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 EMANUEL BENJAMIN OLIVER PREK-8 SCHOOL ST THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND DATE TO BE CONFIRMED AGENDA 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW 2. SITE CONDITIONS 3. PROJECT DESIGN DETAILS 4. Q & A PROJECT OVERVIEW • EXISTING SITE AREA: 10 ACRES • EXISTING BUILDING AREA: 42,600 SF • EXISTING SITE USE: EDUCATION • SCOPE OF WORK: REDEVELOPMENT • ZONING: R-2 – RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY o SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE PERMITTED USE BY RIGHT 1 PROJECT LOCATION SITE HISTORY 1954 1999 2002 2023 • SCHOOL BUILT IN 1975 • DESIGNED TO HOUSE 700 STUDENTS 1971 1988 SOIL CONDITIONS • 2 SOIL TYPES PRESENT • FREDRIKSDAL-SUSANNABERG COMPLEX 20%-40% SLOPES AND 40%-60% SLOPES • BOTH ARE EXTREMELY STONY • NEITHER ARE PRIMARLY FARMLAND • THIS WELL DRAINED SOIL HAS A RESTRICTIVEE LAYER AT 10 – 20 INCHES • THE SITE IS FAR ENOUGH INLAND THAT IT HAS NO IMPACT ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT • PROPER SEDIMENTATION AND EROSION CONTROL WILL PREVENT IMPACT TO DOWN STREAM WATERS FLOOD ZONES • SITE IN FLOOD ZONE "X“ o 100 YEAR COASTAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED • SCHOOL IS SET ON A KNOLL WITH DEEP REVINES TO THE EAST AND WEST • TWO PONDS LOCATED IN THE VALLEY TO THE EAST VEGETATION No native forest, critical habitat or ESA species are present. TYPICAL VIEW PRIOR TO SITE CLEARING SITE HAS BEEN CLEARED LEAVING ONLY A FEW SPECIMEN TREES THAT WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL LANDSCAPING PROPERTY WAS HEAVILY OVERGROWN WITH SECONDARY GROWTH VEGETATION WILD LIFE • SORROUNDING FOREST HAS SUITABLE INTERDIGITATION AND PREY BASE FOR THE VIRGIN ISLAND TREE BOAS • BOAS WERE LOOKED DURING THE SURVEY OF THE SITE BUT WERE NOT FOUND • PRIOR TO ANY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY: o BOUNDARIES OF THE PROJECT WILL BE DELINEATED SO THAT AREA NOT SLATED FOR CONSTRUCTION ARE NOT IMPACTED o A TRAINING SESSION WITH DFW WILL BE REQUESTED FOR ALL WORKERS ON THE SITE TO BE INFORMED ABOUT BOAS AND WHAT TO DO IF ENCOUNTERED TOPOGRAPHY • STEEP SLOPES SORROUNDING THE SITE • PONDS ON THE EAST • CARE WILL BE TAKEN FOR ALL WORK WHICH OCCURS ON THE STEEPER SLOPES TO PREVENT SEDIMENTATION AND EROSION SITE CONDITIONS 2 • EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY FOR STOWMWATER RUNOFF • EXISTING STORMWATER CONSIDERATIONS • EXISTING WATER DRAINAGE PATTERNS STORMWATER CONSIDERATIONS OFFSITE DISCHARGE • MINIMIZE POINT SOURCES OF STORMWATER RUNOFF WITH SPREAD SWALES ONSITE RUNOFF • CHANGE IN PERVIOUS/IMPERVIOUS RATIO • REDUCE OR MAINTAIN TOTAL RUNOFF DISCHARGE (PRE-TO-POST) • MAINTAIN EXISTING OFFSITE DISCHARGE POINT 3 PROJECT DESIGN DETAILS • EXISTING BUILDINGS ARE ABANDONED AND WILL BE DEMOLISHED • REDEVELOP NEW BUILDINGS WITHIN APPROXIMATE EXTENTS OF EXISTING SITE AREA • CONNECTION TO EXISTING ROAD AT NORTH • GRADE CHANGE AT NORTH END AND TOWARDS SOUTH/EAST/WEST EXISTING SITE PLAN • REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING SITE • EXISTING BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED • ADDITION OF ONE (1) GYM BUILDING, (1) DINING BUILDING AND TWO (2) CLASSROOM/ADMIN BUILDINGS o +/- 68,419 SF • VEHICLE PARKING LOT AT NORTH END OF SITE PROPOSED DESIGN PROPOSED SITE PLAN PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 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 SITE • LIMIT OFFSITE DISCHARGE – PERMEABLE SURFACES, CISTERNS, VEGETATED SWALES, DETENTION AREAS • HARVEST ROOFTOP RAINWATER • TREAT WATER – SETTLEMENT, POLLUTION RETARDANT BAFFLES, VEGETATED SWALES • MINIMIZE DOWNSTREAM EROSION AND FLOODING – SPREADER SWALES POTABLE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER • WATER SOURCES - WAPA AND RAINWATER HARVESTING • CISTERN WITH TREATMENT SYSTEM • INTERNAL PRESSURIZED FIRE HYDRANT LOOP • GRAVITY SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM SCHEDULE AND PHASING • 1 CONSTRUCTION PHASE • ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION DURATION o 25 MONTHS • OPPORTUNITY TO USE OLIVER AS TEMPORARY AREA TO RELOCATE STUDENTS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS -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 73 74 Years / Months 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 SCHEDULE AND PHASING Emanuel B. Oliver IF OLIVER IS USED AS TEMPORARY AREA FOR RELOCATED STUDENTS: • STUDENT RELOCATION CAN ONLY HAPPEN DURING SUMMER BREAK • CONSTRUCTION IS IN PROGRESS: o SUPPLEMENTAL TEMPORARY FACILITIES TO BE ADDED TO HOUSE STUDENTS • CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE: o TEMPORARY FACILITIES MIGHT BE ADDED TO THE SITE TO SUPPLEMENT THE UNFINISHED AREAS UNTIL THEY ARE COMPLETED. • 25 MONTHS NOT AFFECTED BY ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY FACILITIES DURATION: 25 MONTHS POTENTIAL SUPPLEMENTAL TEMPORARY FACILITIES (+/- 4000 SQFT) QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS