Site Assessment for New High School

in the Wildcreek Area

September 2017

425 East Ninth Street

P.O. Box 30425
Reno, NV 89520-3425

Phone (775) 348-0200

(775) 348-0304

www.washoeschools.net
WCSDBuilding.com
Executive Summary
The Washoe County School District (WCSD), with the help of local and national experts, determined more
than two years ago that a new high school was needed in the area of the existing Hug High School. A new
high school in this area would satisfy WCSDs three primary goals with capital spending:

Relieve overcrowding and avoid the possibility of Double Sessions

Update/renovate older schools to provide a safe and equitable learning environment to all students

Offer more career and technical education options for students across the District

This new school would have capacity to serve approximately 1,000 more students than the existing Hug
High School, making it roughly the same size as Damonte Ranch, Spanish Springs, and North Valleys
high schools. The new campus would take all of the students in Hug High Schools current enrollment
zone, providing them with a modern facility. The additional capacity would be used to relieve severe
overcrowding at Spanish Springs High School, and this new schools central location provides flexibility to
potentially relieve overcrowding as needed from other schools, such as Reed and McQueen high schools,
eliminating the possibility of Double Sessions across the District. (Double Sessions: two totally separate
schools run out of the same building one from 5:55 a.m. until noon, then another from approximately
noon until 6 p.m.). Once the new school is built and Hug High Schools students are using the new
campus, the Hug High School campus would be renovated and converted over the next year or so into
a new career and technical academy, which would serve students from across the District. This school
would be unique career/tech campus in Washoe County because it would be able to offer sports, using
existing facilities and fields.

This plan for a new high school in the Wildcreek area was vetted and endorsed by the community
committee that wrote ballot question WC-1. This was debated and approved over multiple public meetings
between November 2015 and March 2016, and prior to the committees vote to put the question on the
ballot. The following language appeared on the ballot question itself, in the official explanation: Build a
Wild Creek Area High School to replace Hug High School; repurpose Hug High School.

Due to the existing and projected overcrowding levels at Spanish Springs High School (and others across
the District including Reed and McQueen high schools), construction of this new high school in the
Wildcreek area must begin as soon as possible to open in time for the 2021/2022 school year. This is a
critical date as WCSD works to avoid schools needing to be placed on Double Sessions.

Finally, construction costs in the area are escalating quickly 10 percent over this past year alone. Given
the continued private investment and development in the area, it is unlikely that this escalation will slow
dramatically over the next several years. Any delay in acquiring a site for this new school could therefore
result in a substantial increase in the cost to construct it.

For these reasons, WCSD embarked on a search for a site that could accommodate this school, and be
acquired quickly.

After much research, discussion, and input from local and national industry experts, including
contractors, planners, engineers, and construction estimators (page 3), it has been determined that part
of the existing Wildcreek Golf Course is the best site to pursue for this new high school. This is based
on a number of factors including location; costs and time constraints associated with acquiring and
developing a site; and the ability to address District needs including overcrowding relief, updating older
schools, and providing more career/tech options.

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Analysis & Discussion
WCSD searched extensively for properties that met the following criteria:

Location: must be central to Hug High Schools current enrollment zone and have the ability to
relieve overcrowding at Spanish Springs High School and potentially McQueen, Reed, and other high
schools

Purchase: ability to acquire and develop the land in time to avoid Double Sessions

Size: minimum contiguous space requirement of 60-80 acres of usable land needed to accommodate
the school building, required parking, onsite storm water detention and athletic/outdoor facilities for
2,500 students

A number of properties were initially considered and then deemed unfeasible as they could not
reasonably meet these needs. These unfeasible options include building/rebuilding on the existing Hug
High School Campus (page 8), empty commercial space in the area, federal lands, Rancho San Rafael Park,
and the Livestock Events Center (page 10). Four properties remained on the list as potentially feasible and
were then evaluated in detail.

Final Analysis Parameters

The assessment of each of the four potentially feasible sites (map, page 5) was based on the criteria
outlined below. These were used in part to estimate the relative cost of making each property workable
in time to open the school by August of 2021. Both the public and private sector professionals who
participated in the analysis would not guess at any specific cost estimates without seeing detailed
results from land, water, traffic, and other studies on each property. These studies often take several
months to complete and cost a significant amount, for example, due diligence on the Wildcreek site takes
approximately six months and $200,000 to complete. This ranking system was therefore used by WCSD as
a comparative analysis to determine the most feasible site and initiate these studies at that one site only
in order to be conscious of both time and taxpayer costs.

Location: The ability to serve Hug High Schools enrollment zone (map, page 6), relieve
overcrowding at Spanish Springs High School, and potentially relieve McQueen and Reed high
schools as necessary. Factors in this analysis include transportation expenses, local traffic impacts,
and safety implications on and off site.

Land Acquisition: The speed, complexity, risk, and costs associated with WCSDs ability to acquire the
property. Significant consideration was given to the ability of WCSD to acquire the property by 2019
in order to complete construction of the new high school in time to open for the 2021/22 school year
to avoid Double Sessions.

Access: The capacity and status of existing roadways and access to and from the site for the purposes
of construction and then use of the school. High schools unique traffic patterns make it preferable
that they be located on or have multiple points of access to arterial and regional roadways (i.e. Sun
Valley Blvd. or McCarran Blvd.). On urban sites, it is anticipated that some level of existing access
infrastructure upgrades (pedestrian and vehicular access) would be necessary. Sites with singular,
poor, or no access were scored lower due to the additional effort, complexity, and cost.

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 Utilities: The existing capacity, status, and proximity of major utilities such as potable water, effluent
water, electricity, communications, sewer, and storm drainage on site. Similar to the Access criteria,
for such a large project on urban in-fill sites, it is anticipated that some level of existing utility
infrastructure upgrades would be necessary. Sites with poor or no existing utilities were scored lower
due to cost and ability to create, extend, or upgrade each utility as necessary to serve the school.

Site Constraints: The existing land-use zoning, topography, and size of the property. Approximately
30-40 acres of essentially flat area is needed for the building (assuming a multi-story building), with the
total site area of 60-80 acres needed depending on topography. Terracing buildings and fields across a
campus is a potential strategy to address uneven terrain, but is problematic, more expensive, and not
preferred. Consideration was also given to soil conditions (if known), existing structures that may need
to be abated, demolished, and/or relocated, and adjacent existing and/or proposed developments.

Sites were rated relative to each other on these criteria as follows:

Poor (1-Star): Does not effectively meet the given criteria. Sites receiving a 1-star rating should be
considered to have near-fatal flaws associated with elements of that criteria.

Fair (2-Stars): Meets a minimum level of consideration. Sites scored at this level may be considered
to be extreme by smaller project standards, but in this context are considered to be potentially
solvable.

Good (3-Stars): Meets a good or better standard of consideration. Sites scored at this level are
considered normal and have conditions that are generally expected and acceptable on a project of
this scale.

Excellent (4-Stars): Exceeds the standards for the given criteria support of the scale of this project.

WCSD convened a diverse panel of subject matter experts including the following industry professionals:

Mark Casey, P.E., Vice President, Wood Rodgers

Angela Fuss, AICP, Planning Group Manager, Lumos & Associates, Inc.
Craig Madole, Executive Director, Nevada Chapter of the Associated General Contractors
Taylor Polan, Chief Estimator Nevada Region, Granite Construction
Brian Roll, Nevada Region Manager, Granite Construction
Rod Savini, P.E., Northern Nevada Operations Manager, Poggemeyer Design Group
Timothy Dufault, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP, President/CEO, Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc.

WCSD Staff professionals who participated in this analysis included:

Randy Baxley, School Planner

Mike Boster, School Planner
Pete Etchart, P.E., LEED AP, Chief Operating Officer
Joe Gabica, AIA, LEED AP, Chief Facilities Officer
Brett Rodela, GIS Analyst
Adam Searcy, P.E., Deputy Facilities Officer
Rick Martin, Director of Transportation

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In addition to multiple individual review comments, most members of this group met in person for multi-
hour roundtable discussions on all aspects of these and other criteria and details associated with each
site. All of the raters above signed off on this analysis and their input has been captured in this overall
rating and report as a whole.

Land Site
Site Location Access Utilities Overall
Acquisition Constraints

Wildcreek 3.5

Alternative A:
2.2
East of TMCC
Alternative B:
2.0
South of TMCC
Alternative C:
1.5
North of Wildcreek

= Poor, = Fair, = Good, = Excellent

Summary Conclusions
It was the consensus of the review panel that acquiring part of the existing Wildcreek Golf Course
presented the best option, with an overall score more than 50% higher than the second place option. As
noted, all projects of this scale anticipate some technical complications will be encountered. Each of the
four sites considered presented some complications. However, the known complications associated with
the Wildcreek site were viewed as manageable in terms of time and cost. Potential complications at the
other sites were all greater than those associated with the Wildcreek Site which scored equal to or higher
than all other sites on all five criteria.

Based on the preliminary review of potential sites and substantiated by the analysis from this panel
of external subject matter experts, WCSD has initiated a more rigorous engineering due diligence
investigation on the Wildcreek site. Conclusions from these studies and detailed site analysis are
anticipated in November 2017, at which time the appropriate next steps will be initiated in accordance
with the findings. These next steps may include seeking approval from WCSDs Board of Trustees to
formally offer to purchase a part of the golf course land from Washoe County/RSCVA.

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 Future North Reno/Sparks High School
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Detailed Analysis of Potential Sites for
New High School in the Wildcreek Area
September 2017
Initial Search
The general vicinity descriptor of Wildcreek has been utilized to describe a location of a future high
school that would allow for two Primary Objectives to be achieved:

1. Relieve overcrowding at Spanish Springs High School, with the ability to address overcrowding across
WCSD

2. Move the existing Hug High School zone into a new high school
a. Possible consolidation of all of Sun Valley into one high school
b. Creates equity in providing a modern facility
c. Allows the existing Hug High School to be repurposed into a new career/tech school

To these two Primary Objectives, two additional Major Constraints were added in the evaluations:

1. Delivery of the new school open to students by August 2021.

a. Avoid Double Sessions due to projected enrollment growth at Spanish Springs High School, and
possibly others
b. Limit construction cost escalation regional market experienced 10% cost escalation in last year
alone

2. Minimum contiguous space requirement of 60-80 acres

a. Necessary to accommodate a comprehensive high school with a capacity of approximately 2,500
students, sufficient access, required parking, and other necessary facilities

Based on the Primary Objectives and Major Constraints, a region-wide search was conducted for property
that might conceivably meet these needs. The list below shows all sites initially considered, with brief
analysis and findings. As discussed in Final Analysis Parameters (page 2), investigating specific cost
estimates is unworkable for timing and unwise for costs at this time.

Existing Hug High School: For the sites deemed unworkable, the most significant discussion and
analysis focused on some way to use the existing Hug High School campus with a combination of
new building, remodeling, demolition, and/or rebuilding. This seemed potentially workable due to
the location and the fact that WCSD currently owns the property and operates a school there. This was
deemed unworkable, however, for the following reasons:

Size: The existing campus parcel is 37 acres; 60-80 acres is needed for a two story high school and
related parking and grounds for a high school of the size needed to relieve overcrowding. There are
no reasonable opportunities for contiguous property expansion. Only very complex and expensive
design scenarios such as, parking garages, offsite athletic facilities, 5+ story school buildings, and/or
underground storm water detention that would allow for a comprehensive high school with a 2,500
student capacity to be constructed on a site of this size.

Timing: The asbestos and lead abatement work necessary to expand, repurpose, or demolish the
existing building would make it unworkable to have a full high school in session for as many as three
school years. Finding temporary facilities and having them ready for the current Hug High School
students for next year would be time consuming and difficult, if not impossible.

Unmet Goals: The lack of a two-for-one aspect that a new school at another site and then immediate
repurposing the Hug High School campus provides in overcrowding relief and facility upgrades.

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 Initial Site Considerations
Initial Site Considerations

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ID # Site Description
1 BLM 1
2 BLM 2
3 TMCC / Dandini 1
4 TMCC / Dandini 2
5 Wildcreek Golf Course
6 Existing Hug HS
7 Oddie / El Rancho
8 Livestock Events Center
9 Rancho San Rafael Park
Detailed Site Analysis
Opportunities
Likely low acquisition cost
Large, undeveloped property
Likely low acquisition cost
Large, undeveloped property with
favorable terrain
Existing access to roadways and utilities Multiple owners
Large, undeveloped property
Existing access to roadways and utilities Multiple owners
Large, undeveloped property
Good access to existing roadways and
utilities
Large property with favorable terrain
Owner has expressed interest in selling
the property
Already owned by WCSD
Excellent existing utilities / access for
a HS
Good access to existing roadways and
utilities
Good access to existing roadways and
utilities
Large property with favorable terrain
Good access to existing roadways and
utilities
Challenges Findings
Long federal process for acquisition Not Feasible - Primary Objective #2
failure - location
Location infeasible, major terrain and
access concerns
Long federal process for acquisition Feasible
No access to existing roadways or
utilities
Feasible
Major terrain concerns
Feasible
Major terrain concerns
Developed property Feasible
Possible geotechnical and hydrologic
technical challenges
Property too small to support a bigger Not Feasible - Major Constraint #2
high school failure - too small
Very limited opportunity to expand
property
Nowhere to relocate existing 1,200
students while campus is reconstructed
Would have to find an alternative site
for new CTE Academy HS
Developed property, too small to Not Feasible - Major Constraint #2
support a full-sized high school failure - too small
Multiple owners / existing tenants
Existing roadways bisecting larger
possible property
Developed property, too small to Not Feasible - Major Constraint #1 fail-
support a full-sized high school ure - acquisition schedule / infeasibility
Complex ownership / deed restrictions / Not Feasible -- Major Constraint #2
existing tenants failure -- too small
Developed property requiring Not Feasible - Major Constraint #1 fail-
demolition and reconstruction ure - acquisition schedule / unavailable
Unwilling seller
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Discussion of Finalists

Best Option: Construct new high school on part of existing Wildcreek Golf Course

Location Excellent.

The site is located at the eastern edge of the current attendance zone for Hug High School;
however, its location on a major arterial roadway (McCarran Blvd.) will facilitate access and lower
transportation times from the current attendance zone, allowing the entirety of Hugs existing zone
to be assigned to the new school. In addition, the sites location would allow rezoning to relieve
overcrowding at Spanish Springs High School. This sites location at the south end of the Sun Valley
area would facilitate rezoning of the northern half of Sun Valley, which currently attends Spanish
Springs High School, as one option. The site is also central, allowing other rezoning options to relieve
Spanish Springs High School, as well as any number of other high schools on the brink of serious
overcrowding, such as potentially McQueen and Reed high schools. Construction of a new high
school on this site will allow both Primary Objectives to be fulfilled.

Land Acquisition Good+.

WCSD will appraise the property to be used for the school site and pay an agreed upon amount to
Washoe County/RSCVA for the land. Washoe County/RSCVA have actively, publicly considered this
property for sale over the past several years. The site is currently zoned for Public Facility and therefore
no land-use rezoning would be required to permit a high school.

Access Good.

The site is bounded by major roadways on two sides McCarran Blvd. (major arterial) on the south
and Sullivan Lane (minor arterial) on the west. Although each of these roadways may require
significant upgrades to accommodate this school, as noted above, this will allow easier access and
lower transportation times and lower busing costs from the entirety of the current Hug High school
attendance zone, as well as the Sun Valley area.

Utilities Excellent.

The site is currently developed as the Wildcreek Golf Course, so all utilities are currently available on
site or in close proximity. Specifically, access to non-potable irrigation water from the City of Sparks is
a unique advantage and an operational cost savings versus irrigation using TMWA drinking water. The
adequacy of those utilities to support the proposed new high school will be determined by the due
diligence studies, which will also address other challenges such an overhead power line and electric
substation (Sullivan Lane Tap), and the Orr Ditch.

Site Constraints Good.

While the Wildcreek Golf Course site does have areas of moderate slopes, these are mainly in the
northern portion of the site, which is not in the area proposed for the new high school. A drainage
way does traverse the site, located mainly along the northern and eastern portion of the golf course,
and will need to be addressed in the site planning. The site is under the northern approach path to
the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, so accommodations may need to be made around lighting and
related issues. The site is outside of the horizontal and vertical boundaries that would require certain
building modifications. Site demolition and geotechnical challenges were considered negative factors
for this site.

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 Preferred Alternative

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Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority as Wildcreek Golf Course.

Alternative A: Construct new high school on private and Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE)
property on the eastern side of Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) campus near Raggio
Pkwy/Dandini Blvd.

Location Excellent.
The site is centrally located within the current Hug High School attendance zone and would allow the
entirety of Hug High Schools existing zone to be assigned to the new school, as well as the northern
portion of that area from Spanish Springs High School to the new high school. Construction of a new
high school on this site will allow both Primary Objectives to be fulfilled.

Land Acquisition Fair.

WCSD could be required to pay fair market value for the private land (approximately 1/3 of the area
needed) and negotiate an acquisition with NSHE for the TMCC portion of the property. This property
is subject to the Dandini Research Park Master Plan, which would require an amendment to include a
high school. TMCC has recently indicated that there are plans to move forward with a fitness complex
on this property, which may preclude WCSD acquisition entirely. The private landowner may have
other development plans and may not be a willing seller. Initiating Eminent Domain proceedings
would delay the project by approximately two years unworkable for overcrowding and Double
Sessions concerns.

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 Access Poor+.

Access to the site would be from Raggio Parkway, a minor arterial, which is accessed solely off
Dandini Blvd., also a minor arterial. Both roadways would likely require significant improvements
to accommodate the increased traffic volumes associated with a 2,500 seat high school including
guardrail, retaining walls, major roadway grading and widening. Both Dandini Blvd. and Raggio Pkwy.
can be particularly hazardous during winter weather, especially for teenage drivers and school buses.

Utilities Fair+.

Utility lines are likely present via Dandini along the northern edge of the site. It appears that sewer
and water lines are not present in Raggio Pkwy at this location and would need to be extended and
upsized to accommodate high school demands. Access to non-potable irrigation water does not exist
at this time.

Site Constraints Poor.

The entirety of the site is moderately-to-severely sloped in a north to south direction. Construction
of a high school on this site would require major grading and likely a terraced campus type of layout,
similar to the existing TMCC campus to the west. Impacts of the Preferred Alternative for the Pyramid /
Alternative A
395 Connector are unknown at this time and may preclude the project at this location entirely.

nation of lands held by the Nevada System of Higher Education and other privately owned land to the East of
Meadows Community College.

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Alternative B: Construct new high school on private and NSHE property on the south side of
TMCC campus

Location Excellent.

The site is centrally located within the current Hug High School attendance zone and would allow
the entirety of Hugs existing zone to be assigned to the new school, as well as the northern portion
of that area from Spanish Springs High School to the new high school. Construction of a new high
school on this site will allow both Primary Objectives to be fulfilled.

Land Acquisition Fair.

WCSD would be required to pay fair market value, based on appraisals paid for by WCSD, for the
private land and negotiate an acquisition with NSHE for the TMCC portion of the property. This
property is subject to the Dandini Research Park Master Plan, which would require an amendment to
include a high school. The private landowners may have other development plans and may not be
willing sellers. Initiating Eminent Domain proceedings would delay the project by approximately two
years unworkable for overcrowding and Double Sessions concerns.

Access Poor.

There is no current access to this site. New roadways to the site would likely have to be constructed
from Raggio Parkway to the north, and to Clearacre Lane to the south and east. This latter access is
included in RTC 2040 Regional Transportation Plan as an extension of Sutro Street under US 395 to
Clearacre Lane. However, construction of this new roadway is not planned to occur before 2027, it is
likely that the District would need to construct at least a portion of it.

Utilities Fair.

There are currently no utilities present to the site. Utility lines would have to be constructed along
with the roadway improvements noted above. A pump station would likely be required for sanitary
sewer connections.

Site Constraints Poor.

The entirety of the site is severely sloped. Construction of a high school on this site would require
major grading and likely a terraced campus type of layout, similar to the TMCC campus. Impacts of
the Preferred Alternative for the Pyramid / 395 Connector are unknown at this time and may preclude
the project at this location entirely. There appears to be a large drainage channel and stormwater
detention facility along the southwestern boundary of the property, which would worsen the site
constraints.

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 Alternative B
A combination of lands held by the Nevada System of Higher Education and Regional Transportation Commission, South
of Truckee Meadows Community College. Developing and building access to school site would be required.

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Transportation Commission, south of Truckee Meadows Community College. Developing and
building access to school site would be required.
Footprint is preliminary, subject to revision.

Alternative C: Construct new high school on BLM property immediately north of the Wildcreek Golf
Course

Location Poor.

Although adjacent to the Wildcreek Golf Course, this location creates Access issues (see below) that
downgrade this site.

Land Acquisition Fair.

WCSD would need to acquire the BLM property through a lengthy and complex federal acquisition
process requiring extensive studies and several levels of Federal approvals. Timeframe to acquire
the property would likely be 18-24 months, at a minimum, with no guarantee that the land would
ultimately be conveyed to WCSD. There are concerns that current planning for the Pyramid-395
Connector would negatively impact concurrent acquisition efforts by WCSD. However, ultimate
acquisition costs would likely be very low. This location is not currently within the Truckee Meadows
Service Area and would require a lengthy public approval process to be annexed and approved for
development.

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Access Poor.

There is no current access to this site. A new roadway to the site would have to be constructed from
Pyramid Highway to the east, as an extension of Disc Drive. This is an identified project included in
RTC 2040 Regional Transportation Plan as a connection between Pyramid Highway and Clearacre
Lane. However, construction of this new roadway is not planned to occur before 2027. This new
roadway would also likely bisect this site, which would limit the placement/design of the new school.

Utilities Poor.

Alternative C
There are currently no utilities present to the site. Utility lines would have to be constructed along
with the roadway improvements noted above.

Site Constraints
Publicly held Good.
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management East of Sun Valley,
North of Wildcreek Golf Course.
The entirety of the site is severely sloped. Construction of a high school on this site would require
major grading and likely a terraced campus type of layout, similar to the TMCC campus. Impacts of the
Preferred Alternative for the Pyramid / 395 Connector are unknown at this time and may preclude the
project at this location entirely.

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Footprint is preliminary, subject to revision.