Date: 12/16/2015
Final
Office of the State Architect Annual Presentation
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
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11:11 AM -- Office of the State Architect Annual Presentation
Senator Baumgardner and members of the committee commented on the importance of fully funding FY 2016-17 Level 1 controlled maintenance projects and their interest in funding some of the FY 2016-17 Level 2 controlled maintenance projects.
11:13 AM
Mr. Larry Friedberg, State Architect, Mr. Rod Vanderwall, Manager of Energy Programs, and Mr. Mike Karbach, Manager of Real Estate Programs, all representing the Office of the State Architect (OSA) within the Department of Personnel and Administration, presented the OSA annual report to the committee. The OSA provided a copy of the executive summary of the report (Attachment D). Discussion ensued on the topic of the general level of readiness of the projects included in the prioritized controlled maintenance list of projects. Mr. Friedberg and Kori Donaldson, Legislative Council Staff, answered questions about historic funding for controlled maintenance.
151216 AttachD.pdf
Mr. Friedberg introduced new staff in the OSA.
11:25 AM
Mr. Friedberg walked the committee through the executive summary. He addressed questions from the committee about the cost of the FY 2016-17 controlled maintenance projects.
11:38 AM
Mr. Friedberg continued to walk to the committee through the executive summary. He spoke about historic funding for controlled maintenance, including the types of projects funded through controlled maintenance. Mr. Friedberg next discussed the number and type of projects included in the FY 2016-17 Level 1 controlled maintenance list. He also discussed emergency project funding from the Emergency Controlled Maintenance Account. Discussion ensued about fixed funding for the emergency controlled maintenance account.
11:58 AM
Mr. Friedberg concluded his presentation with an explanation of the five-year projection of outstanding controlled maintenance need prepared by each agency. Mr. Vanderwall presented about agency use of energy performance contracts and the associated savings. He also discussed projects built to High Performance Certification Program standards. Mr. Vanderwall addressed a question about how moneys saved through energy performance contracts are spent. Mr. Friedberg addressed a question about vacant buildings in the state inventory.
12:14 PM
Mr. Karbach presented about the number of acquisitions and dispositions of real property during FY 2014-15, and about building leases and the Capitol Complex Master Plan. Mr. Friedberg and members of the committee made some closing remarks.
12:21 PM
The committee adjourned.