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City Council Meeting Minutes June 26, 2019 <br />• Construction forecasted to begin Fall 2019 per current schedule <br />• Projected budget overrun due to inflation <br />• Construction costs have increased approximately 3% annually over the past 3 <br />years <br />• Project size and scope has remained unchanged, but the original project budget <br />established in 2016 did not account for inflation. <br />• The City has identified approximately $1M of additional funds to cover overage <br />• The City, Jacobs, and Design/Build team weighing additional cost savings options <br />through the ongoing design phase <br />Fire training Master Plan and Phase I includes the following: <br />• Abercrombie to provide final draft of the masterplan and site plan for review and <br />comment this week <br />• Masterplan efforts have identified infrastructure and prioritized training <br />structure that will fit the Phase 1 <br />construction budget ($1.5 M) <br />• Once the Masterplan is finalized and approved, Abercrombie will submit a <br />proposal for design services for Phase 1 of construction. <br />• Once the design is complete, City will issue the Phase 1 project in a Close Sealed <br />Proposal Solicitation <br />New Fire Station #2 and #6 include the following: <br />• Latest construction cost estimate from the Design -Build team for the same <br />structure is approximately 15% higher than the final construction cost for FS 4. <br />• FS 2 estimated cost increase is primarily due to additional needed sitework <br />• The City, Jacobs, and Design Build team are currently weighing cost savings <br />options to get the construction cost closer to the initial budget and include a 4th <br />bay in the scope. <br />• FS 6 Design Build solicitation not scheduled to be published until later in 2020, <br />but publishing the solicitation ASAP may help mitigate additional project cost <br />escalation. <br />Police Department Addition/Renovation include the following: <br />• Project budget was based on a construction estimate that did not include design <br />fees/project soft costs and the budget did not factor inflation (approximately <br />$2.OM) <br />• The project budget did not account for ADA accessibility and fire safety <br />renovations required by Code <br />(approximately $1.OM) <br />City of San Marcos Page 6 <br />