Fiscal Note
Estimated cost is $2.75 million. The 2004 budget originally authorized $ 1,500,000 for this project, and $ 450,000 was borrowed in September in anticipation of construction. With this proposed $ 1,250,000 increase, the total project cost of $ 2,750,000 will be funded as follows: (see attached: fiscal note table.doc). Revenue bond debt service will be paid through Sewer Utility rates in future years. No additional general obligation debt is required. There is no anticipated impact upon the tax levy or cost controls.
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Approving plans and specifications and authorizing the Board of Public Works to advertise and receive bids for the Engineering Services Building Expansion project and amending 2005 Capital budget to provide $1,250,000 of additional funds necessary for construction.
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Construction of a 2-story, energy efficient addition to the existing Engineering Service Building (ESB) providing an additional 12,898 square feet of space and renovation of the adjoining 6,072 square feet of existing space. This project has been designed to incorporate the practice of sustainable design and be LEED's certifiable. The mission of the staff housed in this facility is directly related to the support of our City's wastewater collection and stormwater drainage and conveyance systems. As such the facility has been designed to serve as a laboratory for water quality improvement efforts by incorporating rain gardens, cisterns, and roof gardens.
The existing ESB is outdated, extremely energy inefficient and severely undersized. The expanded facility will house overcrowded staff in the Constructions Inspection, Operations, GIS/Mapping and Special Projects sections of the Engineering Division. These personnel are presently located at two separate facilities. The CCB office space vacated by GIS/Mapping and Special Projects staff, in turn, will provide space for the overcrowded Street, Sanitary and Storm sections.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that ...
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