ALC-Review

We'll call the review committee to order. Senator you have any comments okay are we don't have any items for approval today so we'll get on with the review items with item be. Thank you Mr chair the first item on our agenda today these are methods of finance beginning and pack it be the first pages the letter from DFA accounting of the list of entities that have sent over a method of finance and then on page 2 is the list and the projects the first 1 will go over is a issued new port 4 430 $5000 they noted that they are doing an outdoor covered activity in learning space and they have cash reserves for that project number 2 Arkansas tech university make ever how all updates this is providing building upgrades lab upgrades and address 80 a and safety issues as well as the new rule they are increasing this to an overall increased cost of 3000080 9000 $750 and they don't know that they have disability repair and renovation reserves to cover the project number 3 is also for Arkansas tech hi the doc Bryan roof project of the student services building 880 2000 $850 again the funding for this project as well as facilities repair is a renovation reserve and never for Arkansas tech university Tucker Coliseum road project for re rough roofing their Tucker Coliseum 1000050 7000 $600 and again the same funding source for that project number 5 is you a fait it bill for engineering research center re roofing of that building $4000000 they have university reserves to cover it number 6 is you a Monticello for the USA M. agriculture building renovation a project including auditorium classrooms hallways lab in restaurants for the agricultural building on the U. AM campus 620 1000 $750. They have development enhancement funds to 40 percent they have proceeds from land sales 40 percent and they also have tax from this timber severance funds that they receive to cover the project UAMS number 7 surgical annex this is a new facility on the main main campus 12 operating rooms. It's being revised to $85000000 originally this one came to us for $860000 that was for the initial plans and and. Architectural design services for an estimate and now that they estimated total project they'll be selling bonds to pay for the project UA Pulaski technical college little learners pair of the that building suffered from a flood damage including the dry wall painting flooring fencing and other repairs $301835 and they have reserves to cover it those are all the methods of finance on today's agenda. Okay saying no questions these items will stand reviewed the next item on the agenda is an alternative delivery contract of. This is one of the projects are over $5000000 when they ask for special permission to use this in this package Adam Siegel see the first thing is the letter from an laid low with the Department transformation shared services Building Authority par permission to use that and then the letter that came from parks and tourism requesting it and then on page 4 is the actual information about the alternative delivery project it will be for pinnacle mountain state park for new visitors center they know tell the State Parks notes that this is Arkansas's most distant day use state park in their constructing a new visitor center which been planned for many years to serve the ever increasing number of visitors to the park it'll also house their parks ministration offices interactive and educational exhibits retail space operations and offer concession food services the Bill assault is also planned to utilize construction materials native to Arkansas will include significant access and parking improvements for day use visitation. It's a little over a well it's a 13000 700 56 square feet is what the building will be the funding source they know that they have funding from the Amendment 75 which their portion of the $0.18 conservation Takkarist revenues. They estimate the construction cost to be 9.$1000000 and they received 8 proposals they interviewed 5 of the contractors they selected CDI contractors for the project they also selected Polk Stanley Wilcox for the architects and we'll see the architectural contract under each 3 contract number 5 on construction related contracts and their estimated completion date will be fall of 2022 so that's an alternative delivery construction construction project on the agenda. You saying the questions without objection these items of a review the next group of agenda items are grants and we have grants today from the department of health and from the Department of Human Services the first group in the department of health beginning on the item the one this is the first one is for implementation of a national initiative to address COVID 19 health disparities among high risk populations number 2 is 4 to implement a health clinic to address COVID 19 and health disparities among the student population and community around Arkansas Baptist college number 3 is for a code response team to assist with screening invested vaccination distribution assistance in areas of the state number 4 through 15 these are all going to be up for department of health and they're 2 of funding that will go to schools to educational co ops to be allocated to different school districts to deal with costs associated with maintaining staff devoted to COVID 19 activities in school that takes us to believe to the grant for DHS does and those are on page 6 of this packet numbers one through 8 which are all of the DHS grants are all going to be for the same thing there are amendments to grants and they have 4 of improving the quality of life for adults with disabilities and so those are all the grants on today's agenda. Senator Elliot you're recognized. Thank you Mr chair I have a question of the department of education what now I guess this Department of Health it's about the grants. Someone here from a health. And I do have one from the for the part of education to procedure but if you've just come on up I can do it all at one time. If you would identify yourself please for the record. Makes my apartment health. Casey Crawford apartment health. Thank you know more public health. You're recognized center day I thank you Mr chair I want to just get a sense because I'm hearing so many different things and I that makes sense I guess depends on what your issues are what is the drug the commonality of the kinds of things that that people are needing these grants to do if there is such a thing and I also have the same question regarding education just for the folks in the education department unless you guys can answer that as well. Yes ma'am thank you for the question these these grants are are going through the education corpse to the school district for the purpose of addressing COVID 19 related activities within the schools themselves those could be related to testing identifying positive cases reporting those positive cases so on and so forth so it's really within that that realm of code 90 related activities mitigating the spread within the school setting. Yeah I miss is there what I'm. If I could if maybe you can be more specific I won't need that anything from department of education but for example I keep hearing things that I think I should be hearing such as we don't have enough mask of we're not we don't have the all the things I think that we have put money out there for to be resolved and so what I'm really trying to find out if there is any kind of.