Title
Supervisor Parlin recommending the Board:
1) Find that a public benefit is derived from supporting the Kelsey Community Association's (KCA) efforts to replace the exterior siding and the rain gutters to prevent more deterioration of the 120-year-old Historic Kelsey Schoolhouse; and
2) Approve and authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to sign a funding Agreement, consistent with the County’s standard form and upon the approval of County Counsel, with the Kelsey Community Association authorizing payment of the $5,000 community funding contribution in support of these efforts.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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Community Funding
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Purpose of the project/organization:
The KCA owns and maintains the Old Kelsey Schoolhouse located at 6440 Garden Valley Road in Garden Valley CA, 95633. The original schoolhouse was built on this site in 1858 near several of the largest mines in the Kelsey Mining District. The original building burned in 1902, and was replaced with the current building. Classes were held in the schoolhouse until 1958, when larger schools were built on the Georgetown Divide. It was also used briefly in the 1980’s as a continuation high school.
Much of the exterior siding and the rain gutters need to be replaced to prevent more deterioration of the 120-year-old building. To secure funds for upkeep of the building, the KCA relies mostly on meager profits from a monthly community breakfast. This event is attended by many Kelsey residents as well as people from other Divide communities. Many of these attended school here or had parents or ancestors who did. Unfortunately, the funds raised are inadequate for the upkeep needed. Plans are underway to replace siding on the building exterior as needed, replace support posts and load beams on two entrance porches, repair or replace windows, replace rain gutters with leaf preventing gutters, replace 30 to 50 year old interior furnishings and appliances, and replace the 40 year old in...
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