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Votes at a glance (committee outcomes — moved to full board agenda)
- Financial statements and bills payable list: moved by finance committee (voice vote recorded as “yes”).
- Brandywine View LERTA presentation: presentation only; no committee vote (further review requested).
- Giant Pharmacy immunization agreement (on‑site flu clinic for staff): moved by finance committee.
- CCRES contract renewal (student services): moved by finance committee.
- Muscenary Family Foundation donation: $40,000 scholarship (8 students at $5,000 each): moved by finance committee.
- Chester County Food Bank donation (pilot backpack program at an elementary school): moved by finance committee.

Operations committee procurement approvals (moved to full board agenda)
- Kencor LLC: chairlift repair at Scott Middle School — $14,278.01 (ratified/moved).
- Extreme Insulation Inc.: insulation repairs at Coatesville Area Senior High — $5,200 (moved).
- Unitex Asphalt Services: asphalt repair near stadium (Coatesville Area Senior High) — $4,795 (moved).
- Graphics on the Move LLC: hand‑painted playground graphic at Reesville Elementary — $6,945 (moved).
- Weaver Landscaping Services: Kings Highway playground/site restorations and mulch removal (two quotes totaling ~$7,385) — moved.
- MIH Systems Group (AAON unit repairs at Reesville): moved.
- Campus Service Group: contract amendment to add custodial hours for new square footage (part‑time evening and full‑time hybrid shifts) — moved.
- Network Connection Inc.: security camera relocation at North Brandywine (change order) — $2,602.95 — moved.
- Consensus Cloud Solutions: annual district eFax service — $11,394 — moved.
- CDWG (Lenovo laptops): proposed laptop purchase (IT replacement cycle) — roughly $34,125; vendor/vendor warranty negotiation ongoing — moved.
- CDWG: smart rack enclosure cabinet — not to exceed $1,451.77 — moved.
- Van Scribe Consulting LLC: renewal for E‑rate category 1 and 2 services (FY26–27) — no cost increase — moved.
- IU‑13: Windows 10 extended annual support — $12,120 — moved.

Education committee items moved
- Acadience Voyager licensing and other ratifications: moved.
- Technology professional learning (Title II funds, carryover): moved.
- No Red Ink (senior high supplemental resource pilot): moved (small staff license cohort noted).
- Student assistance program (SAP) liaison agreement with Devereux Foundation: committee approved for forwarding; committee asked administration for contract details prior to full‑board vote.
- Smart Futures district license (college & career portal): district K–12 license — $15,125 — moved.
- School psychologist contract for overflow/contracted services (as‑needed): moved.

Policy committee actions
- Multiple policies were approved for second reading or formatting updates and will appear on a future agenda for final action; a small set of policy items was held for additional revision (for example, early kindergarten admission language will be refined).

What the committee votes mean
Committee votes to “move to the full board agenda” are procedural: they do not represent final board approval of contracts, purchases or policy changes. Items moved by committees will appear on the next full‑board agenda for formal vote and, where applicable, contract signatures. A few items (notably the Brandywine LERTA presentation) required additional staff follow‑up before a recommendation to the board.

For full procurement descriptions, dollar amounts and supporting documentation, the district’s board packet and the meeting minutes on the district website list the vendor quotes, staff recommendations and related attachments.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Coatesville Area School District Board Meeting 9/9/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Finance, operations, education and policy committees moved multiple routine and notable items to the full board agenda on Sept. 9, including vendor contracts, equipment purchases, a $40,000 scholarship donation and several facilities contracts.","taxTitle","Coatesville Area SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania","taxId",38303,"location","Pennsylvania","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6505359,"District construction update: Reesville and North Brandywine openings; Dough Run and Kings Highway move forward",458,2796000,3254000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5743000-9ef1e0014149877c17cbbf41ff5ab90d&start=2796&end=3254","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5743000-9ef1e0014149877c17cbbf41ff5ab90d/thumbnail_2796000.jpg","/articles/6505359/Pennsylvania/District-construction-update-Reesville-and-North-Brandywine-openings-Dough-Run-and-Kings-Highway-move-forward","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6505359-cf49f506cbb66cb5e1d77d0c436b89bb/orig.mp4?Expires=1770514232&Signature=kh8PxCw-RmhzXg50WHy5cnWR3zlIVgPmj1yOb9XQyYXRoDSNdGq6obPt25hJTMRZ0jaj3KiFlhGXM5Voil6YXeoBjnN1SBfa3yMuXjzRy4XEyek64okizXjSMQNB4nLJRc~KBn3Yd7o4XYZcAMGUYdl~BBJoMAkAHJiCOTBnW4Z699ETtttznJHOkujrogpNC8laaxyCB4uYlbPhFsw80bqk-A9caovmU3Qlv6H5lnhqQ3Kl~VF6fRHKgIRukkrqwBxUasq~C4ocjpBWDtBLq3L2u4yAUyOYs4Dn8foQgrR~nn2Gs55vAQURpC2KRMSloPCqHwUKpoBPd4829RPPfQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Architects and the district’s construction manager briefed the operations committee on Sept. 9 with status reports on multiple capital projects across Coatesville Area School District.

The most immediate news: additions at Reesville Elementary and the first phase of North Brandywine were completed over the summer and students have moved into the new spaces. David Schrader of the Schroeder Group and Matt Kelly of ICS shared photos and described remaining punch‑list and closeout work on both projects. Schrader said the North Brandywine addition was built so that a second phase, the new middle‑school structure, can be attached and completed later.

Dough Run: structure rising
Construction at Dough Run is advancing from site and foundation work into visible steel and framing. The team said foundations and most underground work are finished, with the steel structure being erected and a target to have the building enclosed by year‑end so interior mechanical, electrical and plumbing work can proceed. ICS reported progress in coordinating MEP rough‑ins and said they expect continued staging of construction over the next year with an anticipated grand opening after finishing.

Scott Middle and other refreshes
Scott Middle School received interior refreshes this summer — including gym refinishing, updated cafeteria and media‑center flooring and completion of a roofing project that began last year. The team said weather and unexpected conditions delayed some exterior work but the interior upgrades are complete and the site is moving through punch‑list closeout.

Kings Highway: design development and traffic study
Kings Highway is in the design development phase but the district paused further land‑development submission to address a township request for a traffic study. The architects said the Kings Highway work will include a new canopy entry, extensive interior system replacements (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) and full media‑center and cafeteria refreshes designed to make the interior feel substantially renewed.

What’s next
Presenters said North Brandywine phase‑2 design documents are on track for bid in early spring with construction planned to start after approvals and the next summer season. Dough Run’s completion schedule is expected to run into the next school year, while Kings Highway will resume land‑development steps after the traffic study wraps and the district responds to township comments.

Committee response
Board members who toured projects praised the finished work and were encouraged by visible progress. The operations committee approved a set of small‑value vendor recommendations that relate to project completion (see consolidated votes list), and the construction team said they will continue to coordinate closeouts, final payments and community outreach moving forward.","Architects and construction managers reported multiple project milestones: Reesville Elementary and first phase of North Brandywine opened this summer, Scott Middle refresh completed, Dough Run framing and site work underway and Kings Highway design paused pending a township traffic study.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6505364,"Developers tell Coatesville finance committee LERTA needed to make 562‑unit Brandywine View feasible",1528,201000,1729000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5743000-9ef1e0014149877c17cbbf41ff5ab90d&start=201&end=1729","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5743000-9ef1e0014149877c17cbbf41ff5ab90d/thumbnail_201000.jpg","/articles/6505364/Pennsylvania/Developers-tell-Coatesville-finance-committee-LERTA-needed-to-make-562unit-Brandywine-View-feasible","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6505364-124489c12b8add9416ec78aa43341ddc/orig.mp4?Expires=1770514232&Signature=Lwn-jKhEPhhS76gzb8uo8kq9R3n9b8nq8wj7d3VzEPEMxMQUZlVeyt8ZsX0KbAvw1doWvVNCop2co8T8eFikZmF0QHQBj8~gV9hdyUMdBkuxo12Tm6ZwNJvAJ-bxtd~ddgVgi7Mtk4iZt1O1XV8075WIW8aFIhnVXZD3Pix2lO5EIn2r12nJie36J1PTS6SRxRhR4BxPWf3u4yHN9O2YWOHE3QDOjxS8QW8BZP~rWxTsBL9Z0vglEx-HfV6JPPInOLygvYtSqqV~2EkvP8HK1JgmCGV1jRHJIB8tfFi0hAynkTA1YL90DKtVon36M4MN9QQHTdbafAhm3KR6XY44HA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Developers seeking a Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance (LERTA) schedule for the Brandywine View housing project told the Coatesville Area School District finance committee on Sept. 9 that the tax abatement is essential to move the 75‑acre site from long‑standing entitlements into construction.

At the finance committee meeting, developer representatives outlined a fiscal‑impact analysis that projects the development at full buildout would create 562 housing units — about 266 apartments and roughly 300 townhouses — with an assessed value at completion of roughly $53.2 million and a projected 68 public‑school students in full occupancy. David C. Babbitt, the fiscal analyst on the project, told the committee, “So we are projecting a total of about 68 public school students in this development at build out and full occupancy.”

The nut graf: the developer team and city officials say the site is unusually costly to build and that the LERTA would bridge the economics so the project can be constructed. The fiscal model presented shows the school district would experience a short, small deficit in the first four years of the abatement period and a net surplus thereafter; the cumulative 11‑year impact in the analyst’s schedule is a projected net positive for the district.

Details of the proposal and debate
David C. Babbitt of David C. Babbitt and Associates LLC walked committee members through a spreadsheet the developer supplied showing three panels of calculations: the proposed unit mix and values, per‑student demographic assumptions, and an 11‑year LERTA increment schedule that phases tax exemption from 0% up to 100% in year 11. Using assessed‑value math and the district’s current millage, Babbitt estimated the total assessed value at buildout at about $53,200,000 and annual real‑estate tax revenue after the LERTA period at approximately $2.24 million.

Babbitt used standard fiscal‑impact methodology — including a Rutgers University study methodology and U.S. Census/American Community Survey proportions for public‑school attendance — to estimate student yield. He told the committee the model projects about 68 public‑school students at full occupancy, and said that even if student counts were materially higher the development still produced net revenue over the medium term.

Board members and staff questioned key assumptions. Committee chair Liz Muirhead said the panel would need time to review the analysis and would not vote on the measure that night: “I think we will need to take some time. We’re not gonna vote on this tonight.” Members questioned whether the methodology — which relies on underlying housing demographics from older census cohorts and a Rutgers‑derived model — reflects present‑day household formation among younger families. One board member observed that the development’s rents and prices may attract commuters and nonlocal households rather than existing city residents.

Timing and LERTA mechanics
Officials and the developer also discussed when the LERTA period would begin. A city representative said the LERTA typically begins when a building‑permit application is filed for each building or phase; John Joffe, the project’s developer, confirmed the apartments will be built and occupied before most townhouses and said, “The apartments will come online first and then you sell through the the remainder of the community.” That sequencing matters because phased construction would stage both the revenue and student impacts over multiple years rather than produce the full fiscal effect immediately.

Project scope, affordability and other local issues
Gina Gerber, an attorney representing the developer, described the site at 320 Adams Drive as “very challenging” for construction because of steep topography and rock. She said the developer has revised earlier plans downward from about 350 townhouses to roughly 300 to improve feasibility. The developer said 1‑ and 2‑bedroom apartments are proposed; the apartments are planned for rental (the developer intends to own and operate them) while townhouses are to be sold.

Babbitt and the developer provided approximate price and rent figures used in the model: townhouse market values ranged from about $331,000 to $403,000 depending on unit size; assessed apartment values were modeled from regional comparables (averaging roughly $61,000–$64,000 assessed per unit). The presentation noted one‑bedroom rents around $1,700 per month and two‑bedroom rents around $2,000 per month per the developer’s pro forma; committee members and public commentators questioned whether those rent assumptions reflect local market conditions.

Fiscal takeaway and next steps
In Babbitt’s LERTA schedule the district shows a small net negative in the early years (he identified the shortfalllasting roughly four years with a break‑even around year five) and a projected cumulative 11‑year net surplus of approximately $2.66 million. The developer emphasized that, in their view, the site will not develop without LERTA: “without the LERDA, the project will not move forward. There will be no development at all,” a developer representative said.

The committee did not vote on the LERTA application. Members asked staff to review the analysis, consult with city staff on permit timing and LERTA rules, and to seek additional clarity on student‑yield assumptions, rent and price assumptions, and the schedule of phased construction before placing the item on a future full‑board agenda.

Ending
Developers said they would continue outreach with city residents, the city engineer and county stormwater officials to address site constraints and neighborhood concerns; the finance committee scheduled further review rather than an immediate recommendation to the full board.","Developers and a fiscal analyst presented a fiscal-impact study showing the Brandywine View project would generate more revenue than costs for Coatesville Area School District over an 11‑year LERTA schedule, but committee members pressed on methodology, timing and occupancy assumptions.","actionData","errors"]

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