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City Council Public Safety Committee
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
March 4, 2019 - 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall
Councilmembers: Dennis Robertson, Chair; Kate Kruller, Zak Idan
Staff: David Cline, Bruce Linton, Jay Wittwer, Peggy McCarthy, Aaron Williams, Rachel
Bianchi, Laurel Humphrey
Guests: Justine Kim, Shiels Obletz Johnsen; Steve Goldblatt, Public Safety Plan Program
Management Quality Assurance Consultant
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Robertson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I. ANNOUNCEMENT
II. BUSINESS AGENDA
A. Public Safety Plan: Justice Center Mini-MACC and Fire Station 51 MACC
Staff briefed the Committee on the bid process status for the Justice Center mini-MACC and Fire
Station 51 MACC. Both projects are on schedule and market conditions continue to cause budget
stress. Part of the General Contractor/Construction Management (GC/CM) process involves the
development of a MACC (Maximum Allowable Construction Cost). The GC/CM manages the MACC
bid process and promotes the packages to encourage a high number of bidders, usually resulting
in better prices. The Justice Center project is being split into two MACCs to allow for the early
work to be completed while other project tasks are finished up. This first "mini-MACC" includes
demolition and abatement of the remaining buildings, foundations/structure and
waterproofing, earthwork and utilities, certain allowances, and formula -driven fees associated
with the GC/CM contract. This mini-MACC came in under budget by $843,003, but many large bid
packages remain. The majority of the cost savings were due to high initial estimates because of
contamination fears that did not prove to be true. The total under budget to date is $1,184,812.
The MACC for Fire Station 51 includes all the construction costs, but there are unknowns
associated with electricity delivery and one remaining bid package for earthwork, scheduled to
open on March 8, 2019. Fire Station 51 is over budget by $1.1 million with what the City knows to
date, although the project team is working on value engineering solutions to reduce the amount.
Possible options to address the budget include contingency funds and Justice Center savings.
Final numbers will be available by the March 18 Committee meeting. Staff will present a
recommendation, and the Committee will be asked to discuss and develop a recommendation
on the MACC contract amendments as well as the Fire Station 51 alternatives requested by
firefighters, estimated at $990,402. These items will then move forward to the March 25, 2019
Committee of the Whole with a Special Meeting to follow in the event the Council is ready to take
action.
Public Safety Committee Minutes March 4, 2019
Committee members discussed the bid results and asked clarifying questions. Chair Robertson
asked staff to be prepared with an updated 6-year financial plan so that Council can view these
decisions in context of the larger budget issues. He asked that the March 18, 2019 agenda be kept
free of all other issues so the Committee can fully discuss these MACCs. RETURN TO
COMMITTEE.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Adjourned 6:18 p.m.
Committee Chair Approval
Summary by LH