December 11, 2023 at 5:30 PM - Special Meeting

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PERTINENT FACTS
The total funds currently available through the Hollis School Replacement CIP grant for art purchases is: $42,500.  The combined total cost for the three proposals is $40,300.

A call for artists was sent out and a number of proposals were received for this project.  Below is information about the three proposals included in this recommendation:

Denny Leak
Connection: School psychologist who works with our SISD staff and students.

Medium: Outdoor Installation; Carving

Approach: Plan, teach, & create with students on site

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Completion Date: Spring 2024

Marty Sharp
Connection: Long time Hollis resident and SE Alaskan artist. She helped build and lived in the current Hollis teacher housing cabin - the last remaining one on the site. Her children attended Hollis School.

Medium: Complete 3 paintings that tell our story

Approach: Create independently; may teach and share stories

Portfolio

Completion Date: Winter 2024

Extreme Dreams
Connection: Well known SE Alaskan artists.  Our students saw their work while visiting Juneau.

Medium: Indoor and outdoor glass mosiacs

Approach: Will create five panels/birds and other community-based themes for indoor and outdoor installation.  Will work with students to select the subjects and tell our story.

Portfolio

Completion Date: March 2024
 

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PERTINENT FACTS:

The original agreement included a 20% down payment on closing and the district carrying the contract for one year with a 6% annual interest rate and a balloon payment on or before October 22, 2022.  As additional security, the offeror included a lien on a piece of their property until the final payment is made. 
 
On September 21, 2022, the School Board approved a one-year extension to the sale agreement and promissory note with the final balloon payment on or before October 22, 2023.

The structure is in place at the purchaser’s oyster farm lease site in Ketchikan.  The structure is insured; however, Trevor Sande, the purchaser, has been unable to obtain financing for the building as a floating structure.  In response to that, he  started the amendment process with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources last year to modify his aquatic farming lease to include additional area that would enable him to ground the structure.  That process is not yet complete.  Attached for board review is the exhibit that accompanied Mr. Sande's lease modification request.  He asserts that once the structure is firmly grounded, it will be treated like a land-based building and he will be able to obtain conventional financing for it. 

Mr. Sande has requested a second one-year extension to the sale agreement and promissory note to allow the permitting to be completed. If approved, this second one-year extension would result in the final balloon payment being due on or before October 22, 2024.  The monthly payments and interest rate would remain the same.