT, POLLUTION RETARDANT BAFFLES, VEGETATED SWALES • MINIMIZE DOWNSTREAM EROSION AND FLOODING POTABLE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER EXISTING SCHOOL WATER SERVICE • WATER SOURCES - WAPA AND RAINWATER HARVESTING • CISTERN WITH TREATMENT SYSTEM • INTERNAL PRESSURIZED FIRE HYDRANT LOOP • GRAVITY SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM • SANITARY SEWAGE HOLDING TANK SCHEDULE AND PHASING • 1 CONSTRUCTION PHASE • ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION DURATION o 62 MONTHS • SCHEDULED TURN OVER DURING SCHOOL BREAK -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 Lockhart Years / Months 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 PHASE 1 •BUILD THE 2 NEW LEARNING COMMUNITIES (IN RED) PHASE 2 •RELOCATE STUDENTS TO NEW LEARNING COMMUNITIES •RENOVATE EXISTING BUILDING (IN BLUE) PHASE 3 •RELOCATE STUDENTS TO RENOVATED BUILDING •REMOVE ALL TEMPORARY FACILITIES •BUILD NEW GYM, OUTDOOR AREAS (IN ORANGE) AND PARKING DROP-OFF SCHEDULE AND PHASING DURATION: 62 MONTHS QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS