Nutrition and Maintenance Building Project

Paradise Unified School District is planning the Nutrition and Maintenance Building Project in Paradise, California, to rebuild the nutrition and maintenance facility destroyed in the 2018 Camp Fire on the same site and for the same use as before. The project is identified as a forecast notice rather than a formal solicitation, with no solicitation number, pricing schedule, or contract value provided. The public agency carrying out the work is the Paradise Unified School District, and the primary contact is David McCready, Associate Superintendent, Business Services. The project location is tied to 610 Pearson Road in Paradise, and the district indicates the work will not increase student population. The scope calls for construction of a 5,454-square-foot metal building with a 976-square-foot overhang, along with mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and site improvements. Planned features include a concrete walkway, new asphalt paving, nine parking spaces with ADA upgrades consisting of eight standard stalls and one van stall, and two bicycle parking spaces. The new building will provide storage, office space, utility equipment rooms, and training space. Plumbing work will connect the building wastewater to an existing tank, add a new pump, and install a pump control panel on the west side of the building. Construction is expected to begin in October 2025, last about nine months, and finish in June 2026, with all workers and equipment kept within the project boundaries and contractors required to follow construction noise regulations to minimize disruption to campus operations. The project is supported by a Notice of Exemption under California environmental law, relying on exemptions for emergency replacement and new construction, and referenced attachments include a project location figure, aerial view, and proposed site plans.