It's Item *4-k: GURANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE INCREASE #2
It all started more than five years ago when Hizzoner Mayor John Giles tried to pull-off a major stunt with the costumed ASU mascot 'Sparky' when they both appeared together on the stage at the Mesa Arts Center making under-handed gestures to each other. Amusing? No. . . it was a major goof. - a goof backed-up by a privately-funded $500,000+ public relations campaign to trick Mesa taxpayers to go-into-debt obligations to finance a $200M 'satellite ASU campus' here in Downtown Mesa. They didn't give up when taxpayers got smart and REJECTED that proposition in 2016.| File #: | 20-1223 |
| Type: | Contract | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 12/8/2020 |
| Title: | The Studios @ Mesa City Center - Second Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP No. 2) (District 4) This project is the second of three that will renovate and revitalize the vacant City-owned building at 59 East 1st Street into an academic building in conjunction with Arizona State University (ASU). City Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement with ASU in February 2018 which, in part, commits the City to the renovation of 6,000 to 12,000 square-feet of the existing 26,500 square foot building into The Studios @ Mesa City Center. Staff recommends awarding the contract to the selected Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), Okland Construction, in the amount of $3,419,587 (GMP) and authorizing a change order allowance in the amount of $170,979.35 (5%), for a total amount of $3,590,566.35. This project is funded by the Economic Investment Fund and General Fund - Capital. |
| Attachments: | 1. Presentation, 2. Council Report, 3. Location Map |
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IN MAY 2019 ARTS AND INNOVATION DISTRICT PROJECTS
DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION
> Item 2-a 19-0526
Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the following Downtown Innovation District projects:
- 1) ASU @ Mesa City Center
- 2) The Studios @ Mesa City Center
- 3) CO+HOOTS @ Benedictine University
The Presentation is 10 Power Point slides
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City Council Study Session
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City Council Study Session
May 2, 2019
Jeff McVay Manager of Downtown Transformation
| File #: | 19-0526 |
| Type: | Presentation | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council Study Session |
| On agenda: | 5/2/2019 |
| Title: | Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the following Downtown Innovation District projects: 1) ASU @ Mesa City Center, 2) The Studios @ Mesa City Center, and 3) CO+HOOTS @ Benedictine University. |
| Attachments: | 1. Presentation |
BLOGGER NOTE:
ASU @ MESA CITY CENTER
Project Update Overall Project Budget: $63.5M
Funding Sources:
ASU @ MESA CITY CENTER
Project Update Overall Project Budget: $63.5M
Funding Sources:
Proceeds from sale of City assets
Construction sales tax
Excise tax revenue bonds
Economic Investment Fund
Excise tax revenue bonds
Economic Investment Fund
This is NOT what the proposed new building looks like --- Here's THE MONEY-PIT July 2020
BLOGGER NOTE: THE STUDIOS @ MESA CITY CENTERA renovation of the 1970's-Era old former City of Mesa IT Building on First Street @ SWC Centennial Drive. Next to the City Council Building. What you see is a view from the south. The proposed ASU @ Mesa City Center new construction for one building with an estimated cost of $63,000,000 is planned to go on the footprint of the parking lot in the back on the IT Building on the NWC of Pepper Place/Centennial.It is a very constrained site perimeter that presents multiple problemsSite excavation, connection of utilities and broadband/optical fiber, access and storage for construction machinery and building materials
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Budget Estimate
Phase I: $5.0M
Phase II: $3.0M
Proposed Funding Sources: Economic Investment Fund
Program
Former IT Building - Mesa’s first public library (26,500SF)
Innovation District front door
Open/Flexible community collaboration spaces
Corporate partnerships
City/ASU Inter-governmental agreement
City design and construction: 6,00012,500 SF
ASU annual public events: 25 film and 20 entrepreneur and innovation
> Partner with ASU Entrepreneurship and Innovation(E+I) for programming
- E+I workshops and events
- Entrepreneurship training and mentoring
- Place-based programs (e.g. maker spaces)
- Incubator and accelerator programs
> MEP systems upgrade
Local Historic Landmark designation
Design consultant selected
Prepare concept design: 6-8 months
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PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT (6 Months after the Ground Breaking)
CITY COUNCIL REPORT
Date: July 8, 2020
To: City Council
Through: Kari Kent, Assistant City Manager
From:
Date: July 8, 2020
To: City Council
Through: Kari Kent, Assistant City Manager
From:
Beth Huning, City Engineer
Marc Ahlstrom, Assistant City Engineer
Pre-Construction Services contract in the amount of $98,322.
City Project No. CP0880
Background:In February 2018, Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Arizona State University (ASU) for a new academic building in downtown Mesa (ASU Creative Futures Laboratory).
This agreement also included provisions for ASU to assist with the programming of the vacant City-owned building located at 59 E 1st Street.
In November 2018, the City and ASU subsequently entered into a lease agreement for the new academic building and the vacant City building.
Phase 1 of the lease agreement requires the renovation of 6,000 – 12,000 square-foot of the existing 26,500 sf building which will be called The Studios @ Mesa City Center.
The last item developed during the Pre-Construction Phase will be the “Guaranteed Maximum Price” (GMP) for the project.
This GMP will then be brought back to the Council for review and approval.
MesaZona > Table of Contents : Here's The Menu. Enjoy
More than six months after the "Ground-Breaking" + million$$ more than the initial $63.5M approved by the Mesa City Council, there's not much progress to be seen above-ground in this image taken on-site last week for "The ASU Creative Futures Lab" or "The Studios @ Mesa City Center in a parking lot on Pepper Place and Centennial Drive.
< Take a look
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Item 5-g
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CITY COUNCIL REPORT
Date: July 8, 2020
To: City Council
Through: Kari Kent, Assistant City Manager
From: Beth Huning, City Engineer Marc Ahlstrom, Assistant City Engineer
District 4
Alternatives
> extensive on-site investigation,
> phasing,
> construction sequencing,
> constructability analysis, and
> cost evaluation
by the contractor throughout the design phase.
This is Death-by-Power Point and one more calculated attempt to Wear-Out everyone's Attention Span!!
Way too much thrown at the public and City Council and so little time in advance to study it all . . . Maybe they plan it that way, huh?
Tomorrow's study session agenda was made available today - only one day ahead of the "study session".
NOT ENOUGH TIME to seriously devote the time necessary
Once again there are three more City Department Budgets to hear, discuss and provide direction on:
(1) Community Services
(2) Library Services
(3) Arts & Culture.
Any one of them might individually need an hour of attention at the minimum.
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With that being said, before the department budgets presentations are made, there is a previous Item: to hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on 3 projects in what city officials like to call the "Downtown Innovation District". . . and before that is the first item . . .and at the same time in the same place [The Lower Chambers] there is another meeting for the Cadence Community Facilities District.
Review and Discuss 38 Items on the agenda for Mon 06 May 2019 Regular Council Meeting!!
LINK: Mesa Legistar/Council, Committee & Board Research Center
1 Review and discuss items on the agenda for the May 6, 2019 regular Council meeting
2 Presentations/Action Items: You can open the link to the Presentation in the File # insert
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City Council Study Session
BLOGGER NOTE:
ASU @ MESA CITY CENTER
Project Update Overall Project Budget: $63.5M
Funding Sources:
Excise tax revenue bonds
Economic Investment Fund
This is NOT what the proposed new building looks like.
BLOGGER NOTE: THE STUDIOS @ MESA CITY CENTERA renovation of the 1970's-Era old former City of Mesa IT Building on First Street @ SWC Centennial Drive. Next to the City Council Building. What you see is a view from the south. The proposed ASU @ Mesa City Center new construction for one building with an estimated cost of $63,000,000 is planned to go on the footprint of the parking lot in the back on the IT Building on the NWC of Pepper Place/Centennial.It is a very constrained site perimeter that presents multiple problemsSite excavation, connection of utilities and broadband/optical fiber, access and storage for construction machinery and building materials.__________________________________________________________________________ 
Budget Estimate
BLOGGER NOTE: CO+HOOTS @ BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY
It's a proposed built-out for the existing city-owned building at the SEC Main/Hibbert Street. CO+HOOTS was originally intended as an anchor- partner for Tony Wall's GRID Project atop the Pomeroy Street Parking Garage.
Budget Estimate
CO+HOOTS and Benedictine University partnership
Entrepreneurship curriculum
80-100 students in program/year
Co-working space
300 new Mesa jobs/businesses created
CO+HOOTS responsible for FF+E
Regular public entrepreneurship events
10 year commitment (CO+HOOTS and Benedictine)
> Item 2-b 19-0408
Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the following department budgets:
3 Acknowledge receipt of minutes of various boards and committees.
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Rising above the virtual reality of an image of the proposed ASU Creative Futures Lab on the rent-a-fence barricades behind Mesa City Hall Plaza - it's a big blue rig of some kind - perhaps a drilling rig - it's definitely way too soon to see one more crane here in downtown.
Mounds of earth got moved making some dust in the early Monday morning haze . . .
Hard to say exactly what's there now after ground was broken months ago, so let's let the images deliver the optics when new supplies and big equipment moved on-site during the recorded-shattering heat of the past weekend for more sub-contracting work to do all the underground installation of a new network infrastructure and relocation of city-owned utilities services for the leasing of one existing vacant 1970's-era building needing to get renovated inside. No signs of laying the foundation of a proposed 3-story structure of one new city-owned construction to lease out to, ASU originally-priced at $64M and financed by Mesa taxpayer-funded debt obligations in the 2018 General Election.
The dust of controversies over that hotly-contested, privately-financed Public Relations campaign had hardly settled when city officials came back to ask the Mesa City Council for approval of million$$$$$$$ more . . the most recent "GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE" was one more GMP that was Item 5-g to approve a $98,000 "study" with Okland - with the last phase recommendations coming back for council approval at a later date.
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INSERT FROM AN EARLIER POST:
This was the Sales-Pitch for GMP #3 (date: 13 March 2020)
A clear example of this is the first item brought up by City Manager Chris Brady Item 7-a (see below), followed by another item, Item 6-a
< Item 6-a is the subject of a FrontPage feature story in this Sunday Edition of the East Valley Tribune
"High-end NE Mesa plan wows zoning panel" is only one piece of the story that city officials wanted to get told.
< The TOP HEADLINE - coincidence or not - is Item 4-h on Monday's agenda - it's for the third request for an increase of millions more that need to get approved for the Contract Manager At-Risk that had to get hired as a third-party buffer.
?? The lease agreement commits the City to the renovation of 6,000 to 12,000 square-foot of the existing 26,500 sf building
?? Completing this demolition work early during the design phase of the project will allow the Architect and CMAR to obtain a better understanding of the existing structure and systems in the building, making the design more accurate and allowing construction progress without encountering extensive unknown conditions in the building.
> the majority of the work in the project will be competitively bid by Okland Construction to multiple subcontractors.
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04 July 2020
More Money CMAR Contracts for ASU Money-Pit ??
< Take a look
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Item 5-g
| File #: | 20-0730 |
| Type: | Contract | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 7/8/2020 |
| Title: | The Studios @ Mesa City Center - Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Selection and Pre-Construction Services Contract (District 4) In February 2018, Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona State University for a new academic building in downtown Mesa (ASU Creative Futures Laboratory). This agreement also included provisions for ASU to assist with the programming of the vacant City-owned building located at 59 East 1st Street, which requires the renovation of 6,000 - 12,000 square-foot of the existing 26,500 sf building, to be called The Studios @ Mesa City Center. This pre-construction phase of the renovation project consists of working closely with the project team to develop the project design, review the design for constructability, prepare cost estimates, and develop the project schedule and phasing plan. Staff recommends the selection of Okland Construction as the CMAR for this project and award a Pre-Construction Services contract in the amount of $98,322. This project is funded by the Economic Investment Fund |
| Attachments: | 1. Council Report, 2. Project Location Map |
Date: July 8, 2020
To: City Council
Through: Kari Kent, Assistant City Manager
From: Beth Huning, City Engineer Marc Ahlstrom, Assistant City Engineer
Subject: The Studios @ Mesa City Center
City Project No. CP0880 District 4
Purpose and Recommendation.
The purpose of this report is to provide information to the Council concerning the selection of a Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) for the proposed The Studios @ Mesa City Center project (Refer to Exhibit “A” for the project location).
Staff recommends that Council approve the selection of Okland Construction as the CMAR for this project and award a Pre-Construction Services contract in the amount of $98,322.
Background
In February 2018, Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Arizona State University (ASU) for a new academic building in downtown Mesa (ASU Creative Futures Laboratory).
This agreement also included provisions for ASU to assist with the programming of the vacant City-owned building located at 59 E 1st Street.
In November 2018, the City and ASU subsequently entered into a lease agreement for the new academic building and the vacant City building.
Phase 1 of the lease agreement requires the renovation of 6,000 – 12,000 square-foot of the existing 26,500 sf building which will be called The Studios @ Mesa City Center.
Located in the heart of Downtown Mesa's Innovation District and managed/programmed by ASU, The Studios @ Mesa City Center will align world-class industry leaders, budding entrepreneurs, and cutting edge academic insight to create a one of a kind ecosystem empowering a modern workforce development and startup pipeline to fuel the economy of today and tomorrow.
The facility will also have a close functional relationship with the adjacent ASU Creative Futures Laboratory.
The renovated building will have a complimentary aesthetic to the new ASU facility and will be designed to integrate into the overall Mesa City Center development.
2
Discussion
In March 2020, Staff received eleven “Statements of Qualifications” (SOQ) from contractors proposing to act as the CMAR for this project. Based on an evaluation of these SOQ’s and subsequent interviews, Okland Construction was recommended as the most qualified CMAR.
Staff has prepared a contract and negotiated the fee for the PreConstruction Services contract.
During the Pre-Construction Phase, the CMAR will work closely with the project team to
> develop the project design,
> review the design for constructability,
> prepare cost estimates, and
> develop the project schedule and phasing plan.
The last item developed during the Pre-Construction Phase will be the “Guaranteed Maximum Price” (GMP) for the project.
This GMP will then be brought back to the Council for review and approval.
Once underway, construction of this project is anticipated to last approximately 8 months
Alternatives
An alternative to the approval of this Pre-Construction Services contract for the selected CMAR would be to construct this project using the traditional Design/Bid/Build method. This is not recommended due to the need for the additional services provided by a CMAR contractor during the design phase.
The proposed The Studios @ Mesa City Center project will require > extensive on-site investigation,
> phasing,
> construction sequencing,
> constructability analysis, and
> cost evaluation
by the contractor throughout the design phase.
Another alternative is to not perform the work. This is not recommended because this would be contrary to the IGA and associated lease between the City and ASU.
Fiscal Impact
This pre-construction services contract is in the amount of $98,322.
This project is funded by Economic Investment Fund.
Coordinated With
The City Manager’s Offices concur with this recommendation.
SLAMMED AGAIN! Agenda for Mesa City Council Study Thu 02 May 2019 @ 07:30 a.m.
Way too much thrown at the public and City Council and so little time in advance to study it all . . . Maybe they plan it that way, huh?
Tomorrow's study session agenda was made available today - only one day ahead of the "study session".
NOT ENOUGH TIME to seriously devote the time necessary
(1) Community Services
(2) Library Services
(3) Arts & Culture.
Any one of them might individually need an hour of attention at the minimum.
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LINK: Mesa Legistar/Council, Committee & Board Research Center
- 6 Liquor License Applications (Item 3a - 3e)
- 12 Contracts (Item 4a - 4l) Pay attention to these. Item 4-f is $2,000,000 annually
- 6 Resolutions (Item 5a -5f)
- 8 Ordinances (Item 6a - 6d) + (Item 7a - 7d)
- 2 Sub-Division Plats (Item 8a - 8c) 228 PCD single-residence lots. These are for Cadence @ Gateway Phase 3
- 2 Public Hearings (Item 9a and 9b) on the release of petitions for signatures for 2 annexation cases:
> Item 9-a ANX18-00502 69.3 acres initiated by VIVO Partners in District 6.
> Item 9b19-00066 13.07 acres initiated by SeanLake, Pew and Lake, PLC in District 5.
__________________________________________________________________________1 Review and discuss items on the agenda for the May 6, 2019 regular Council meeting
2 Presentations/Action Items: You can open the link to the Presentation in the File # insert
ARTS AND INNOVATION DISTRICT PROJECTS
DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION
> Item 2-a 19-0526
Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the following Downtown Innovation District projects: - 1) ASU @ Mesa City Center
- 2) The Studios @ Mesa City Center
- 3) CO+HOOTS @ Benedictine University
________________________________________________________________________
City Council Study Session
May 2, 2019
Jeff McVay Manager of Downtown Transformation
ASU @ MESA CITY CENTER
Project Update Overall Project Budget: $63.5M
Funding Sources:
Proceeds from sale of City assets
Construction sales tax Excise tax revenue bonds
Economic Investment Fund
This is NOT what the proposed new building looks like.
Phase I: $5.0M
Phase II: $3.0M
Proposed Funding Sources: Economic Investment FundProgram
Former IT Building - Mesa’s first public library (26,500SF) Innovation District front door
Open/Flexible community collaboration spaces
Corporate partnerships
City/ASU Inter-governmental agreement City design and construction: 6,00012,500 SF
ASU annual public events: 25 film and 20 entrepreneur and innovation
> Partner with ASU Entrepreneurship and Innovation(E+I) for programming - E+I workshops and events
- Entrepreneurship training and mentoring
- Place-based programs (e.g. maker spaces)
- Incubator and accelerator programs
> MEP systems upgrade
Local Historic Landmark designation
Design consultant selected
Prepare concept design: 6-8 months
It's a proposed built-out for the existing city-owned building at the SEC Main/Hibbert Street. CO+HOOTS was originally intended as an anchor- partner for Tony Wall's GRID Project atop the Pomeroy Street Parking Garage.
Budget Estimate
$1.5-2.0M (design and construction)
Proposed Funding Source: Economic Investment Fund
Program
Design and construction of approx. 10,000 SF within Gillette Hall at Benedictine CO+HOOTS and Benedictine University partnership
Entrepreneurship curriculum
80-100 students in program/year
Co-working space
300 new Mesa jobs/businesses created
CO+HOOTS responsible for FF+E
Regular public entrepreneurship events
10 year commitment (CO+HOOTS and Benedictine)
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| File #: | 19-0526 |
| Type: | Presentation | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council Study Session |
| On agenda: | 5/2/2019 |
| Title: | Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the following Downtown Innovation District projects: 1) ASU @ Mesa City Center, 2) The Studios @ Mesa City Center, and 3) CO+HOOTS @ Benedictine University. |
| Attachments: | 1. Presentation |
Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the following department budgets:
- 1. Community Services
- 2. Library Services
- 3. Arts & Culture
3 Acknowledge receipt of minutes of various boards and committees.
Item 3-a 19-0535
Judicial Advisory Board meeting held on March 20, 2019.3-a
Item 3-b 19-0540
Community and Cultural Development Committee meeting held on April 4, 2019.
Item 3-c 19-0541
Joint Meeting with the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community held on April 15, 2019.
(Page 1 City of Mesa Printed on 5/1/2019)
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15 July 2020
GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE: The Big ASU Dig @ Pepper Place
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| (View looking northeast to intersection of Centennial Drive/1st Street. Cimarron Apartments in the backdrop) |
Mounds of earth got moved making some dust in the early Monday morning haze . . .
The dust of controversies over that hotly-contested, privately-financed Public Relations campaign had hardly settled when city officials came back to ask the Mesa City Council for approval of million$$$$$$$ more . . the most recent "GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE" was one more GMP that was Item 5-g to approve a $98,000 "study" with Okland - with the last phase recommendations coming back for council approval at a later date.
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| (Expanded view looking north from City Hall Parking lot to include back of City Council Building) |
INSERT FROM AN EARLIER POST:
This was the Sales-Pitch for GMP #3 (date: 13 March 2020)
< Item 6-a is the subject of a FrontPage feature story in this Sunday Edition of the East Valley Tribune
"High-end NE Mesa plan wows zoning panel" is only one piece of the story that city officials wanted to get told.
< The TOP HEADLINE - coincidence or not - is Item 4-h on Monday's agenda - it's for the third request for an increase of millions more that need to get approved for the Contract Manager At-Risk that had to get hired as a third-party buffer.
| File #: | 20-0295 |
| Type: | Contract | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 3/16/2020 |
| Title: | Mesa City Center - Third Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP No. 3) - ASU @ Mesa City Center (District 4) GMP No. 1 was approved by Council on November 4, 2019 and included infrastructure improvements to the City’s utilities, communications facilities, and streets needed to support the ASU building, the Plaza, the Studios and any future developments and improvements in the area. GMP No. 2 was approved by Council on December 9, 2019 and included general site demolition, excavation of the building site, building pad preparation, foundations, the concrete building structure, and associated items. This GMP is the third of the series of GMP’s relating to City Center work. The scope of work includes all remaining construction necessary to complete the ASU @ Mesa City Center building. Staff recommends awarding the contract for GMP No. 3 to the selected Construction Manager at Risk, DPR Construction, in the amount of $46,548,058, and authorizing a change order allowance in the amount of $2,327,... |
| Attachments: | 1. Council Report, 2. Project Location Map |
04 July 2020 More Money CMAR Contracts for ASU Money-Pit ?? More than six months after the "Ground-Breaking" + million$$ more than the initial $63.5M approved by the Mesa City Council, there's not much progress to be seen above-ground in this image taken on-site last week for "The ASU Creative Futures Lab" or "The Studios @ Mesa City Center in a parking lot on Pepper Place and Centennial Drive.
< Take a look
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Item 5-g
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Interestingly enough, these two pieces of "A 360-Degree Dilemma" - and its constantly increasing added costs - and all the current closely-connected interlocking puzzles of speculative real estate gambles in downtown, just happened to open an article that appeared Monday in the East Valley Tribune
Slowly but surely, Mesa getting a new downtown
"After decades of big plans followed by bigger disappointments, the foundations of new downtown Mesa are emerging as city leaders and developers look past the COVID-19 pandemic towards a brighter day.
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More of the Transform Downtown Puzzle +
The 360-Degree Dilemma
Site 17
“Site 17 is absolutely a big factor’’ in the newly revamped downtown’s future, Giles said. “The easy thing for us to do was to sell off that piece. We want to have some influence over how it’s going to develop.’’
The next step is negotiating a memorandum of understanding with Mira Vista Holdings and Sunbelt Investments, allowing the developer to market Site 17, McVay said. The agreement may come before the council as early as August.
Brown & Brown Chevrolet
Please Note additional information:
Staff has prepared a contract and negotiated the fee for the PreConstruction Services contract.
During the Pre-Construction Phase, the CMAR will work closely with the project team to
> develop the project design,
> review the design for constructability,
> prepare cost estimates, and
> develop the project schedule and phasing plan.
The last item developed during the Pre-Construction Phase will be the “Guaranteed Maximum Price” (GMP) for the project.
This GMP will then be brought back to the Council for review and approval.
< Take a look
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Item 5-g
| File #: | 20-0730 |
| Type: | Contract | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 7/8/2020 |
| Title: | The Studios @ Mesa City Center - Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Selection and Pre-Construction Services Contract (District 4) In February 2018, Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona State University for a new academic building in downtown Mesa (ASU Creative Futures Laboratory). This agreement also included provisions for ASU to assist with the programming of the vacant City-owned building located at 59 East 1st Street, which requires the renovation of 6,000 - 12,000 square-foot of the existing 26,500 sf building, to be called The Studios @ Mesa City Center. This pre-construction phase of the renovation project consists of working closely with the project team to develop the project design, review the design for constructability, prepare cost estimates, and develop the project schedule and phasing plan. Staff recommends the selection of Okland Construction as the CMAR for this project and award a Pre-Construction Services contract in the amount of $98,322. This project is funded by the Economic Investment Fund |
| Attachments: | 1. Council Report, 2. Project Location Map |
Interestingly enough, these two pieces of "A 360-Degree Dilemma" - and its constantly increasing added costs - and all the current closely-connected interlocking puzzles of speculative real estate gambles in downtown, just happened to open an article that appeared Monday in the East Valley Tribune
Slowly but surely, Mesa getting a new downtown
"After decades of big plans followed by bigger disappointments, the foundations of new downtown Mesa are emerging as city leaders and developers look past the COVID-19 pandemic towards a brighter day.
Piece by piece, a new downtown is starting to come into focus, with the ASU@mesacitycenter as the epicenter and a constellation of large and small developments swirling around it. . .
Despite the continuing controversy revolving around asu@mesacity center, even during the upcoming election, “I think the wisdom of that project will be evident to everyone’’ once the new campus opens, Giles said.
“It’s not a hole, it’s a ladder out of a hole,’’ he said.
But Councilman Jeremy Whittaker continues to criticize city subsidies for ASU through a favorable lease and Giles’ efforts to repackage the campus into a smaller project with a different funding source than the plan previously rejected by voters.
With the COVID-19 pandemic overshadowing the city’s economic forecasts, Whittaker contends, “I think it’s foolish to continue spending money on this downtown ASU campus.”
But the council approved funding for The Studios@mesacitycenter project, to convert a vacant former Information Technology building into meeting space and conference rooms.
< PAUSE >
More of the Transform Downtown Puzzle +
The 360-Degree Dilemma
Site 17
“Site 17 is absolutely a big factor’’ in the newly revamped downtown’s future, Giles said. “The easy thing for us to do was to sell off that piece. We want to have some influence over how it’s going to develop.’’
The next step is negotiating a memorandum of understanding with Mira Vista Holdings and Sunbelt Investments, allowing the developer to market Site 17, McVay said. The agreement may come before the council as early as August.
Brown & Brown Chevrolet
ON THE TENTATIVE AGENDA > Exactly What is Mesa City Hall Up To These Days To Ask Taxpayers To Fund More Money For ASU @ Mesa City Center
Looks like another Con Game as a follow-up to that proposition in the General Election 2018.
And it looks like in the rush to push this through in a bogus $500,000+ privately-funded public relations campaign the city's engineering staff didn't do their job on the specs.
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That is only one of twenty items on the meeting's Tentative Agenda that was printed on 09.03.2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Mon 09.14.2020
And it looks like in the rush to push this through in a bogus $500,000+ privately-funded public relations campaign the city's engineering staff didn't do their job on the specs.
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That is only one of twenty items on the meeting's Tentative Agenda that was printed on 09.03.2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Mon 09.14.2020
| Meeting Name: | City Council | Agenda status: | Tentative |
| Meeting date/time: | 9/14/2020 5:45 PM | Minutes status: | Draft |
| Meeting location: | Virtual Platform | ||
| Published agenda: |  Agenda |
APPROVED MINUTES OF EARLIER MEETINGS For Your Interest
| File #: | 20-0827 |
| Type: | Minutes | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 9/14/2020 |
| Title: | Approval of minutes of previous meetings as written. |
| Attachments: | 1. August 24, 2020 Study, 2. August 31, 2020 Regular, 3. August 31, 2020 Study |
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ITEM 4-j Here's just one of ten contracts
Asking approval for an increase in costs - "the first Guaranteed Maximum Price - a contract award in the amount of $213,095.00 (GMP) and authorizing a change order allowance in the amount of $21,309.50, for a total amount of $234,404.50.
Asking approval for an increase in costs - "the first Guaranteed Maximum Price - a contract award in the amount of $213,095.00 (GMP) and authorizing a change order allowance in the amount of $21,309.50, for a total amount of $234,404.50.
This GMP for demolition work for The Studios @ Mesa City Center is the first of a series of GMP’s for the work on the building.
The scope of work includes interior demolition, site demolition and other associated tasks.
Additional GMP’s for the remaining building construction will be presented to City Council at a later date >>> NOW WE KNOW
The scope of work includes interior demolition, site demolition and other associated tasks.
Additional GMP’s for the remaining building construction will be presented to City Council at a later date >>> NOW WE KNOW
DECEMBER 8, 2020
?? The lease agreement commits the City to the renovation of 6,000 to 12,000 square-foot of the existing 26,500 sf building
?? Completing this demolition work early during the design phase of the project will allow the Architect and CMAR to obtain a better understanding of the existing structure and systems in the building, making the design more accurate and allowing construction progress without encountering extensive unknown conditions in the building.
> the majority of the work in the project will be competitively bid by Okland Construction to multiple subcontractors.
UNKNOWN???
City Council Report
Date: September 14, 2020
To: City Council
Through: Kari Kent, Assistant City Manager
From: Beth Huning, City Engineer
Marc Ahlstrom, Assistant City Engineer
Subject: The Studios @ Mesa City Center (District 4) – First Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP No. 1)
City Council Report
Date: September 14, 2020
To: City Council
Through: Kari Kent, Assistant City Manager
From: Beth Huning, City Engineer
Marc Ahlstrom, Assistant City Engineer
Subject: The Studios @ Mesa City Center (District 4) – First Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP No. 1)
| File #: | 20-0901 |
| Type: | Contract | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 9/14/2020 |
| Title: | The Studios @ Mesa City Center - First Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP No. 1) (District 4) In February 2018, City Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Arizona State University (ASU) for a new academic building in downtown Mesa (ASU Creative Futures Laboratory). This agreement also included provisions for ASU to assist with the programming of the vacant City-owned building located at 59 East 1st Street (Mesa’s first public library). In November 2018, the City and ASU subsequently entered into a Lease Agreement for the new academic building |
Item 5-g
| File #: | 20-0730 |
| Type: | Contract | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 7/8/2020 |
| Title: | The Studios @ Mesa City Center - Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Selection and Pre-Construction Services Contract (District 4) In February 2018, Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona State University for a new academic building in downtown Mesa (ASU Creative Futures Laboratory). This agreement also included provisions for ASU to assist with the programming of the vacant City-owned building located at 59 East 1st Street, which requires the renovation of 6,000 - 12,000 square-foot of the existing 26,500 sf building, to be called The Studios @ Mesa City Center. This pre-construction phase of the renovation project consists of working closely with the project team to develop the project design, review the design for constructability, prepare cost estimates, and develop the project schedule and phasing plan. Staff recommends the selection of Okland Construction as the CMAR for this project and award a Pre-Construction Services contract in the amount of $98,322. This project is funded by the Economic Investment Fund |
| Attachments: | 1. Council Report, 2. Project Location Map |
Asking approval for an increase in costs - "the first Guaranteed Maximum Price - a contract award in the amount of $213,095.00 (GMP) and authorizing a change order allowance in the amount of $21,309.50, for a total amount of $234,404.50.
The scope of work includes interior demolition, site demolition and other associated tasks.
INSERT FROM AN EARLIER POST:
This was the Sales-Pitch for GMP #3 (date: 13 March 2020)
This was the Sales-Pitch for GMP #3 (date: 13 March 2020)
A clear example of this is the first item brought up by City Manager Chris Brady Item 7-a (see below), followed by another item, Item 6-a
< Item 6-a is the subject of a FrontPage feature story in this Sunday Edition of the East Valley Tribune
"High-end NE Mesa plan wows zoning panel" is only one piece of the story that city officials wanted to get told.
< The TOP HEADLINE - coincidence or not - is Item 4-h on Monday's agenda - it's for the third request for an increase of millions more that need to get approved for the Contract Manager At-Risk that had to get hired as a third-party buffer.
< Item 6-a is the subject of a FrontPage feature story in this Sunday Edition of the East Valley Tribune
"High-end NE Mesa plan wows zoning panel" is only one piece of the story that city officials wanted to get told.
< The TOP HEADLINE - coincidence or not - is Item 4-h on Monday's agenda - it's for the third request for an increase of millions more that need to get approved for the Contract Manager At-Risk that had to get hired as a third-party buffer.
| File #: | 20-0295 |
| Type: | Contract | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 3/16/2020 |
| Title: | Mesa City Center - Third Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP No. 3) - ASU @ Mesa City Center (District 4) GMP No. 1 was approved by Council on November 4, 2019 and included infrastructure improvements to the City’s utilities, communications facilities, and streets needed to support the ASU building, the Plaza, the Studios and any future developments and improvements in the area. GMP No. 2 was approved by Council on December 9, 2019 and included general site demolition, excavation of the building site, building pad preparation, foundations, the concrete building structure, and associated items. This GMP is the third of the series of GMP’s relating to City Center work. The scope of work includes all remaining construction necessary to complete the ASU @ Mesa City Center building. Staff recommends awarding the contract for GMP No. 3 to the selected Construction Manager at Risk, DPR Construction, in the amount of $46,548,058, and authorizing a change order allowance in the amount of $2,327,... |
| Attachments: | 1. Council Report, 2. Project Location Map |
04 July 2020 More Money CMAR Contracts for ASU Money-Pit ?? POWERPOINT SLIDE
PRESENTATION
COUNCIL REPORT
Located
in the heart of Downtown Mesa's Innovation District, The Studios @ Mesa City
Center is being designed to provide a flexible ecosystem that will allow the
collision of world-class industry leaders, budding entrepreneurs, and cutting
edge academic insight to empower modern
workforce development and startup pipeline to fuel the economy of today and
tomorrow.
The
Studios @ Mesa City Center will have a close physical and programmatic relationship
with the adjacent ASU Creative Futures Laboratory. The exterior renovations, which include a new
entry experience, improved day-lighting, and an exterior restroom core respect
the local Historical Landmark designation, while integrating into the overall
Mesa City Center development.
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