Development Team Meeting Notes (96-99)

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~ Ra.ndy and RG will make themselves available. General Contractor report: Dave will start to copy all correspondence/co~munications to both Randy and RG to expedite the process. ' BUDGET RG expressed taking the approach of dealing with the project as a whole to see if we come in on budget first. Once that determination is made, County and Transit will wo~jk the numbers between themselves to fit in the pieces. There was general consensus from a11 ~resent that tlus is a good approach. Randy and RG need to know how the budgets in the past have been generated. ' The important piece is to keep project on budget. They will be depending upon support fro~i architect and general contractor to help with understanding how the numbers were derived. Di~scussions were held on how some of the components of Dan's budget were computed. The tl~a.m will work together through the budget process. Once a final number is achieved, then we '~can schedule a work session to break out the different components. County and Transit havle discretion to make determinations with guidance from architect and general contractor. Curt said there was a written description delineating the mall costs and what was used to arrive at that n~mber eazly on in the planning stages. , Both County and Transit have been fielding questions on why the project jump~d from a$25 million to $36 million project. From Dan's earlier numbers it actually went fro~ a$31 million to $36 million project. The budget does look like it is coming down based lon our recent calculations. The perception in the community is they are looking at initial pres~ coverage of a $25 million dollar design that has changed quite a bit since initial introduction„ and have not taken into account all the changes that have been made. ' Another point to look at was the amount of contingencies Dan had built into the b~udget. There are over $9 million in soft costs that are starting to get fixed and pinned down jnow. We are coming in well ahead on those costs. There was a 5% contingency on both har~ & soft costs, plus padding in all the numbers as well as the general contractor adding anothejr $500,000 in contingencies. So far with the abatement and demolition contracts in, we have saj~ed $400,000. There is $500,000 for remediation in the budget, but no revenue from Chevron for contaminated soil or environmental consultant fees are included. Parking Structure Curt asked if Leonard revamped the parking structure and moved it back to the Ch$vron site? RG had attended a recent meeting and was specifically asked if the project woti~ld be able to provide underground space for bicycle lockers for building employees. If it iis just a bare concrete room with vertical hangers around perimeter that would work. There are ~federal grants available through COG for the hangers. If there is space to include this, let's do i~ as long as it doesn't jeopa.rdize vehicle pa.rking spaces. Leonazd said there should be a couple of corners where this could be done. There is need to have m& e equipment storage and a shpp area in the