HomeMy WebLinkAboutSupplemental Communications from Robert GoldbergQuestions & Comments for 9/23/19 (Open Session) from Robert Goldberg
Item E: Vehicle Replacement
The 2012 Fleet Management Plan indicated that vehicle #59 was a dump truck listed in the
inventory of General Fund vehicles. It was specifically not listed in the separate inventory of
Water and Sewer vehicles. This dump truck is now on the list of proposed replacement vehicles
as “Water & Sewer Chevrolet C5500,”and will be presumably be paid for with the $145,000
budgeted in the Water Operations Fund (budget p age 229).
Please explain why the financial responsibility for replacing this dump truck was shifted
from the General Fund to the Water Operations Fund?
As stated above, the Water Operations Fund has $145,000 budgeted for vehicle replacement.
However, the Acct Number Explanation on page 228 indicates that this money was intended for
the purchase of a “Water meter reader truck.” In fact, money to purchase this truck was first
budgeted for this back in FY 17-18. To my knowledge, this specialized vehicle has not been
purchased to date, and is not on the staff’s current list of proposed purchases.
Please explain the need for this vehicle and the delay in its purchase.
The staff report and resolution allocate $70,500 for up-fitting by Standard Automotive, LLC.
Does this cost include installation of Motorola 800 mHz radios in the three police vehicles
and one lifeguard vehicle? {We were told last year that these cost about $15,000 each}
Item F: Reimbursable Plan Checking Services from GHD
Public Works currently has a one-year, $30,000 contract signed 4/24/19 with Interwest for
“Permit Review and Plan Check Services.”
Are we no longer going to be using Interwest for PW reimbursable plan checks?
Section 3.1 of the contract states that the City will pay the consul tant at the hourly rates shown
in Exhibit A. Per Section 5 of our Fee Schedule (Public Works fees), 100% of these consultant
costs plus 20% for administrative overhead will be charge to the project applicant.
Is GHD’s fee schedule expected to result in higher costs to development applicants
compared to the consultant used before GHD? If so, approximately what percentage will
the costs rise?
What consulting company was providing these services before GHD?
Item G: ADA Consultant
In 2011, the City had a consultant do a detailed citywide Facility Condition Assessment that
included a “Disabled Assess Compliance” assessment of each building (10/10/11 Item G). This
was followed in 2013 by a citywide assessment of our parks which also included an ADA survey
and recommendations for compliance where needed (7/22/13 Item J).
Has there been any assessment as to what extent these two prior surveys would meet
the current FHWA requirements for ADA compliance, self-evaluation, and transition
planning?
Stated in a different way, could the results of these two prior surveys be incorporated
into the current project to reduce duplication of efforts and save money?
From my reading of the consultant’s proposal, their scope of work does not include a citywide
audit of sidewalk “offsets,” i.e., the original study proposed in CIP project ST2004. ST2004 was
supposed to update the “Citywide Concrete Audit” that was done in 2012. This update is
needed since annual concrete projects have repaired almost all of the originally identified
offsets of ½” or more that are hazardous. An updated audit/survey would be expected to find
new locations that have been lifted by roots or otherwise shifted upward. The proposed
$165,000 contract with the Owen Group will not identify tripping haz ards that can guide our
annual repair program for the next 6-7 years.
What are staff’s plans/timeline now for funding/doing an updated Citywide Concrete
Audit that they recommended last June?
Couldn’t we proceed now to solicit/fund a different contractor to do an updated Citywide
Concrete “Offset” Audit concurrently with this ADA study?
CIP Project ST2004 (Citywide Concrete Audit plus sidewalk repairs) is currently funded in the
budget with $100,000 of Gas Tax funds. Sidewalk assessments and repairs are an appropriate
use of Gas Tax funds. However, doing ADA assessments of buildings and parks are not.
How much of the $165,440 cost of the ADA contract will have to be paid for by the
General Fund?