Construction Updates - June 25, 2014

The City of OKC & Metropolitan Library System is working to identify long term Capital Improvement Projects for the MLS.
To improve the Project Agreement Funding Status reporting process & working on a new lease agreement to cover all Oklahoma City libraries.

On June 16th, Donna Morris met with Bethany Library Group to review the process and schedule. Todd stated, while nothing is final, this was a critical first step.

To get the design work started, the following critical items are needed:
- Issue the Final Programming Report
  - Guernsey issued the final report on June 10th.
- Approve the MLS / City of OKC - CH Project Agreement Amendment
  - The City of OKC approved the agreement on June 17th.
Negotiations & Approval of Guernsey Architects Contract Revisions.
- Negotiations started on May 23rd and are progressing.
Still working with the City of OKC on the Construction Budget.
Issue an updated schedule
- As this is tied to the above, a start date for the design work is a guess. Todd hopes it will be released in early July.
Other related work – not critical to restarting the design work.
TIF Funding
- Scheduled for Oklahoma City Council approval on July 1st.
- Economic Review Board approval - scheduled for August 17th.
  - On June 23rd, it was determined that a Memorandum of Understanding between MLS & TIF board is not needed.
The Land Purchasing – Started on June 3rd and expected to take up to 10 months.
Art - MLS and the City of OKC met June 23rd to review & confirm the Art procurement process.

The Project 180 – Park Avenue was bid on June 3rd and was significantly over budget. The City of OKC will be rebidding the project later this summer.

MLS Construction met with Edmond on June 17th to review some of the open issues. An updated draft of a Project Agreement is expected this week.

On June 17th, MLS met with Jones and Studio to estimate and review the latest DD plans.
It appears MLS are within budget and can move on to the next phase – “CDs” of Construction Documents (CDs are used for bidding and as you would guess – construction.)
The first step is to issue an updated schedule, expected later this week.

Atlas has tentatively scheduled the warranty work to start on August 14th. It is expected to take 3 weeks. It will involve closing the entry off of 122nd street for 5 to 7 days. Some of the other work includes the replacement of broken glass, folding partition repairs and repair the outside fire sprinkler system.
Todd is still waiting on a decision by the City of OKC regarding repairs to the derrick glazing system.
SRB Engineering is working on modification to the drainage channel.
MLS met with Studio on June 18th to review progress on the monumental sign.

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