BUSD approves paving contract for community center

The Bonsall Unified School District board approved a contract with Santa Fe Paving to provide improvements which will allow the Bonsall Community Center to meet current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.

On Jan. 13, the BUSD board voted 4-0, with Timothy Coen absent, to approve the contract for $6,855. The work will include re-striping handicapped parking stalls, installing speed humps in the parking lot, and paving the area between the parking lot and the play area gate.

“It’s not major paving,” said BUSD superintendent Justin Cunningham.

The Bonsall Community Center has between 50 and 60 parking stalls. Six of those parking spaces are reserved for vehicles whose occupants have qualifying disabilities, including two leading to the gate.

The Bonsall Community Center is on Bonsall Unified School District property. On Dec. 11, the BUSD board voted 3-0, with Erin English and Sylvia Tucker absent, to approve a pair of proposals which will convert the gates to “panic hardware” exits. The easier exit in case of emergency was recommended during a recent inspection of the site, and the review also included a conclusion that the school district should pave the current turf pathway between the parking lot and the gate to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards.

Truncated domes will warn motorists about their speed in the parking lot. Santa Fe Paving will clean 252 square feet of existing concrete areas and install approximately 84 linear feet of yellow truncated dome mats three inches wide as needed in four separate locations.

Santa Fe Paving was allowed to start work the day after the

contract was approved by the Bonsall board. Work is to be completed by Feb. 6. “We’re trying to get it done ASAP,” Cunningham said.