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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Bond Committee - Meeting Date: 2/18/2020o Glendale A k I Z J r; A MINUTES BOND COMMITTEE CITY HALL, CONFERENCE ROOM 2A 5850 W. GLENDALE AVE. GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85301 FEBRUARY 18, 2020 5:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Roll call was conducted. Chair Froke announced quorum was reached. Present: Jon Froke, Chair Lisa Baker, Vice Chair Gary Hirsch, Committee Member Michael Socaciu, Committee Member Ryan Wesselink, Committee Member Absent: Michael Boule, Committee Member John Guers, Committee Member Also, Present: Vicki Rios, Assistant City Manager Lisette Camacho, Budget and Finance Director Julie Patterson, Budget and Finance Management Assistant Rick St. John, Assistant City Manager Michelle Woytenko, Field Operations Director Samuel Pena, Field Operations Program Manager Attendees: 3. CITIZEN COMMENTS No citizens present. No comments. 4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Presented by: Jon Froke, Citizen Bond Committee Chair a. Citizen Bond Election Committee Minutes of February 4, 2020. A motion was made by Committee Member Gary Hirsch, seconded by Committee Member Michael Socaciu, to approve the February 4, 2020 Citizen Bond Election Committee minutes as written. AYE: Chair Jon Froke Vice Chair Lisa Baker Committee Member Gary Hirsch Committee Member Michael Socaciu Committee Member Ryan Wesselink Other: Committee Member Michael Boule (Absent) Committee Member John Guers (Absent) 5. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION Presented by: Jon Froke, Citizen Bond Committee Chair None. 6. PRESENTATION ON GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES - PUBLIC SAFETY CIP Presented by: Michelle Woytenko, Field Operations Director Ms. Camacho displayed the current voter authorization and remaining need as identified for all City divisions. Ms. Woytenko gave a detailed presentation, which included the following: 1. Financials for the Public Safety Bond Funding CIP by Project were displayed. 2. Specific Public Safety Bond Funded Capital Projects through FY2020-FY29 were explained in detail. • Underground Storage Tank Replacement Committee Member Hirsch inquired if the budget for the Underground Storage Tank Replacement included any grants. Ms. Woytenko replied that staff was unable to find grants for which this project qualified, however will keep searching. • City Prosecutor Remodel Committee Member Socaciu inquired as to where the City Prosecutors were currently located. Ms. Woytenko explained the Prosecutors were currently housed in temporary trailers and have been there for approximately 15 to 17 years. Ms. Rios explained there is a plan to move the Prosecutors to the Sine Building and if that comes to fruition, this project would be removed from the CIP. • Replace/Remodel Fire Station #153 — Thunderbird and 59th Avenue Committee Member Socaciu asked about the community center at this location. Ms. Woytenko stated that the planned footprint calls for the entire space at the location. Committee Member Socaciu inquired as to where funds for a new community center would be found. Ms. Woytenko replied the funds would come from the General Fund. Chair Froke asked if land purchased needed to be looked at for the build out. Ms. Woytenko replied that Fire Station #151 would be used as a design, which would fit on the site. • New Police Evidence Storage Ms. Woytenko stated that this storage facility may be part of Phase 1 of the new Field Operations campus; however, this has not been finalized. • City Court Remodel Committee Member Socaciu asked when the new City Court would be constructed. Ms. Woytenko replied that the new court is planned for the outyears and may not need to be done if this project creates the necessary functionality. Committee Socaciu proposed constructing the new court building instead of spending funds to remodel the current location. Mr. St. John explained that the current court location is the best in functionality due the underground transferring of inmates to the jail. Ms. Woytenko noted the number of court cases has leveled off, there is court room capacity; however, there are storage issues. Ms. Rios explained that much of the work is interior infrastructure and it if can be made functional for $4 million, the City can save $36 million. If another court building is built, the building would be re -purposed. Committee Member Socaciu asked if there was bond authorization for a new court building. Mr. St. John replied the project was short $15 million in authorization. Committee Member Hirsch asked if the new court building was in the Council -approved Cl P. Ms. Rios stated that the project was included in the 10 -Year CIP; however, only the first year is funded. Committee Member Hirsch asked if Council would still need to approve the project. Ms. Rios replied in the positive and that staff would have to conduct modeling to see if the City could afford the project. Ms. Camacho corrected that the project was not included in the bond authorization. Committee Member Socaciu commented on the potential of including the project in the current bond request. Ms. Rios stated that the Committee could make the recommendation to Council. • Main Public Safety Building Remodel • Foothills Police Station Remodel Chair Froke announced there is very little parking at this station and there is an oversized utility box at the location, which blocks the view of people exiting the site. Chair Froke asked that for consideration of these issues in the design. Committee Member Socaciu asked if land acquisition costs were included in the project estimate. Ms. Woytenko replied that the location was landlocked and staff is looking at the potential cost of parking above the retention basin. • Gateway Police Station Remodel • Renovate Fire Station #154 — 43rd Avenue and Peoria • Fire Station — Western Area Mr. St. John reported that a five -acre parcel has been secured at Olive & Reems and the City is close to securing the deed. Ms. Woytenko will come back with clarification on this project versus the site near Highway 303. • Replace/Remodel Fire Station #155 — Union Hills near 63rd Avenue • Renovate Fire Station #156 — 68th Drive and Deer Valley Road • Renovate Fire Station #157 — Near Glendale Community College • Police Station — West Area • City Court Building • 700MHz Commercial Equipment • Public Safety Building Remodels Ms. Woytenko will provide the Committee with a full list of projects in the next two weeks. • Remodel Fire Station #152 This project was completed. The agenda item was concluded. 7. STAFF REPORT Presented by: Vicki Rios, Assistant City Manager Presented by: Lisette Camacho, Budget and Finance Director Ms. Rios reported the following: • Staff met with Council today at the Budget Workshop and Chair Froke, Vice Chair Baker, and Committee Member Hirsch were in attendance. • Chair Froke provided an update on the Committee's progress to Council. • Council requested the Committee anticipate additional needs during the Bond Election and provided additional direction. Chair Froke appreciated the attendance of the Committee Members who attended the Council workshop, complimented staff on a great job, noted that a nice discussion was held with Council. Ms. Camacho announced upcoming presentations at future meetings: Governmental Facilities and Transportation. Ms. Camacho stated that the information presentations will then be concluded and attention will turn back to ballot language. Ms. Camacho introduced Ms. Julie Patterson, who will be coordinating agendas and the meetings. 8. COMMITTEE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Presented by: Jon Froke, Citizen Bond Committee Chair 9. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the Citizen Bond Election Committee will be held on March 17th, 2020 at 5:00 p.m., in conference room 2A, located at 5850 West Glendale Avenue, Glendale, Arizona, 85301. 10. ADJOURNMENT A motion by Vice Chair Lisa Baker and second by Committee Member Ryan Wesselink was made to adjourn the meeting at 5:58 p.m. AYE: Chair Jon Froke Vice Chair Baker Committee Member Gary Hirsch Committee Member Michael Socaciu Committee Member Ryan Wesselink The Bond Committee meeting minutes of February 18, 2020 were submitted and approved this 3rd day of March, 2020. sn, (s Lis tte Camacho Budget and Finance Director