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Lakeview building referendum passes

COTTONWOOD — Voters in the Lakeview School District passed both questions of a total $10.8 million building bond referendum on Tuesday, according to unofficial vote results.

“We’re really thankful for the community’s support,” said Lakeview Superintendent Chris Fenske. More than 500 people cast votes on the referendum, which will replace part of the school’s roof and HVAC system, along with updating parts of the school’s athletic fields.

“We’re happy with the turnout,” Fenske said.

The two parts of the referendum focused on the 2002 part of the Lakeview School building and on the school athletic fields, respectively. Question 1 of the referendum passed with 436 “yes” votes and 133 “no” votes, Fenske said. Question 1 would replace the roof and rooftop HVAC units, resurface the school parking lot, replace the kitchen freezer and cooler and do other building updates for a cost of $7.865 million.

Question 2 of the referendum passed with 293 “yes” votes and 270 “no” votes, Fenske said. The second referendum question would resurface the Lakeview track, install artificial turf on the football field and convert one softball field to a youth baseball field, for $2.95 million.

“We knew Question 2 was going to be tight,” Fenske said of the vote margin. As Lakeview was planning for the referendum, community members had indicated they were less sure that they would support the updates to the athletic fields. In the lead-up to Tuesday’s vote, Fenske said he had heard lots of questions from community members looking for more information on that part of the proposal.

The next steps for the school district after Tuesday’s vote will be to start the planning work to get construction documents and bid specs together, Fenske said.

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