Legislature(2015 - 2016)ANCH BENSON BLDG
11/21/2016 01:30 PM House LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
1:30 PM
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Gary Stevens, Chair
Representative Bob Herron, Vice Chair
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Charlie Huggins
Senator Kevin Meyer
Representative Craig Johnson
Representative Sam Kito
Representative Harriet Drummond, alternate
MEMBERS PRESENT VIA TELECONFERENCE
Senator John Coghill
Senator Anna MacKinnon
Senator Peter Micciche
Representative Charisse Millett
Representative Steve Thompson, alternate
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Lesil McGuire, alternate
Senator Cathy Giessel, alternate
Representative Mike Chenault
Representative Mike Hawker
Representative Mark Neuman
AGENDA
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
RATIFICATION OF CHARITY EVENTS
OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS
SPEAKER REGISTER
Pam Varni, Executive Director, Legislative Affairs Agency
1:31:25 PM
I. CHAIR GARY STEVENS called the Legislative Council meeting
to order at 1:32 p.m. in the Anchorage Legislative
Information Office Conference Room. Present at the call
were Senators Stevens, Hoffman, Huggins, and Meyer;
Representatives Herron, Johnson, Kito, and Drummond,
alternate. Participating via teleconference were Senators
Coghill, MacKinnon, and Micciche; Representatives Millett
and Thompson, alternate. Absent were Senators McGuire,
alternate, and Giessel, alternate; Representatives
Chenault, Hawker, and Neuman.
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
VICE CHAIR HERRON moved that Legislative Council approve
the agenda
The agenda was approved without objection.
III. RATIFICATION OF CHARITABLE EVENT
VICE CHAIR HERRON moved that Legislative Council ratify the
Chair's sanctioning of the following charitable event per
AS 24.60.080(a)(2)(B): Girl Scouts of Alaska Annual
Auction.
The motion passed without objection.
IV. APPEAL OF THE PROCUREMENT OFFICER'S DECISION - EXECUTIVE
SESSION
1:33:34 PM
VICE CHAIR HERRON moved that Legislative Council go into
Executive Session under Uniform Rule 22(B)(1), discussion
of matters, the immediate knowledge of which would
adversely affect the finances of a government unit and
22(B)(3), discussion of a matter that may, by law, be
required to be confidential. I ask that the following
individuals remain in the room or online; Pam Varni, Doug
Gardner, Kevin Cuddy, Randy Ruaro, Katrina Matheny and any
legislative staff working for Council members.
We also welcome any Legislators that are not on Legislative
Council to remain in the room or online.
A roll call vote was taken.
YEAS: Meyer, Hoffman, Huggins, Micciche, Stevens, Johnson,
Millett, Thompson, Drummond, Herron
NAYS: None
The amendment passed 10-0.
Legislative Council went into Executive Session.
2:30:18 PM
Legislative Council came out of Executive Session.
VICE CHAIR HERRON moved to affirm the Procurement Officer's
decision of October 6, 2016.
A roll call vote was taken.
YEAS: Meyer, Coghill, Hoffman, Huggins, MacKinnon*,
Micciche, Johnson, Millett, Thompson, Drummond,
Herron, Stevens
NAYS: None
The amendment passed 12-0*.
*SENATOR MACKINNON, referring to the vote on the
Procurement Officer's Decision, said near the end of the
meeting that she was dropped off the teleconference for the
third time, that she had heard the entire testimony, and
wanted to be on the record as supporting the Chair; that
her vote was yes and that it be reflected in the minutes
that she supported the Chair.
CHAIR STEVENS, after the motion passed, asked that Pam
Varni give a very brief explanation of the RFP that went
out last week on the renovation to the Benson Building.
PAM VARNI, Executive Director, said that the Legislative
Affairs Agency has building property management under an
RFP that the Department of Administration, General Services
has with Coldwell Banker. Coldwell Banker does the property
management for the Atwood Building, the Linny Pacillo
Parking Garage, the Palmer State Office Building, and the
Geologic Materials Center. Coldwell Banker has a contract
with ECI, an architectural firm, and they are going out to
bid for a Request for Proposals for stages in doing the
renovation of the Benson Building. She said that there will
be an evaluation committee that will be getting pre-
construction services and choosing a construction
manager/general contractor. The committee will be reviewing
the scope and looking at "stagings" of when we will remodel
the different floors. For the next 18 months, Wells Fargo
will still be on the 3rd floor; they will be vacating the
4th floor on December 15, 2016. She said we will be
receiving $500,000 in revenue in FY 2017; over $500,000 in
FY 2018 for the branch space and also the 3rd floor space.
Once Wells Fargo moves out of the 3rd floor space, we will
look at remodeling that space as well.
CHAIR STEVENS noted for members that he would be turning
this committee over to the very capable hands of
Representative Kito.
REPRESENTATIVE KITO said he appreciated that clarification
and that his understanding is that what Council is looking
at is Request for Proposals for pre-construction services;
that Council is not approving construction and that Council
will be seeing information on scoping for how renovations
will take place, which will be coming back to Council for
review.
MS. VARNI said that this service is government-to-
government with the Department of Administration and is
exempt from the Procurement Procedures. She said that under
Representative Kito's leadership if he wants to bring it
back to Council, he certainly can do so - in stages or all
in one scope once those figures are known. The figures will
not be known until they actually receive the bids.
REPRESENTATIVE KITO said that the goal is that, while
renovation work does need to happen, the public is aware
and kept informed of the work going forward and that
schedule and that work as it goes forward.
SENATOR MACKINNON'S comment was moved up in the minutes to
be reflected under the item to which she was referring.
CHAIR STEVENS said there would a meeting in December which
would be the last meeting of this Legislative Council
before the next Legislature.
There being no further business before the committee,
Legislative Council adjourned at 2:37 p.m.
2:36:49 PM
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