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I have no further mayor updates so I'm going to take us into

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officer and staff reports and start out with an update on the public safety

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building. Rob. Okay. Yep. We have more

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reorn from MC group who is going to lead a short

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presentation on our on the status of our construction of the public safety

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building.

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Good evening, everyone.

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You're good. Someone did it for me. Thank you.

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I haven't seen you in a while and I'm glad to say I have good news.

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So most of you have probably aware we're coming to the end of the building of the

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new public safety building. Tonight, I'm going to give you an overview of

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what's happened, where we are today and what to expect.

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I'm going to start with the good news. So the whole project, we've had over 100,000

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work hours with not a single recorded safety incident.

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That's very impressive. We are still on track

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to complete construction in July, which is how we started.

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That's the schedule we started with and we are on track to maintain that

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schedule. Current construction contract is below

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the original contract amount by over 300,000.

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So example of effective cost control throughout the whole process

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and the total project budget of the 31.9 budget approved. We have a

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approximately $1.7 million remains unallocated.

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That means that we're well positioned at this point to deliver the project

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under budget. And the last I'm just going to say is a

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group. I think you can again thank your police and

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fire. You can thank Susan for her effort, Rob for his

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effort, Melissa for your help and everyone else has been involved in this

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process because from the beginning, a very clear vision

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was stated and we feel that we've

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accomplished the mission. So it's been a very successful project and you

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could all be very grateful for the team that you have

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working in the city. Project budget update.

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Currently, as I mentioned, the project is trending under budget

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due to competitive bids, discipline change order management,

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for active coordination. It's been a very collaborative project team with

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the architects and engineers and the construction manager.

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We have limited any kinds of major cost growth. We've

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preserved our contingency. So the remaining contingency levels, both

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owners contingency and construction contingency are healthy and appropriate.

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They're better than appropriate for this phase of the construction project.

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And as we reach completion, we'll maintain those two contingencies

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to the very end. And then those will eventually be returned

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to the owner. But basically, you won't be billed for those amounts

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is what happens. And so holding on to that amount makes

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just makes sure that to the very end, we have the finances available to take

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care of anything that might come up. But generally, it's all good news.

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Financially, as far as milestones schedule wise, we're also

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predicting a very successful completion. So we've completed everything up to

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Interior Ruffin. We've started already with final grading and

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paving. Landscaping is projected to complete by next month.

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Substantial completion, we're on target, like I said, for

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like I've got to predict here, July 4th. And we have started the owners,

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fixtures, and equipment, procurement, and installation.

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And that should be wrapped up by the end of July.

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Last 30 days, a lot has been happening. So you might have noticed that they

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started building the police side, then they've moved into the

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the common area, and then they've worked on the fire department.

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So we call those units A, B, and C. So at this point, unit A,

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the police department, is nearly complete. So drywall's done,

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ceilings are done, finishes, casework is going in,

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and final mechanical electrical and plumbing. It's all wrapping up here.

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Moving into the common area, and they've already started with a lot of those trades,

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and nearly done like with ceramic tile in the fire department.

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Elevator is underway, should be installed and certified, maybe next week, depending on if we

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get phones to the building, phone lines. And as I said, we started

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finished grading and site concrete is underway. So sidewalks are going in.

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And the owner furnished equipment. The procurement is well underway,

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over 85% complete, and they started deliveries. So in the next 30 days,

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we're expecting the majority of the work to wrap up and to start the final

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finishes. So landscaping, they're going to do startup and testing and commissioning.

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That's all going to be in the next 30 days. And I went ahead and added a slide here for

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a 60-day look ahead. So after our 250th Independence Day celebration,

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that's when you can imagine they're going to be moving in, hopefully.

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So the strong coordination between the City, Bray, the architect, and CD Smith,

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the construction manager, we minimize disruptions. Like I said, we're aligned with the overall

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project time lighting, meaning the substantial completion date of 7-1, which was in the original

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contract. We've managed to maintain that. Like I said, owner furnished equipment procurement is

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probably 85, almost 90% complete right now. No lead time concerns. And CD Smith,

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the construction manager, has accepted the idea of partial substantial completion. So we're

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going to start installing equipment. Like I said, unit A, B, C, we're going to start installing

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equipment in that same pattern. And the police and fire department, the leaders are going to

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handle their own occupancy planning, and that has already begun. So meaning they're going to help,

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they're going to figure out how to move everything in, get everything up and running.

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So that's already started. So overall, good news.

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As you've probably seen from the outside, training tower's done, there's glass up,

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signage is going on the outside of the building. As I said, sidewalks are in. That gives you a

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little brief look at what the inside of the training room slash court area is going to look like.

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Lots of light. We've now well surpassed where this picture was taken. So

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that wraps up my presentation. And I am happy to answer any questions.

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Any questions from Council? Mr. Planer? Yeah, no, I guess I'm just thinking about contingencies.

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Morris, so like nothing to be concerned about this time. No, we're expected surprises that you're

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thinking about? No, no unexpected surprises with contingency. And as I mentioned,

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there will be a decent amount of contingencies being returned to the owners, how we reference it.

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But it's basically you won't be billed for that about. And then I guess like Rob,

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will we have access to some of those numbers and dollars when we start talking about borrowing

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for the fall and like budget time? Yeah, we think so as we go into budget season,

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yeah, well, I mean, I think we're going to have our substantial completion like Morris said,

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on July 26th, I think. And so, yes, we should, yeah, so at budget time, we should have a pretty good

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grasp of what we have. Yeah. Even before then, I mean, I think we'll know. July, for sure,

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we'll be getting our final bill from the construction manager. Other questions? Mr.

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Neumeir? Just a quick question. We're set with DOT as far as access to the highway now. We're

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on the agenda for tonight. Yep. Thank you. Mr. Benning?

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No, I get to look at it every day and watch it from my work at the funeral home. But

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and I have gone through it a couple of times and it's very impressive. I think it's going to be key

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to recruiting and retaining staff at this facility. And we said, you know, you referred to the vision

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of a 50-year building and it's it will be a 50-year building. We'll not be going in. I know Melissa

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and I've talked was we've got plans for how we're going to maintain it going forward. That's been a

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key for us to know how we're going to mow the lawn, plow the snow, you know, and know when we have

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to put a new roof on it or something like that. So it won't be in five or 10 years. It'll be 50

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years. And so talking with the Ben, the site manager out there, he's very pleased and pressed.

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I've been very impressed with he and his crew with everything they've done out there. So thank

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you and the whole team. It's it's been a fun project to work on a good group of people.

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Other questions? I just I have one quick one that one of my the expectations that we laid out from

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the start was that once we took occupancy of the building, we also acquired a capital plan that

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showed life expectancy of carpet, windows, paint, and that we could adopt a nice gantt charter project

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map showing that, you know, in 2048, we would have to replace windows or just so that future

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councils can maintain it because the current state is it's a 50 year building, but there's nothing

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precluding that from being a hundred year building. If it's maintained properly, that's I'd really

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like to see that adopted, you know, given to council when we take occupancy. I think that's

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going to be critical. I will make note of that. So a separate the idea would be like a separate

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binder for council beyond the owner, the owner's maintenance manuals that we would give to say the

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the building management team. Yeah, so what what I've what we've done in the past with larger

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projects is, you know, like the carpet is warranted for X amount of time HVAC's warranty and just

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shows the end dates of all of those so that the the council and GGF can plan for an understanding that,

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you know, the expected life cycle is X. So start saving now. So in the future,

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some councils not sitting there going, well, you know, we can they don't need air conditioning,

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like it's a $250,000 liability. We know that the date of the year and we need to be appropriately

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budgeting for it. Good idea. Okay. Thank you. Anything else after that?

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This was quick. I just want to say that working inside this project for all this time,

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Mora, you've been outstanding to work with. And I really appreciate appreciate your professionalism

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and your attention to detail. And I just wanted you all to know that she has been amazing this

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entire time. Thank you. Thank you. Lovely. I'll be back next week.

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Well, anybody anybody who tells us we get some extra millions of dollars they deserve an applause.

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Yeah. Yeah. We'll go get you some beanies, chips and nachos. Okay.