SIERRA SANDS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND

PROPOSED ADOPTION

OF INCREASED SCHOOL FACILITIES FEES

         NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Sierra Sands Unified School District will consider input from the public on the proposed adoption of increased school facilities fees on residential, commercial, and industrial construction.

         The proposed increased fees will be levied for the purpose of funding the construction and reconstruction of school facilities necessary to maintain current levels of educational services to children in the district.

         If you wish additional information concerning the above, please contact Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Christina Giraldo at 113 Felspar Avenue, Ridgecrest, CA 93555, or telephone at 760-499-1604.

         The Developer Fee Justification Studies on the proposed increased fees are on file in the Office of the Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, and is available for public review.  Members of the public are invited to provide comment, in writing, on or before August 18, 2016, at the above office.  A public hearing and the Board's consideration of the increased fees is scheduled for its regular meeting of August 18, 2016.  The meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Ridgecrest City Council Chambers, 100 West California Avenue, Ridgecrest 93555.

         Any person challenging in court the decision made at the conclusion of such public hearing may be limited to raising only those issues raised at such hearing or in correspondence delivered to the school district prior to the close of such hearing.

Dated:  August 1, 2016