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The Hawks got an early jump on the NBA trade deadline with the acquisition of Ersan Ilyasova from the 76ers in exchange for Tiago Splitter on Wednesday. The teams agreed on the deal in the early evening and announced it hours later.

The Hawks will also send two 2017 second-round picks to the 76ers their own and one they own from the Heat. The Hawks will get the 76ers 2017 second-round pick they hold from the Warriors.

The deal comes before the NBA trade deadline of Thursday at 3 p.m. The team will still be active in looking to make additions ahead of the deadline, according to a person familiar with the situation.

We are excited to welcome Ersan, and his family, to the Atlanta Hawks, Hawks coach and president of basketball operations Mike Budenholzer said in a statement. Hes a high-character, proven veteran who weve liked for many years and believe fits well within our system. We also want to thank Tiago for his contributions on and off the court. We wish him all the best in the future.

The Hawks wanted to add to an offense that comes out of the All-Star break 26th in the league in efficiency. Ilyasova, a 6-foot-10 forward, is averaging 14.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 26.9 minutes in 56 games with the 76ers and Thunder this season. In 53 games with the 76ers, including 40 starters, he shot .440 from the field and .359 from 3-point range.

Ilyasova has played nine NBA seasons, including stints with the Bucks, Pistons and Magic, with averages of 11.0 points and 6.0 rebounds. He was a second-round pick (No. 36 overall) by the Bucks in 2005 from Turkey. He also spent two years playing in Spain. Ilyasova, 29, will be an unrestricted free agent following the season.

Ilyasova shot about 40 percent after being acquired by the 76ers in November. His shooting has tailed off to 35.6 percent in February. His 3-point shooting dropped to 35.4 percent in January and 23.4 percent in February.

I am not going to say its just because of free agency, Ilyasova told CSN Philadelphia before the All-Star break. You have 82 games, you cant play perfect. Sometimes you have good games and bad games. Last week I was kind of out of rhythm and missed a lot of shots.

Ilyasova, who will wear No. 7, gives the Hawks some depth at the power forward position behind Paul Millsap and a player capable of spreading the court.

I want to thank Ersan Ilyasova for his positive contributions to this organization both on and off the basketball court, 76ers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo said in a statement. Ersan is a true professional whose daily examples of hard work, focus and consistency have helped facilitate the ongoing growth of our program and culture.

Splitter had an injury plagued two seasons with the Hawks after he was acquired in a trade with the Spurs. The center has not played a game this season due to hip and calf injuries. He played just 36 games last season before undergoing season-ending hip surgery. Splitter had an $8.5 million salary this season and will become an unrestricted free agent after the season.

Splitter has been rehabbing all season from the hip surgery. He suffered a setback with the calf injury that has prevented him from playing. He has been progressing and getting closer to a return to the court.

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Many NFL teams script their first 15 (or more) plays before a game starts to focus on getting a few fundamental concepts right. Whether they want to attack a particular defensive player or scheme, exploit a perceived weakness or simply drill down on the offensive elements they think are most critical to winning, they pay particularly close attention to the plays they'll start with on Sunday as they wrap up the week.

Bill Barnwell takes a division-by-division look at moves each NFL franchise should make this offseason.

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Likewise, organizations need to pay attention to the first few critical things they do during the 2017 offseason, as those might end up defining the year to come. Some teams have a lot to do before the new league year begins March 9, while others won't have to make critical calls until the first day of the NFL draft on April 27.

In this two-week series for ESPN, I'll be running through the first five things that should be running through each team's mind as it prepares for the 2017 offseason.

Let's get to the NFC West, where we have a near-dynasty, a team that unexpectedly fell apart last season and two teams that overhauled their coaching staffs in a hope to return to relevance ...

1. Pick up Deone Bucannon's fifth-year option. The Cardinals were ahead of the curve in using a first-round pick on Bucannon, who is maybe the best example of the hybrid linebacker/safety combinations that continue to sprout around the league. Arizona will want to keep him around for the long term, but it'll at least get Bucannon for another season in 2018.

2. Franchise Chandler Jones. The trade for Jones may not have put the Cardinals over the hump the way that they surely expected last offseason, but the former Patriots star delivered on his end of the bargain. Jones stayed healthy, making it through all 16 games for the second time in his career, while finishing with 11 sacks and 21 knockdowns. He also drew enough attention to make things easier for Markus Golden, who broke out with a 12.5-sack season across from Jones.

Arizona's in a difficult financial spot because of the heavy investments made in Carson Palmer and Larry Fitzgerald, who are due a combined $40 million on the cap in 2017. General manager Steve Keim was likely overaggressive in giving Palmer a one-year extension in August. Had the Cardinals not re-signed Palmer, they could have cut him this offseason and freed nearly $12 million in cap room. Instead, Palmer's contract is stuck on the Arizona ledger, with his $24.1 million cap hit ranking as the third-highest in football behind Tony Romo (who won't be playing under that cap hit) and Joe Flacco. Had Palmer retired, Arizona would have owed a staggering $28.8 million.

The Cardinals have suggested they will choose to franchise Jones. The tag would cost them $17 million this season, which the Cardinals could use as leverage for a long-term deal while waiting until they get cap relief in 2018. After next season, Fitzgerald will be a free agent and Palmer can be cut with just $6.3 million in dead money remaining. Jones likely will aim to get Von Miller money, which isn't out of the question. Miller will earn $60.5 million over the first three seasons of his extension with the Broncos, and if the Cardinals wanted to go year-to-year with their star edge rusher, they would owe $66.8 million for three consecutive franchise tags. Keim likely will need to hit that $60 million mark in guarantees to keep Jones in the desert past 2018.

3. Create additional cap room. Keim probably needs to create extra space, given Step 4. The Cardinals have $35.5 million in room at the moment, but that will drop to $18.5 million if they franchise Jones. They'll gain an additional $7.2 million if Daryl Washington remains ineligible, but Arizona might just want to move on from the long-suspended inside linebacker, a move which would instead create $4.7 million in cap room.

Besides Washington, the Cardinals will have to make some tough calls. With the news that Arizona intends to flip its tackles and move D.J. Humphries to the left side, Jared Veldheer's $10 million cap hit looks untenable. Keim could create $6.8 million in space by releasing the former Raiders pickup. (Remember when the Raiders were a laughingstock by letting Veldheer and Lamarr Houston leave?)

Justin Bethel is a star special-teamer, but he has hardly been playable at cornerback. The player Bruce Arians called "a failure in progress" in December has a $5.3 million cap hit, with $3.8 million shaking free if he's released. I suspect the Cardinals will keep him, in part because Bethel's penciled in to start at cornerback in 2017, but they may force him to take a pay cut. In all, if Washington stays suspended and Keim cuts Veldheer and Bethel as suggested, the Cardinals would free up an additional $17.8 million.

4. Figure out who among the rest of the defensive pieces you want to retain. Including Jones, six of the seven Arizona players who led the defense in snaps last year are free agents. The only returning player from that group is Patrick Peterson. Inside linebacker Kevin Minter, safeties Tony Jefferson and D.J. Swearinger, cornerback Marcus Cooper, and two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Calais Campbell are unrestricted free agents this offseason. And that's without including depth pieces like Frostee Rucker and Alex Okafor, who were starters in 2015 and will hit the market. (Rucker could retire.)

It's difficult to imagine a win-now team like the Cardinals losing a superstar like Campbell, who is perennially one of the most underrated players in the league and hasn't slipped much despite turning 30 this past season. Given that teams like the Buccaneers and Titans can and would likely offer Campbell in excess of $13 million per year without batting an eye, though, can the Cardinals really afford to re-sign him given their other needs? They might instead decide to let Campbell go, hope that Robert Nkemdiche shows more after a frustrating rookie season, and bring back younger talents like Minter and Jefferson with the money they've saved. Jefferson, who was tied for second in the league in tackles for loss, might be the best safety on the market if Eric Berry re-signs with the Chiefs.

There's an alternate path that might be interesting. The Cardinals could choose to bring back Campbell via the franchise tag, re-sign Jefferson, Minter and Okafor, and take a swing at Swearinger or Cooper before targeting a released veteran or two in free agency. They could do all of that by letting Jones leave town. It would seem like a waste, but remember that the Cardinals are likely to recoup a high compensatory pick for doing so. If the Cardinals stay out of free agency, Arizona would pick up a third-rounder in the 2018 draft as compensation for losing Jones. In essence, given that they wanted to wash their hands of guard Jonathan Cooper (who subsequently failed to suit up for the Patriots), they would have dealt a second-round pick in the 2017 draft to New England for a year of Jones and a third-round pick in 2019.

The Broncos could use a more experienced QB such as Matt Barkley, and adding Jason Pierre-Paul might vault the Bengals back to the playoffs. Who would provide a boost to the other 30 teams?

Should the Patriots franchise Dont'a Hightower? How should the Vikings handle Adrian Peterson's contract? Doling out advice on the league's top upcoming roster decisions.

From Romo to Garoppolo, AD to JPP, Alshon to Dont'a, plenty of big-name players could be on the move this offseason. Where will they all end up? Our roundtable of experts makes predictions.

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Cardinals president Michael Bidwill has said the team intends to franchise Jones if it can't come to terms with him on a long-term deal, but Bidwill might be saying that as a negotiation ploy. Given Golden's breakout season, the Cardinals might just want to rely on the former Mizzou standout as their primary pass-rusher, bring back as much of the defense as possible, and let Jones leave after one season.

5. Find a receiving tight end. Arizona has basically gotten nothing out of the tight end position recently, with Troy Niklas struggling with injuries after being taken in the second round of the 2014 draft, while Darren Fells has been a replacement-level contributor. Starter Jermaine Gresham is a free agent this year, and the Cardinals will want to find a better option to work in the red zone. They probably won't be able to afford Julius Thomas even if he's released by the Jaguars, although a Thomas-for-Veldheer swap could make some sense. Keim might want to take a one-year flier on a player like Jacob Tamme or look for someone with soft hands in the draft.

1. Pick up Aaron Donald's fifth-year option. Send the paperwork in twice, just in case.

2. Re-sign Trumaine Johnson. Los Angeles probably regrets letting go of Janoris Jenkins, who had an excellent season with the Giants. The Rams can't afford to lose both Jenkins and Johnson, their other starting cornerback -- but keeping him won't be cheap. The Rams already franchised Johnson a year ago, so a second consecutive franchise tag would take Johnson to $16.5 million, which would make him the second-most expensive cornerback in the league behind Josh Norman.

The Rams won't want to do that, and Johnson's representation will know as much. Jenkins received $39.7 million over the first three seasons of his new deal from the Giants, and Johnson's going to top that mark. New defensive coordinator Wade Phillips made his hay in Denver with a trio of great cornerbacks -- Aqib Talib, Chris Harris Jr. and Bradley Roby -- and while the Rams will try to develop Lamarcus Joyner and E.J. Gaines, neither has looked to be on Johnson's level. Even if it means letting free-agent safety T.J. McDonald leave town, the Rams probably need to commit to Johnson.

3. Try to gather compensatory picks. Rams general manager Les Snead doesn't have a lot of flexibility, given that his first- and third-round picks are on their way to Tennessee as part of the Jared Goff trade. The Rams weren't contenders last year, but they need to resist the urge to go after veteran free agents in the hope of a quick fix. They're going to need to rebuild around Goff with young talent.

To that end, the Rams probably need to avoid signing players who will infringe upon the formula for compensatory selections. They'll also want to let a few of their veterans leave, which means McDonald and Kenny Britt could hit the market. Johnson would recoup the highest pick, likely a third-rounder, but McDonald and Britt should get the Rams started with extra selections in 2018.

4. Build an offensive line around Goff. Snead and his predecessors have spent more than a decade trying to construct some sort of protective bubble for their quarterbacks, but it hasn't worked. Some of the problems were Goff's fault, given how the first overall pick looked lost for most of his abbreviated rookie campaign. The Cal product poasted a staggering 11.3 percent sack rate in 2016; that's the seventh-worst era-adjusted sack rate since 2000 for guys with 200 attempts or more. Case Keenum posted a far more plausible 6.3 percent sack rate.

The most notable failure on the line is 2014 second overall pick Greg Robinson, who has committed a league-high 35 penalties over the past three seasons and became a healthy scratch at points in 2016. New coach Sean McVay might move Robinson off Goff's blindside, but that just leaves a crater at the line's most important position with no obvious replacement or path to one.

Realistically, the Rams are going to have to use their second-round pick on a lineman or shop in the bargain bin for offensive linemen who were cut by other teams. They should seriously consider Branden Albert if the Dolphins part ways with their starting left tackle. Signing Albert, 32, doesn't exactly fit with Los Angeles' long-term timeline, but the Rams desperately need to create an infrastructure within which Goff can develop. They otherwise run the risk of turning Goff into the next Tim Couch or David Carr, quarterbacks who developed bad habits and lengthy injury histories while under fire at the beginning of their careers.

5. Be patient. Los Angeles is in a tough spot. It surely wants to develop a competitive team to attract fans in its new home, but the moves it has made haven't panned out. Goff was a mess as a rookie. Todd Gurley was wildly disappointing during his second season. Tavon Austin's contract is horrific, one of the worst in football given his production. The Rams are stuck in a division with a dominant Seahawks team and a Cardinals squad which should be better in 2017. They feel years away from the playoffs.

Whatever the Rams do this offseason probably isn't going to make a huge difference, and that should be OK. Goff will be better as a sophomore. Gurley will break off more big runs in 2017. Austin might thrive in the Jamison Crowder role under McVay. They still have a great defensive line, and in Phillips, they have arguably the best defensive coordinator in the league. Los Angeles will probably be better in 2017. That should be enough for now.

1. Re-sign Eric Reid. One of the few promising young players on the San Francisco roster, Reid has been relatively effective as a pro while struggling with injuries. He has suffered multiple concussions and missed the final six games of the 2016 season with a torn biceps. Reid's in the fifth-year option of his rookie deal, and the 49ers might have to pay a premium to keep him from testing the open market next season, but they will likely have in excess of $100 million in cap space with which to work. The 49ers might also try to bring back Jeremy Kerley, who was a useful slot receiver for $760,000 last season.

2. Resist the urge to do something dramatic at quarterback with the second overall pick. If Colin Kaepernick opts out as expected, the 49ers will literally have no quarterback on their roster. Blaine Gabbert, Christian Ponder and Thaddeus Lewis are unrestricted free agents, and they wouldn't exactly inspire confidence if they were on the roster. Coach Kyle Shanahan and GM John Lynch have two paths to a new quarterback: the No. 2 pick or free agency.

It's possible that the brain trust could fall in love with Mitch Trubisky or Deshaun Watson and decide to take one of them with the second overall pick. It would be aggressive given that the league-wide perception, at least at this point, seems to be that neither Trubisky nor Watson is that highly rated. Some have suggested that the 49ers send the pick to the Patriots to acquire Jimmy Garoppolo, which might be even more aggressive, given that the organization would then need to pay its new quarterback to keep him in town after the 2017 season. It's also way out of line with what teams have paid for emerging backups like Garoppolo in the past.

The 49ers also possess the 34th pick, which would be a more plausible and palatable offer for Garoppolo, who has attempted only 94 career passes. They could also pursue one of the options available in free agency, with the ability to outbid anybody for a quarterback like Tyrod Taylor or Jay Cutler. Kaepernick could very well decide to return if he doesn't like his market. There are options here.

There are two things to keep in mind, however. One is the enormous opportunity cost of trading away the No. 2 pick for a quarterback. Not only would they be making their most important guess as an organization with the very first pick they have, but they're incurring an enormous opportunity cost by not using that pick elsewhere. The 49ers have so many needs that the second overall pick could fill -- most of the defenders likely to go in the top eight would make sense for a team that was 28th in defensive DVOA last season -- that they basically have to be 100 percent sure about a quarterback to justify the selection.

And the other one is that this is a group of coaches and executives that will be learning on the fly. Which brings us to:

3. Actually, resist the urge to do something drastic in general. Shanahan has never been a head coach at any level. Lynch has never even held a personnel job, having transitioned immediately from his time as a player to an announcing career. Defensive coordinator Robert Saleh has never been a coordinator at any level and didn't even have his own positional room until 2014.

None of this is to say that the new guys are doomed to fail, and the 49ers can't be much worse than the 2-14 mark they posted last season. It is fair to say, though, that there will be a learning curve. Everybody running this team will know a lot more about how to do their jobs in a year than they do right now. Given how late in the cycle they had to hire Shanahan, the 49ers might very well want to hire two different coordinators next year. Making bold decisions right now might seem foolish in 2018.

Patience is a dangerous virtue to espouse for a team on its fourth head coach in four years, but the 49ers gave Lynch and Shanahan six-year contracts under the idea that this rebuild is going to take a while. This team is almost definitely not one quarterback away from contention, unless Aaron Rodgers is suddenly on the market. (They should trade for Aaron Rodgers if he's on the market.)

The other benefit to waiting on a long-term quarterback decision is that Shanahan's oft-discussed affinity for Kirk Cousins could come in handy next year. If the rumors are true that Cousins is disgruntled in D.C., Washington will basically have to let him leave after the 2017 season. Cousins' franchise tag of $23.9 million this season would be feasible, but there's no way Washington can realistically pay their passer $34.4 million on a one-year deal for 2018. San Francisco could then sign Cousins without having to give up any draft picks. It's also likely that the 2018 quarterback draft class will be better than this year's bunch.

4. Pursue defensive help. The 49ers will want to target players who are going to hit their peak in two to three seasons, so their goal should be to look for young talents who can help one of the league's worst defenses. This is a relatively deep class of defenders in free agency, so the 49ers should have a few options.

The 49ers desperately need a pass-rusher; Aaron Lynch went through a lost 2016 season, combining a four-game suspension with a high ankle sprain, and the only San Francisco defender who shone as a pass-rusher was rookie DeForest Buckner. San Francisco could take some risk on Nick Perry, who broke out last season, and the 49ers could be in line to go after Patriots rotation end Jabaal Sheard. Both Perry and Sheard are 26, which is the age range the Niners should be targeting.

Behind Perry and Sheard, the Niners need to spend on a cornerback after years of letting the position fester. The 25-year-old A.J. Bouye makes sense, and the 49ers could be the team that goes after Stephon Gilmore or Logan Ryan, both of whom are 26. The Niners aren't going to fix their defense overnight, but making one or two additions this offseason is wise.

5. Re-sign Carlos Hyde. The 49ers probably don't need to treat Hyde like a superstar back, but he has been useful enough amid some pretty middling offenses, and it would mean that at least some small number of fans in the stands at Levi's won't have to buy new jerseys over the next 18 months. Hyde's an unrestricted free agent after the 2017 season, and his injury history suggests that the 49ers probably won't have to pay him like a superstar to keep him in San Francisco.

1. Re-evaluate left tackle. And left guard. And right gua ... You get the idea. I was tempted to just make each of the five items on this list a different offensive line spot, but that's no fun. It's safe to say that Pete Carroll, John Schneider, and Tom Cable need to re-evaluate their plans up front, given how bad the offensive line was in 2016. Sheil Kapadia wrote in January about Seattle's offensive line philosophy, noting how the Seahawks want to draft and develop offensive linemen while trying to find buy-low opportunities from other teams.

That's great in theory, but the Seahawks haven't been able to pull it off. Their offensive line is a mess, and it's time for them to shift -- at least a little bit -- in a different direction. It's reasonable to give 2016 first-rounder Germain Ifedi more time to develop at guard, and Justin Britt has been decent at center when healthy, but it's downright dangerous to go into 2017 with George Fant at left tackle.

There will be plenty of left tackle options available. Russell Okung, the team's former starter on the blind side, will be a free agent if Denver declines his option. Branden Albert's likely going to leave Miami. Kelvin Beachum was cut by the Jaguars. Andrew Whitworth's a free agent and was still playing at a high level for the Bengals. Jason Peters could be available via trade from the Eagles. None of these players represent long-term answers at left tackle, but the Seahawks haven't shown much aptitude for solving their O-line problems in recent years.

2. Leave the Jimmy Graham contract alone. Somehow, all options are on the table for the Seahawks and their tight end, who delivered a surprisingly effective 2016 season after rupturing his patellar tendon in 2015. As Graham enters the final year of the four-year, $40 million deal he signed with the Saints before the 2014 campaign, the Seahawks could conceivably decide to keep Graham around by signing him to an extension. They also could feasibly cut Graham to free up cap space in the hopes of addressing another position. Not that any positions come to mind.

The best option seems to be keeping Graham on his current deal for another year. His $10 million cap hit is tenable given Seattle's current cap situation, and as Graham hits the wrong side of 30, the Seahawks might be better off drafting a tight end to team with Graham this year before taking over for the four-time Pro Bowler next season. The Seahawks can also franchise Graham in 2018 if he has a stellar season.

3. Add depth at defensive tackle. Otherwise, truthfully, the Seahawks don't really have much to write about. They're going to continue to do what they do with their core of talent, and while they've made surprising trades in the past, there's no obvious weakness on the roster requiring attention. They perennially cycle through veterans at defensive tackle, so it wouldn't be a surprise to see them target a couple of veterans to play behind Jarran Reed and Ahtyba Rubin. They're already planning to meet with former Dolphins tackle Earl Mitchell, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see them give Jags free agent Tyson Alualu a look.

4. Draft a strongside linebacker. Carroll is set at linebacker with Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright, but the Seahawks need somebody to play in their base packages with Michael Morgan hitting free agency. Morgan played less than 13 percent of the defensive snaps last season, so it's not a huge position of need, but the Seahawks would love to draft a physical linebacker who can also take some of the load off Wagner and Wright as a reserve.

5. Target Adrian Peterson or Jamaal Charles in free agency if their market crashes. Thomas Rawls was effective as a rookie, but he struggled mightily last season and has missed chunks of each of his first two pro seasons with injuries. There's still plenty of promise, but Rawls might end up as a better fit in a situational role.

The Seahawks have a pair of interesting backups in C.J. Prosise and Alex Collins, but Prosise profiles more as a receiving back, at least thus far in his career. I don't think anybody would have done well behind the Seahawks' awful 2016 offensive line, but if Peterson or Charles (both of whom presumably will be cut) want to try to rebuild their value on a one-year deal, Seattle would be a fascinating place for one of them.

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Estimated capital construction expenses of $7.845 million for Rome Free Academy and $3.145 million for Staley Upper Elementary are among potential projects in a review of needs for Rome school district buildings.

RFA, Staley and RFA Stadium are among sites to be focused on as the school district continues down the road of reinvesting and updating its facilities, says Chris Crolius, a partner in March Associates, the districts architect.

The needs at the stadium include turf replacement and track reconstruction.

A possible longer-range project would involve about $4.45 million in additional work at Strough Middle School, beyond a current $25.4 million renovation that is underway, said Crolius.

RFA, Staley and Strough comprised the majority of the overall $16.7 million in projected expenses in a building condition survey report that Crolius summarized for the Board of Education last week. When various related contingency expenses and incidental costs are included, the total projection is about $21.7 million.

The survey is conducted every five years and required by the state to help districts with long-range planning of renovation projects. The survey addresses capital expenses anticipated through 2020-21 excluding maintenance.

No work was identified for the districts six elementary schools for grades K-4, which all have undergone major renovations within the past 10 years through publicly approved bonding referendums. The project costs have been heavily reimbursed through state aid.

From the report, nothing is of an emergency nature. Nothing has to be done right now, board President Paul Fitzpatrick said after the meeting.

At some point the district may seek to put out a referendum for the projects, he added, but he does not see it happening this year.

Crolius called the report a working document...kind of a drive-by evaluation of facilities. He added a lot of dialogue needs to take place on the report including with the school boards buildings and grounds committee. It obviously needs to have your input, he told the board.

Among the findings of anticipated expenses:

RFA No unsatisfactory items were identified, but some building features and systems are nearing the age for replacement/upgrade; the RFA facility at Griffiss park opened in 2002.

A roofing project should be considered for the pool roof and other areas. Also, flashing should be addressed in an area which has experienced leaking, the report observed. Further sidewalk and pavement replacement also was called for.

In addition, various surfaces like gym floors and the running track are nearing the end of their useful life, according to observations. Also identified were a number of mechanical and electrical items, including the auditoriums lighting systems which have recently had issues.

For the separate RFA Stadium support facility off Turin Street, improvements there would need to be done in conjunction with a project at the RFA school in order to receive state aid, the report said. It estimates $720,000 for needs at the stadium support facility area.

Staley No unsatisfactory items were identified, but areas to be addressed include upgrades for locker rooms, plus various flooring-related needs along with miscellaneous mechanical and electrical upgrades. Further pavement/sidewalk replacement is needed.

The district will likely be focusing on RFA and Staley as the next buildings to undertake capital projects, as a result of aidability and needs, the summary said.

Strough Items not in the current renovation project include masonry pointing, additional parking/paving, and window replacement. The site would not be eligible for further state building aid within the next five years once the current project is completed, the report added.

Overall, the building condition survey evaluates building components and systems, but not the requirements that may be needed to address shifting populations, new technology or educational program changes, the summary said.

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ANDERSON Two local companies have submitted the apparent low bids for installation of a new heating and air conditioning system for the Madison County Government Center.

The Madison County commissioners on Tuesday took the bids under advisement along with bids for installing new lighting in the courthouse.

A decision on the awarding of the contracts is expected on Wednesday.

Consultant Terry Burnworth of Pyramid Architecture recommended the commissioners accept the low bids because of the need to complete the cooling work by the end of March.

Burnworth said a new cooling tower and water-cooled three compressor chiller are expected to be delivered next week.

Lehmans Mechanical Contractors was previously awarded contracts to deliver the cooling tower at a cost of $64,000 and the compressor at a cost of $119,400.

Burnworth estimated the cost of replacing the heating and cooling systems at $1 million.

Lehmans Mechanical Contractors submitted a combined bid for the installation of the heating and cooling systems and the new controls at $1,045,088. Five alternate bids included a new water heater, roof fans, manual dampers, connecting the Information Technology cooling system and fourth-floor cooling units. Lehmans bid for the alternates was $252,200.

Lehmans was the only company bidding on the installation work.

Enervise LLC of Cincinnati bid $299,475 for the controls for the system and two alternates.

Fredericks of Pendleton submitted the only bid for the electrical work on the heating and cooling system at $64,000.

Two bids were received to replace the courthouse lighting Fredericks, $125,300 and Eag-Led of Tampa, $199,500.

In other business:

The commissioners approved a lease with the Richland Township Fire Department for storing and manning of the countys HazMat truck at $1 per year.

Tom Ecker, director of the Madison County Emergency Management Agency, said the Anderson Fire Department had stored and manned the truck at Station 4 until January. AFD said that when the HazMat team was dispatched, it took a truck out of service in Anderson.

County Engineer Chuck Leser said Madison County spent $2,660,659 to pave 25 miles of road in 2016.

Leser said the work was completed by Milestone Construction and included the $1 million grant the county received through the Indiana Department of Transportations Community Crossing grant program.

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BATAVIA It isnt criminal, but the HVAC system installed in the Genesee County Sheriffs Office administration building as it was constructed a decade ago hasnt performed to expectations.

Operations such as central dispatch, evidence storage and other essentials have not been compromised by the inconsistent heating and air conditioning at the center of a $7,870 consultant agreement approved Wednesday by the Genesee County Legislature.

Clark Patterson Lee, a Rochester-based firm, will prepare the final construction documents and specifications required to complete the HVAC improvements at the administration building, built for $4.8 million over 2006 and 2007.

Sheriff Bill Sheron and Legislature Chairman Ray Cianfrini both said the issues with climate control at the Park Road facility began soon after it opened. While a system controlling the communications center and the core of the building works, the exterior ring of offices for administrators and the sheriffs civil and detectives bureaus can vary wildly.

Its the inconsistency of the heating and air conditioning, Sheron said.

Its been a continuous (problem), said Cianfrini, who compared the system to a car-buyer getting a lemon.

Even with computer-controlled systems, energy balancing and the installation of a second boiler, those offices have had issues. Attempts at legal recourses against the contractors and project designers went nowhere, County Manager Jay Gsell said.

The building was well-built, but its the climate control that continues to vex us.

Legislators were largely frustrated by the condition of the HVAC system. Its a building thats less than 10 years old, Legislator Ed DeJaneiro, Jr. said.

Who designed this, DeJaneiro said. It was a bad design, lets remember when we design the next building to not have the same architects.

Can we confirm that the construction design team is or its not the same one as the consultant, asked Legislator Shelley Stein.

Those people are not involved, Gsell replied.

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Several current television programs depict home-flippers who buy a run-down property, do some remodeling and then sell it for a substantial profit. Many homeowners watching get the impression they can easily duplicate those results.

While virtually any home improvement adds value to a home, the catch is that the value added by the upgrades usually does not equal the amount spent on the project.

Attorney and home expert Ilona Bray, writing fornolo.com, explains that professional home-flippers have contacts and experience that give them an edge. She writes rather than planning to make money on remodeling projects, the goal of most homeowners should be to enjoy the improvements while they live there.

Here are some suggestions forhome improvements that will add valueand enjoyment without sending you to the poorhouse.

Start with maintenance

There is little point in spending $40,000 on an amazing kitchen remodel if your homes roof is leaking. If you want to boost the resale value of your home or just make it better for your family,hgtv.comrecommends hiring an inspector to check out the areas of your home that you dont normally see. A trained inspector can find hidden problems that could negatively impact your homes value. Small problems like a minor water leak can become big, expensive problems quickly. Focus on the structure before worrying about design.

Improve curb appeal

Your house makes a first impression quickly, so sprucing up its outdoor appearance is a smart investment, writes Bray. You can start with a landscape upgrade by trimming overgrown trees and bushes, adding colorful flowers, edging sidewalks and driveways, and just making sure everything looks tidy and neat.

Garage door replacement

Remodeling magazines 2016 Cost vs. Value reportshowed homeowners can expect to recoup more than 90 percent of the cost of replacing a garage door. That was the higher-return for projects on upscale homes and significantly higher than a major kitchen remodel, which returned 61.5 percent of its cost, or a basement remodel which provided a 70.4 percent return on cost. Best of all, a garage door replacement is among the least expensive improvements included in the report.

Todays garage doors come in a range of styles and materials. Steel, wood, aluminum, vinyl and fiberglass are all options, as well as insulated, uninsulated and wind load models made to withstand severe weather. Anexperienced garage door retailercan help you find a door that matches your home and your budget.

Bathrooms and kitchens on a budget

While luxury bathrooms and beautiful professional kitchens make homeowners and buyers swoon, full kitchen and bath remodels carry hefty price tags. Instead of trying to make wholesale changes,hgtv.comsuggests you start by swapping out just one item, such as a stained sink or ancient microwave for shiny new stainless models. Painting or refinishing existing cabinetry will cost less than replacing them with custom and can still give your kitchen or bathroom an newly remodeled vibe.

Whether you arereplacing a garage dooror adding on a new master suite, Bray cautions home improvements should conform to the existing style of the home and of the neighborhood norms.

A general rule is that the more personal your choices are meaning theyre made to suit your particular lifestyle or taste the less likely they are to have a positive effect on resale value, she writes.

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A model kitchen, if ever there was one: Two full and distinct ones are on display, along with a comprehensive library of cabinetry, granite, tile and lighting.

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Anyone who has tried to coordinate the remodeling of their own kitchen or bathroom has learned a thing or two about juggling. If they could catch the perfect floor tile in one hand, maybe they could coordinate a contractor with the other while synchronizing the sink and cabinetry with their two feet.

The typical motivationto save moneyby going piecemeal in a super-sized home center with a handyman does not typically pay off, according to Neil Maday, owner of Greenwood Cabinets & Stone, a full-service design and sales showroom in Littleton.

They all assume that were going to be more expensive, when in fact were actually the same or less for twice the service, he said. Those stores make a killing on special orders.

Contrast those hardware superstores with Greenwood, a showroom that manages the sales, design and installation of almost everythingincluding the kitchen sink.

Its almost one-stop shopping, Maday said. We coordinate the whole damn thing.

The few things Greenwood does not do for kitchens and bathroomshardwood flooring and painting, for exampleare referred to a team of the firms trusted contractors.

We only recommend companies we know are going to follow through and do a great job through years of relationships, Maday said.

When it comes to the actual products, Greenwood prides itself on diversity by servicing mid to upper budgets in both new builds and redesigns, working in both newer and older homes, and with smaller and larger layouts, designing the planned rooms from scratch and then bringing them to life with electricity and running water.

Wendy and Neil Maday, at right, with team members Connie Smith and Cathie Coleman in the Greenwood Cabinets & Stone showroom. Photos by Peter Jones

While it is important for a business to limit itself to where it can provide the best qualityhence Greenwoods absence from carpeting and living roomsaccording to Maday, too much of his industry has taken the idea of limits in a direction that do not serve customers.

Where they stop short is they dont provide the full-service installation of electrical, plumbing, drywall and cabinets, he said. And having a showroom is a tremendous benefit. There are a number of companies that work out of a warehouse.

To put together the often confounding puzzle of a new kitchen, two full and distinct examples are on display in that showroom. Alongside is a comprehensive library of books for additional mix and match in cabinetry, granite, tile, lighting and more.

There are thousands of choices. We help coordinate that at no additional charge, Maday said, noting Greenwoods use of design software to make it all happen.

This sort of work was never part of Madays life design. Having grown up in northern Michigan, he had always expected to be building cars, rather than kitchens.

But I got out of college when the recession was really bad in Detroit, he said.

That led him back to his fathers kitchen-bath business, and at age 19 on a ski trip to Breckenridge, Maday fell in love with Colorado, an experience that years later led to the founding of Greenwood Cabinets & Stone in 2009.

Like a dealerships forte in luxury and economy models, Maday is on the lot with traditional, rustic and modern flourishesmostly with an emphasis on timeless flair.

We want our customers to be happy down the road, he said. We dont plan to be remodeling their kitchen 10 years later by selling them something trendy. We work really hard to maintain a good reputation and make people feel very happyat the same time trying to balance a fair price.

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CENTER TWP. -- Still family-owned and -operated from the same location and serving the community for 68 years, the Lucci Kitchen and Bath Center specializes in full kitchen and bath design and interior remodeling projects.

The company was founded in 1949 by brothers Guy D. Lucci Jr. and Richard J. Lucci in the basement of their Brodhead Road home.

The current location in the Lucci Plaza, 3589 Brodhead Road in Center Township, is where they manufactured the Lucci Kitchens brand of cabinetry from the 1950s through the early 1970s.

Today, it houses a 3,000-square-foot showroom with seven kitchen displays and seven full bath displays. Two of the bath displays feature popular 60-inch walk-in showers ideal for tub replacements.

In addition, the showroom also highlights flooring, lighting, appliances, plumbing fixtures, countertop products and more. This spring, a new walk-in tub display will be added to the featured bath displays.

Lucci also manufactures Corian solid surface and laminated countertops.

Personal service is where each project begins. Every client is assigned to a designer who is one of the second-generation owners. Richard Lucci Sr., Guy D. Lucci III and Raymond J. Lucci have from 37 to 43 years of design and installation experience in the kitchen and bath industry. The in-house installation crews have been with the company from 20 to 41 years.

Custom interior remodeling includes doors and casing, baseboards, crown molding, build-in fireplace cabinetry and mantels, laundry rooms, full basement design and remodeling, bar units, build-in entertainment cabinetry, custom master bedroom suites, basement bathrooms and more.

Information: 724-774-6692, http://www.luccikitchens.com.

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