Summary of current bond activity

1. Community Learning Centers
   Thurston: Working with sign company to design and install a permanent exterior sign.
   
   Churchill: Sonitrol system to be installed. Greenhouse under construction.
   
   McKenzie: Ground breaking January 20, 1999. Expect center to be open Fall Term 1999.
   
   Elmira: Final construction documents are being completed for the center. The project should be out to bid this spring. The center is expected to be open the middle of fall term 1999.
   
   Junction City: The CLC Steering Committee has explored different scenarios and estimated costs for the center. It appears that because of some site development problems and problems associated with connecting to the current high school, the cost will be somewhat higher than the original budget. The requirements which the city has imposed for the development of the site are estimated to cost about $75,000. The CLC Steering Committee has agreed to increase the budget for this center by about $85,000. These funds will come out of the allocation for the proposed Harrisburg Center
   
   Harrisburg: College staff members have been meeting with the school district to discuss what kind of a center we should have at Harrisburg. Although these discussions are on going and have not yet reached a definite conclusion, it appears as though this center
   
   
2. Florence Center Addition
   Almost all of the exterior work on the building is completed. Interior work is progressing rapidly with most of the rough-in electrical, plumbing and mechanical work already completed. There are delays anticipated in some of the mechanical systems but the addition is still expected to be completed by April 30, 1999. The upgrade to the HVAC systems in the current building is expected to be delayed for about a month or more depending upon the ability of the contractor to have access to the work areas without interfering with classes.
   
   
3. Main Campus Projects
   The architects have continued to work with the Project User Groups (PUGs) to bring schematic plans into conformance with the project budgets that have been established by the Board. The Welding Building, Child Care Center, Science Addition, Workforce Training, and Student Services buildings have been getting the most attention since those are the projects that are to be completed the soonest.
   
   The Welding Building bid has been delayed because the current plans are apparently significantly above budget. The architects will be working with the Welding PUG to get the project estimates on budget and will hopefully be ready to bid this project in February or March.
   
   The Child Care Center should be out to bid in March. The Campus Services Addition budget has been established and the architect is working on the completion of the design and construction of the addition. Hopefully, this project will be out to bid in May or June. Please refer to the attached Tentative Project Schedule for the expected time lines on the other projects.
   
   It is now proposed that the new parking lot to the southwest of campus will be constructed during this next summer. This will offset the loss of parking spaces due to the Welding Building construction and will provide for the final development of the Childcare Center site.
   
   
4. Wildish Building
   The elevator has been completed. The rest of the remodeling work is close to being completed. Facilities Management hopes to have the project done by the end of February.
   
   
5. Sewage Lagoon Upgrade
   The engineers are still completing various studies and flow modeling for our system. Included in the options we are investigating is the possibility of not having to irrigate our athletic fields with effluent during the summer. The engineers have already come up with some tentative ideas, but it will still take several months to complete their analysis and develop more exact solutions.
   
   
6. General Comments
   Because of the limited size of the applicant pool, it was decided to reopen the Project Manager position until the end of January. Hopefully, there will be more qualified applicants this time and the committee will be able to get through the screening and selection by mid-February. We should have someone on board by March.
   
   We will be participating with the Oregon Department of Energy in a building commissioning process involving the Child Care Center. ODE is willing to underwrite the cost of this process so that they can evaluate the effectiveness of this activity. Hopefully, it will help in providing a better facility for us. We currently have issued an RFP for a Commissioning Agent and should have one selected in February.
   
   We have also been having discussions with EWEB concerning potential energy saving steps we could take in our new facilities. They have committed themselves to the incremental costs of adding more energy efficient heating systems in both the Child Care Center and the Welding Building. They have also agreed to fund the cost of expanding our campus energy analysis to include the new construction projects. The firm, which did the original energy analysis, has been engaged to complete the update, which will include our new facilities. Based upon the findings of this analysis, EWEB has agreed to explore funding possibilities for incorporating more energy efficient measures in our new facilities that we could afford with our existing budgets.