Legislature(2021 - 2022)SENATE FINANCE 532
02/16/2021 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE
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| Department of Education and Early Development Cares Act Funding | |
| Follow Up: University of Alaska Subcommittee of the Whole | |
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SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
February 16, 2021
9:01 a.m.
9:01:28 AM
CALL TO ORDER
Co-Chair Stedman called the Senate Finance Committee
meeting to order at 9:01 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Click Bishop, Co-Chair
Senator Bert Stedman, Co-Chair
Senator Donny Olson
Senator Natasha von Imhof
Senator Bill Wielechowski
Senator David Wilson
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Lyman Hoffman
ALSO PRESENT
Neil Steininger, Director, Office of Management and Budget,
Office of the Governor; Kris Curtis, Legislative Auditor,
Alaska Division of Legislative Audit.
PRESENT VIA TELECONFERENCE
Lacey Sanders, Administrative Services Director, Department
of Education and Early Development, Office of Management
and Budget, Office of the Governor; Pat Pitney, Interim
President, University of Alaska.
SUMMARY
SWEEP/REVERSE SWEEP
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT CARES ACT
FUNDING
FOLLOW UP: UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA
^SWEEP/REVERSE SWEEP
9:03:50 AM
NEIL STEININGER, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET,
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, discussed the PowerPoint
presentation, "State of Alaska; Office of Management and
Budget; Constitutional Budget Reserve Sweep and Reverse
Sweep; February 16, 2021" (copy on file). He addressed
slide 2, "Funds in the Constitution":
The Alaska Constitution refers to three distinct
funds:
? Permanent Fund (PF) Article IX, Section 15
?Includes mineral lease rentals, royalties,
royalty sale proceeds, federal mineral revenue
sharing payments and bonuses.
?Only the income may be appropriated
?Includes the Earnings Reserve Account (ERA) per
Hickel v. Cowper
? Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund (CBR) Article
IX, Section 17
?Includes money received from the termination of
administrative and judicial proceedings involving
mineral revenues
? General Fund
?Includes money received from taxes, fees, and
other sources not constitutionally directed to
the CBR or PF
?Includes all designated general fund (DGF)
accounts
9:05:41 AM
Co-Chair Stedman explained that the constitution specified
that all monies be swept to the CBR, if there was a debt on
the CBR. He noted that currently $12 million was owed to
the CBR. He stressed that at the end of June of the current
year, all of the account balances would go into the CBR,
leaving zero account balances on the first day of the next
fiscal year. He remarked that in order to prevent the zero
accounts, there was a measure in the budget to appropriate
money back out of the CBR to return the balances. This
action requires a three-quarter vote.
Mr. Steininger pointed to slide 3, "Constitutional Budget
Reserve Fund":
The Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund (CBR) was
established by constitutional amendment in 1990 in
article IX, section 17 of the Alaska Constitution.
There are four subsections:
? (a) Revenue into the CBR money received from the
termination of administrative and judicial proceedings
involving mineral revenues is deposited into the CBR;
? (b) Expenditures from the CBR by majority vote only
if "the amount available for appropriation for a
fiscal year is less than the amount appropriated for
the previous fiscal year" and total appropriations are
limited to the amount appropriated in the previous
year;
? (c) Expenditures from the CBR by a three-fourths
vote of the members of each house the Legislature
can appropriate from the fund for any public purpose
if such a supermajority vote is obtained;
? (d) Repayment requirement "If an appropriation is
made from the budget reserve fund, until the amount
appropriated is repaid, the amount of money in the
general fund available for appropriation at the end of
each succeeding fiscal year shall be deposited in the
budget reserve fund. The legislature shall implement
this subsection by law."
9:09:08 AM
Mr. Steininger looked at slide 4, "Repayment Requirement
Commonly Called the 'Sweep'":
? FY1995 to FY2010 CBR debt required repayment
?Peak $5.2B in FY2005
?Fully repaid in FY2010
? Current debt began FY2015
?Greater than $11B currently owed
Sweep Effective Dates:
? Effective midnight on June 30 each year
? Reversed, pending three-quarter vote, 12:01 am
July 1
Sweep Mechanics:
? Prior year account transactions closed August
31
? Balances subject to audit
Senator von Imhof wondered whether there had always been a
three-quarter vote for a reverse sweep annually.
Mr. Steininger replied that the sweep for the CBR was not
added to the constitution until the 1990s. He explained
that, since then, there was always eventually a vote to
reverse the sweep. He recalled that there were some times
between the end of the fiscal year, and the event of the
three-quarter vote.
Senator von Imhof noted that the sweep was added to the
constitution in 1995, and since then there had a been a
three-quarter vote, except the two years prior.
Mr. Steininger replied that the three-quarter vote
eventually occurred three years prior, so every year the
vote occurred. He remarked that there may be a few other
years when the vote was delayed past the end of the fiscal
year.
Co-Chair Stedman recalled that there was a year when the
reverse sweep was enacted the following January after the
end of the fiscal year.
9:15:17 AM
Mr. Steininger highlighted slide 5, "Sweep Application":
Subject to Sweep:
? Funds for which the legislature has retained the
power to appropriate from and that are not available
to pay expenditures without further legislative
appropriation
? Funds that list purposes for which money in the fund
can be used but still require appropriation to spend
Not Subject to Sweep:
? Money in funds that is already validly appropriated
to a particular purpose
? Federal funds
? Other trust funds such as the Public Employees
Retirement Fund that can only be used for a specific
stated purpose under law or held in trust
? Donations for a particular purpose
? Accounts or funds subject to expenditure without
further appropriation
? Receipts subject to refund e.g. Alaska Marine
Highway, University tuition or student housing
Senator Wilson wondered whether there was a court ruling on
what accounts were not sweepable.
Mr. Steininger responded that there had been minimal
discussion of that in the court. He explained that there
had been little testing of the measure because it had
ultimately always been a reversal of the sweep. Therefore,
there was minimal legal testing of the measure.
Mr. Steininger pointed to slide 6, "Sweep Reversal":
The sweep is a constitutional requirement, the reverse
sweep is a policy decision with significant impacts.
Section 28(a) of the Governor's proposed FY22
operating budget:
? Sec. 28. CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. (a)
Deposits in the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17,
Constitution of the State of Alaska) for fiscal year
2021 that are made from subfunds and accounts of the
operating general fund by operation of art. IX, sec.
17(d), Constitution of the State of Alaska, to repay
appropriations from the budget reserve fund are
appropriated from the budget reserve fund to the
subfunds and accounts from which those funds were
transferred.
This appropriation is?
? directing all "swept" subfunds to be transferred
back to the fund they resided in prior to June
30.
? from the CBR requiring a supermajority vote per
Alaska Constitution article IX, section 17(c).
? commonly called the 'reverse sweep.'
9:20:53 AM
Mr. Steininger discussed slide 7, "Sweep Impacts":
Without enacting reversal:
? 3 Categories of Impact
?High impact Funds with no projected revenues in
FY22
?Impacted programs include scholarships from
the higher education fund, the power cost
equalization program.
?Medium impact Funds with FY22 revenues less than the
amount appropriated for FY22
?Impacted programs include alcohol safety
program, chronic disease prevention, substance
abuse grants, domestic violence and sexual
assault prevention, Marine Highway System
operations, and spill prevention and response.
?No immediate impact Funds without FY22
appropriations reliant on existing balances.
?These funds are used for tracking purposes or as
general savings accounts. Examples include cruise
ship gambling tax and Alaska Housing Capital
Corporation.
?Also includes funds with balances that are
already obligated through existing appropriations
such as the Alaska comprehensive health insurance
fund.
9:25:22 AM
Mr. Steininger highlighted slide 8, "Sweep Impacts":
Impacts mitigated by enacting section 28(a) of the
Governor's proposed FY22 operating budget
Senator Olson surmised that the Power Cost Equalization
Fund (PCE) was a sweepable fund.
Mr. Steininger replied that the PCE was available for
appropriation by the legislature, so it was considered a
sweepable fund.
Senator Olson replied that the legislature's position over
recent years was that the PCE was not sweepable, which was
based on court proceedings from the early 1990s. He
stressed that the legislature had never received any
correspondence outlining the position of the recent
attorney general claiming that the PCE was a sweepable
fund. He wondered whether there was a written legal opinion
that went against the legislature's assertion that the PCE
was not a sweepable fund.
Mr. Steininger replied that he would contact the Department
of Law.
Senator Olson assumed that there was no written legal
opinion that the PCE was a sweepable fund. He remarked that
under that opinion, the Earnings Reserve Account (ERA)
would also be a sweepable fund.
Mr. Steininger responded that the ERA had specific legal
guidance from a court case that dictated that the ERA, per
Hickel v. Cooper, stay within the Permanent Fund. Therefore
the ERA was not a part of the general fund. He stressed
that there was not similar guidance to the PCE.
9:30:22 AM
Senator Olson requested a written opinion from the
Department of Law that the PCE was a sweepable fund.
Senator von Imhof remarked that there were competing
opinions and analyses in regards to the qualifications. She
recalled an opinion from 2019, which stated that the PCE
was a sweepable fund. She explained that it was described
as a separate fund in statute. She remarked that the Hickel
v. Cooper case outlined that the sweepable funds must be in
the general fund. She stressed that there were
contradictory statements around the qualifications of the
sweepable funds, particularly the PCE. She explained that
not doing the sweep on the PCE affected $52 million,
including fuel subsidies for rural Alaska.
Co-Chair Stedman felt that legal opinions within the court
could result in some chaos. He stressed that there would be
a conversation with the auditor around the issue.
Co-Chair Bishop felt that the conversation should include
the Technical Vocational Education Program (TVEP) fund.
9:34:56 AM
KRIS CURTIS, LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, ALASKA DIVISION OF
LEGISLATIVE AUDIT, addressed the accounting process of the
sweep.
Co-Chair Stedman remarked that Ms. Curtis would address the
committee again at a later date at the completion of the
audit. He wondered whether the balances would be completed
in the upcoming week, and Ms. Curtis would return the
committee with the findings.
Ms. Curtis agreed.
9:39:54 AM
AT EASE
9:41:12 AM
RECONVENED
^DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT CARES ACT
FUNDING
9:41:27 AM
LACEY SANDERS, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT
AND BUDGET, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR (via teleconference),
discussed the presentation, "COVID-19 K-12 Federal Relief
Funding Overview" (copy on file):
?Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES)
Act
?Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental
Appropriations (CRRSA) Act
Ms. Sanders displayed slide 2, "Coronavirus Aid, Relief and
Economic Security; (CARES) Act Update":
? CARES Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020
? Education Stabilization Fund - $30.75 billion in
emergency relief funds
1. Approximately $3 billion for the Governor's
Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER I Fund)
2. Approximately $13.5 billion for the Elementary
and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER
I Fund)
3. Approximately $14.25 billion for the Higher
Education Emergency Relief Fund
Ms. Sanders addressed slide 3, "Coronavirus Aid, Relief and
Economic Security (CARES) Act Update (con't)":
? Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief
(ESSER) I Fund
State of Alaska's Allocation $38,407,914
? Local Education Agencies (school
districts) minimum allocation $34,567,123
School districts have until September
30, 2022, to obligate funding
As of January 29, 2021, school
districts requested reimbursement for
$11.3 million and $22.8 million has
been encumbered for approved school
districts budgets based on an approved
application
? State Education Agency (DEED) reservation
maximum allocation $3,840,791
Of this, $192,040 may be used for
Administration
? Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) I Fund
State of Alaska's Allocation $6,503,527
? Governor Dunleavy allocated funding as
follows:
$3,728,856 for grants to 35 school
districts
$1,500,000 to the University of
Alaska
$1,031,920 for competitive grant
awards to education and education
related entities
$200,000 to the Alaska Native Science
and Engineering Program
9:45:25 AM
Ms. Sanders pointed to slide 4, "Coronavirus Response and
Relief Supplemental":
Appropriations (CRRSA) Act Update
? CRRSA Act was signed into law on December 27, 2020
Education Stabilization Fund - $82 billion in
additional relief funds
1. Approximately $4.1 billion for the Governor's
Emergency Education
Relief Fund (GEER II Fund)
2. Approximately $54.3 billion for the Elementary
and Secondary School
Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER II Fund)
3. Approximately $21.7 billion for the Higher
Education Emergency Relief Fund
Ms. Sanders addressed slide 5, "Coronavirus Response and
Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act Update
(con't)":
? ESSER II Fund
State of Alaska's allocation $159,719,422
? Local Education Agencies (school
districts) minimum allocation $143,747,480
School districts have until September
30, 2023, to obligate funding
Application for school districts will
be available on February 15, 2021
? State Education Agency (DEED) reservation
maximum allocation $15,173,345
Of this, $789,597 may be used for
Administration
Expanded list of allowable activities
? Addressing learning loss among students
? Summer programming
? School facility repairs and improvements to
reduce the risk of virus transmission
? Improving air quality in school facilities
Senator von Imhof appreciated the slide. She noted that her
district had received $62 million. She noted that the
federal funds could be carried forward. She worried that
federal funds could supplant general funds.
Co-Chair Stedman spoke to the supplanting of fund and the
cash burden.
Senator Wielechowski wondered about the administration's
response about the use of federal dollars supplanting
general funds.
Co-Chair Stedman asked whether the funds had a non-supplant
provision.
Ms. Sanders said that the federal funds had a non-supplant
provision.
9:51:22 AM
Senator von Imhof requested a copy of the federal
guidelines. She wondered what the consequences could be of
an inflated budget. She wondered where the administration
planned to use the funds. She hoped to avoid a ballooning
of the education budget and then the subsequent cutting of
that budget.
Ms. Sanders agreed to provide the guidelines.
Co-Chair Stedman remarked that there could be a
conversation about fund balance carry-forwards, and any
mechanisms to work with the department on the concern from
Senator von Imhof. He pointed to a concern about potential
budget balance fluctuations.
9:54:32 AM
Ms. Sanders looked at slide 6, "Coronavirus Response and
Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act Update
(con't)":
? Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) II Fund
State of Alaska's allocation $8,191,720
? Governor's Supplemental allocation
$2,824,017
Governor has not determined how
funding will be allocated
Allowable uses include preventing,
preparing for, and responding to COVID-
19
? Emergency Assistance for Non-Public
Schools allocation $5,367,703
Application for Non-Public Schools
will be available by February 12, 2021
Of this, $200,000 may be used for
Administration
Senator Wielechowski queried any legal analysis in light of
the constitutional prohibition against using state funds
for private educational institutions.
Ms. Sanders replied that there was work with the Department
of Law to identify that they were federal funds that were
provided to schools in an emergency capacity for life,
health, safety resources to address the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ms. Sanders discussed slide 7, "Total Education
Stabilization Funds." She noted that there were several
additional documents included in the packets for reference.
Ms. Sanders addressed slide 8, "Additional CARES Act
Allocations":
? Child Nutrition Programs
Awarded $42.2 million for food service programs
As of January 29, 2021, $28.3 million has been
expended
Limited period of availability March 2020
through September 2020
These funds supplanted the DEED federal funds;
they were not in addition to the federal funds
DEED receives
? Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Awarded $66.1 thousand for grants to museums
and libraries in Alaska
As of January 29, 2021, $63.5 thousand has been
awarded
? Alaska State Council on the Arts
Awarded $421.5 thousand for grants to Alaskan
artists
As of January 29, 2021, $385.8 thousand has
been awarded
10:02:23 AM
AT EASE
10:02:40 AM
RECONVENED
^FOLLOW UP: UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
10:02:46 AM
PAT PITNEY, INTERIM PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA (via
teleconference), discussed the remaining slides from the
PowerPoint presentation dated February 11, 2021,
"University of Alaska - Serving Alaska - Senate Finance
Committee - February 11, 2021" (copy on file). Ms. Pitney
discussed slide 18, "Students and Employees." She noted
that counts were reduced over the previous two years, over
ten percent after recent budget uncertainty.
10:06:21 AM
Co-Chair Stedman stated that the meeting was working as a
University subcommittee of the whole in the current
meeting.
Senator Olson wondered whether the number of graduates
included the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and
Idaho (WWAMI) student graduates.
Ms. Pitney replied in the affirmative. She stated that the
number included everything from the certificate programs to
the medical doctor and PHD students.
Ms. Pitney showed slide 19, "Enrollment Highlights":
?Enrollment fall 2020 semester:
?Decline less than 10 percent,
?We had projected a 15-30 percent decline due to
COVID-19 on top of year over year declines since
2011
?Enrollment increased in UAF College of Fisheries and
Ocean Science, UAF School of Management, UAA College
of Health, UAS Sitka and Ketchikan campuses
?Improved freshman retention rates compared to 2018-19
levels
?Enrollment spring 2021 semester (preliminary):
?Applications up 10 percent
Admissions up 5 percent
?Enrollment increases in UAF School of
Management, UAF Rural College, Alaska College of
Education, UAS School of Career Education, and
UAA College of Health
?Overall headcount down 9 percent
?Long-term growth in engineering and health care
programs to meet state demand
?edX courses focus UAF research strengths
?5,000 learners and scholars from over 120
countries in first four months
10:10:40 AM
Senator Wilson wondered whether there could be a detailed
outline of the overall enrollment numbers for each program.
Ms. Pitney agreed to provide that information.
Ms. Pitney reviewed slide 20, "Asset Monetization":
?Reduced owned space (2019-2020)
?Sold 10 facilities (38,000 gross-square feet)
?Demolished 13 aged facilities (28,000 gross-
square feet)
?Leasing space to third parties
?95,000 gsf in University Center 50 percent of
the available space is leased
?30,000 gsf in the Alaska Airlines Center to aid
in community covid-19 response
?Exploring public-private partnership opportunities
?UAA COH Innovation Hub
?UAF to sell excess power and considering other
monetization of the plant
?UAF to consider P3 for expanded childcare in
Fairbanks for employees and students
?UAF to explore combined heat and power plant
asset monetization
?Benefits
?Source of new revenue
?Reduce maintenance costs
?Reduce risk of ownership
Ms. Pitney spoke to slide 21, "Administration Review":
?Administrative reviews across the university system
?Analyze roles and responsibilities of each
executive/leadership position
?Frame a sustainable, stable, core organization by:
?Identifying opportunities to leverage existing
resources
?Identifying potential areas of savings
?Creating administrative cost transparency
?Streamlining and improving back-office processes
?Investing in IT necessary to automate and
improve efficiencies
?System Office
?University of Alaska (UA) is a single legal and
financial entity created in Alaska's
constitution.
?Governed by a Board of Regents, UA is a single
employer, and the provider of public higher
education in the state.
?The has the fiduciary responsibility for UA as a
corporate entity, and to fulfill the Board of
Regents' policy and direction.
?The System Office provides central services for
efficiency and economies of scale. Programs are
operated on a case by case basis.
10:15:03 AM
Ms. Pitney discussed slide 22, "System Office Positions
(FY14 vs. FY22)," which showed a table in four categories.
She explained the details of the functions outlined in the
slide.
Senator Wilson asked whether the UA system still had paid
lobbyists.
Ms. Pitney replied that Chad Hutchison was the State
Relations Director, which was a position similar to a
legislative liaison. She stated that Dustin Bryant was the
Federal Relations Director. That position was co-located in
the office where the governor's federal relations positions
reside. She stated that there were companies that worked
with UA at the federal level, particularly related to land
grants.
Ms. Pitney referenced slide 23, "System Office Funding
Comparison," which showed a table outlining the comparisons
of the different years' budgets.
10:21:19 AM
Senator Wielechowski queried the interest income.
Ms. Pitney replied the fees were associated with the system
office. She remarked that there was a fee associated with
the network. She stated that the interest income on working
reserves were accounted within the system office budget.
She furthered that total tuition fees across the entire
system was approximately $122 million.
Ms. Pitney turned to slide 24, "Research":
Nationally Competitive
High Economic Impact: $160M external funds -
?Arctic
?Infrastructure
?Security and Defense
?Culture and Health
?Energy
?Climate Modeling, Adaption and Mitigation
?Health Research
?Unmanned Vehicles (applications, systems, and
policies)
?Fisheries, Ocean Sciences, and the R/V Sikuliaq
?Pilot Safety/FAA
Ms. Pitney spoke to slide 25, "University Land Holdings
150k Acres," which showed a pie chart addressing the
university lands.
Ms. Pitney reviewed slide 26, "UA Land Grant Acreage
Comparison," which showed a table pointing to the land
grants. She pointed to each portion of the slide.
Co-Chair Stedman wondered whether the lang grant had
subsurface rights.
Ms. Pitney replied in the affirmative.
10:30:39 AM
Ms. Pitney showed slide 27, "UA Land Legislation":
?360,000 acres missing from UA's land grant
?Alaska's Congressional Delegation introduced the
"University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act," that
would establish a formal federal program under which
the land conveyances would be executed
?UA is working with the Alaska Department of Natural
Resources to identify lands suitable for conveyance to
the University
?UA is also considering diversifying its real property
portfolio including lands that have potential for
mineral, oil and gas, timber, and other natural
resource values, lands with residential, recreational,
or commercial value, and wherever possible, lands that
are near communities with a need for expansion or
economic development
?UA endowment is $409.5 million
?UA Land Grant Trust Fund $165 million
Ms. Pitney looked at slide 34, "Dual Enrollment/Middle
College":
Partnerships with K-12 districts across Alaska provide
a variety of dual enrollment options to meet student
and district needs
On Campus programs
?UAA Alaska Middle College enrollments are currently
273, an 84.5 percent increase over the life of the
program
?UAA Mat Su Middle College has 133 students currently
enrolled
?UAF North Star College, a middle college with FNSBSD
started in person in fall 2020 with full cohort of 40
senior students. UAF and FNSBSD are working to expand
the offering to juniors and seniors.
?UAA ANSEP offers a Middle School Academy, High School
Acceleration Academy, and Summer Bridge program
?UAA Kenai Peninsula College JumpStart Program offers
juniors and seniors the opportunity to complete up to
30 credits or an associate degree at a discounted rate
(program is subsidized by the Kenai Peninsula
Borough); KPC has also launched a middle college
?UAS Supporting Transitions and Educational Promise
Southeast Alaska (STEPS) grant with the Alaska
Association of School Boards
?56 percent of Middle College graduates go on to
enroll in a UA degree program
"Virtual" Middle College
?The UAF Alaska Advantage program, a "virtual" middle
college, is partnered with more than 30 school
districts and homeschool programs, UAS also
participates
Ms. Pitney addressed slide 33, "Workforce Reports." She
stated that the reports showed how each industry had degree
programs that prepared for the existing jobs.
10:35:33 AM
Co-Chair Stedman made a joke about aviation.
Ms. Pitney explained that the aviation programs were
intensive. Those graduates go straight to work.
Co-Chair Bishop noted that the Mining and Petroleum
Institute had provided great refresher courses for miners
during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ms. Pitney added that the Mining and Petroleum Institute
was in partnership with Greenland to assist the communities
advance the mine training.
Ms. Pitney addressed slide 30, "Bartlett and Moore Hall
Modernization and Renewal":
--$18.65M
Bartlett and Moore are UAF's two largest residence
halls. The halls are highly utilized and showing a
half century of wear. This project will renew the
sanitation infrastructure of each building, update
finishes in resident rooms, and modernize the student
experience.
The sanitary sewer lines within each building are at
risk of imminent total system failure that would
require UAF to close one or both halls with no notice
to occupants should a failure occur.
Over the last four years, plumbing that supports the
restrooms has failed a number of times, leaving
portions of each building without sanitation
facilities while repairs are completed.
Work will completely demolish stacked restrooms on all
floors, rebuild the plumbing, electrical, and
ventilation systems, and reconstruct code compliant
restroom facilities on each floor.
The project will also replace outdated and worn
flooring and provide fresh paint in each hall.
These facilities require these critical updates in
order to serve as an attractive option for enrolling
new students with a promise of safe and modern living
conditions.
10:40:18 AM
Ms. Pitney looked at slide 31, "UAA Building Energy
Performance Upgrades":
--$10.9M
This energy savings performance project will
incorporate mechanical and electrical system
improvements to three critical facilities, the
Professional Studies Building (PSB), the Wendy
Williamson Auditorium (WWA), and the Social Sciences
Building (SSB).
?PSB scope will include LED lighting upgrades,
electrical safety upgrades, boiler replacement,
replacement of the existing Air Handling Unit Fan
with a Fan Wall system, and convert outdated
pneumatic controls to DDC.
?WWA scope will include LED Lighting upgrades,
electrical safety upgrades, conversion of
pneumatic controls to DDC, and hot water pump
replacements.
?SSB scope will include LED lighting conversion,
electrical safety upgrades, the addition of
hydronic heating to the 2nd and 3rd floors of the
building, conversion of pneumatic controls to
DDC, and fin tube repairs.
ADJOURNMENT
10:46:33 AM
The meeting was adjourned at 10:46 a.m.