[Vision2020] answers....answers.....answers

[Donovan Arnold]

Mr. Curley,

I think this goes to show once again how unclear and how bad of a job the 
school district has done in making sure people get accurate information, on 
both sides of the issue.

You just told me  some things that I did not know but should have.

However, Hummell did do a report. Matrix did their report before Hummell 
years before. That is why the FPC was so mad. It had felt that it did fairly 
account for the Matrix Report, but it was also used input from others 
including Hummell.

Hummell has done the plans for the future HS, and the the two elementary 
schools. Hummell will get the contract if the bond passes. But you are 
correct I know that the MSD does not have to hire them and they do not have 
to build on the Trail site. But we all know that is what is going to happen 
if the plan is successful.

Thanks for your all your input Mike. You have been very helpful in helping 
me to understand more of what the MSD is trying to do.

Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold

>From: "Michael Curley" <curley at turbonet.com>
>Reply-To: curley at turbonet.com
>To: dgray at uidaho.edu,              cjs at turbonet.com,              "Donovan 
>Arnold" <donovanarnold at hotmail.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] answers....answers.....answers
>Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:44:46 -0700
>
>Donovan:
>
>RE our reply to Debbie Gray:
>
> > Also, you should not have the same firm do the study as the one that
> > does the project... What do you think the > results of the study are 
>going to be 99% of the time?
>
>They were not done by the same people/firm.  They were not done
>anywhere close to the same time.  I.E., study done by one firm
>(Matrix, as I recall), architect work done by another (Hummel, I
>think).
>
> >
> > I am not saying Scott is not an honest guy. What I am saying is that
> > the FPC did not take the common sense approach to doing bids.
>
>
>As far as I know THERE ARE NO "BIDS" as such.  If people keep beating
>the on "Bids," that poor old dead horse ain't gonna get a breath
>closer to standing up.   I believe, but am certainly open to
>correction, the District has no commitment to Hummel even if the bond
>passes.  Someone other than I knows the more complete story and
>history, but I can't point you to him--maybe Bob Celebrezze, the high
>school principal (who was on the committee--sorry Bob).  What I think
>might be most ironic here is that, if my memory serves me correctly,
>a big selling (buying?) point of Hummel to some committee members at
>the time of selection was that Hummel was responsible for the
>remodel/rebuild of the Boise high school in its DOWNTOWN.  Some
>members thought they were best suited to give us both sides of the
>story based on their experience (they had also built other non-
>downtown schools).
>
>Mike
>