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I'M CITY COUNCILMAN JOHN COURAGE.
I'M WELCOMING YOU TO THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15TH.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HAVE US DO A ROLL CALL AND, UH, IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH THAT PLEASE.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, CITIZEN MEMBER SOTO PRESENT, CITIZEN MEMBER TRAVINO, PRESENT CHAIR.
YOU DIDN'T CALL ON ME, BUT I KNOW YOU ACCOUNTED ME ANYWAY.
SO EVERYBODY AGAIN, UH, WELCOME.
WE HAVE, UM, A GOOD AGENDA WITH ABOUT 10 DIFFERENT ITEMS. UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS,
[1. 20-7351 Approval of the minutes from the Audit and Accountability Committee meeting on October 20, 2020]
UH, THE MINUTES FROM OUR OCTOBER 20TH AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING.UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER? UH, EXCUSE ME, FROM OCTOBER 20TH.
UH, ON PAGES EIGHT AND NINE OF THE MINUTES, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CORRECTION MADE, UH, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT I DISCUSSED, THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
HE PUT MY NAME ON THERE AS OPPOSED TO BEN'S NAME, UM, AS PRESENTING THAT REPORT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? OKAY.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT MODIFICATION, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SO, MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY MR. VINOS, SECONDED BY, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 20TH, UH, AS AMENDED.
AS I SAID, WE HAVE, UH, 10 ITEMS. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE FIRST ONE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEMS TWO THROUGH NINE ARE ACTUALLY ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.I WOULD, I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU HAD RECEIVED THE INFORMATION ON ALL OF THESE ITEMS AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM.
UH, I'M JUST GONNA REVIEW THEM VERY QUICKLY.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A PRES SOLICITATION HIGH PROFILE ITEM ON DANGEROUS PREMISES ABATEMENT SERVICES.
THEN THE NEXT ITEMS ARE POST SOLICITATION.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS ON-CALL, PLUMBING SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CITYWIDE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS FIRE STATION NUMBER 24 REPLACEMENT.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS WHEAT HEIGHT SPORTS COMPLEX EVENT HALL AND FIELD HOUSE.
AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS ON-CALL CIVIL CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
ONCE AGAIN, UH, ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE MEMBERS.
UH, THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH STANDARD ITEMS. UH, I'VE REVIEWED THEM.
I HOPE ALL THE THE MEMBERS HAVE, THEY'RE ON CONSENT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FIND THERE WAS ANY, UH, PROBLEM OR CONCERN.
HOWEVER, IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A QUESTION, WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ONE OF THESE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL, UH, DISCUSSION.
NOW, ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER I WANNA PULL, I'M FIRE STATION 24.
YOU WANNA PULL THAT ONE? OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT NUMBER SIX, FIRE STATION 24.
BEFORE WE DO, I'LL ALSO ADD ON CONSENT OR ITEMS NUMBER NINE AND 10, WHICH ARE AUDITS.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS AN AUDIT AT THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES FACILITY AT PAUL JOLLY CENTER.
UH, AND THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10 IS AN AUDIT OF SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT MUNICIPAL RECORD SERVICE CONTRACT.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ALSO ON CONSENT.
UH, AGAIN, I'LL ASK IF ANYONE, UH, HAS ANY QUESTIONS AFTER REVIEWING THOSE THAT THEY'D LIKE TO PULL IT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
DO I HEAR ANY, UH, CALLS TO PULL EITHER OF THOSE TO ITEMS? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE THEN OUR, OUR CONSENT AGENDA WILL CONSIST OF ITEMS TWO THROUGH 10, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE FIRE STATION REPLACEMENT, WHICH WILL BE POLLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
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I WOULD WELCOME A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, SO MOVED SECOND.IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TWO THROUGH 10, EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX.
ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE SAY AYE.
HEARING NO OPPOSITION, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
[6. 20-7128 Fire Station #24 Replacement [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]]
CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME IS ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS ABOUT THE FIRE STATION REPLACEMENT.AND, UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A PRESENTATION FROM THE STAFF ABOUT THE FIRE STATION 24 REPLACEMENT.
AND THIS IS DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATION, BUT WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION COUNCILMAN PERRY MAY HAVE.
UM, I JUST, UH, MAYBE THIS, WELL, YEAH, IT PERTAINS TO THIS.
IS THIS READY? HAS THIS BEEN ADVERTISED ALREADY? YEAH.
COUNCILMAN, THIS WAS DESIGNED IN ORDER TO GET A QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR.
WE DID, WE BID THIS ONE AS A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL AND WE HAD NUMBER OF THE SUBMITTAL.
WE REVIEWED THOSE AND WE SELECTED, WE ARE ANTICIPATING AFTER APPROVAL TODAY TO GO COUNCIL EARLY NEXT YEAR.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING CONSTRUCTION TO START FEBRUARY, 2021 AND CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETE EARLY SUMMER 2022.
AND THIS, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE CONTRACT ITSELF.
AT ONE POINT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH, UH, DRAINAGE.
HAS THAT ALL BEEN CLEARED UP? AND THAT'S PART OF THE, PART OF THE CONTRACT.
SINCE WE ARE RELOCATING THE FIRE STATION 24, WE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT A BIG PROPERTY, THEN WE HAD TO GET SOME DRAINAGES BEHIND THE PROPERTY.
IT TOOK ALMOST SIX MONTHS FOR US TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM.
FINALLY, THEY DID SIGN THE AGREEMENT.
PROJECT IS READY FOR STAR CONSTRUCTION EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AND FINAL QUESTION, THE, THE, THE OLD STATION IS GONNA BE TAKEN DOWN AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT.
MARIA, CAN YOU ANSWER ON THAT ONE PLEASE? UH, COUNCILMAN, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT IS JUST FOR THE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FIRE STATION.
UM, I'LL GET FOR YOU THE PLANS FOR THE EXISTING FIRE STATION IN TERMS OF DISPOSITION OR REPURPOSE.
UM, YEAH, THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT INITIALLY ON THAT, ON THIS CONTRACT.
SO WILL THAT PART, PART OF THE MONEY BE USED FROM THAT BOND PROJECT? THE, THE, THE, UH, THE DESIRE WAS TO TAKE THAT OLD STATION DOWN.
SO CONS, COUNCILMAN, THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY 10 MILLION.
WE BOUGHT PROPERTY AND OF COURSE DRAINAGES MAN.
AND WE ARE ALSO PAYING FOR ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
WE DO NOT INCLUDE ANY MONEY FROM THIS 10 MILLION FOR DEMO OF EXISTING FIRE STATION.
WELL LET, LET'S, LET'S, UH, TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE THEN.
ALSO, LET IT BE NOTED THAT COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL HAS JOINED US.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, FIRE STATION REPLACEMENT.
UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY HAD A QUESTION.
DO ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE A QUESTION OR CONCERN ABOUT THIS ITEM? OKAY, HEARING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THIS ITEM FOR, UH, ACCEPTANCE AND MOVEMENT, I BELIEVE TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, APPROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX, FIRE STATION NUMBER 24 REPLACEMENT SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, PLEASE.
OKAY, THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR AGENDA.
I WILL SAY, UH, THAT IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS THAT ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, MOVE FORWARD TO CONSIDERATION, UH, THIS WOULD BE A TIME TO GO AHEAD AND BRING THIS UP.
WE'VE GOT KEVIN ONLINE AND, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, PEOPLE FROM FINANCE.
AND SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT ANY OF THE COUNCIL
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MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE? OKAY.ANY ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY ELSE IN ATTENDANCE? I'LL ASK LAUREN, HAVE YOU BEEN TIMING US? IS THIS THE SHORTEST MEETING ON RECORD?
WELL, HEARING NOTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS AT THIS TIME, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE DILIGENCE.
I KNOW ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TAKE IN REVIEWING ALL OF THIS IN ADVANCE AND GETTING MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
SO IN, IN THAT LIGHT THOUGH, WE ARE CONCLUDED, UH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.