2005-10-12 Regular Meeting
Minutes
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Architectural/Engineering Review Bo
12 October 2005 5:00pm
KFRC Conference Room
BOROUGH CLERK'S OFFICE
A. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by the Chair at 6:01pm.
B. Roll Call
ARB Members present were Scott Arndt, Jerrol Friend, Gregg
Hacker, Jay Johnston, Reed Oswalt and Brent Watkins.
Absent Member was Charlie Jerling. Representing the KIB
Engineering and Facilities Department were Bud Cassidy, Ken
Smi th and Sharon Lea Adinolfi. Representing the School
District was Robert Tucker. Interested party present was
Jim willis
C. Approval of Agenda
R. Oswalt moved and J. Friend seconded a motion to approve
the Agenda. There was a unanimous affirmative voice vote.
D. Receipt of Minutes
Receipt was acknowledged by
meetings held 11 October 2005,
20, 21, 22 April 2005.
the
19
Board of Minutes
September 2005 and
for
19,
E. Review/Scoring/Recommendation of Architectural Firm for
Kodiak MS/HS Pool
The Chair asked Bud Cassidy to speak re the selection
process and give his thoughts on the 3 interviewed firms.
B. Cassidy noted that full attendance by the ARB Members
was appreciated. He said that there is a good process in
place for making a selection and this would be helpful as
the other proj ects come along. B. Cassid~{ said that all
the firms gave good presentations. He felt that both USKH
and ECI/Hyer were the strongest and ranked them as tied.
The Chair asked Jim willis for his thoughts.
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J. Willis said he thought USKH presented good organization
AA had good experience and he liked the firm's cost
cu t ting ideas - he was impressed wi th the demeanor of the
ECl/Hyer team. Willis ranked them ECl/Hyer first, USKH
second and AA third.
R. Tucker liked the USKH presentation.
not appear to have as much experience as
Hyer had "up front" experience and would
ground running on the pool project.
He said they did
ECl/Hyer. He felt
be able to hit the
K. Smi th said that he would feel comfortable working with
any of the firms and he ranked them ECl/Hyer first, USKH
second and AA third.
R. Oswalt ranked USKH first and ECl/Hyer second. He said
he was impressed with E. Rousso of USKH and her strength in
obtaining funding. He felt that this was a critical issue.
J. Friend said that he felt uncomfortable with AA - that
they appeared to be "stuck" in their ways and that it might
be difficult to get them to listen. He said that he liked
USKH 's presentation and felt their relationship with DEED
was good. He felt that ECl/Hyer gave by far the best
presentation and that their experience In Kodiak was a
plus. He rated them ECl/Hyer first, USKH second and AA
third.
J. Johnston questioned R. Tucker re the DEED requirements.
Tuck responded that the requirements are spelled out and
not difficult and that he had worked w/both AA and
ECl/Hyer. He found AA "stuck" in their ways and ECl/Hyer
responsive. J. Johnston noted that he was impressed
w/USKH's "fresh look" at the project and liked their team.
He ranked ECl/Hyer first, USKH second and AA third.
Gregg Hacker ranked the firms ECl/Hyer first, USKH second
and AA third.
B. Watkins thought that USKH gave a good presentation, but
that he felt rnore cornfortable vJ!ECI/Hyer.
He ranked the
firms ECl/Hyer first, USKH second and AA third.
S. Arndt liked USKH's presentation and thought it could be
a plus that Jerry Neubert was contemplating moving to
Kodiak. He liked Terry Hyer found him to be very
responsi ve and fair. He was impressed wi th Dave Moore of
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the USKH team. He ranked the firms USKH first, ECI/Hyer a
close second and AA third.
Discussion.
Topics covered:
Boyd Morgenthaler - on both AA and Hyer's team - Board was
impressed w/his ideas
USKH pushing HRVs - negative feelings
Noted that Boyd complemented Terry H. Board sees them
working well together
Architects build [essentially] sheds - it's the mechanical
systems of a pool that are of import
All expertise in-house a plus
ECI/Hyer offers long term support
Escalation of costs seen across the State will need
legislative assistance
Designing for future possible expansion
A motion was made by J. Friend to recommend to the KIB
Assembly the firm of ECI/Hyer to accomplish the
Archi tectural and Construction Services for a New Kodiak
MS/HS Pool. The motion was seconded by J. Johnston.
Roll Call Vote:
S. Arndt
F. Friend
G. Hacker
C. Jerling
J. Johnston
R. Oswalt
B. Watkins
No
Yes
Yes
Yes - note proxy given to sla
Yes
No
Yes
Motion passes 5 to 2
General Discussion:
J. Friend and R. Oswalt said that they would like to have
Kodiak's local representatives present at an ARB Meeting to
discuss funding needs.
New F&G Building to go out for bid In November 2005
w/selection in January 2006.
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All projects coming up are going to have funding problems -
need to get City, School District and Borough together to
firm up an operational model.
The Pool Project needs to be a cooperative community
project.
Site selection Architects to evaluate
guideline is that the Pool Facility needs to
a school.
only fixed
be adjacent to
Pool Facility needs to be user friendly.
New USGS hazard maps are out - new info may affect Chiniak
area, but no real change in Kodiak.
May be some
able to be
schools.
Seismic Valuation $$$ left
used to investigate other
over which may be
buildings besides
E. Adjournment
The Chair thanked those in attendance for their time.
A motion was made and seconded - R. Oswalt, J. Johnston -
to adjourn. There was a unanimous affirmative voice vote.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:02pm.
Respectfully submitted.
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