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08/07/2014 10:00 AM Senate LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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AUGUST 7, 2014
10:07 AM
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Mike Hawker, Chair
Representative Mike Chenault
Representative Max Gruenberg
Representative Craig Johnson
Representative Lance Pruitt
Representative Peggy Wilson
Senator John Coghill
Senator Kevin Meyer
MEMBERS ON TELECONFERENCE
Representative Mike Chenault
Representative Peggy Wilson
Senator Mike Dunleavy
Senator Dennis Egan
Senator Gary Stevens
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Peter Micciche, Vice Chair
Representative Bill Stoltze
Senator Charlie Huggins
AGENDA
CONTRACT APPROVALS
SPEAKER REGISTER
Wayne Jensen, Jensen Yorba Lott, Inc. and Project Architect on
the Capitol Building Restoration
Pam Varni, Executive Director, Legislative Affairs Agency
Doug Gardner, Legal Services Director, Legislative Affairs Agency
10:07:46 AM
I. CHAIR MIKE HAWKER called the Legislative Council meeting to order
at 9:08 a.m. in room 105 of the Anchorage Legislative Office
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Building located at 733 W 4 Avenue. Present at the call were
Representatives Hawker, Johnson, and Pruitt, and Senator Meyer;
available via teleconference were Representatives Gruenberg and
P. Wilson, and Senators Coghill, Dunleavy, Egan and Stevens.
Representative Chenault joined the meeting via teleconference in
order to vote on the Alaska State Capitol Seismic Retrofit and
Exterior Renovation.
II. CONTRACT APPROVALS
a. Alaska State Capitol Seismic Retrofit and Exterior Renovation
CHAIR HAWKER said this meeting was to discuss expansion on the
current year's work on the Capitol Building Seismic Retrofit and
Exterior Renovation. He confirmed that Wayne Jensen was on
teleconference and asked that he give committee members a short
brief on what has been accomplished on the project to date and
the request for consideration today.
WAYNE JENSEN, Architect with Jensen Yorba Lott Architects in
Juneau and the architect for the renovation project, said that
the work scheduled and being completed in 2014 is under contract
with Dawson Construction Company who is the construction
manager/general contractor (CM/GC). The project involves
primarily the demolition and structural work on the west side,
the Main Street side, of the Capitol, as well as construction
work on the in-fills, the alcoves in the courtyard. That work is
going well and on schedule; most of the demolition work is done;
they're doing the structural work in the alcoves and preparing
for structural work on the west side. The request before Council
today, prepared by Dawson Construction, is to increase the amount
of work for this year by including the north end of the west wing
in this year's project. It was not initially scheduled for this
year, but because things are going along well, there is the
opportunity to include that work this year.
Mr. Jensen said there were a couple of the reasons for this
proposal: (1) it decreases the amount of work yet to be done on
the project, and there is a lot of work slated in 2015 and 2016
and anything that can be done to accelerate the schedule lessens
the amount of work yet to be done; (2) the masonry contractor who
will be installing all the brick and the finish work on the west
side of the building has said that it would be better if there
wasn't demolition work going on immediately adjacent to their
work next year. This request would prevent that potential
adjacency problem by moving the demolition and construction
seismic work around to the courtyard rather than immediately
adjacent to the west side of the building.
He said that after reviewing the costs, he believes it to be a
reasonable cost proposal to do this work; it's a proactive
proposal by the construction manager/general contractor to
accelerate the work which may make things smoother for next year.
He said they recommend this proposal and made himself available
for questions.
REPRESENTATIVE PRUITT said that before construction started, we
did not know what to expect. He asked what has been learned, is
it better than what we feared and what has been the experience so
far.
NOTE: There were technical difficulties with the audio due to Mr.
Jensen using a cell phone during his testimony. The written
record reflects only the clearly identifiable testimony of Mr.
Jensen.
MR. JENSEN said that they have found that the general
construction is in pretty good shape. He said all of the brick
and stone was removed from one side of the building. The
demolition work has gone very well this summer. The concrete
frame that was exposed is in good shape, so the concrete in the
building is in good shape. They found some discrepancy in the
plumbness of the building, that the concrete was out of plumb a
little bit, but not beyond reason and they were able to deal with
that. All in all, things have gone well. That's one of the
reasons for the proposal to increase the amount of work for this
year.
Mr. Jensen, in response to a question from Senator Meyer,
confirmed that the work scheduled for next year includes the
courtyard work and as much of the east wing as possible. The
following year (2016) would include the remainder of the east
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wing and all of the front of the building, the 4 Street side.
SENATOR EGAN, at the request of both Senator Meyer and Chair
Hawker for an "on-site inspection report", said he commended
Wayne Jensen, Building Manager Jeff Goodell, and Dawson
Construction. He said they have been great people to work with
and the contractors work really well. They are doing yeoman's
work, trying to keep noise to a minimum, and there are still
public tours of the building every day. Everything has worked
very, very well and he said he was very impressed. He said he
recommends Wayne's suggestion.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON said he just wanted on record that we are
still within the procurement code and wanted to make sure there
didn't need to be another RFP issued for this proposal.
PAM VARNI, Executive Director for the Legislative Affairs Agency,
said that the Agency just needs to do an amendment to the
contract to do this additional work. Legal Services has looked at
it and has fully vetted this proposed amendment, which is in each
member's packet.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON followed up to say that if he understands
the scope of the work, Council is basically being asked to move
money from the future to today in order to get a head start;
they're really not adding any money to the project, we're just
shifting the year in which it would be used. Chair Hawker
confirmed that was correct.
CHAIR HAWKER asked that Doug Gardner please put himself on record
and provide a response to Representative Johnson's question
related to procurement procedures.
DOUG GARDNER, Director of Legal Services, said Legal participated
extensively in the drafting of the proposed contract and, as an
update, the original contract contemplated at the end of this
construction season that Dawson would provide numbers for the
rest of the project. This construction season would see work on
the Main Street side primarily and the rest of the project as
it's scheduled. The entire job was done with the way point in the
middle for better pricing once site conditions were better
understood. This contract always contemplated the remainder of
the pricing and the job being completed. He said he was very
comfortable that the procurement procedures in AS 36.30 are being
complied with. As Ms. Varni said, Council needs to decide whether
they want to jump on the opportunity right now and spend some of
that money now and get ahead. He said Council needs to authorize
or not authorize an amendment at this time, but either way,
Council will be within their authority.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON said he also wanted to know about timing
and that we're not getting into the legislative session by
extending this. He wanted to know if this would be done prior to
the start of the legislative session.
NOTE: There were technical difficulties with the audio due to Mr.
Jensen using a cell phone during his testimony. The written
record reflects only the clearly identifiable testimony of Mr.
Jensen.
MR. JENSEN said that the intent is for the work to be completed
this year in October or early November as originally anticipated.
It will all be completed and everything removed prior to the
legislative session; then gear up again at the end of the
legislative session for work in 2015. In response to Chair
Hawker's efforts to get an answer despite the technical
difficulties, Mr. Jensen confirmed the answer to Representative
Johnson's question was yes.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON asked if there was a possible cost savings
in this proposal.
MR. JENSEN said the biggest advantage is that it will save time.
It may save some money, but he can't say that for sure; but the
potential is there.
SENATOR STEVENS said he had a chance to be in Juneau and Jeff
Goodell took him on a tour of the construction. He said the
skeleton of the building is amazing; they built it so long ago
and it's just slightly out of plumb. He asked if he understood
Mr. Jensen to be saying that there would be no demolition next
year.
MR. JENSEN responded that there would be demolition next year, it
just wouldn't be immediately adjacent to the new brickwork that
will be going on next year.
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG asked Mr. Jensen if this proposal was
approved, was there any reasonable possibility that it would
yield additional exposure of the interior construction during the
winter and that might weaken the structure.
MR. JENSEN said the interior of the building would not be exposed
to the elements. The areas will be repaired to the same level as
they are on the west side or there will be temporary construction
in a small area that will prevent exposure to the elements.
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG then asked about the appropriation
process and whether this proposal would require an additional
appropriation in FY 15.
MS. VARNI responded that the Legislature has capital money set
aside and there are sufficient funds for this project.
CHAIR HAWKER asked if there were any dissenters. Hearing and
seeing none, he asked for a motion.
10:27:15 AM
SENATOR MEYER moved that Legislative Council authorize the Chair
to amend the contract entered into on April 24, 2014 by the
Legislative Affairs Agency and Dawson Construction, Inc. for
Alaska State Capitol Seismic Retrofit and Exterior Renovation
Phase II to expand the scope of work and increase the contract
amount in the amount of $650,000.
CHAIR HAWKER requested a brief at ease to ensure Representative
Chenault would be on teleconference for the vote, at his request.
10:32:01 AM
CHAIR HAWKER noted that Representative Chenault was on line and
that Council took the "at ease" to ensure Representative Chenault
would be present for the vote, at his request. He repeated the
motion for members.
A roll call vote was taken.
YEAS: Chenault, Gruenberg, Johnson, Pruitt, Coghill, Egan,
Meyer, Stevens, Hawker
NAYS: None
The motion passed 9-0.
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Council meeting was adjourned at 10:34 a.m.
10:34:09 AM
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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| 2014.08.07 Agenda.pdf |
JLEC 8/7/2014 10:00:00 AM |
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| Capitol Seismic and Retrofit 2014 Proposed Amendment.pdf |
JLEC 8/7/2014 10:00:00 AM |
Alaska Capitol Seismic Retrofit and Exterior Renovation |