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Kasson School Building Reuse
Study |
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Kasson
School Building Reuse Study |
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| Kasson residents interested in
helping to determine the future of the community's historic 1918
school building can participate in a recently initiated reuse study
by logging on to a new project website. Internet users who set their
browsers to
www.kassonschoolreuse.net will find a series of pages describing
the reuse study process, and introducing the team that will lead it.
They will be able follow the progress of the study as it unfolds and
will also have an opportunity to submit their own ideas and opinions
about the building's future by completing an online survey. |
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The historic school belongs to the citizens. As a result, a
professionally managed reuse study involving the entire community is
a critical step in the historic preservation process. A reuse study,
conducted with the support of the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS),
would identify potential reuses as well as financing options,
grants, investors, etc. After conducting a formal reuse planning
process the city, and more importantly its citizens, would be in an
informed position. In addition, in due course, proposals related to
assessments, tax incentives and expectations related to the
project's schedule could be discussed with the project's designer
and developer. The Kasson Alliance presented a proposal for
conducting a reuse study to the City Council on January 9, 2008. The
city responded on May 14, 2008. The city provided a proposal on
January 28, 2008. The Kasson Alliance responded to that proposal on
June 4, 2008. On August 13, 2008,
KARE and the
City signed a settlement agreement that provides the framework
for conducting a jointly funded reuse study.
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KAREs Jan 2008 Reuse Study
Proposal |
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Citys Response
May 14, 2008 |
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KAREs June 4, 2008 Reuse Study Letter |
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Citys
Reuse Study Support Letter Sept 24, 2008 |
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School Reuse Action Committee (SCHRAC) |
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SCHRAC Committee
Application Form |
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School Reuse Study Request for
Proposals |
Proposals for conducting the reuse study were
due February 9, 2009 (see the above RFP for details). The School
Reuse Action Committee (SCHRAC), the City of Kasson and the
National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) choose John Lauber
and Company. Mr. Lauber toured the school on February 23, 2009. He
began meeting with SCHRAC in March 2009. His team visited the city
again in early June 2009 to interview citizens and conduct a
communtiy workshop. A draft report was issued on September 23,
2009 and a final report will be published in late October.
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John Lauber's Reuse Study Proposal
(adopted) |
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1918 School
Questionnaire |
Please fill out the questionnaire and mail it to
KARE at 122 West Main St., Suite 2, Kasson, MN 55944 or email your
input to KassonAlliance@Kmtel.com or call KARE with your comments,
507-365-8324. Thank you!
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1918 Kasson School Final Reuse Study Report |
This project has been funded in part
by a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the
Preservation Alliance of Minnesota.
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Final
Reuse Study Main Report |
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Appendix A: Building description, history, architecture, floor
plans, pictures |
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Appendix B: Reuse plans, conceptual drawings and cost estimates |
Appendix C: Reuse funding sources, financial analysis of reuse
options including a
Community Center/Library/Apartments/Senior Housing/Artist Live/Work
Facility |
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Appendix D: Coordination with developers, additional housing reuse
analysis |
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Information on the Kasson School |
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Library and
City Hall Plan: Kasson School |
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Kasson
School Plat Map |
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Kasson School
Floor Plan |
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Basement Floor Plan Kasson School |
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2nd and 3rd Floor Plan Kasson School |
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First Floor Plan Heating Kasson School |
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First Floor Plan Electric Kasson School |
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Partial
Floor Plans Kasson School |
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Heating
Details Kasson School |
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Subbasement
Plan Kasson school |
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Second
Floor Plan Kasson School |
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Example
Reuse Study Reports |
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Morris MN School
Reuse Study RFP |
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Morris,
MN School Reuse Study Report (Very large file) |
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Red
Wing MN Reuse Study Report |
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School Building Reuse
Examples |
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Brainerd, MN School Converted to Art Center |
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Red Wing, MN School
Converted to Condiminiums |
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Cannon
Falls, MN School Converted to Apartments |
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Winona, MN
School Converted to Apartments |
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Little
Falls, MN School Converted to Apartments |
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Bozeman, MT School
Converted to Arts Center |
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Mpls, MN Sidney Pratt School Converted to Comm Ed Center
(pdf) |
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Walla Walla, WA
School Concerted to Apartments |
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Lodi, CA School Converted To Community Center |
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Ajo, AZ School Converted to
Artist Center |
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Durango, CO
School Converted to Multiple-Uses |
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New York School
Converted to Arts Center |
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Mpls, MN School Converted
to Business Center |
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Sustainable Stewardship: Embodied Energy |
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Richard Moe, President of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation, describes embodied energy
as follows:
"Buildings are vast repositories of
energy. It takes energy to manufacture or extract building
materials, more energy to transport them to a construction site,
still more energy to assemble them into a building. All of that
energy is embodied in the finished structure - and if the structure
is demolished and landfilled, the energy locked up in it is totally
wasted. What's more, the process of demolition itself uses more
energy - and, of course, the construction of a new building in its
place uses more yet."
The Historic 1918
Kasson School is comprised of approximately 30,000 square feet. The
school has approximately 48 Billion BTUs of energy embodied within
its construction materials. That is the equivalent of 384,000
gallons of gasoline. If you tear the building down, all of
that embodied energy is wasted. Demolishing the school would
create approximately 2,400 tons of waste headed to a landfill.
After the building is gone, constructing a new building it its place
requires more energy usage and it also uses more natural resources
and releases new pollutants and greenhouse gases into our
environment. It is estimated that constructing a new
30,000-square-foot building to replace the school releases about the
same amount of carbon into the atmosphere as driving a car 1.7
million miles.
Richard sums up
embodied energy as:
"You
might think that all the energy used in demolishing an older
building and replacing it is offset by the increased energy
efficiency of the new building - but that's simply not true. Recent
research indicates that even if 40% of the materials are recycled,
it takes approximately 65 years for a green, energy-efficient new
office building to recover the energy lost in demolishing an
existing building. And let's face it: Most new buildings aren't
designed to last anywhere near 65 years."
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report from the Brookings Institution projects that by 2030 we will
have demolished and replaced nearly 1/3 of all existing buildings,
largely because the vast majority of them weren't designed and built
to last any longer. How much energy will it take to demolish and
replace those buildings? Enough to power the entire state of
California for 10 years."
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Other School Reuse
Information |
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National
Trust: Saving
Historic Neighborhood Schools |
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MN Historical
Society Reuse Planning Info |
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