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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - EVWD Board of Directors - 06/02/2008EastValley ~, `~Nater District SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 2; 2008 - 8:30 a.m. EAST VALLEY WATER DISTRICT 3654 HIGHLAND AVE #12, HIGHLAND, CA. AGENDA CALL 70 ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 1. Public Comments ~:. Discussion and possible action regarding the District Headquarters design and update. ~4. ADJOURN Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2(a), any request for adisability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, that is sought in order to participate in the above agendized public meeting should be directed to the District's Administrative Manager at (909) 885-4900 at least 72 hours prior to said meeting. 1Vlemorandum To: Bob Martin, General Manager / From: Ron Buchwald, District Engineer Qg ~~~08 Date: 5/6/08 Re: Headquarter Building Review by District Staff As requested by the Board, deparhnent heads and supervisors met to review the Headquarter Buildings to determine areas where various items could be removed, delayed or changed to reduce the cost of construction. The meeting was held on February 15, 2008. The group met as a whole and reviewed the plans in an open forum. The following items listed would not need to have the building plans resubmitted to the City for additional review (these changes were internal and did not effect the building structure themselves): 1) Downsize /Delay /Delete the building of the Garden Exhibit. The City of Highland has a small conservation garden exhibit less than 2 miles away at the new City Library. 2) Delete the gym and locker rooms in the main building. This area could be converted to office space for the remaining production staff in lieu of expanding the building at Plant 150 to include the office space needed for them. 3) Delay /Delete the furnishing of the break room in the Field Building adjacent to the main building, which has a good sized break room already. 4) Delete the installation of the large vehicle lift in the garage. Currently, work on the large vehicles is normally sent to outside repair facilities. In addition, instead of building the remaining lifts below ground, replace them with above ground lifts (which are generally cheaper to install and replace). 5) Delay /Delete the furnishing of the shower and locker room in the garage. The Field building has an extensive shower and locker room for this purpose. 6) Delay /Delete the pipe rack adjacent to the Warehouse building used to store pipe on a temporary basis. All pipe to be delivered to the construction site or Plant 39. The above items were thought to be minimal cost savings to the overall construction cost maybe in the $500,000 to $1 million range. For significant cost savings, staff thought of some additional items that would most likely need significant plan changes and a re- submittal to the City for additional review. This would require additional cost for the redesign of the plans and plan checking and more significantly, additional time to acquire the permits. May 6, 2008 7) Consider redesigning the garage to a single story instead of the current two-story building. Again, large vehicles are usually sent to outside repair facilities and the need of a large vehicle lift and atwo-story building is not needed. 8) Downsize /Delay /Delete the water features in and around the main building. 9) Remove the Weld shop and Pipe Fabrication shop from the Field Operations building. Keep as an open area and delete the exterior walls and large doors. 10) Delete the Field Operations building and move staff to the Warehouse building by down sizing the storage area. Not all deparhnent heads and supervisors were in agreement with this idea. One item of note that was discussed during the meeting with staff is that the layout and design of the new headquarters was performed with an eye to the future, near ultimate build out of the District. The larger than required garage is a perfect example of this where the thought was at some point in the future the District may consider performing all repair work with District staff only. The garage was designed with this in mind (large vehicle lift and two-story building). A larger than needed main building, field office and warehouse was also designed with that in mind. In some cases, the District has utilized some of the future space due to growth that has occurred since the design of the buildings, which was over f ve years ago. )n other words, some of the extra office space designed for future growth will be used once the building is completed (hence the need for Suite 19). There are, of course, other ideas that can save various amounts in construction cost but the items above were what came to mind and mostly agreed upon by staff. If there are other ideas, please do not hesitate to forward them to us for additional review and comment, if you so desire.