Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Tuesday, J uly 15, 2014 8:20:55 AM Attachments: 140711_Feasibility Fee Proposal_Rev1.pdf Hi David: Attached is a revised proposal reflecting some additional time for the preparation of conceptual construction cost estimates, and revising some other task hours downward a bit to reflect the efficiencies of preparing a report on the three schools simultaneously. Having just completed the more complicated and in-depth study on the Federal Reserve building, we spent a total of about 190 hours of architectural time putting that study together, but will of course only invoice to the agreed upon maximum fee. For this study we will look at three sites and have allowed a total of 226 hours. So we expect the effort to take significantly less time per school (100 hours or so for Lowell and 60 +- for each of Bailey Gatzert and J ohn Hay), but we do need to study and prepare a report of findings on three sites. We believe this is a reasonable time budget for the study, and will of course only invoice for the hours spent. If we need to adjust the scope of the study to hit a specific budget target, we can also do that. J ust let us know, as we understand the timing of this information is critical to the Districts decision making. Thanks again for the opportunity to be of service to the District. Regards, Daniel Miles AIA Principal Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com -----Original Message----- From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Monday, J uly 14, 2014 4:11 PM To: Dan Miles; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Dan, Did you have a final proposal you are going to send? I need what amount we are looking to see if we can see if we can go forward. David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662 -----Original Message----- From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:58 PM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Richard: Got it. Let us know if you need additional information on our end. Thanks. Daniel Miles AIA Principal Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com -----Original Message----- From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:52 PM To: Standaart, David Cc: Dan Miles; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence David and Dan, I will work on this matter tomorrow afternoon with David to write a narrative that addresses Ron's concerns. Dan, please stay the course we will pay you for your efforts. Richard Sent from my iPhone On J ul 10, 2014, at 3:46 PM, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org<mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org>>wrote: Dan, We may have a hang up at this end. Richard and I will need to discuss. David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662 From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:30 PM To: Standaart, David; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence David: We will revise the proposal regarding the cost estimating and send a new copy. Let me know if you have further comments. Thanks. Daniel Miles AIA Principal Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com<http://www.bassettiarch.com/> From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:19 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Dan Miles; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Dan, You will need to revise the 4rth paragraph of you proposal regarding the estimator then. David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662 From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:17 PM To: Standaart, David Cc: Dan Miles; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence We were not going to involve the Robinson Company in this effort or the engineering consultant team. Loren and I thought we Bassetti/SPS could provide a conceptual estimate for this effort. Sent from my iPshone On J ul 10, 2014, at 2:52 PM, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org<mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org>>wrote: Dan, Also, have you had any communication with Robinson on this additional work? David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662 From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 11:01 AM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Richard/David: Attached is our proposal to study the capacities and conceptual improvements to expand the Lowell, Hay and Bailey Gatzert schools to meet the current District program requirements as noted. Please review and let us know if you have questions or comments. We understand you will issue a modification to our existing agreement no. P1312 to formalize these services. Also, do you have the current capacity of J ohn Hay available? Thank you for the opportunity to be of continued service to the District. Daniel Miles AIA Principal Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com<http://www.bassettiarch.com/> From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 10:00 AM To: Standaart, David; Dan Miles Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Yes include J ohn Hay in the analysis of the three nearby elementary schools. From: Standaart, David Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:36 AM To: 'Dan Miles'; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Dan, Regarding your first question, I believe we can modify your existing contract as it relates to going forward on the Federal Reserve site. Richard can respond to your second question. David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662 From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:33 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence HI Richard: Several questions prior to sending our proposal for the additional school analysis requested: 1. Is it your intent to issue a separate services contract for this work, or an addendum to the existing contract No. P1312? 2. Is it expected that Bassetti now include J ohn Hay Elementary in our study of school capacities, along with Lowell and Bailey Gatzert? Please let us know at your earliest convenience so we can finalize our proposal. Thanks. Daniel Miles AIA Principal Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com<http://www.bassettiarch.com/> From: Edward Noland Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 7:33 AM To: Dan Miles Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Edward Noland AIA, LEED AP Architect Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com<http://www.bassettiarch.com/> From: Ross Parker Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 5:50 AM To: Edward Noland Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Ed, FYI from Richard. Ross - sent from my private iLand - Begin forwarded message: From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org<mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org>> Date: J uly 8, 2014 at 4:02:36 PM PDT To: 'Ross Parker' <rparker@BassettiArch.com<mailto:rparker@BassettiArch.com>>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com<mailto:LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com>> Cc: "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org<mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org>>, "Wolf, J oseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org<mailto:jawolf@seattleschools.org>>, "Becker, Eric P" <pebecker@seattleschools.org<mailto:pebecker@seattleschools.org>>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org<mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org>> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence FYI - Approximately 390 total students can be added to Bailey Gatzert and Lowell Elementary Schools so that they accommodate 660 student population to allow them to comply with our educational specifications. We should probably identify a third elementary school for an addition as well to accommodate the 660 student total that the Downtown School would provide. Richard From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:32 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Richard: Current capacities below. - Bailey Gatzert: 403 - Lowell: 523 Chris will be sending you the site condition piece per my previous e-mail. From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:33 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence J oe, Would like to have the information requested in these two e-mails by Friday if possible. Richard From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:28 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence J oe, In addition to the documents below any information that you can provide me concerning current building capacity would also be helpful. I plan to have Bassetti Architects implement a comparison versus our current elementary school educational specifications. Richard From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence J oe, Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for: 1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well. Questions please see me. Richard From: Redman, Thomas L To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Bath, Christine; Rogers, Lesley A Subject: Fed. Bldg Interview on today from 1:00-1:30- please call J ennifer at 206-447-1880 ext. 120. Date: Monday, J uly 14, 2014 11:47:53 AM Hi, Flip: Jennifer can do the interview today, but only from 1:00-1:30. Her phone number is 206-447-1880 ext.120 -----Original Message----- From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 11:32 AM To: 'Jennifer Langston' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Bath, Christine; Rogers, Lesley A Subject: RE: Your request for an interview Jennifer, do you have time today to speak with Dr. Herndon between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.? What is your phone number? Thanks, Tom -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Langston [mailto:jennifer@sightline.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 10:27 AM To: Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: Your request for an interview Im available Tuesday from 8:30 to 2 pm. I would think 30 minutes would be more than enough. If it's a wash on your end, Monday would be better for me but I'll take what I can get. Im interested in pretty basic information: Where is SPS in the process to acquire the Federal Reserve Bank building? What has the board authorized staff to do at this point, and what subsequent decisions/authorizations would be necessary before a school could actually open? What is the district seeing in terms of downtown demographics that lead it to believe that securing the site would be a good investment? Has Seattle ever had a public school downtown? If the district doesn't secure the building, are there any other near-term or long-term options for opening an elementary school downtown? What can families living downtown expect to happen? What are the projected costs to acquire and rehab the building? To open and operate the school? Do we know how many kids it would potentially serve? Would there be space left over for other services/uses? (community center, head start, etc.) What kind of work would need to be done to the building? Since this is an unexpected opportunity that Im presuming hasn't been built into the budget, where would that funding come from? If the district is successful in acquiring the building, do we know how long it would be before a school could actually open? If you have any written materials that answers those questions, feel free to send it before the interview. The only thing I have is the 3 page memo to the school board and the map that was prepared for that meeting. Thanks, Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: Redman, Thomas L [mailto:tlredman@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 10:05 AM To: Jennifer Langston Subject: RE: Your request for an interview Ok, but let me know you Tuesday availability also. If possible, please send me questions ahead of time to make sure we can provide as much information as possible. How much time would you like? Tom -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Langston [mailto:jennifer@sightline.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 9:03 AM To: Redman, Thomas L Subject: Re: Your request for an interview Thanks so much! Would Monday sometime between 8:30 am and 1 pm work for you? If so, just let me know the best number to reach you. If not, I can check my Tuesday calendar when I get to the office (on bus now.) Best, Jennifer Sent from my iPhone. On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:17 AM, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org<mailto:tlredman@seattleschools.org>> wrote: Jennifer, it looks like we could have a phone interview next week. Specifically, what time frame on Monday and Tuesday would work for you? Thanks, Tom Redman Capital Communications Seattle Schools From: Carr, Sherry L To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; Peters, Susan M; Patu, Betty; McLaren, Martha Cc: Wright, Charles E; Hale, Theresa L; English, Ron Subject: J oint Meeting with SPS / City Council / Mayor Date: Saturday, J uly 12, 2014 8:30:37 AM Directors, I wanted to let you know that Charles Wright is working on our behalf to re-implement a regular meeting schedule with the Mayor and City Council. We used to meet regularly to discuss issues of joint interest; time to re-establish that meeting rhythm. As we get dates fixed, we will begin to establish a meeting agenda. Some obvious topics would be:
- Preschool for All - Facilities / capacity shortfall - Federal Reserve Building / downtown school - Developer impact fees - Fields / JUAs
Im sure there are plenty more topics. Im not trying to build a specific agenda here; rather my intent is to let you know that this effort is moving forward and we can look forward to some lively discussions starting in the fall.
Thank you.
Sherry Carr Seattle School Board Director, District II (206) 252-0041
From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas Date: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 3:10:07 PM Attachments: Updated Capacity Analysis Central Area 07 11 14.xlsx FYI
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 3:06 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Richard: Attached is the final product the comparison of Enrollment Plannings 5-year projection with our calculated K-5 capacity for the same time span.
I had to do two manipulations to EPs product to get the K-5 numbers we needed for an apples-to- apples analysis/comparison with last years work:
- Subtract Kimball ESs enrollment (school is not in the Central Area at present) - Subtract Pre-K student numbers (currently we dont count Pre-K seats or butts in our capacity needs work since the latter can be such a wild card).
The capacity figure is a gain of 25 seats over last years figure, representing the single portable add at Muir ES this summer. (The double portable add at Catherine Blaine is for Grades 6-8.) It is held constant throughout the time period. From: Best, Richard L Sent: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 1:24 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe,
Can you provided the analysis and give me a summary as to what the Excel spreadsheet is trying to tell me? Lets discuss at our No Agenda Meeting.
Richard
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 5:30 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, Please see the attached Excel document, aggregated by school and year. I have organized the schools under their future boundaries for Washington and Meany. Should you simply be interested in the current Washington boundary, please exclude Kimball from the analysis. Additionally, I provided both K-5 and PS-8 projections.
We have made the following assumptions: - APP growth to be similar to the past two year trends, however partly absorbed in the South end at Fairmount Park - SpEd self-contained programs are planned as follows, and thus contain enrollment to fill these classes: o John Hay: 2 classrooms for Access o Lawton: 1 classroom for Access o Bailey Gatzert: 2 SM1g classrooms, 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Thurgood Marshall: 3 SM4 classrooms o Leschi: 1 SM4 classroom o Lowell: 2 SM2 classrooms, 1 SM4 classroom, 1 Medically Fragile classroom, 1.5 pre-k class (three half-day sessions), .5 pre-k medically fragile (one half-day session), and one extended day pre-k. o Madrona: 1 SM3 classroom, and 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Montlake: 1 SM4i classroom o Stevens: 1 Access classroom, 2 SM3 classrooms o TOPS: 1 SM4 classroom, 1 deaf/hard of hearing classroom, and 1 pre-k deaf/hard of hearing classroom.
Let Brent or myself know if you have any further questions or clarifications. Best regards,
Jay
Jay Freistadt Analyst, Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0659
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 4:55 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, We can get you these indeed tomorrow. Do you need them by school, or by school and grade?
The complication attendance area boundary changes at schools, which had been approved but not implemented yet. Also, after Meany opens in 2017-18, there will be some shuffling of attendance area elementary schools within service areas.
Best, Jay
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 9:38 AM To: Kroon, Brent R; Freistadt, J ay O Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Jay and Brent: Richard needs my team to update the K-5 capacity analysis for the two service areas in the message line as part of due diligence for the Federal Reserve Building application. To complete that task I need updated 5-year k-5 projections for those service areas by tomorrow.
Please contact me with any questions.
Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Best, Richard L To: Ross Parker; Lorne McConachie Subject: FW: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas Date: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 3:09:48 PM Attachments: Updated Capacity Analysis Central Area 07 11 14.xlsx FYI
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 3:06 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Richard: Attached is the final product the comparison of Enrollment Plannings 5-year projection with our calculated K-5 capacity for the same time span.
I had to do two manipulations to EPs product to get the K-5 numbers we needed for an apples-to- apples analysis/comparison with last years work:
- Subtract Kimball ESs enrollment (school is not in the Central Area at present) - Subtract Pre-K student numbers (currently we dont count Pre-K seats or butts in our capacity needs work since the latter can be such a wild card).
The capacity figure is a gain of 25 seats over last years figure, representing the single portable add at Muir ES this summer. (The double portable add at Catherine Blaine is for Grades 6-8.) It is held constant throughout the time period. From: Best, Richard L Sent: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 1:24 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe,
Can you provided the analysis and give me a summary as to what the Excel spreadsheet is trying to tell me? Lets discuss at our No Agenda Meeting.
Richard
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 5:30 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, Please see the attached Excel document, aggregated by school and year. I have organized the schools under their future boundaries for Washington and Meany. Should you simply be interested in the current Washington boundary, please exclude Kimball from the analysis. Additionally, I provided both K-5 and PS-8 projections.
We have made the following assumptions: - APP growth to be similar to the past two year trends, however partly absorbed in the South end at Fairmount Park - SpEd self-contained programs are planned as follows, and thus contain enrollment to fill these classes: o John Hay: 2 classrooms for Access o Lawton: 1 classroom for Access o Bailey Gatzert: 2 SM1g classrooms, 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Thurgood Marshall: 3 SM4 classrooms o Leschi: 1 SM4 classroom o Lowell: 2 SM2 classrooms, 1 SM4 classroom, 1 Medically Fragile classroom, 1.5 pre-k class (three half-day sessions), .5 pre-k medically fragile (one half-day session), and one extended day pre-k. o Madrona: 1 SM3 classroom, and 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Montlake: 1 SM4i classroom o Stevens: 1 Access classroom, 2 SM3 classrooms o TOPS: 1 SM4 classroom, 1 deaf/hard of hearing classroom, and 1 pre-k deaf/hard of hearing classroom.
Let Brent or myself know if you have any further questions or clarifications. Best regards,
Jay
Jay Freistadt Analyst, Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0659
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 4:55 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, We can get you these indeed tomorrow. Do you need them by school, or by school and grade?
The complication attendance area boundary changes at schools, which had been approved but not implemented yet. Also, after Meany opens in 2017-18, there will be some shuffling of attendance area elementary schools within service areas.
Best, Jay
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 9:38 AM To: Kroon, Brent R; Freistadt, J ay O Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Jay and Brent: Richard needs my team to update the K-5 capacity analysis for the two service areas in the message line as part of due diligence for the Federal Reserve Building application. To complete that task I need updated 5-year k-5 projections for those service areas by tomorrow.
Please contact me with any questions.
Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Best, Richard L To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas Date: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 3:09:35 PM Excellent
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 3:06 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Richard: Attached is the final product the comparison of Enrollment Plannings 5-year projection with our calculated K-5 capacity for the same time span.
I had to do two manipulations to EPs product to get the K-5 numbers we needed for an apples-to- apples analysis/comparison with last years work:
- Subtract Kimball ESs enrollment (school is not in the Central Area at present) - Subtract Pre-K student numbers (currently we dont count Pre-K seats or butts in our capacity needs work since the latter can be such a wild card).
The capacity figure is a gain of 25 seats over last years figure, representing the single portable add at Muir ES this summer. (The double portable add at Catherine Blaine is for Grades 6-8.) It is held constant throughout the time period. From: Best, Richard L Sent: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 1:24 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe,
Can you provided the analysis and give me a summary as to what the Excel spreadsheet is trying to tell me? Lets discuss at our No Agenda Meeting.
Richard
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 5:30 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, Please see the attached Excel document, aggregated by school and year. I have organized the schools under their future boundaries for Washington and Meany. Should you simply be interested in the current Washington boundary, please exclude Kimball from the analysis. Additionally, I provided both K-5 and PS-8 projections.
We have made the following assumptions: - APP growth to be similar to the past two year trends, however partly absorbed in the South end at Fairmount Park - SpEd self-contained programs are planned as follows, and thus contain enrollment to fill these classes: o John Hay: 2 classrooms for Access o Lawton: 1 classroom for Access o Bailey Gatzert: 2 SM1g classrooms, 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Thurgood Marshall: 3 SM4 classrooms o Leschi: 1 SM4 classroom o Lowell: 2 SM2 classrooms, 1 SM4 classroom, 1 Medically Fragile classroom, 1.5 pre-k class (three half-day sessions), .5 pre-k medically fragile (one half-day session), and one extended day pre-k. o Madrona: 1 SM3 classroom, and 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Montlake: 1 SM4i classroom o Stevens: 1 Access classroom, 2 SM3 classrooms o TOPS: 1 SM4 classroom, 1 deaf/hard of hearing classroom, and 1 pre-k deaf/hard of hearing classroom.
Let Brent or myself know if you have any further questions or clarifications. Best regards,
Jay
Jay Freistadt Analyst, Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0659
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 4:55 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, We can get you these indeed tomorrow. Do you need them by school, or by school and grade?
The complication attendance area boundary changes at schools, which had been approved but not implemented yet. Also, after Meany opens in 2017-18, there will be some shuffling of attendance area elementary schools within service areas.
Best, Jay
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 9:38 AM To: Kroon, Brent R; Freistadt, J ay O Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Jay and Brent: Richard needs my team to update the K-5 capacity analysis for the two service areas in the message line as part of due diligence for the Federal Reserve Building application. To complete that task I need updated 5-year k-5 projections for those service areas by tomorrow.
Please contact me with any questions.
Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Wolf, J oseph A To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas Date: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 3:06:03 PM Attachments: Updated Capacity Analysis Central Area 07 11 14.xlsx Richard: Attached is the final product the comparison of Enrollment Plannings 5-year projection with our calculated K-5 capacity for the same time span.
I had to do two manipulations to EPs product to get the K-5 numbers we needed for an apples-to- apples analysis/comparison with last years work:
- Subtract Kimball ESs enrollment (school is not in the Central Area at present) - Subtract Pre-K student numbers (currently we dont count Pre-K seats or butts in our capacity needs work since the latter can be such a wild card).
The capacity figure is a gain of 25 seats over last years figure, representing the single portable add at Muir ES this summer. (The double portable add at Catherine Blaine is for Grades 6-8.) It is held constant throughout the time period. From: Best, Richard L Sent: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 1:24 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe,
Can you provided the analysis and give me a summary as to what the Excel spreadsheet is trying to tell me? Lets discuss at our No Agenda Meeting.
Richard
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 5:30 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, Please see the attached Excel document, aggregated by school and year. I have organized the schools under their future boundaries for Washington and Meany. Should you simply be interested in the current Washington boundary, please exclude Kimball from the analysis. Additionally, I provided both K-5 and PS-8 projections.
We have made the following assumptions: - APP growth to be similar to the past two year trends, however partly absorbed in the South end at Fairmount Park - SpEd self-contained programs are planned as follows, and thus contain enrollment to fill these classes: o John Hay: 2 classrooms for Access o Lawton: 1 classroom for Access o Bailey Gatzert: 2 SM1g classrooms, 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Thurgood Marshall: 3 SM4 classrooms o Leschi: 1 SM4 classroom o Lowell: 2 SM2 classrooms, 1 SM4 classroom, 1 Medically Fragile classroom, 1.5 pre-k class (three half-day sessions), .5 pre-k medically fragile (one half-day session), and one extended day pre-k. o Madrona: 1 SM3 classroom, and 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Montlake: 1 SM4i classroom o Stevens: 1 Access classroom, 2 SM3 classrooms o TOPS: 1 SM4 classroom, 1 deaf/hard of hearing classroom, and 1 pre-k deaf/hard of hearing classroom.
Let Brent or myself know if you have any further questions or clarifications. Best regards,
Jay
Jay Freistadt Analyst, Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0659
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 4:55 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, We can get you these indeed tomorrow. Do you need them by school, or by school and grade?
The complication attendance area boundary changes at schools, which had been approved but not implemented yet. Also, after Meany opens in 2017-18, there will be some shuffling of attendance area elementary schools within service areas.
Best, Jay
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 9:38 AM To: Kroon, Brent R; Freistadt, J ay O Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Jay and Brent: Richard needs my team to update the K-5 capacity analysis for the two service areas in the message line as part of due diligence for the Federal Reserve Building application. To complete that task I need updated 5-year k-5 projections for those service areas by tomorrow.
Please contact me with any questions.
Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: J on Scholes To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Date: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 2:28:58 PM Thanks. Got them all
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 12:58 PM To: J on Scholes Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: RE: Fed Reserve
Jon,
I ended up having to send you four e-mails concerning Bassetti Architects PowerPoint presentation for the Downtown School Federal Reserve Bank Building. You should have received them as nothing bounced back this time.
Richard
From: J on Scholes [mailto:J onS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 6:55 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: Re: Fed Reserve
Richard, Looks like we've got critical mass for this meeting and can confirm 4pm on 7/18.I'll send you a list of who plans to attend early next week. If there are some questions and materials you'd like to put to the group beforehand via email, please send them my way.
Thanks Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2014, at 1:32 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Would 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM work next Friday, July 18, 2014 at the John Stanford Center?
From: J on Scholes [mailto:J onS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 8:42 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: Re: Fed Reserve
Richard, I think Id have a better shot at getting attendance if we tried for early next week if that would work for you.
Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA)
Weve Moved! Note new address below
1809 7th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com
On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Jon, I would like to set-up a meeting to further discuss later this week. Can you check these folks availability? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:31 PM, "Jon Scholes" <JonS@downtownseattle.org<mailto:JonS@downtownseattle.org>> wrote: Flip and Richard, Thank you for all your work to prepare and submit the application for the Federal Reserve Building. I wanted to reiterate our offer to facilitate a peer review of cost estimates and feasibility for utilization of the building for a pre K - 5 school. There are a number of our members in the construction, design and structural engineering sectors that have expressed interest in supporting this effort. Please let me know if this is something that would add value to your efforts and if there are other ways we can provide support. Jon Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) Weve Moved! Note new address below 1809 7th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com<http://www.downtownseattle.com/>
From: Ryan Gockel To: "ltherndon@seattleschools.org" Subject: Meeting Request: Downtown School Update Date: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 2:19:49 PM Attachments: image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image005.png Dear Dr. Herndon,
Given the recent activity surrounding the Downtown Federal Reserve Building, we are hoping to organize a meeting of some of DSAs members, as well as other long-time downtown school supporters, to continue to engage them on the issue of a Downtown school and update them on the school districts current efforts. We are hoping that you will be able to attend and update everyone on the process and status of the project.
I know that it becomes increasingly difficult to get ahold of people in Seattle the further we get into August, so I wanted to find out if you might have time in the next three weeks on either the afternoon (say around 4 PM) of July 25 th , July 31 st or August 1 st ? Let me know when you get the chance and I can work on getting the meeting organized. Thanks again for your time.
Thanks, Ryan
Ryan P. Gockel Research and Economic Development Specialist Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) & Metropolitan Improvement District (MID) 1809 7 th Ave, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Main: (206) 623-0340 Direct: (206) 613-3207
Our Mission To champion a healthy, vibrant urban core
From: Freistadt, J ay O To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Kroon, Brent R Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas Date: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 12:25:43 PM Attachments: 5YearProj_Wash_McClure.xlsx Joe, Sure thing. Please see the far right columns (Y and further to the right) for the PS-5 for McClure and Meany areas. McClure schools do not have pre-k programs, so this would be the same as the K-5 counts. I believe schools with Pre-K are Lowell, Madrona, and TOPS.
Im headed out for the weekend now, but Brent will be around, but hopefully this will be the last item you need. Best, Jay
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 11:22 AM To: Freistadt, J ay O Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Jay: I need one last (hopefully not extra work for you) data parsing to do my analysis.
Since we are comparing K-5 enrollment with K-5 seats/capacity, I need the PS-5 projection pulled out for the PS-8 schools: TOPS, Madrona, Catherine Blaine by mid-afternoon if possible. Thanks.
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 5:30 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, Please see the attached Excel document, aggregated by school and year. I have organized the schools under their future boundaries for Washington and Meany. Should you simply be interested in the current Washington boundary, please exclude Kimball from the analysis. Additionally, I provided both K-5 and PS-8 projections.
We have made the following assumptions: - APP growth to be similar to the past two year trends, however partly absorbed in the South end at Fairmount Park - SpEd self-contained programs are planned as follows, and thus contain enrollment to fill these classes: o John Hay: 2 classrooms for Access o Lawton: 1 classroom for Access o Bailey Gatzert: 2 SM1g classrooms, 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Thurgood Marshall: 3 SM4 classrooms o Leschi: 1 SM4 classroom o Lowell: 2 SM2 classrooms, 1 SM4 classroom, 1 Medically Fragile classroom, 1.5 pre-k class (three half-day sessions), .5 pre-k medically fragile (one half-day session), and one extended day pre-k. o Madrona: 1 SM3 classroom, and 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Montlake: 1 SM4i classroom o Stevens: 1 Access classroom, 2 SM3 classrooms o TOPS: 1 SM4 classroom, 1 deaf/hard of hearing classroom, and 1 pre-k deaf/hard of hearing classroom.
Let Brent or myself know if you have any further questions or clarifications. Best regards,
Jay
Jay Freistadt Analyst, Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0659
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 4:55 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, We can get you these indeed tomorrow. Do you need them by school, or by school and grade?
The complication attendance area boundary changes at schools, which had been approved but not implemented yet. Also, after Meany opens in 2017-18, there will be some shuffling of attendance area elementary schools within service areas.
Best, Jay
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 9:38 AM To: Kroon, Brent R; Freistadt, J ay O Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Jay and Brent: Richard needs my team to update the K-5 capacity analysis for the two service areas in the message line as part of due diligence for the Federal Reserve Building application. To complete that task I need updated 5-year k-5 projections for those service areas by tomorrow.
Please contact me with any questions.
Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Best, Richard L To: "J on Scholes" Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Date: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 12:01:15 PM Attachments: New Downtown School - Board Presentation - First 10 Slides.pptx Jon,
I will send you two e-mails of the PowerPoint presentation that we gave to the School Board so folks can familiarize themselves with the project ahead of our meeting. I am sending two e-mails as the size of the PowerPoint presentation is relatively large.
Richard
From: J on Scholes [mailto:J onS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 6:55 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: Re: Fed Reserve
Richard, Looks like we've got critical mass for this meeting and can confirm 4pm on 7/18.I'll send you a list of who plans to attend early next week. If there are some questions and materials you'd like to put to the group beforehand via email, please send them my way.
Thanks Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2014, at 1:32 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Would 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM work next Friday, July 18, 2014 at the John Stanford Center?
From: J on Scholes [mailto:J onS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 8:42 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: Re: Fed Reserve
Richard, I think Id have a better shot at getting attendance if we tried for early next week if that would work for you.
Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA)
Weve Moved! Note new address below
1809 7th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com
On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Jon, I would like to set-up a meeting to further discuss later this week. Can you check these folks availability? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:31 PM, "Jon Scholes" <JonS@downtownseattle.org<mailto:JonS@downtownseattle.org>> wrote: Flip and Richard, Thank you for all your work to prepare and submit the application for the Federal Reserve Building. I wanted to reiterate our offer to facilitate a peer review of cost estimates and feasibility for utilization of the building for a pre K - 5 school. There are a number of our members in the construction, design and structural engineering sectors that have expressed interest in supporting this effort. Please let me know if this is something that would add value to your efforts and if there are other ways we can provide support. Jon Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) Weve Moved! Note new address below 1809 7th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com<http://www.downtownseattle.com/>
From: Wolf, J oseph A To: Freistadt, J ay O Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas Date: Friday, J uly 11, 2014 11:10:10 AM Jay thank you (and to the EP team) for both the data and the context much appreciated.
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 5:30 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, Please see the attached Excel document, aggregated by school and year. I have organized the schools under their future boundaries for Washington and Meany. Should you simply be interested in the current Washington boundary, please exclude Kimball from the analysis. Additionally, I provided both K-5 and PS-8 projections.
We have made the following assumptions: - APP growth to be similar to the past two year trends, however partly absorbed in the South end at Fairmount Park - SpEd self-contained programs are planned as follows, and thus contain enrollment to fill these classes: o John Hay: 2 classrooms for Access o Lawton: 1 classroom for Access o Bailey Gatzert: 2 SM1g classrooms, 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Thurgood Marshall: 3 SM4 classrooms o Leschi: 1 SM4 classroom o Lowell: 2 SM2 classrooms, 1 SM4 classroom, 1 Medically Fragile classroom, 1.5 pre-k class (three half-day sessions), .5 pre-k medically fragile (one half-day session), and one extended day pre-k. o Madrona: 1 SM3 classroom, and 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Montlake: 1 SM4i classroom o Stevens: 1 Access classroom, 2 SM3 classrooms o TOPS: 1 SM4 classroom, 1 deaf/hard of hearing classroom, and 1 pre-k deaf/hard of hearing classroom.
Let Brent or myself know if you have any further questions or clarifications. Best regards,
Jay
Jay Freistadt Analyst, Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0659
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 4:55 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, We can get you these indeed tomorrow. Do you need them by school, or by school and grade?
The complication attendance area boundary changes at schools, which had been approved but not implemented yet. Also, after Meany opens in 2017-18, there will be some shuffling of attendance area elementary schools within service areas.
Best, Jay
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 9:38 AM To: Kroon, Brent R; Freistadt, J ay O Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Jay and Brent: Richard needs my team to update the K-5 capacity analysis for the two service areas in the message line as part of due diligence for the Federal Reserve Building application. To complete that task I need updated 5-year k-5 projections for those service areas by tomorrow.
Please contact me with any questions.
Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Freistadt, J ay O To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 5:30:05 PM Attachments: 5YearProj_Wash_McClure.xlsx Joe, Please see the attached Excel document, aggregated by school and year. I have organized the schools under their future boundaries for Washington and Meany. Should you simply be interested in the current Washington boundary, please exclude Kimball from the analysis. Additionally, I provided both K-5 and PS-8 projections.
We have made the following assumptions: - APP growth to be similar to the past two year trends, however partly absorbed in the South end at Fairmount Park - SpEd self-contained programs are planned as follows, and thus contain enrollment to fill these classes: o John Hay: 2 classrooms for Access o Lawton: 1 classroom for Access o Bailey Gatzert: 2 SM1g classrooms, 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Thurgood Marshall: 3 SM4 classrooms o Leschi: 1 SM4 classroom o Lowell: 2 SM2 classrooms, 1 SM4 classroom, 1 Medically Fragile classroom, 1.5 pre-k class (three half-day sessions), .5 pre-k medically fragile (one half-day session), and one extended day pre-k. o Madrona: 1 SM3 classroom, and 1 pre-k class (two half-day sessions) o Montlake: 1 SM4i classroom o Stevens: 1 Access classroom, 2 SM3 classrooms o TOPS: 1 SM4 classroom, 1 deaf/hard of hearing classroom, and 1 pre-k deaf/hard of hearing classroom.
Let Brent or myself know if you have any further questions or clarifications. Best regards,
Jay
Jay Freistadt Analyst, Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0659
From: Freistadt, J ay O Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 4:55 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Joe, We can get you these indeed tomorrow. Do you need them by school, or by school and grade?
The complication attendance area boundary changes at schools, which had been approved but not implemented yet. Also, after Meany opens in 2017-18, there will be some shuffling of attendance area elementary schools within service areas.
Best, Jay
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 9:38 AM To: Kroon, Brent R; Freistadt, J ay O Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Jay and Brent: Richard needs my team to update the K-5 capacity analysis for the two service areas in the message line as part of due diligence for the Federal Reserve Building application. To complete that task I need updated 5-year k-5 projections for those service areas by tomorrow.
Please contact me with any questions.
Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Best, Richard L To: Dan Miles Cc: Standaart, David; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 4:05:32 PM I am currently out of office but will let you know tomorrow after revealing your proposal. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2014, at 3:58 PM, "Dan Miles" <dmiles@BassettiArch.com> wrote: > > Richard: Got it. Let us know if you need additional information on our end. Thanks. > > Daniel Miles AIA > Principal > > Bassetti Architects > t 206 340 9500 > www.bassettiarch.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 3:52 PM > To: Standaart, David > Cc: Dan Miles; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker > Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > > David and Dan, > > I will work on this matter tomorrow afternoon with David to write a narrative that addresses Ron's concerns. > > Dan, please stay the course we will pay you for your efforts. > > Richard > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 10, 2014, at 3:46 PM, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org<mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org>> wrote: > > Dan, > We may have a hang up at this end. Richard and I will need to discuss. > > David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB > Capital Project Mgr. > Seattle Public Schools > 206.252.0662 > > > > From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 3:30 PM > To: Standaart, David; Best, Richard L > Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker > Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > David: We will revise the proposal regarding the cost estimating and send a new copy. > > Let me know if you have further comments. Thanks. > > Daniel Miles AIA > Principal > > Bassetti Architects > t 206 340 9500 > www.bassettiarch.com<http://www.bassettiarch.com/> > > From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 3:19 PM > To: Best, Richard L > Cc: Dan Miles; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker > Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > Dan, > You will need to revise the 4rth paragraph of you proposal regarding the estimator then. > > David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB > Capital Project Mgr. > Seattle Public Schools > 206.252.0662 > > > > From: Best, Richard L > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 3:17 PM > To: Standaart, David > Cc: Dan Miles; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker > Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > We were not going to involve the Robinson Company in this effort or the engineering consultant team. Loren and I thought we Bassetti/SPS could provide a conceptual estimate for this effort. > > Sent from my iPshone > > On Jul 10, 2014, at 2:52 PM, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org<mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org>> wrote: > Dan, > Also, have you had any communication with Robinson on this additional work? > > David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB > Capital Project Mgr. > Seattle Public Schools > 206.252.0662 > > > > From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 11:01 AM > To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David > Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker > Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > Richard/David: > > Attached is our proposal to study the capacities and conceptual improvements to expand the Lowell, Hay and Bailey Gatzert schools to meet the current District program requirements as noted. Please review and let us know if you have questions or comments. We understand you will issue a modification to our existing agreement no. P1312 to formalize these services. > > Also, do you have the current capacity of John Hay available? > > Thank you for the opportunity to be of continued service to the District. > > Daniel Miles AIA > Principal > > Bassetti Architects > t 206 340 9500 > www.bassettiarch.com<http://www.bassettiarch.com/> > > From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:00 AM > To: Standaart, David; Dan Miles > Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker > Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > Yes include John Hay in the analysis of the three nearby elementary schools. > > From: Standaart, David > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:36 AM > To: 'Dan Miles'; Best, Richard L > Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker > Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > Dan, > Regarding your first question, I believe we can modify your existing contract as it relates to going forward on the Federal Reserve site. Richard can respond to your second question. > > David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB > Capital Project Mgr. > Seattle Public Schools > 206.252.0662 > > > > From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:33 AM > To: Best, Richard L > Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker; Standaart, David > Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > HI Richard: > > Several questions prior to sending our proposal for the additional school analysis requested: > > > 1. Is it your intent to issue a separate services contract for this work, or an addendum to the existing contract No. P1312? > > 2. Is it expected that Bassetti now include John Hay Elementary in our study of school capacities, along with Lowell and Bailey Gatzert? > > Please let us know at your earliest convenience so we can finalize our proposal. Thanks. > > Daniel Miles AIA > Principal > > Bassetti Architects > t 206 340 9500 > www.bassettiarch.com<http://www.bassettiarch.com/> > > From: Edward Noland > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 7:33 AM > To: Dan Miles > Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > > > Edward Noland AIA, LEED AP > Architect > > Bassetti Architects > t 206 340 9500 > www.bassettiarch.com<http://www.bassettiarch.com/> > > From: Ross Parker > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 5:50 AM > To: Edward Noland > Cc: Lorne McConachie > Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > Ed, > > FYI from Richard. > > Ross > > - sent from my private iLand - > > Begin forwarded message: > From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org<mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org>> > Date: July 8, 2014 at 4:02:36 PM PDT > To: 'Ross Parker' <rparker@BassettiArch.com<mailto:rparker@BassettiArch.com>>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com<mailto:LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com>> > Cc: "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org<mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org>>, "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org<mailto:jawolf@seattleschools.org>>, "Becker, Eric P" <pebecker@seattleschools.org<mailto:pebecker@seattleschools.org>>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org<mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org>> > Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence FYI - Approximately 390 total students can be added to Bailey Gatzert and Lowell Elementary Schools so that they accommodate 660 student population to allow them to comply with our educational specifications. We should probably identify a third elementary school for an addition as well to accommodate the 660 student total that the Downtown School would provide. > > Richard > > From: Wolf, Joseph A > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 2:32 PM > To: Best, Richard L > Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > Richard: Current capacities below. > > > - Bailey Gatzert: 403 > > - Lowell: 523 > > Chris will be sending you the site condition piece per my previous e-mail. > > From: Best, Richard L > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 9:33 AM > To: Wolf, Joseph A > Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > Joe, > > Would like to have the information requested in these two e-mails by Friday if possible. > > Richard > > From: Best, Richard L > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 9:28 AM > To: Wolf, Joseph A > Cc: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie > Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > Joe, > > In addition to the documents below any information that you can provide me concerning current building capacity would also be helpful. I plan to have Bassetti Architects implement a comparison versus our current elementary school educational specifications. > > Richard > > From: Best, Richard L > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 9:21 AM > To: Wolf, Joseph A > Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence > > Joe, > > Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for: > > > 1) Lowell Elementary School > > 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School > > I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well. > > Questions please see me. > > Richard From: Standaart, David To: "Dan Miles"; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:32:19 PM Dan, Can you also take a closer look at your hours on this.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:30 PM To: Standaart, David; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
David: We will revise the proposal regarding the cost estimating and send a new copy.
Let me know if you have further comments. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:19 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Dan Miles; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Dan, You will need to revise the 4rth paragraph of you proposal regarding the estimator then.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:17 PM To: Standaart, David Cc: Dan Miles; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
We were not going to involve the Robinson Company in this effort or the engineering consultant team. Loren and I thought we Bassetti/SPS could provide a conceptual estimate for this effort. Sent from my iPshone On Jul 10, 2014, at 2:52 PM, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org> wrote: Dan, Also, have you had any communication with Robinson on this additional work?
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 11:01 AM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard/David:
Attached is our proposal to study the capacities and conceptual improvements to expand the Lowell, Hay and Bailey Gatzert schools to meet the current District program requirements as noted. Please review and let us know if you have questions or comments. We understand you will issue a modification to our existing agreement no. P1312 to formalize these services.
Also, do you have the current capacity of John Hay available?
Thank you for the opportunity to be of continued service to the District.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 10:00 AM To: Standaart, David; Dan Miles Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Yes include John Hay in the analysis of the three nearby elementary schools.
From: Standaart, David Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:36 AM To: 'Dan Miles'; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Dan, Regarding your first question, I believe we can modify your existing contract as it relates to going forward on the Federal Reserve site. Richard can respond to your second question.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:33 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
HI Richard:
Several questions prior to sending our proposal for the additional school analysis requested:
1. Is it your intent to issue a separate services contract for this work, or an addendum to the existing contract No. P1312? 2. Is it expected that Bassetti now include John Hay Elementary in our study of school capacities, along with Lowell and Bailey Gatzert?
Please let us know at your earliest convenience so we can finalize our proposal. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Edward Noland Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 7:33 AM To: Dan Miles Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Edward Noland AIA, LEED AP Architect
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Ross Parker Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 5:50 AM To: Edward Noland Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Ed,
FYI from Richard.
Ross - sent from my private iLand - Begin forwarded message: From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: July 8, 2014 at 4:02:36 PM PDT To: 'Ross Parker' <rparker@BassettiArch.com>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com> Cc: "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org>, "Becker, Eric P" <pebecker@seattleschools.org>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence FYI Approximately 390 total students can be added to Bailey Gatzert and Lowell Elementary Schools so that they accommodate 660 student population to allow them to comply with our educational specifications. We should probably identify a third elementary school for an addition as well to accommodate the 660 student total that the Downtown School would provide.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:32 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard: Current capacities below.
- Bailey Gatzert: 403 - Lowell: 523
Chris will be sending you the site condition piece per my previous e-mail.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:33 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Would like to have the information requested in these two e-mails by Friday if possible.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:28 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
In addition to the documents below any information that you can provide me concerning current building capacity would also be helpful. I plan to have Bassetti Architects implement a comparison versus our current elementary school educational specifications.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Dan Miles To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:27:59 PM Hi David:
No, we have not spoken to Robinson about this yet. We understood SSD would contract with them directly.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 2:53 PM To: Dan Miles; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Dan, Also, have you had any communication with Robinson on this additional work?
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 11:01 AM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard/David:
Attached is our proposal to study the capacities and conceptual improvements to expand the Lowell, Hay and Bailey Gatzert schools to meet the current District program requirements as noted. Please review and let us know if you have questions or comments. We understand you will issue a modification to our existing agreement no. P1312 to formalize these services.
Also, do you have the current capacity of John Hay available?
Thank you for the opportunity to be of continued service to the District.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 10:00 AM To: Standaart, David; Dan Miles Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Yes include John Hay in the analysis of the three nearby elementary schools.
From: Standaart, David Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:36 AM To: 'Dan Miles'; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Dan, Regarding your first question, I believe we can modify your existing contract as it relates to going forward on the Federal Reserve site. Richard can respond to your second question.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:33 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
HI Richard:
Several questions prior to sending our proposal for the additional school analysis requested:
1. Is it your intent to issue a separate services contract for this work, or an addendum to the existing contract No. P1312? 2. Is it expected that Bassetti now include John Hay Elementary in our study of school capacities, along with Lowell and Bailey Gatzert?
Please let us know at your earliest convenience so we can finalize our proposal. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Edward Noland Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 7:33 AM To: Dan Miles Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Edward Noland AIA, LEED AP Architect
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Ross Parker Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 5:50 AM To: Edward Noland Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Ed,
FYI from Richard.
Ross - sent from my private iLand - Begin forwarded message: From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: July 8, 2014 at 4:02:36 PM PDT To: 'Ross Parker' <rparker@BassettiArch.com>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com> Cc: "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org>, "Becker, Eric P" <pebecker@seattleschools.org>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence FYI Approximately 390 total students can be added to Bailey Gatzert and Lowell Elementary Schools so that they accommodate 660 student population to allow them to comply with our educational specifications. We should probably identify a third elementary school for an addition as well to accommodate the 660 student total that the Downtown School would provide.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:32 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard: Current capacities below.
- Bailey Gatzert: 403 - Lowell: 523
Chris will be sending you the site condition piece per my previous e-mail.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:33 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Would like to have the information requested in these two e-mails by Friday if possible.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:28 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
In addition to the documents below any information that you can provide me concerning current building capacity would also be helpful. I plan to have Bassetti Architects implement a comparison versus our current elementary school educational specifications.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Dan Miles To: Standaart, David; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:26:48 PM Yes, we have spent the entire previous authorization.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 2:50 PM To: Dan Miles; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Dan, One question I have is have you expended all of current contract amount?
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 11:01 AM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard/David:
Attached is our proposal to study the capacities and conceptual improvements to expand the Lowell, Hay and Bailey Gatzert schools to meet the current District program requirements as noted. Please review and let us know if you have questions or comments. We understand you will issue a modification to our existing agreement no. P1312 to formalize these services.
Also, do you have the current capacity of John Hay available?
Thank you for the opportunity to be of continued service to the District.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 10:00 AM To: Standaart, David; Dan Miles Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Yes include John Hay in the analysis of the three nearby elementary schools.
From: Standaart, David Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:36 AM To: 'Dan Miles'; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Dan, Regarding your first question, I believe we can modify your existing contract as it relates to going forward on the Federal Reserve site. Richard can respond to your second question.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:33 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
HI Richard:
Several questions prior to sending our proposal for the additional school analysis requested:
1. Is it your intent to issue a separate services contract for this work, or an addendum to the existing contract No. P1312? 2. Is it expected that Bassetti now include John Hay Elementary in our study of school capacities, along with Lowell and Bailey Gatzert?
Please let us know at your earliest convenience so we can finalize our proposal. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Edward Noland Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 7:33 AM To: Dan Miles Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Edward Noland AIA, LEED AP Architect
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Ross Parker Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 5:50 AM To: Edward Noland Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Ed,
FYI from Richard.
Ross - sent from my private iLand - Begin forwarded message: From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: July 8, 2014 at 4:02:36 PM PDT To: 'Ross Parker' <rparker@BassettiArch.com>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com> Cc: "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org>, "Becker, Eric P" <pebecker@seattleschools.org>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence FYI Approximately 390 total students can be added to Bailey Gatzert and Lowell Elementary Schools so that they accommodate 660 student population to allow them to comply with our educational specifications. We should probably identify a third elementary school for an addition as well to accommodate the 660 student total that the Downtown School would provide.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:32 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard: Current capacities below.
- Bailey Gatzert: 403 - Lowell: 523
Chris will be sending you the site condition piece per my previous e-mail.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:33 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Would like to have the information requested in these two e-mails by Friday if possible.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:28 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
In addition to the documents below any information that you can provide me concerning current building capacity would also be helpful. I plan to have Bassetti Architects implement a comparison versus our current elementary school educational specifications.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: Dan Miles Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker; Standaart, David Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:23:26 PM All, John Hay Elementary Schools current capacity is 557 students so we can add an additional 100 students to meet current elementary educational program at that school. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 10, 2014, at 9:32 AM, "Dan Miles" <dmiles@BassettiArch.com> wrote: HI Richard:
Several questions prior to sending our proposal for the additional school analysis requested:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->Is it your intent to issue a separate services contract for this work, or an addendum to the existing contract No. P1312? <!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->Is it expected that Bassetti now include John Hay Elementary in our study of school capacities, along with Lowell and Bailey Gatzert?
Please let us know at your earliest convenience so we can finalize our proposal. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Edward Noland Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 7:33 AM To: Dan Miles Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Edward Noland AIA, LEED AP Architect
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Ross Parker Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 5:50 AM To: Edward Noland Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Ed,
FYI from Richard.
Ross - sent from my private iLand - Begin forwarded message: From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: July 8, 2014 at 4:02:36 PM PDT To: 'Ross Parker' <rparker@BassettiArch.com>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com> Cc: "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org>, "Becker, Eric P" <pebecker@seattleschools.org>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence FYI Approximately 390 total students can be added to Bailey Gatzert and Lowell Elementary Schools so that they accommodate 660 student population to allow them to comply with our educational specifications. We should probably identify a third elementary school for an addition as well to accommodate the 660 student total that the Downtown School would provide.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:32 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Chris will be sending you the site condition piece per my previous e-mail.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:33 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Would like to have the information requested in these two e-mails by Friday if possible.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:28 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
In addition to the documents below any information that you can provide me concerning current building capacity would also be helpful. I plan to have Bassetti Architects implement a comparison versus our current elementary school educational specifications.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1) <!--[endif]-->Lowell Elementary School <!--[if !supportLists]-->2) <!--[endif]-->Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Standaart, David To: Best, Richard L Cc: Dan Miles; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:19:01 PM Dan, You will need to revise the 4rth paragraph of you proposal regarding the estimator then.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 3:17 PM To: Standaart, David Cc: Dan Miles; Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
We were not going to involve the Robinson Company in this effort or the engineering consultant team. Loren and I thought we Bassetti/SPS could provide a conceptual estimate for this effort. Sent from my iPshone On Jul 10, 2014, at 2:52 PM, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org> wrote: Dan, Also, have you had any communication with Robinson on this additional work?
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 11:01 AM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard/David:
Attached is our proposal to study the capacities and conceptual improvements to expand the Lowell, Hay and Bailey Gatzert schools to meet the current District program requirements as noted. Please review and let us know if you have questions or comments. We understand you will issue a modification to our existing agreement no. P1312 to formalize these services.
Also, do you have the current capacity of John Hay available?
Thank you for the opportunity to be of continued service to the District.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 10:00 AM To: Standaart, David; Dan Miles Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Yes include John Hay in the analysis of the three nearby elementary schools.
From: Standaart, David Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:36 AM To: 'Dan Miles'; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Dan, Regarding your first question, I believe we can modify your existing contract as it relates to going forward on the Federal Reserve site. Richard can respond to your second question.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:33 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
HI Richard:
Several questions prior to sending our proposal for the additional school analysis requested:
1. Is it your intent to issue a separate services contract for this work, or an addendum to the existing contract No. P1312? 2. Is it expected that Bassetti now include John Hay Elementary in our study of school capacities, along with Lowell and Bailey Gatzert?
Please let us know at your earliest convenience so we can finalize our proposal. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Edward Noland Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 7:33 AM To: Dan Miles Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Edward Noland AIA, LEED AP Architect
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Ross Parker Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 5:50 AM To: Edward Noland Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Ed,
FYI from Richard.
Ross - sent from my private iLand - Begin forwarded message: From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: July 8, 2014 at 4:02:36 PM PDT To: 'Ross Parker' <rparker@BassettiArch.com>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com> Cc: "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org>, "Becker, Eric P" <pebecker@seattleschools.org>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence FYI Approximately 390 total students can be added to Bailey Gatzert and Lowell Elementary Schools so that they accommodate 660 student population to allow them to comply with our educational specifications. We should probably identify a third elementary school for an addition as well to accommodate the 660 student total that the Downtown School would provide.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:32 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard: Current capacities below.
- Bailey Gatzert: 403 - Lowell: 523
Chris will be sending you the site condition piece per my previous e-mail.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:33 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Would like to have the information requested in these two e-mails by Friday if possible.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:28 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
In addition to the documents below any information that you can provide me concerning current building capacity would also be helpful. I plan to have Bassetti Architects implement a comparison versus our current elementary school educational specifications.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Herndon, Flip To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Peters, Susan M; McLaren, Martha; Martin-Morris, Harium; Carr, Sherry L; Blanford, Stephan; Banda, J ose L Subject: quick update Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 2:19:38 PM Good Afternoon Board Members and Superintendent, I just wanted to send a very quick update on the Fed Reserve application. We did successfully upload the application on July 3rd. The woman reviewing the application stated that she would take up to 15 business days and then would make a recommendation to her boss. She may ask for more materials or her boss may ask for more materials. So we should be hearing at least an initial response before the end of the month. From there, I don't have a timeline for a full review above the initial look. Additionally, there has been a lawsuit filed against GSA, City of Seattle and the Seattle Landmarks Board. This is not in association with the Homeless Coalition application (I have not heard about anything about their pursuits), but it is by the group that initially had the building placed on the National Historic Registry. I have no idea yet how/if that will impact our application. In the mean time, Richard Best and myself spoke about our next steps and further engagement and information for the public and board. We are looking at scheduling two meetings before the August 20th board meeting, one in July and one in August. These will be opportunities for us to engage in a public forum about the topic of the downtown school, whether it be this building or another location. When we have dates, I will make sure board members are aware so they can attend if they would like. We also spoke about what renovations to Lowell and/or Gatzert would cost and how many additional seats that would bring on and timelines associated with such work. We are continuing with that analysis and will have that ready in August as well. We'll make sure these are topics for Ops and Finance Committees. I also spoke with Ken Gotsch and our district financial advisor about possible funding avenues. More analysis to be done there as well, but an area where we plan to have information for the August Audit and Finance Committee. I will make sure as we get the information to all board members, but I do also want to be able work throughout he committees. I'm off on a short vacation starting this afternoon and will be back on Monday morning. Feel free to email or call, it's just I won't be able to get back to you until the evenings as I'll be out in the mountains of British Columbia hiking and mountain biking. -Flip From: Dan Miles To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 11:01:07 AM Attachments: 140710_Lowell_Hay_Gatzert Fee Proposal.pdf Richard/David:
Attached is our proposal to study the capacities and conceptual improvements to expand the Lowell, Hay and Bailey Gatzert schools to meet the current District program requirements as noted. Please review and let us know if you have questions or comments. We understand you will issue a modification to our existing agreement no. P1312 to formalize these services.
Also, do you have the current capacity of John Hay available?
Thank you for the opportunity to be of continued service to the District.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 10:00 AM To: Standaart, David; Dan Miles Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Yes include John Hay in the analysis of the three nearby elementary schools.
From: Standaart, David Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:36 AM To: 'Dan Miles'; Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Dan, Regarding your first question, I believe we can modify your existing contract as it relates to going forward on the Federal Reserve site. Richard can respond to your second question.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:33 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Edward Noland; Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
HI Richard:
Several questions prior to sending our proposal for the additional school analysis requested:
1. Is it your intent to issue a separate services contract for this work, or an addendum to the existing contract No. P1312? 2. Is it expected that Bassetti now include John Hay Elementary in our study of school capacities, along with Lowell and Bailey Gatzert?
Please let us know at your earliest convenience so we can finalize our proposal. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Edward Noland Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 7:33 AM To: Dan Miles Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Edward Noland AIA, LEED AP Architect
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Ross Parker Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 5:50 AM To: Edward Noland Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Ed,
FYI from Richard.
Ross - sent from my private iLand - Begin forwarded message: From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: July 8, 2014 at 4:02:36 PM PDT To: 'Ross Parker' <rparker@BassettiArch.com>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com> Cc: "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org>, "Becker, Eric P" <pebecker@seattleschools.org>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence FYI Approximately 390 total students can be added to Bailey Gatzert and Lowell Elementary Schools so that they accommodate 660 student population to allow them to comply with our educational specifications. We should probably identify a third elementary school for an addition as well to accommodate the 660 student total that the Downtown School would provide.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:32 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard: Current capacities below.
- Bailey Gatzert: 403 - Lowell: 523
Chris will be sending you the site condition piece per my previous e-mail.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:33 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Would like to have the information requested in these two e-mails by Friday if possible.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:28 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
In addition to the documents below any information that you can provide me concerning current building capacity would also be helpful. I plan to have Bassetti Architects implement a comparison versus our current elementary school educational specifications.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Edward Noland To: Viers, J ason D Subject: RE: Lowell Elementary School Drawings Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 9:44:47 AM Jason,
For Bailey Gatzert we would like the following: 0080 0094-0096 0099 0129-00130 0173-0174 For John Hay we would like: 0083 0086-0091 0131-0134 0211
Please put them in our FTP folders: SPS Federal Reserve k-5 study/Owner/ Bailey Gatzert existing drawings John Hay existing drawings
Thanks,
Ed
Edward Noland AIA, LEED AP Architect
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Viers, J ason D [mailto:jdviers@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 8:49 AM To: Edward Noland Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Lowell Elementary School Drawings
Ed,
Attached you will find the drawings indexes for Gatzert and John Hay. You can direct plans inquiries directly to me to facilitate access.
Thank you,
Jason Viers Construction Records Coordinator Seattle Public Schools (206) 252-0667
From: Edward Noland [mailto:ENoland@bassettiarch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 7:37 AM To: Ross Parker; Viers, J ason D Cc: Best, Richard L; Novitski, Ellen; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Lowell Elementary School Drawings
Jason/Richard,
Do you also have drawings for Bailey Gatzert and John Hays Schools?
Edward Noland AIA, LEED AP Architect
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Ross Parker Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 5:49 AM To: Viers, J ason D Cc: Best, Richard L; Novitski, Ellen; Lorne McConachie; Edward Noland Subject: Re: Lowell Elementary School Drawings
Richard/Jason,
Lorne and I are each headed out of town for several days. Ed Noland, a senior architect at Bassetti, will be contacting you about these drawings.
Thanks,
Ross - sent from my private iLand - On Jul 8, 2014, at 3:51 PM, "Viers, Jason D" <jdviers@seattleschools.org> wrote: Ross,
Please note the Entry numbers in the indexes when making selections. All drawings are available in PDF and some are available in CAD where noted.
Thank you,
Jason Viers Construction Records Coordinator Seattle Public Schools (206) 252-0667
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 3:49 PM To: 'Ross Parker' Cc: Novitski, Ellen; Viers, J ason D; Lorne McConachie Subject: Lowell Elementary School Drawings
Ross,
Can you please review the attached list of drawings and identify what you might need from Seattle Public Schools for your efforts at Lowell Elementary School, then advise to all?
Richard
Jason,
Can you provide Ross Parker with Bassetti Architects the requested electronic files when he responds to my e-mail?
Richard From: Redman, Thomas L To: Rogers, Lesley A; Wippel, Teresa Subject: Article re: Fed Res. Bldg from Publicola online site. Date: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 6:25:00 AM Importance: High I forewarned Flip re: his phone interview today with Real Change reporter.
From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Thursday, J uly 10, 2014 6:10 AM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Article re: Fed Res. Bldg from Publicola online site. Importance: High
Flip, below is the Publicola article posted online yesterday afternoon. In advance of your call to Real Changes Mr. Burkhalter today (206-441-3247 x209) , note the sentence in yellow below. It may be that the reporter will ask questions about this issue. Homeless groups call foul on fast-track rejection of proposed service center Published Jul 9, 2014, 2:36pm By Casey Jaywork Last month, federal agencies rejected an application from a coalition of homeless advocates to convert the old Federal Reserve building at 1015 2nd Ave. in downtown Seattle into a comprehensive homeless services center. But homeless advocates like Tristia Bauman "believe that the application was deniedin contravention of federal law and are calling on the agencies to reconsider the fast-track rejection. The property homeless advocates are vying for is the old Federal Reserve building (pictured above) at 2nd Ave. and Spring in downtown Seattle. Constructed in 1950, the building was owned by the Fed until it moved operations to Renton in 2008. After preservationists sued to keep the Fed from selling the property, the Fed deeded it to the GSA, which acts as the federal governments landlord for unused properties. The application, submitted by local homeless services provider Compass Housing Alliance in collaboration with other groups, was officially rejected because of concerns about Compass' ability to guarantee funding, according to a rejection letter from the federal Department of Health and Human Services. (Real Change, one of the center's potential tenants, previously convered the rejection here.) But homeless advocates question this rationale. Bauman, an attorney with the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, wrote in a letter to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) last month that the denial is part of "a long history of non-compliance with [relevant legislation] by the federal government. We have a call out to Sen. Murray. Homeless advocates like believe that "the application was denied in contravention of federal law and are calling on the feds to reconsider the fast-track rejection. The intent of the federal law in question could not be clearer," adds Alison Eisinger, executive director of the advocacy group Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness, referring to Title V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. The law requires that when disposing of unused properties, the government must give priority consideration to groups that want to use the properties for homeless services. Eisinger says after learning about Fed building's availability in November last year, local homeless service and advocacy organizations rushed to craft a 400- page proposal for Compass Housing Alliance to take possession of the property. In Eisinger's view, the proposal did not get the priority consideration McKinney-Vento dictates. "If this proposal is not given true review...then I question whether the federal law is in fact being upheld," she said. In its application to own the property, Compass was joined by two other "Key Participants": the Downtown Emergency Service Center and Catholic Community Services of Western Washington. The three groups agreed to share responsibility for the property after converting it into a comprehensive homeless services center---a sort of central hub for the city's homeless services, which are currently scattered across Seattle. Consolidating services into one location making them more accessible to the homelessis a central rationale for coalition's desire to move into one spot. According to a June 2nd rejection letter from the Department of Health and Human Services, the reason for the application's rejection was insufficient information about the centers funding. From the letter: The applicants proposal, while it appears well-thought-out and the key participants have experience obtaining such funds, too little information is presently provided by the applicant A spokesperson for HHS declined to elaborate on the reasoning behind the decision: "HHS has no further comment on the issue." HHS was responsible for reviewing Compass' application because the application involved homeless services. But the agency which actually owns the property and has authority over the larger process is the General Services Administration. When HHS asked the GSA for more time to ascertain Compass' funding sources, GSA said no. Asked why, a GSA spokesperson said, "GSA moved forward with the disposal process because [HHS] did not give any indication that it would reverse its decision after receipt of the additional information to be provided by Compass Housing Alliance." Homeless advocates aren't the only ones worried about HHS/GSA's brisk denial of Compass' application. U.S. Rep. (D-WA, 8 7) Jim McDermott told PubliCola, Last week, I spoke to the GSA to express my concern that the [homeless services] coalition was not given an extension of time to better explain the financing of their plan. In a June 27th letter to GSA regional administrator George Northcroft, he urged the GSA to grant Compass more time to make their case. There are at least nine thousand homeless people in Seattle and King County, according to a one- night count SKCCH conducted in January. Asked about her coalition's next formal steps, Eisinger said, "We're continuing to explore all our options." A recent study conducted by UW researchers concluded that "Providing housing and support services for homeless alcoholics costs taxpayers less than leaving them on the street, where taxpayer money goes towards police and emergency health care." The GSA Department of Education is currently fielding an application from Seattle Public Schools to use the property to establish a downtown school site. If it doesnt pan out, the property will go to public auction. But Eisinger emphasized that homeless advocates are absolutely not in a fight with the school district. We are supportive of the idea of a school downtown, she said. But we still think that the federal law calls for the GSA and HHS to prioritize homeless use. And what we have in common with the school district is that we all need Title V [of the McKinney-Vento Act] to be upheld. We have calls out to Northcroft and to the GSA, HHS, and NLCHP.
From: Pittman, Kenny To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Date: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 4:26:26 PM Thanks Richard.
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 4:22 PM To: Pittman, Kenny Cc: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Fed Reserve
Yes, definitely. I plan to send you a meeting invite and soon as I hear back from Jon Scholes.
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 3:54 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Fed Reserve
Hi Richard,
Is this a meeting I could attend?
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 1:33 PM To: 'J on Scholes' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Fed Reserve
Would 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM work next Friday, July 18, 2014 at the John Stanford Center?
From: J on Scholes [mailto:J onS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 8:42 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: Re: Fed Reserve
Richard, I think Id have a better shot at getting attendance if we tried for early next week if that would work for you.
Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA)
Weve Moved! Note new address below
1809 7th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com
On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote:
Jon, I would like to set-up a meeting to further discuss later this week. Can you check these folks availability? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:31 PM, "Jon Scholes" <JonS@downtownseattle.org<mailto:JonS@downtownseattle.org>> wrote: Flip and Richard, Thank you for all your work to prepare and submit the application for the Federal Reserve Building. I wanted to reiterate our offer to facilitate a peer review of cost estimates and feasibility for utilization of the building for a pre K - 5 school. There are a number of our members in the construction, design and structural engineering sectors that have expressed interest in supporting this effort. Please let me know if this is something that would add value to your efforts and if there are other ways we can provide support. Jon Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) Weve Moved! Note new address below 1809 7th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com<http://www.downtownseattle.com/>
From: J on Scholes To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Date: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 3:41:41 PM Ill touch base with a few folks and get back to you ASAP.
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 1:33 PM To: J on Scholes Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: RE: Fed Reserve
Would 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM work next Friday, July 18, 2014 at the John Stanford Center?
From: J on Scholes [mailto:J onS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 8:42 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip; Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov Subject: Re: Fed Reserve
Richard, I think Id have a better shot at getting attendance if we tried for early next week if that would work for you.
Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA)
Weve Moved! Note new address below
1809 7th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com
On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote:
Jon, I would like to set-up a meeting to further discuss later this week. Can you check these folks availability? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:31 PM, "Jon Scholes" <JonS@downtownseattle.org<mailto:JonS@downtownseattle.org>> wrote: Flip and Richard, Thank you for all your work to prepare and submit the application for the Federal Reserve Building. I wanted to reiterate our offer to facilitate a peer review of cost estimates and feasibility for utilization of the building for a pre K - 5 school. There are a number of our members in the construction, design and structural engineering sectors that have expressed interest in supporting this effort. Please let me know if this is something that would add value to your efforts and if there are other ways we can provide support. Jon Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) Weve Moved! Note new address below 1809 7th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com<http://www.downtownseattle.com/>
From: Redman, Thomas L To: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: Your board presentation Date: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 1:39:08 PM Yes, sorry.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 01:24 PM Pacific Standard Time To: Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: Your board presentation
Concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building I am assuming???
From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 12:34 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Your board presentation
Richard, I watched your board presentation a second time: it was great. It was in lay terms, so everyone got it. Lesley said that it was effective because its rare for presenters to bring pictures/ slides of the subject matter, including the heat map. Very cool. From: Best, Richard L To: Richardson, Christopher L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 10:54:48 AM Chris,
I cannot open, please see me to assist.
Richard
From: Richardson, Christopher L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 9:06 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe, I have created a cheat sheet to explain what is in each file:
2014 Study and Survey and Facilities Condition Analysis (MENG Report) Document/file name What it contains Facility Summary VOL I Site Assessment Summary of each site with BMAR total and Educational adequacy score FCA Volume II Break out of each site with an FCA score by subsystem Program Spaces Education Adequacy Detailed break out of each school and specifics regarding educational adequacy Details Project costs Costs that are associated with the deficiencies observed on FCA Volume II, that total the BMAR in Volume I
I have created a folder and put all the documents in that folder:
\\Snocfp01\capital$\Groups\2014 MENG Report
You can access this by going to My Network Places, then pasting the above address into your address bar. If you want, I can send 4 emails, each with one file attached.
Note that this is the second DRAFT, and will change.
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 8:45 AM To: Richardson, Christopher L Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Chris: Richard wants the full condition assessment in electronic form everything we have for Gatzert, Lowell and John Hay. Deadline is tomorrow (Friday). Let me know what support you need from me.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 4:54 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Richardson, Christopher L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
And John Hay Elementary School as well.
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:16 PM To: Richardson, Christopher L Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Chris: Please see direction below from Richard. Send him the FCA/Educational Adequacy reports for:
- Bailey Gatzert - Lowell
Thanks.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Freistadt, J ay O To: Wolf, J oseph A; Kroon, Brent R Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas Date: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 9:51:03 AM Joe, Thanks for the visibility here. I will get back to you by mid-day with an update of what we can give you and what assumptions were used.
Best, Jay
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 9:38 AM To: Kroon, Brent R; Freistadt, J ay O Cc: Best, Richard L; Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Five-Year K-5 Projections: Washington and McClure Service Areas
Jay and Brent: Richard needs my team to update the K-5 capacity analysis for the two service areas in the message line as part of due diligence for the Federal Reserve Building application. To complete that task I need updated 5-year k-5 projections for those service areas by tomorrow.
Please contact me with any questions.
Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Wolf, J oseph A To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 8:47:20 AM John Hays current capacity is 557 so another ~100 seats to bring it up to 660.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 4:03 PM To: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie Cc: Herndon, Flip; Wolf, J oseph A; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
FYI Approximately 390 total students can be added to Bailey Gatzert and Lowell Elementary Schools so that they accommodate 660 student population to allow them to comply with our educational specifications. We should probably identify a third elementary school for an addition as well to accommodate the 660 student total that the Downtown School would provide.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:32 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard: Current capacities below.
- Bailey Gatzert: 403 - Lowell: 523
Chris will be sending you the site condition piece per my previous e-mail.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:33 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Would like to have the information requested in these two e-mails by Friday if possible.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:28 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
In addition to the documents below any information that you can provide me concerning current building capacity would also be helpful. I plan to have Bassetti Architects implement a comparison versus our current elementary school educational specifications.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Redman, Thomas L To: Wippel, Teresa Subject: RE: sightline Date: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 7:12:33 AM Thanks, TW. I put a black band over your door yesterday. Mourning in the morning.
From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 7:12 AM To: Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: sightline
They write papers/reports that are available for the media to use but are not a media outlet. One can never say for sure, but I would imagine that they will stick to the topic they mentioned: How to make downtown Seattle a more family-friendly city and what role a school would play in that. From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 6:21 AM To: Wippel, Teresa Subject: sightline It looks like Sightline Institute is a conservation/sustainability/energy efficiency organization. Im thinking their questions would go beyond the request for information about the Fed. Reserve Bldg. What do you think? Does this give you cause for caution vis a vis an interview? (I would let Flip know about this) http://www.sightline.org/research/
From: Wippel, Teresa To: Redman, Thomas L Subject: Re: interview about downtown school acquisition? Date: Wednesday, J uly 09, 2014 6:14:32 AM I'll do some research this morning and let you know! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:03 AM, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org> wrote: TW, are you familiar with Sightline? Is it an independent digital publication and/or do they sell their stories to other media outlet(s)?
From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 5:01 PM To: Rogers, Lesley A Cc: Redman, Thomas L Subject: Re: interview about downtown school acquisition?
Yes thank you! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2014, at 3:02 PM, "Rogers, Lesley A" <larogers1@seattleschools.org> wrote: Thanks Tom.
From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 3:02 PM To: Rogers, Lesley A; Wippel, Teresa Subject: Fw: interview about downtown school acquisition?
Flip can do next week. I will arrange.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 01:51 PM Pacific Standard Time To: Redman, Thomas L Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: interview about downtown school acquisition?
I could do next week. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2014, at 1:43 PM, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip and Richard, see the reporters request below. If you arent available to have this interview within the requested time frame, I could send him the link to the July 2 Board Meeting presentation and discussion and suggest we will be available or be ready/have more information for an interview at a later time. Thoughts? Tom
From: Rogers, Lesley A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 12:50 PM To: Redman, Thomas L Cc: Wippel, Teresa Subject: Fwd: interview about downtown school acquisition?
Tom, Do you mind working with this reporter and perhaps set up an interview with Flip?
Thanks, Lesley Begin forwarded message: From: Jennifer Langston <jennifer@sightline.org> Date: July 8, 2014 at 12:47:36 PM PDT To: "larogers1@seattleschools.org" <larogers1@seattleschools.org> Subject: interview about downtown school acquisition? Lesley:
Im a researcher and writer for Sightline here in Seattle whos been working on a series of articles about how to make cities (and downtown areas) more family friendly. Obviously, schools are an important piece of the puzzle and Im interested in doing something next week on the potential federal reserve bank acquisition for a downtown school.
Im looking to interview someone from SPS about that process, mostly basic info about where things stand with the acquisition process, what SPS has seen in the demographics that suggest a downtown school would be a wise investment, what we know at this point about potential costs, where the money would conceivably come from since this is a somewhat unexpected opportunity, what the time frame is for decisions, etc.
Could you let me know who the best person to speak with would be and whether thats something I can arrange vs. going through your office? Im available most of Thursday, next Monday until 1 pm, most of Tuesday. Phone would be fine.
Thanks!
Jennifer Langston
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From: Best, Richard L To: J on Scholes Subject: Re: Fed Reserve Date: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:46:17 PM Let me check with Bassetti Architects and we will get something set-up for early to mid next week. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:42 PM, "Jon Scholes" <JonS@downtownseattle.org> wrote: Richard, I think Id have a better shot at getting attendance if we tried for early next week if that would work for you. Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) Weve Moved! Note new address below 1809 7th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Jon, I would like to set-up a meeting to further discuss later this week. Can you check these folks availability? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:31 PM, "Jon Scholes" <JonS@downtownseattle.org<mailto:JonS@downtownseattle.org>> wrote: Flip and Richard, Thank you for all your work to prepare and submit the application for the Federal Reserve Building. I wanted to reiterate our offer to facilitate a peer review of cost estimates and feasibility for utilization of the building for a pre K - 5 school. There are a number of our members in the construction, design and structural engineering sectors that have expressed interest in supporting this effort. Please let me know if this is something that would add value to your efforts and if there are other ways we can provide support. Jon Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) Weve Moved! Note new address below 1809 7th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com<http://www.downtownseattle.com/> From: Richardson, Christopher L To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 4:07:42 PM If you open the volume II file page 161 you will find a system analysis Chris Richardson (206) 793-8477 On Jul 8, 2014, at 3:40 PM, "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org> wrote: Richard yes we do; it goes into very granular detail. It might be best for you, me and Chris to meet in person briefly to determine what level you want us to provide.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 3:35 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Do we have any narratives about the condition of the existing systems within each elementary school Bailey Gatzert and Lowell?
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:50 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard: The attached PDF contains the summary site assessments for all SPS sites. Bailey Gatzert is on p.41; Lowell on p.65.
Chris is working with Meng to extract individual files for the two schools.
From: Richardson, Christopher L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:44 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
I have asked for Joels help to figure out how to extract just a couple of pages. In the mean time
FCA is on page for For Bailey Gatzert 41; Lowell page65
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:16 PM To: Richardson, Christopher L Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Chris: Please see direction below from Richard. Send him the FCA/Educational Adequacy reports for:
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1) <!--[endif]-->Lowell Elementary School <!--[if !supportLists]-->2) <!--[endif]-->Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Richardson, Christopher L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 3:54:53 PM Can we all meet at 4:00 PM today for ten minutes to discuss?
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 3:41 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Richardson, Christopher L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard yes we do; it goes into very granular detail. It might be best for you, me and Chris to meet in person briefly to determine what level you want us to provide.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 3:35 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Do we have any narratives about the condition of the existing systems within each elementary school Bailey Gatzert and Lowell?
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:50 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Richard: The attached PDF contains the summary site assessments for all SPS sites. Bailey Gatzert is on p.41; Lowell on p.65.
Chris is working with Meng to extract individual files for the two schools.
From: Richardson, Christopher L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:44 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
I have asked for Joels help to figure out how to extract just a couple of pages. In the mean time
FCA is on page for For Bailey Gatzert 41; Lowell page65
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:16 PM To: Richardson, Christopher L Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Chris: Please see direction below from Richard. Send him the FCA/Educational Adequacy reports for:
- Bailey Gatzert - Lowell
Thanks.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Wolf, J oseph A To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:50:20 PM Attachments: Site Assessment.pdf Richard: The attached PDF contains the summary site assessments for all SPS sites. Bailey Gatzert is on p.41; Lowell on p.65.
Chris is working with Meng to extract individual files for the two schools.
From: Richardson, Christopher L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:44 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
I have asked for Joels help to figure out how to extract just a couple of pages. In the mean time
FCA is on page for For Bailey Gatzert 41; Lowell page65
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:16 PM To: Richardson, Christopher L Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Chris: Please see direction below from Richard. Send him the FCA/Educational Adequacy reports for:
- Bailey Gatzert - Lowell
Thanks.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Richardson, Christopher L To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence Date: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:44:29 PM Attachments: Site Assessment.pdf I have asked for Joels help to figure out how to extract just a couple of pages. In the mean time
FCA is on page for For Bailey Gatzert 41; Lowell page65
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:16 PM To: Richardson, Christopher L Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Chris: Please see direction below from Richard. Send him the FCA/Educational Adequacy reports for:
- Bailey Gatzert - Lowell
Thanks.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 9:21 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Due Diligence
Joe,
Can you please provide me with an electronic copies of the current facilities assessment documents we possess for:
1) Lowell Elementary School 2) Bailey-Gatzert Elementary School
I am hoping the documents have a narrative concerning the existing conditions of the various systems within these two schools. Any seismic analysis information would be extremely helpful as well.
Questions please see me.
Richard From: Redman, Thomas L To: Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip Subject: Re: interview about downtown school acquisition? Date: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 2:34:04 PM Great, thanks.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 01:53 PM Pacific Standard Time To: Herndon, Flip; Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: interview about downtown school acquisition?
I will punt to Flip.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 1:52 PM To: Redman, Thomas L Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: interview about downtown school acquisition?
I could do next week. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2014, at 1:43 PM, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip and Richard, see the reporters request below. If you arent available to have this interview within the requested time frame, I could send him the link to the July 2 Board Meeting presentation and discussion and suggest we will be available or be ready/have more information for an interview at a later time. Thoughts? Tom
From: Rogers, Lesley A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 12:50 PM To: Redman, Thomas L Cc: Wippel, Teresa Subject: Fwd: interview about downtown school acquisition?
Tom, Do you mind working with this reporter and perhaps set up an interview with Flip?
Thanks, Lesley Begin forwarded message: From: Jennifer Langston <jennifer@sightline.org> Date: July 8, 2014 at 12:47:36 PM PDT To: "larogers1@seattleschools.org" <larogers1@seattleschools.org> Subject: interview about downtown school acquisition? Lesley:
Im a researcher and writer for Sightline here in Seattle whos been working on a series of articles about how to make cities (and downtown areas) more family friendly. Obviously, schools are an important piece of the puzzle and Im interested in doing something next week on the potential federal reserve bank acquisition for a downtown school.
Im looking to interview someone from SPS about that process, mostly basic info about where things stand with the acquisition process, what SPS has seen in the demographics that suggest a downtown school would be a wise investment, what we know at this point about potential costs, where the money would conceivably come from since this is a somewhat unexpected opportunity, what the time frame is for decisions, etc.
Could you let me know who the best person to speak with would be and whether thats something I can arrange vs. going through your office? Im available most of Thursday, next Monday until 1 pm, most of Tuesday. Phone would be fine.
Thanks!
Jennifer Langston
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From: Ross Parker To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 1:49:23 PM Im happy to help out. Its a lot to keep track of.
Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 1:48 PM To: Ross Parker Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
No, spot on, I realized I could look in the book you left for me.
From: Ross Parker [mailto:rparker@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 11:03 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard,
Do you mean the colored plans showing the areas of historical designation? These would go at the start of section X in front of the other plans.
Am I forgetting some? I cant think of any others off hand.
Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 8:38 AM To: Ross Parker Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Ross,
What section did the individual documents go in that did not make the first notebooks you gave us?
Richard From: Redman, Thomas L To: Rogers, Lesley A Cc: Wippel, Teresa Subject: RE: interview about downtown school acquisition? Date: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 1:00:55 PM Will do.
From: Rogers, Lesley A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 08, 2014 12:50 PM To: Redman, Thomas L Cc: Wippel, Teresa Subject: Fwd: interview about downtown school acquisition?
Tom, Do you mind working with this reporter and perhaps set up an interview with Flip?
Thanks, Lesley Begin forwarded message: From: Jennifer Langston <jennifer@sightline.org> Date: July 8, 2014 at 12:47:36 PM PDT To: "larogers1@seattleschools.org" <larogers1@seattleschools.org> Subject: interview about downtown school acquisition? Lesley:
Im a researcher and writer for Sightline here in Seattle whos been working on a series of articles about how to make cities (and downtown areas) more family friendly. Obviously, schools are an important piece of the puzzle and Im interested in doing something next week on the potential federal reserve bank acquisition for a downtown school.
Im looking to interview someone from SPS about that process, mostly basic info about where things stand with the acquisition process, what SPS has seen in the demographics that suggest a downtown school would be a wise investment, what we know at this point about potential costs, where the money would conceivably come from since this is a somewhat unexpected opportunity, what the time frame is for decisions, etc.
Could you let me know who the best person to speak with would be and whether thats something I can arrange vs. going through your office? Im available most of Thursday, next Monday until 1 pm, most of Tuesday. Phone would be fine.
Thanks!
Jennifer Langston
Jennifer Langston | Researcher/News Editor Sightline Institute | 1402 Third Avenue, Suite 500 | Seattle, WA 98101 www.sightline.org | daily.sightline.org | T 206.447.1880 x120 | @langstonjen
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From: Best, Richard L To: "Ross Parker" Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building Notebook Date: Monday, J uly 07, 2014 9:00:12 AM Ross,
Please place in a 3-Ring Binder. Please bring with you to our meeting at 3:00 PM today.
Richard
From: Ross Parker [mailto:rparker@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 2:52 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building Notebook
Richard,
We are putting 3 more copies together now and will have them by Monday morning. Shall we bring them with us to the meeting Monday afternoon? Would you prefer to have them bound or in a 3-ring binder? Cheers,
Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:35 AM To: Ross Parker Subject: Downtwon Federal Resrve Building Notebook
Ross,
Can I get three more copies of the notebook you made and distributed on Monday? I need to overnight to Yolanda Stroud on July 7, 2014.
Many thanks,
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: Lorne McConachie; "Ross Parker" Subject: FW: FYI: the attached was filed today. Date: Monday, J uly 07, 2014 8:40:20 AM Attachments: Complaint 070214 (3).pdf FYI -----Original Message----- From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 8:38 AM To: Herndon, Flip; Best, Richard L Subject: FW: FYI: the attached was filed today. FYI.... -----Original Message----- From: Clark, Sally Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 2:08 PM To: Pittman, Kenny Subject: FW: FYI: the attached was filed today. ________________________________________ From: Arthur Skolnik [arthurmskolnik@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 4:07 PM Subject: Fwd: FYI: the attached was filed today. Fyi! Art From: Herndon, Flip To: Peaslee, Sharon D Cc: English, Ron Subject: Re: $40 Million for new school Date: Saturday, J uly 05, 2014 12:18:39 PM Definitely checking into it. I have a meeting with Ken Gotsch and our financial advisor to take a look. We'll have legal take a look as well. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 5, 2014, at 11:37 AM, "Peaslee, Sharon D" <sdpeaslee@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Flip,
It looks as if they'd add this to their portfolio of assets as principal. I'm sure Ron will have much to say. It may be an interesting solution, but I wonder what our risks would be. Could they sell the building, for example? Or maybe they just use it as collateral, but then could we lose the building if some other deal goes south.
Sharon Peaslee Seattle School Board President From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 1:49 PM To: Peaslee, Sharon D Subject: FW: $40 Million for new school Interesting. I'll be investigating on Monday. From: "jpacy@municipalacquisitions.com" <jpacy@municipalacquisitions.com> Date: Thursday, July 3, 2014 1:22 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Banda, Jose L" <jlbanda@seattleschools.org>, Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org>, Clover Codd <clcodd@seattleschools.org>, "Rogers, Lesley A" <larogers1@seattleschools.org>, "Bennett, Erinn P" <epbennett@seattleschools.org> Subject: $40 Million for new school Hi Flip,
My company would be interesting in funding 100% of the hard and soft cost for the Federal Reserve Bank branch conversion for the Seattle Public Schools. If you all are serious, please contact me Monday. Below, please find a quick overview of my company. I also attached a recent case study. I hope you all have a terrific 4 th of July weekend.
Jun 18, 2014, 6:30pm PDT UPDATED: Jun 23, 2014, 5:40pm PDT A new public school downtown? Seattle's Federal Reserve Bank branch gets closer to conversion
MA is in the business of developing creative financial structures to address complex real estate challenges unique to public sector users. These can be accounting, financial, statutory, regulatory, or rating agency-related and of course all of these interrelated issues happens in a political environment. Some people might call our transactions P3s. Although we do not typically use this label, we have been credited with consummating successful P3 transactions including the first transaction authorized under the Florida Public Private Partnership Statute (HB-81). As such, we should be viewed as a private sector investor operating within the public sector. We are not holding ourselves out as fiduciaries, advisors or agents. We do however understand through our successfully closed transactions that working with public sector entities requires open communication and the development of trust - we therefore prefer to be viewed as problem-solvers seeking to create a mutually beneficial solutions rather than seeking to extract maximum profit from our counterparties. We typically close on our transactions as principal and take various risks including but not limited to expense risk, development risk, construction completion risk, materials escalation risk, interest rate risk, and various operational/performance-related risks. If we are completing a tax exempt transaction, we have formed various other arrangements with other public entities to facilitate that portion of the financing in accordance with Federal Laws related to tax exempt financing.
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From: Carr, Sherry L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Saturday, J uly 05, 2014 7:13:36 AM This is very helpful. Richard does a nice job with this analysis. I look forward to assessing the other options; these costs are not insignificant.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:08 AM To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Peters, Susan M; McLaren, Martha; Banda, J ose L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Good Morning Board Members and Superintendent,
I am forwarding you the cost estimates for the downtown school from our Director of Capital, Richard Best. You can see some of the comparisons to our other BEX IV projects. In comparison, you can see that the construction costs are not that far off of what some of our other projects look like, but the soft costs are much higher. These are conservative numbers, so they could come down, but just wanted to pain the picture for you. There were three other designs that were looked at as well, but this one was the lowest. Just wanting to keep you all informed for the discussion on Wednesday. The Times is also doing an interview today with Ken Gotsch and Richard Best about costs of a downtown school.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions or comments.
Thank you,
-Flip
From: <Best>, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 9:45 AM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org>, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org>, "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org> Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Flip,
Below are project cost estimates comparing BEX IV projects with the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Project Construction Costs Soft Costs Project Costs
Federal Reserve Bank Building $32,000,000 $21,000,000 $53,000,000
Schmitz Park at Genesee Hill $28,900,000 $12,300,000 $41,200,000 New School at Thornton Creek $31,200,000 $11,600,000 $42,800,000 Arbor Heights Elementary School $29,700,000 $11,300,000 $41,000,000 Olympic Hills Elementary School $30,200,000 $11,800,000 $42,000,000
A significant item to consider concerning the cost differences between the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building and are educational specifications for an typical elementary school is that the existing Federal Reserve Bank Building square footage is approximately 108,535 square feet. Additions to the building total approximately 9,984 square feet. The new building square footage, excluding penthouse and covered play areas is approximately 115,495 square feet while the elementary schools listed above are approximately 90,000 square feet. We have one additional classroom and one additional Pre-K in the Federal Reserve Bank Building but an undersized Gymnasium as well.
There are several factors that standout as either premiums or elements of this project when compared to the costs for other District elementary schools currently in design. The significant cost items are:
Additional square footage construction costs (22,495 x 228 less $43.50 shell savings) $4,150,300 High Rise Construction Premiums $1,273,000 Elevator Upgrades/Removal of 2 vs 1 Elevator $ 254,000 Demo and Abatement $1,567,000 Contractor Mark-up on above 3 items (7,244,300 x .075) $ 543,000 GC/CM Additional Costs (MACC Contingency/Sub-Bonds) $2,074,000 Higher Estimating/Design Contingency (15% vs 7.5%) $1,866,000
Additionally, we have recommended an increase to the project softs costs to 65% for this project. Following are the recommended changes:
These factors could be reduced as we learn more about the project but alas there is no time.
Richard From: Gotsch, Kenneth C To: Mark Prussing Subject: Re: $40 Million for new school Date: Saturday, J uly 05, 2014 5:18:11 AM Mark, At our board meeting last Wednesday, as we manage the downtown acquisition of the federal building, the board asked for a plan of finance. They were happy to hear that Flip and I were meeting with you to develop a plan. We received this unsolicited proposal. We would like a base case plan in place to help support pursuit of the downtown property. Ken Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 3, 2014, at 4:16 PM, "Mark Prussing" <PRUSSINGM@pfm.com> wrote: > > I will be in Seattle and available both Monday and Tuesday afternoons. If you have some availability then, that would work well for me. Otherwise, I can make Thursday work. > > Mark > > Mark W. Prussing > Public Financial Management, Inc. > (206) 462-8147 > >> On Jul 3, 2014, at 1:28 PM, "Gotsch, Kenneth C" <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org> wrote: >> >> Let's meet next week. Maybe we can use the same day and time as the Morgan Stanley meeting. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: "jpacy@municipalacquisitions.com<mailto:jpacy@municipalacquisitions.com>" <jpacy@municipalacquisitions.com<mailto:jpacy@municipalacquisitions.com>> >> To: "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org<mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org>> >> Cc: "Banda, Jose L" <jlbanda@seattleschools.org<mailto:jlbanda@seattleschools.org>>, "Gotsch, Kenneth C" <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org<mailto:kcgotsch@seattleschools.org>>, "Codd, Clover" <clcodd@seattleschools.org<mailto:clcodd@seattleschools.org>>, "Rogers, Lesley A" <larogers1@seattleschools.org<mailto:larogers1@seattleschools.org>>, "Bennett, Erinn P" <epbennett@seattleschools.org<mailto:epbennett@seattleschools.org>> >> Subject: $40 Million for new school >> >> Hi Flip, >> >> My company would be interesting in funding 100% of the hard and soft cost for the Federal Reserve Bank branch conversion for the Seattle Public Schools. >> If you all are serious, please contact me Monday. Below, please find a quick overview of my company. I also attached a recent case study. >> I hope you all have a terrific 4th of July weekend. >> >> Jun 18, 2014, 6:30pm PDT UPDATED: Jun 23, 2014, 5:40pm PDT >> A new public school downtown? Seattle's Federal Reserve Bank branch gets closer to conversion >> >> http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2014/06/federal-reserve-bank-branch-now-its-seattle.html? ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2014-06- 19&u=w4HKkdjdoEXu0yFO4KWdZA09a3116b&t=1403221045&page=all >> >> >> MA is in the business of developing creative financial structures to address complex real estate challenges unique to public sector users. These can be accounting, financial, statutory, regulatory, or rating agency-related and of course all of these interrelated issues happens in a political environment. Some people might call our transactions P3s. Although we do not typically use this label, we have been credited with consummating successful P3 transactions including the first transaction authorized under the Florida Public Private Partnership Statute (HB-81). As such, we should be viewed as a private sector investor operating within the public sector. We are not holding ourselves out as fiduciaries, advisors or agents. We do however understand through our successfully closed transactions that working with public sector entities requires open communication and the development of trust - we therefore prefer to be viewed as problem-solvers seeking to create a mutually beneficial solutions rather than seeking to extract maximum profit from our counterparties. We typically close on our transactions as principal and take various risks including but not limited to expense risk, development risk, construction completion risk, materials escalation risk, interest rate risk, and various operational/performance- related risks. If we are completing a tax exempt transaction, we have formed various other arrangements with other public entities to facilitate that portion of the financing in accordance with Federal Laws related to tax exempt financing. >> >> >> Jeff Pacy >> Portfolio Manager >> >> [Municipal Acquisitions]<http://www.municipalacquisitions.com/> >> >> 1050 30th Street NW | Washington, DC 20007 >> 600 Brickell Ave. #1626 | Miami, FL 33131 >> >> jpacy@municipalacquisitions.com<mailto:jpacy@municipalacquisitions.com> <mailto:jpacy@municipalacquisitions.com> >> >> T. (202) 719-1718 | M. (410) 746-7597 >> >> Confidentiality Note: This email may contain confidential and/or private information. If you received this email in error please delete and notify sender. >> >> >> >> <image001.gif> >> <Broward College Overview.pdf> > > > > > > Electronic mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Therefore, we cannot represent that the information in this e-mail, and any attachments, is complete, accurate, uncorrupted, timely or free of viruses or that such information will not be intercepted by third parties. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. > From: Pittman, Kenny To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application Date: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 1:54:06 PM Hi Richard,
Is it possible to include me on DropSend for Exhibit E?
Also are you aware of the lawsuit that was recently filed by The Committee for the Preservation of the Federal Reserve Bank Building to halt any sale or transfer of the property in U.S. District Court in Seattle? I just found about it this morning and should have a copy pretty soon. I believe this was aimed at the homeless proposal, but will share with you.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 9:47 AM To: 'Stroud, Yolanda' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny; Becker, Eric P; Wolf, J oseph A; Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application
Dear Ms. Stroud,
Seattle Public Schools has an interest in acquiring the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, Washington. Given our interest in the facility we prepared a feasibility study of the building for adaptive re-use as a pre-kindergarten through grade 5 elementary school and completed the Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes.
Attached are electronic copies of the application materials Seattle Public Schools has prepared to acquire The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building for educational purposes through the U.S. Department of Education. We are sending Exhibit E: Downtown School Feasibility Study Bassetti Architects through DropSend a large file provider as it is approximately 220 MB in size. DropSend will send you an e-mail notifying you of the electronic file and you must retrieve it within seven days. Electronic documents attached to this e-mail include:
Cover Letter: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Exhibit A: Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes Exhibit B: Board Resolution Authorized Representative Exhibit C: SPS Property Holdings Exhibit D: Project Master Schedule and Critical Dates Exhibit F: Where Students Live Exhibit G: SPS Finances FY2013_F196 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 1 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 2
If you have any questions regarding our application, please contact Flip Herndon, Assistant Superintendent of Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning at 206-252-0644.
Sincerely,
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
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From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip; "Pittman, Kenny" Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application Date: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 12:15:10 PM FYI
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 12:12 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application
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From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 1:15 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application
Dear Ms. Stroud,
Seattle Public Schools has an interest in acquiring the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, Washington. Given our interest in the facility we prepared a feasibility study of the building for adaptive re-use as a pre-kindergarten through grade 5 elementary school and completed the Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes.
Attached are electronic copies of the application materials Seattle Public Schools has prepared to acquire The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building for educational purposes through the U.S. Department of Education. We are sending Exhibit E: Downtown School Feasibility Study Bassetti Architects through DropSend a large file provider as it is approximately 220 MB in size. DropSend will send you an e-mail notifying you of the electronic file and you must retrieve it within seven days. Electronic documents attached to this e-mail include:
Cover Letter: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Exhibit A: Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes Exhibit B: Board Resolution Authorized Representative Exhibit C: SPS Property Holdings Exhibit D: Project Master Schedule and Critical Dates Exhibit F: Where Students Live Exhibit G: SPS Finances FY2013_F196 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 1 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 2
If you have any questions regarding our application, please contact Flip Herndon, Assistant Superintendent of Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning at 206-252-0644.
Sincerely,
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Best, Richard L To: "Pittman, Kenny" Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application Date: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 12:02:26 PM Agreed more time on future projects. Have a great July 4, 2014.
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 10:50 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application
Thanks Richard.
I want to personally thank you and Flip for your work. Really enjoyed working with you both.
Kenny
P.S. Let hope we have more time for any future project J
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 9:47 AM To: 'Stroud, Yolanda' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny; Becker, Eric P; Wolf, J oseph A; Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application
Dear Ms. Stroud,
Seattle Public Schools has an interest in acquiring the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, Washington. Given our interest in the facility we prepared a feasibility study of the building for adaptive re-use as a pre-kindergarten through grade 5 elementary school and completed the Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes.
Attached are electronic copies of the application materials Seattle Public Schools has prepared to acquire The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building for educational purposes through the U.S. Department of Education. We are sending Exhibit E: Downtown School Feasibility Study Bassetti Architects through DropSend a large file provider as it is approximately 220 MB in size. DropSend will send you an e-mail notifying you of the electronic file and you must retrieve it within seven days. Electronic documents attached to this e-mail include:
Cover Letter: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Exhibit A: Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes Exhibit B: Board Resolution Authorized Representative Exhibit C: SPS Property Holdings Exhibit D: Project Master Schedule and Critical Dates Exhibit F: Where Students Live Exhibit G: SPS Finances FY2013_F196 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 1 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 2
If you have any questions regarding our application, please contact Flip Herndon, Assistant Superintendent of Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning at 206-252-0644.
Sincerely,
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Wolf, J oseph A To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application Date: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:47:00 AM Thank you for the heads-up! Have a safe and fun holiday.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:00 AM To: Herndon, Flip; 'Pittman, Kenny'; Becker, Eric P; Wolf, J oseph A; Bath, Christine Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application
All,
I have confirmed with Yolanda Stroud that she has received the documents by e-mail in accordance with the timeline established by GSA. She anticipates that she will be reviewing them and making a recommendation within the next fifteen days.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 9:47 AM To: 'Stroud, Yolanda' Cc: Herndon, Flip; 'Pittman, Kenny'; Becker, Eric P; Wolf, J oseph A; Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application
Dear Ms. Stroud,
Seattle Public Schools has an interest in acquiring the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, Washington. Given our interest in the facility we prepared a feasibility study of the building for adaptive re-use as a pre-kindergarten through grade 5 elementary school and completed the Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes.
Attached are electronic copies of the application materials Seattle Public Schools has prepared to acquire The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building for educational purposes through the U.S. Department of Education. We are sending Exhibit E: Downtown School Feasibility Study Bassetti Architects through DropSend a large file provider as it is approximately 220 MB in size. DropSend will send you an e-mail notifying you of the electronic file and you must retrieve it within seven days. Electronic documents attached to this e-mail include:
Cover Letter: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Exhibit A: Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes Exhibit B: Board Resolution Authorized Representative Exhibit C: SPS Property Holdings Exhibit D: Project Master Schedule and Critical Dates Exhibit F: Where Students Live Exhibit G: SPS Finances FY2013_F196 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 1 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 2
If you have any questions regarding our application, please contact Flip Herndon, Assistant Superintendent of Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning at 206-252-0644.
Sincerely,
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:46:32 AM I agree, it was horrible.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:45 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
No problem. We'll need a better device, that one last night seemed slow. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 3, 2014, at 11:39 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Just seeing this e-mail now
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:53 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Kathie or Theresa can advance slides on the presentation. I want to make sure you can address any questions the board may have during it and to keep it moving.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:24 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
FYI
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:22 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Thanks Richard. Ill see you at the Board meeting tonight.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:15 PM To: Pittman, Kenny; Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
FYI
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:14 PM To: 'Stroud, Yolanda' Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Yolanda,
We have a Board Action scheduled for tonight that involves Exhibit A: Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes and Exhibit B: Board Resolution Authorized Representative other than that I can send all of the other Exhibits today or would you prefer one e-mail tomorrow?
Richard
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:06 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Yes that's acceptable as long as I receive the emailed version tomorrow. If for some reason I do not receive then the paper copy must be postmarked tomorrow per GSA. Thanks. Yolanda Stroud From: Best, Richard L Sent: 7/2/2014 4:55 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda Cc: Herndon, Flip; Mardock, April; Bath, Christine Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building If we e-mail tomorrow can we overnight paper copy Monday for delivery on Tuesday?
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 2:49 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip; Mardock, April Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
My email should accept it with no problem but please mail a paper copy also. Thanks. Yolanda Stroud From: Best, Richard L Sent: 7/2/2014 4:17 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda Cc: Herndon, Flip; Mardock, April Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Yolanda,
You asked us to send our submittal for the Federal Reserve Building to you electronically. The electronic files are approximately 250 MB, will your e-mail pipe except an e-mail of this size? If not, what mechanism do you have to load it to a secure FTP or HTTPS server? Can you provide the instructions to upload the files if going to a secure FTP or HTTPS server?
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: "J ohn Higgins" Subject: RE: board presentation/schematics on fed reserve building Date: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:43:36 AM Attachments: New Downtown School - Board Presentation - End of Presentation.pptx I will need to send in 2 e-mails attached are the last slides
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:39 AM To: 'J ohn Higgins' Cc: Redman, Thomas L; Wippel, Teresa; Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: board presentation/schematics on fed reserve building
Please find attached the PowerPoint Presentation that was provided to the School Board last evening.
From: J ohn Higgins [mailto:jhiggins@seattletimes.com] Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:21 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: board presentation/schematics on fed reserve building
Hi Richard,
Hoping you could send along presentation/schematics on options for school at fed building.
Thanks,
John Higgins Seattle Times Seattle Public Schools/K-12 education reporter jhiggins@seattletimes.com 206-464-3145
From: Becker, Eric P To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application Date: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:15:43 AM Richard,
Congratulations on getting the application complete.
Eric Becker AIA, LEED AP Sr. Project Manager Capital Projects Seattle Public Schools office 206-252-0697 cell 206-496-2561
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:01 AM To: Herndon, Flip; 'Pittman, Kenny'; Becker, Eric P; Wolf, J oseph A; Bath, Christine Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application
I should also add have a great July 4, 2014 Holiday.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 11:00 AM To: Herndon, Flip; 'Pittman, Kenny'; Becker, Eric P; Wolf, J oseph A; Bath, Christine Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application
All,
I have confirmed with Yolanda Stroud that she has received the documents by e-mail in accordance with the timeline established by GSA. She anticipates that she will be reviewing them and making a recommendation within the next fifteen days.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 9:47 AM To: 'Stroud, Yolanda' Cc: Herndon, Flip; 'Pittman, Kenny'; Becker, Eric P; Wolf, J oseph A; Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application
Dear Ms. Stroud,
Seattle Public Schools has an interest in acquiring the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, Washington. Given our interest in the facility we prepared a feasibility study of the building for adaptive re-use as a pre-kindergarten through grade 5 elementary school and completed the Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes.
Attached are electronic copies of the application materials Seattle Public Schools has prepared to acquire The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building for educational purposes through the U.S. Department of Education. We are sending Exhibit E: Downtown School Feasibility Study Bassetti Architects through DropSend a large file provider as it is approximately 220 MB in size. DropSend will send you an e-mail notifying you of the electronic file and you must retrieve it within seven days. Electronic documents attached to this e-mail include:
Cover Letter: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Exhibit A: Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes Exhibit B: Board Resolution Authorized Representative Exhibit C: SPS Property Holdings Exhibit D: Project Master Schedule and Critical Dates Exhibit F: Where Students Live Exhibit G: SPS Finances FY2013_F196 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 1 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 2
If you have any questions regarding our application, please contact Flip Herndon, Assistant Superintendent of Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning at 206-252-0644.
Sincerely,
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Best, Richard L To: "Stroud, Yolanda" Cc: Herndon, Flip; "Pittman, Kenny"; Becker, Eric P; Wolf, J oseph A; Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - SPS Application Date: Thursday, J uly 03, 2014 9:47:27 AM Attachments: Cover Letter - SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.pdf Exhibit A - SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.pdf Exhibit B - Board Resolution - Authorized Representative.pdf Exhibit C - Property Holdings.pdf Exhibit D - Project Master Schedule and Critical Dates.pdf Exhibit F - Where Students Live.pdf Exhibit G - SPS Finances FY2013_F196.pdf Exhibit H - Environmental Questionnaire.pdf Exhibit H - Environmental Questionnaire - Figure 1.pdf Exhibit H - Environmental Questionnaire - Figure 2.pdf Dear Ms. Stroud,
Seattle Public Schools has an interest in acquiring the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, Washington. Given our interest in the facility we prepared a feasibility study of the building for adaptive re-use as a pre-kindergarten through grade 5 elementary school and completed the Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes.
Attached are electronic copies of the application materials Seattle Public Schools has prepared to acquire The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building for educational purposes through the U.S. Department of Education. We are sending Exhibit E: Downtown School Feasibility Study Bassetti Architects through DropSend a large file provider as it is approximately 220 MB in size. DropSend will send you an e-mail notifying you of the electronic file and you must retrieve it within seven days. Electronic documents attached to this e-mail include:
Cover Letter: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Exhibit A: Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes Exhibit B: Board Resolution Authorized Representative Exhibit C: SPS Property Holdings Exhibit D: Project Master Schedule and Critical Dates Exhibit F: Where Students Live Exhibit G: SPS Finances FY2013_F196 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 1 Exhibit H: Environmental Questionnaire Figure 2
If you have any questions regarding our application, please contact Flip Herndon, Assistant Superintendent of Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning at 206-252-0644.
Sincerely,
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Hale, Theresa L To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 9:08:05 PM Attachments: img-702210547-0001.pdf img-702210640-0001.pdf Hi Richard,
Here they are. I gave Flip the original of the application, and we have the original of the resolution in the Board office, for our archives.
Let me know if I can help with anything else.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:40 PM To: Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Thank you, I would like to get them tonight.
From: Hale, Theresa L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:36 PM To: Best, Richard L; Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Hi Richard,
Thank you for the document we already had the resolution printed for the Board's signature, and will also provide the Superintendent the Exhibit A document for signature, upon the Board's approval of the item.
Once we have both signed, I will scan and email them to you.
Theresa Hale Board Office Manager Seattle Public Schools 206-252-0041 tlhale@seattleschools.org
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:23 PM To: Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Ladies,
Tonight, I will need a signed copy of the Resolution concerning action item 13 e-mailed to me in PDF format with all signatures affixed of the Board members that are present. I will also need a copy of the attached Exhibit A document signed by Jose Banda, Superintendent e-mailed to me tonight in PDF format. I apologize for the late notice but we have literally just finished the application for this building and it is due tomorrow morning.
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: "Stroud, Yolanda" Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:39:35 PM Attachments: Cover Letter - SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.pdf Exhibit C - Property Holdings.pdf Exhibit D - Project Master Schedule and Critical Dates.pdf Exhibit F - Where Students Live.pdf Exhibit G - SPS Finances FY2013_F196.pdf Exhibit H - Environmental Questionnaire - Figure 1.pdf Exhibit H - Environmental Questionnaire - Figure 2.pdf Exhibit H - Environmental Questionnaire.pdf Will do. We have attached the cover letter and exhibits C, D, F, G, H, H Figure 1 and H Figure 2. We will send Exhibits A, B and E tomorrow.
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:35 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Great send all today and additional tomorrow to ensure it is timely. Thanks. Yolanda Stroud From: Best, Richard L Sent: 7/2/2014 5:13 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Yolanda,
We have a Board Action scheduled for tonight that involves Exhibit A: Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes and Exhibit B: Board Resolution Authorized Representative other than that I can send all of the other Exhibits today or would you prefer one e-mail tomorrow?
Richard
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:06 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Yes that's acceptable as long as I receive the emailed version tomorrow. If for some reason I do not receive then the paper copy must be postmarked tomorrow per GSA. Thanks. Yolanda Stroud From: Best, Richard L Sent: 7/2/2014 4:55 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda Cc: Herndon, Flip; Mardock, April; Bath, Christine Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building If we e-mail tomorrow can we overnight paper copy Monday for delivery on Tuesday?
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 2:49 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Herndon, Flip; Mardock, April Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
My email should accept it with no problem but please mail a paper copy also. Thanks. Yolanda Stroud From: Best, Richard L Sent: 7/2/2014 4:17 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda Cc: Herndon, Flip; Mardock, April Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Yolanda,
You asked us to send our submittal for the Federal Reserve Building to you electronically. The electronic files are approximately 250 MB, will your e-mail pipe except an e-mail of this size? If not, what mechanism do you have to load it to a secure FTP or HTTPS server? Can you provide the instructions to upload the files if going to a secure FTP or HTTPS server?
Richard From: Banda, J ose L To: Peters, Susan M; Pham, Kathie T; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D Cc: Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: More QUESTIONs RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda- DO NOT REPLY ALL Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:34:43 PM Attachments: image001.png image002.png Board Members,
We hire consulting contracts often to figure out what the costs of items would be. In this case, we wouldnt be able to estimate costs without having an idea of the possible spaces. These are possible scenarios, but if this were a project that came to fruition, we would start our entire process with an SDAT, etc. for building a new school. These are scenarios to show what a school might be. If the project goes forward, we will conduct the usual competitive process to select the architect. The work thus far has been limited to a feasibility study.
Additionally, we have contracts with certain people or firms already in place and we utilize the capacity within those contracts or we can extend some of them. The rendering would be paid out of the money set aside in BEX IV associated with exploring a downtown school.
Sincerely,
Jos
From: Peters, Susan M Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:03 PM To: Pham, Kathie T; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L Subject: More QUESTIONs RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda- DO NOT REPLY ALL
Dear J ose, Charles, Ron, Why is there an architect already affiliated with a project the Board has not yet considered or voted on? Has there already been a bidding process? A contract? Who paid for these renderings? Thank you in advance for any clarifications. Regards,
Sue Peters Seattle School Board Director - District IV sue.peters@seattleschools.org 206-252-0040 / Fax 206-252-0101 From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 1:53 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda Good afternoon, Directors,
Staff has provided the Federal Reserve Building site presentation for todays meeting.
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 4:48 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last yesterday:
Public Testimony list has been added
Strategic Plan Targets Action report and attachment have been edited to reference an additional metric for the percent of families responding to the annual family survey
Amending Policy No. 2420 Attachments have been edited to correct the promotion criteria for grade 11
Resolution 2013/14-21, Approval of 2014-15 Operations & Capital Budgets The Budget presentation has been added to the Board meeting agenda
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:51 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: RE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last Friday:
June 18th Board meeting minutes: Moved Superintendent Comments section under correct header and clarified language on Professional Development for Introduction item #1, Strategic Pan Targets
Amending Policy No. 2420 Clean and redline version of Policy 2420 have been added
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Action report has been edited and Resolution attachment has been added
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:41 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon Directors,
The agenda for the July 2nd Board meeting has been posted. Please note the following:
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Cedar Park Elementary School Modernization Action report has been edited to reflect the correct dollar amount
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Hazel Wolf K-8 @ Pinehurst Project Action report has been edited to correct the name of the project (Hazel Wolf)
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Arbor Heights Elementary School Action report has been edited and attachments added with contractors information
Amending Policy No. 3246 and Approval of Policy No. 3247 Action report and attachments have been edited after additional research
School Improvement Grant (SIG) for Rainier Beach High School Action report has been edited to note the fiscal impact of additional buses needed for an extended day
BEX IV: Olympic Hills Elementary School Replacement GC/CM Alternative Delivery Method and Contract - Action report has been edited and attachments have been added
Athletic Trainer Support Services - Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
REMINDER: During your review of the agenda items, should you have any questions on any items, please provide your questions to the Cabinet member listed on the action report prior to the day of the Board meeting, to allow staff time to research and prepare a response. While staff may be able to respond to your question prior to the Board meeting, you are welcome to reiterate your question during the discussion of the item at the meeting, for the awareness of Directors and transparency for the public.
From: Banda, J ose L To: Herndon, Flip; Paraghamian, Aleta Cc: Wright, Charles E; English, Ron Subject: RE: More QUESTIONs RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda- DO NOT REPLY ALL Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:33:29 PM Attachments: image001.png image002.png Thank you. Jos will reply and copy all of you.
Aleta
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:32 PM To: Paraghamian, Aleta Cc: Banda, J ose L; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron Subject: RE: More QUESTIONs RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda- DO NOT REPLY ALL
Aleta,
Since it didnt come to me, Ill let Jose, Ron or Charles respond:
We hire consulting contracts often to figure out what the costs of items would be. In this case, we wouldnt be able to estimate costs without having an idea of the possible spaces. These are possible scenarios, but if this were a project that came to fruition, we would start our entire process with an SDAT, etc for building a new school. These are scenarios to show what a school might be. If the project goes forward, we will conduct the usual competitive process to select the architect. The work thus far has been limited to a feasibility study.
Additionally, we have contracts with certain people or firms already in place and we utilize the capacity within those contracts or we can extend some of them. The rendering would be paid out of the money set aside in BEX IV associated with exploring a downtown school.
-Flip
From: Paraghamian, Aleta Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:05 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: More QUESTIONs RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda- DO NOT REPLY ALL
FYI
From: Peters, Susan M Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:03 PM To: Pham, Kathie T; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L Subject: More QUESTIONs RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda- DO NOT REPLY ALL
Dear J ose, Charles, Ron, Why is there an architect already affiliated with a project the Board has not yet considered or voted on? Has there already been a bidding process? A contract? Who paid for these renderings? Thank you in advance for any clarifications. Regards,
Sue Peters Seattle School Board Director - District IV sue.peters@seattleschools.org 206-252-0040 / Fax 206-252-0101 From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 1:53 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda Good afternoon, Directors,
Staff has provided the Federal Reserve Building site presentation for todays meeting.
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 4:48 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last yesterday:
Public Testimony list has been added
Strategic Plan Targets Action report and attachment have been edited to reference an additional metric for the percent of families responding to the annual family survey
Amending Policy No. 2420 Attachments have been edited to correct the promotion criteria for grade 11
Resolution 2013/14-21, Approval of 2014-15 Operations & Capital Budgets The Budget presentation has been added to the Board meeting agenda
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:51 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: RE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last Friday:
June 18th Board meeting minutes: Moved Superintendent Comments section under correct header and clarified language on Professional Development for Introduction item #1, Strategic Pan Targets
Amending Policy No. 2420 Clean and redline version of Policy 2420 have been added
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Action report has been edited and Resolution attachment has been added
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:41 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon Directors,
The agenda for the July 2nd Board meeting has been posted. Please note the following:
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Cedar Park Elementary School Modernization Action report has been edited to reflect the correct dollar amount
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Hazel Wolf K-8 @ Pinehurst Project Action report has been edited to correct the name of the project (Hazel Wolf)
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Arbor Heights Elementary School Action report has been edited and attachments added with contractors information
Amending Policy No. 3246 and Approval of Policy No. 3247 Action report and attachments have been edited after additional research
School Improvement Grant (SIG) for Rainier Beach High School Action report has been edited to note the fiscal impact of additional buses needed for an extended day
BEX IV: Olympic Hills Elementary School Replacement GC/CM Alternative Delivery Method and Contract - Action report has been edited and attachments have been added
Athletic Trainer Support Services - Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
REMINDER: During your review of the agenda items, should you have any questions on any items, please provide your questions to the Cabinet member listed on the action report prior to the day of the Board meeting, to allow staff time to research and prepare a response. While staff may be able to respond to your question prior to the Board meeting, you are welcome to reiterate your question during the discussion of the item at the meeting, for the awareness of Directors and transparency for the public.
From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip; English, Ron Subject: RE: More QUESTIONs RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda- DO NOT REPLY ALL Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:31:01 PM Attachments: image001.png image002.png I am good with proposed wording
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:29 PM To: English, Ron; Best, Richard L Subject: RE: More QUESTIONs RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda- DO NOT REPLY ALL
How about this,
Since it didnt come to me, Ill let Jose, Ron or Charles respond:
We hire consulting contracts often to figure out what the costs of items would be. In this case, we wouldnt be able to estimate costs without having an idea of the possible spaces. These are possible scenarios, but if this were a project that came to fruition, we would start our entire process with an SDAT, etc for building a new school. These are scenarios to show what a school might be. If the project goes forward, we will conduct the usual competitive process to select the architect. The work thus far has been limited to a feasibility study.
Additionally, we have contracts with certain people or firms already in place and we utilize the capacity within those contracts or we can extend some of them. The rendering would be paid out of the money set aside in BEX IV associated with exploring a downtown school.
From: Paraghamian, Aleta Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:05 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: More QUESTIONs RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda- DO NOT REPLY ALL
FYI
From: Peters, Susan M Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:03 PM To: Pham, Kathie T; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L Subject: More QUESTIONs RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda- DO NOT REPLY ALL
Dear J ose, Charles, Ron, Why is there an architect already affiliated with a project the Board has not yet considered or voted on? Has there already been a bidding process? A contract? Who paid for these renderings? Thank you in advance for any clarifications. Regards,
Sue Peters Seattle School Board Director - District IV sue.peters@seattleschools.org 206-252-0040 / Fax 206-252-0101 From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 1:53 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda Good afternoon, Directors,
Staff has provided the Federal Reserve Building site presentation for todays meeting.
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 4:48 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last yesterday:
Public Testimony list has been added
Strategic Plan Targets Action report and attachment have been edited to reference an additional metric for the percent of families responding to the annual family survey
Amending Policy No. 2420 Attachments have been edited to correct the promotion criteria for grade 11
Resolution 2013/14-21, Approval of 2014-15 Operations & Capital Budgets The Budget presentation has been added to the Board meeting agenda
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:51 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: RE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last Friday:
June 18th Board meeting minutes: Moved Superintendent Comments section under correct header and clarified language on Professional Development for Introduction item #1, Strategic Pan Targets
Amending Policy No. 2420 Clean and redline version of Policy 2420 have been added
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Action report has been edited and Resolution attachment has been added
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:41 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon Directors,
The agenda for the July 2nd Board meeting has been posted. Please note the following:
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Cedar Park Elementary School Modernization Action report has been edited to reflect the correct dollar amount
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Hazel Wolf K-8 @ Pinehurst Project Action report has been edited to correct the name of the project (Hazel Wolf)
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Arbor Heights Elementary School Action report has been edited and attachments added with contractors information
Amending Policy No. 3246 and Approval of Policy No. 3247 Action report and attachments have been edited after additional research
School Improvement Grant (SIG) for Rainier Beach High School Action report has been edited to note the fiscal impact of additional buses needed for an extended day
BEX IV: Olympic Hills Elementary School Replacement GC/CM Alternative Delivery Method and Contract - Action report has been edited and attachments have been added
Athletic Trainer Support Services - Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
REMINDER: During your review of the agenda items, should you have any questions on any items, please provide your questions to the Cabinet member listed on the action report prior to the day of the Board meeting, to allow staff time to research and prepare a response. While staff may be able to respond to your question prior to the Board meeting, you are welcome to reiterate your question during the discussion of the item at the meeting, for the awareness of Directors and transparency for the public.
From: Best, Richard L To: Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:22:58 PM Attachments: Exhibit A - SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.doc Ladies,
Tonight, I will need a signed copy of the Resolution concerning action item 13 e-mailed to me in PDF format with all signatures affixed of the Board members that are present. I will also need a copy of the attached Exhibit A document signed by Jose Banda, Superintendent e-mailed to me tonight in PDF format. I apologize for the late notice but we have literally just finished the application for this building and it is due tomorrow morning.
Richard From: Pham, Kathie T To: Peters, Susan M; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda - DO NOT REPLY ALL Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 3:15:43 PM Attachments: image001.png image003.png image004.png Hi Sue,
While most information is given to the Board Office at least 24 hours in advance, sometimes supplemental information (like this presentation) is provided last-minute. In this case, the Federal Reserve Building site item was added to the agenda last Friday due to the immediacy of this work, and the presentation was provided to us just today.
From: Peters, Susan M Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 2:57 PM To: Pham, Kathie T; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L Subject: RE: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda - DO NOT REPLY ALL
Hi Kathie and everyone, Shouldn't we be given this information well in advance of our Board meeting and potential vote? We are receiving this only two hours before our meeting begins. What is the protocol? Thank you.
Sue Peters Seattle School Board Director - District IV sue.peters@seattleschools.org 206-252-0040 / Fax 206-252-0101 From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 1:53 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda Good afternoon, Directors,
Staff has provided the Federal Reserve Building site presentation for todays meeting.
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 4:48 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last yesterday:
Public Testimony list has been added
Strategic Plan Targets Action report and attachment have been edited to reference an additional metric for the percent of families responding to the annual family survey
Amending Policy No. 2420 Attachments have been edited to correct the promotion criteria for grade 11
Resolution 2013/14-21, Approval of 2014-15 Operations & Capital Budgets The Budget presentation has been added to the Board meeting agenda
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:51 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: RE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last Friday:
June 18th Board meeting minutes: Moved Superintendent Comments section under correct header and clarified language on Professional Development for Introduction item #1, Strategic Pan Targets
Amending Policy No. 2420 Clean and redline version of Policy 2420 have been added
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Action report has been edited and Resolution attachment has been added
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:41 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon Directors,
The agenda for the July 2nd Board meeting has been posted. Please note the following:
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Cedar Park Elementary School Modernization Action report has been edited to reflect the correct dollar amount
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Hazel Wolf K-8 @ Pinehurst Project Action report has been edited to correct the name of the project (Hazel Wolf)
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Arbor Heights Elementary School Action report has been edited and attachments added with contractors information
Amending Policy No. 3246 and Approval of Policy No. 3247 Action report and attachments have been edited after additional research
School Improvement Grant (SIG) for Rainier Beach High School Action report has been edited to note the fiscal impact of additional buses needed for an extended day
BEX IV: Olympic Hills Elementary School Replacement GC/CM Alternative Delivery Method and Contract - Action report has been edited and attachments have been added
Athletic Trainer Support Services - Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
REMINDER: During your review of the agenda items, should you have any questions on any items, please provide your questions to the Cabinet member listed on the action report prior to the day of the Board meeting, to allow staff time to research and prepare a response. While staff may be able to respond to your question prior to the Board meeting, you are welcome to reiterate your question during the discussion of the item at the meeting, for the awareness of Directors and transparency for the public.
From: Ikuno Masterson To: Best, Richard L Cc: Lloyd Skinner; Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building-Schedule Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 2:59:23 PM Attachments: Fig1_VicinityMap.pdf Fig2_SiteMap.pdf Not on the Word Doc, Richard. It is just a divider page. You should find 2 figures on the PDF version, tho. Here are the originals of those 2 figures if you want to pdf as one package yourself. We can also do it if you want to send me the changes.
Ikuno x2530
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 2:55 PM To: Ikuno Masterson; Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Lloyd Skinner Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building-Schedule
Thank you I have made minor edits to the Word Document. I noticed that there is no content on the Figures (last) page, is this correct?
Richard From: Ikuno Masterson [mailto:IMasterson@esassoc.com] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 4:07 PM To: Best, Richard L; Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Lloyd Skinner Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building-Schedule
Hi Richard & Joe-
Here is a word version that has some yellow highlights as we wanted to make sure we were consistent with whats in the rest of your package. You can also make whatever changes you would like if that is easier.
I have also included a pdf which has those highlights removed and includes the Figures. Let us know what changes we need to make.
Ikuno Ikuno Masterson, AICP, LEED AP ESA | Northwest Community Development 5309 Shilshole Avenue NW, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98107 206.789-9658 | 206.789-9684 fax 888.878-7000| toll free www.esassoc.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 3:50 PM To: Lloyd Skinner Cc: Ikuno Masterson Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building-Schedule
Lloyd or Ikuno,
Status of Environmental Questionnaire???
Richard
From: Herndon, Flip To: Rogers, Lesley A Subject: Re: Tracy Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 2:24:15 PM Actually, it should would authorize the superintendent to negotiate acquisition...that's actually the rub. Sent from my iPad On Jul 2, 2014, at 2:21 PM, "Rogers, Lesley A" <larogers1@seattleschools.org> wrote: Here's the intro to fed building, just need a few bullets.
On the agenda tonight is a resolution that would authorize the District to negotiate acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building for an elementary school.
BULLET BULLET BULLET
Lesley Rogers Chief Communications Officer Seattle Public Schools Cell: 206-255-2811 From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 2:16 PM To: Rogers, Lesley A Subject: Re: Tracy Nice. I'm seeing if Chris can find maybe years in education as well. Sent from my iPad On Jul 2, 2014, at 2:15 PM, "Rogers, Lesley A" <larogers1@seattleschools.org> wrote: I would also like to take a moment to thank Tracy Libros for her 12 years of service to Seattle Public Schools, overseeing our enrollment planning. Tracy has been instrumental in seeing the District through a new student assignment plan and boundary changes Her expertise will be greatly missed, and we wish her all the best in her retirement.
Lesley Rogers Chief Communications Officer Seattle Public Schools Cell: 206-255-2811 From: Herndon, Flip To: English, Ron; Rogers, Lesley A Subject: comments Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 2:22:15 PM What about this? Superintendent Comments: I'd like to highlight the resolution concerning the Federal Reserve Building in downtown Seattle as a possible site for a downtown school. Opportunities like this do not come around often and does present an exciting possibility. There are certainly some challenges associated with the site, but in our quest to create new capacity within Seattle Public Schools to serve our growing population, it is definitely deserving of consideration by the school board. We would certainly appreciate more time to evaluate all impacts of this project, but I feel this could be a great first step. Sent from my iPad From: Pham, Kathie T To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 1:53:44 PM Attachments: image001.png image002.png image003.png Good afternoon, Directors,
Staff has provided the Federal Reserve Building site presentation for todays meeting.
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 4:48 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: UPDATE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last yesterday:
Public Testimony list has been added
Strategic Plan Targets Action report and attachment have been edited to reference an additional metric for the percent of families responding to the annual family survey
Amending Policy No. 2420 Attachments have been edited to correct the promotion criteria for grade 11
Resolution 2013/14-21, Approval of 2014-15 Operations & Capital Budgets The Budget presentation has been added to the Board meeting agenda
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:51 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: RE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last Friday:
June 18th Board meeting minutes: Moved Superintendent Comments section under correct header and clarified language on Professional Development for Introduction item #1, Strategic Pan Targets
Amending Policy No. 2420 Clean and redline version of Policy 2420 have been added
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Action report has been edited and Resolution attachment has been added
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:41 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon Directors,
The agenda for the July 2nd Board meeting has been posted. Please note the following:
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Cedar Park Elementary School Modernization Action report has been edited to reflect the correct dollar amount
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Hazel Wolf K-8 @ Pinehurst Project Action report has been edited to correct the name of the project (Hazel Wolf)
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Arbor Heights Elementary School Action report has been edited and attachments added with contractors information
Amending Policy No. 3246 and Approval of Policy No. 3247 Action report and attachments have been edited after additional research
School Improvement Grant (SIG) for Rainier Beach High School Action report has been edited to note the fiscal impact of additional buses needed for an extended day
BEX IV: Olympic Hills Elementary School Replacement GC/CM Alternative Delivery Method and Contract - Action report has been edited and attachments have been added
Athletic Trainer Support Services - Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
REMINDER: During your review of the agenda items, should you have any questions on any items, please provide your questions to the Cabinet member listed on the action report prior to the day of the Board meeting, to allow staff time to research and prepare a response. While staff may be able to respond to your question prior to the Board meeting, you are welcome to reiterate your question during the discussion of the item at the meeting, for the awareness of Directors and transparency for the public.
From: Redman, Thomas L To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Please call J ohn Higgins (206 464-3145) Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 1:53:11 PM Nice job on the interview, Richard!
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 1:46 PM To: Bath, Christine Cc: Redman, Thomas L; Wippel, Teresa; Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Please call J ohn Higgins (206 464-3145)
done
From: Bath, Christine Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 12:57 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Please call J ohn Higgins (206 464-3145) Importance: High
John Higgins (206 464-3145) has a quick follow up question about the Federal Building He is confused as to whether the application is a joint document with the City of Seattle or if it is just the school district?
Chris ______________________________________________________
Christine Bath Executive Assistant | Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools | Cubicle: 2041 Mailstop 22-330 | PO Box 34165 | Seattle WA 98124-1165 Phone: 206-252-0644 | FAX: 206 -743-3041 Email: cbath@seattleschools.org
From: Herndon, Flip To: Best, Richard L; English, Ron Subject: RE: Cover Letter - SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 1:52:29 PM I like the cover letter and asking for an additional 60 days.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 1:30 PM To: Herndon, Flip; English, Ron Subject: Cover Letter - SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Attached is a copy of the proposed cover letter, please review and advise of any changes ASAP. From: Bath, Christine To: Best, Richard L Subject: Exhibit A - SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 1:49:25 PM Attachments: Exhibit A - SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.doc Here Richard. Proofed. From: Best, Richard L To: Becker, Eric P Subject: Exhibit D - Project Master Schedule and Critical Dates.xlsx Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 11:16:25 AM Attachments: Exhibit D - Project Master Schedule and Critical Dates.xlsx Can you do a quick review of the proposed project schedule for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building? From: Herndon, Flip To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Exhibit A - SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 10:30:16 AM http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/school%20board/13- 14%20agendas/070214agenda/20140702_FedReserve_Resolution.pdf
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 10:27 AM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Exhibit A - SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
From: Wolf, J oseph A To: Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; English, Ron; Ross Parker Subject: RE: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 10:10:21 AM Attachments: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Edited.doc Richard: My suggested edits in red in attached doc.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 8:51 PM To: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; English, Ron; Ross Parker; Wolf, J oseph A Subject: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
I have provided responses to questions 1 through 5, 8 more to go. Please review and advise of any misstatements or factual errors. From: Bath, Christine To: Best, Richard L Subject: Emailing: 20140702_FedReserveBldg_BlankApplication Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 10:06:49 AM Attachments: 20140702_FedReserveBldg_BlankApplication.pdf
From: Best, Richard L To: "Ross Parker" Subject: RE: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 9:40:28 AM Good suggestions.
From: Ross Parker [mailto:rparker@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 8:40 AM To: Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; English, Ron; Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard,
Below are some thoughts on the responses:
4A. SPS Response: SPS proposes to adaptively re-use the former Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, Washington to house a Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 5 elementary school and Childcare program. The school is designed for 660 students and 60 student Childcare program. The classroom configuration is dependent upon the student population, however it is estimated that the school will contain three Pre- Kindergarten classrooms; four Kindergarten classrooms; twenty-three Grade 1 through 5 classrooms, two Art/STEM classrooms; four large-group Learning Commons; four Small- group study rooms; two Special Education classrooms; two Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy rooms; Administration space; a Gymnasium; a Library; a Commons/Cafeteria and Kitchen; two Music Rooms; a small Stage; related support and service spaces; and rooftop covered and uncovered outdoor play spaces.
4B: If 4A lists Childcare students, I suggest listing it here also. 4C. Do you wish to leave the description open for future possibility of year-round school or Childcare? 4F. Is Classrooms the best use or should it be School?
Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 8:51 PM To: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; English, Ron; Ross Parker; Wolf, J oseph A Subject: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Importance: High
I have provided responses to questions 1 through 5, 8 more to go. Please review and advise of any misstatements or factual errors. From: Best, Richard L on behalf of Bath, Christine To: McBee, Mike Subject: HVAC/Electrical Summary Sheet Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 8:52:44 AM Mike we needed to change this meeting (big pressure to get in Federal Reserve Building Application by deadline) I chose what looked available on your calendar. If it isnt a good time, let me know and we will come up with another time. Chris (20644)
From: Bath, Christine To: Best, Richard L Subject: Ikuno Masterson Phone Message Date: Wednesday, J uly 02, 2014 7:38:01 AM Richard,
Yesterday Ikuno Masterson, ESA, called to confirm that you had received the email she had sent you about the Federal Reserve Bank Questionnaire. I looked in your in-box but I dont think I have access to your folders so I couldnt tell if you had received it or not.
If you did not receive it, you can reach Ikuno at 206 789-9658 (or have me call her).
Chris ______________________________________________________
Christine Bath Executive Assistant | Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools | Cubicle: 2041 Mailstop 22-330 | PO Box 34165 | Seattle WA 98124-1165 Phone: 206-252-0644 | FAX: 206 -743-3041 Email: cbath@seattleschools.org
From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; English, Ron; Ross Parker; Wolf, J oseph A Subject: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 8:50:34 PM Attachments: SPS Application Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.doc I have provided responses to questions 1 through 5, 8 more to go. Please review and advise of any misstatements or factual errors. From: Ross Parker To: Richard Best Subject: SPS - Downtown School - application information Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 4:51:14 PM Importance: High Richard,
Below is the draft of our responses to the items in the Application flagged for Bassetti to address:
4B. Approximately 64 staff, 660 students, and 40-60 Childcare students (per SPS). 4E. It is proposed that the sole existing building on the subject property be largely retained. Selective demolition is proposed for the following elements: - west wall and northwest stair tower above the 2 nd floor along the west side against the alley; - portions of the rooftop penthouses housing service spaces; - miscellaneous roof-mounted mechanical equipment at the 1 st floor terraces and rooftop levels; - portions of the planters and fencing at the north and south plazas at the 1 st Floor Level (roofs above the Ground Floor); - interior partitions, stairs, doors, mechanical/electrical/plumbing systems, fixtures, and finishes - interior surfaces of exterior walls; - windows and glass block fenestrations at the 1 st and Ground Floor levels, to provide seismic and energy code-compliant windows; - selective interior structural modifications for seismic upgrades and to accommodate larger program elements (i.e. gymnasium); - the main entry doors and lobby elements that do not meet current life safety or accessibility requirements of the current building code; these would be replaced with new, code-compliant elements designed to match the materials, color, and other properties of the existing elements as closely as possible. - temporary removal and replacement of elements required to repair portions of the exterior envelope. - all work affecting the building exterior or those portions of the interior designated as historic will be subject to approval by the State Historic Preservation Office and/or City of Seattle Landmarks Board.
4F. Buildings required to implement the proposed program. Do you need anything from Bassetti for this?
6A. Cost: The estimated construction cost is $32.1 million (2014 dollars, per Robinson Company estimate). 6F. The building that will be required to implement the new downtown PreK-5 elementary school and childcare programs is the full subject property, the former Federal Reserve Bank building at _____Second Avenue, Seattle WA, 98104.
6H. Sketch plans are included in the report exhibit. Please let us know if you require anything further for this.
Regards,
Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 8:19 AM To: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles; Ross Parker Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Scanned Federal Application Property
All,
Attached is a copy of the application concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building. We have noted the responsibilities in the right margin of the document for each question. We are reviewing internally at 11:00 AM today and will advise of any changes.
Richard
From: Bath, Christine Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 8:05 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Scanned Federal Application Property
Here you go.
Chris ______________________________________________________
Christine Bath Executive Assistant | Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools | Cubicle: 2041 Mailstop 22-330 | PO Box 34165 | Seattle WA 98124-1165 Phone: 206-252-0644 | FAX: 206 -743-3041 Email: cbath@seattleschools.org
From: Ross Parker To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Electronic Documents Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 4:17:36 PM Attachments: 140630-SPSFRB Report - 0 TOC.docx Richard,
I will send you an electronic copy (PDF) today or early tomorrow morning. The TOC is attached here in DOC format should you change strategies. Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 3:22 PM To: Ross Parker Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Electronic Documents
Ross,
Can you sends to me an electronic copy of the files for the book that you put together yesterday. I would suggest that you leave the book as notated in your Table of Contents and we will make the entire document an Exhibit.
Richard From: Ikuno Masterson To: Best, Richard L; Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Lloyd Skinner Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building-Schedule Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 4:07:03 PM Attachments: 140701FRPAQuestionnaire.doc 140701FRPAQuestionnaire.pdf Hi Richard & Joe-
Here is a word version that has some yellow highlights as we wanted to make sure we were consistent with whats in the rest of your package. You can also make whatever changes you would like if that is easier.
I have also included a pdf which has those highlights removed and includes the Figures. Let us know what changes we need to make.
Ikuno Ikuno Masterson, AICP, LEED AP ESA | Northwest Community Development 5309 Shilshole Avenue NW, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98107 206.789-9658 | 206.789-9684 fax 888.878-7000| toll free www.esassoc.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 3:50 PM To: Lloyd Skinner Cc: Ikuno Masterson Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building-Schedule
Lloyd or Ikuno,
Status of Environmental Questionnaire???
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A To: Best, Richard L Cc: Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Response to Question 5.C , Federal Reserve Building Application Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 3:57:34 PM Attachments: SPS Enrollment VS capacity Regional Analysis.docx Richard: As of today we have received no updated 5-year projections from Enrollment Planning. Given your deadline and the one you gave my team, I recommend using the current/best data available. Response to Question 5.c. follows. Attached doc is the regional enrollment vs. capacity analysis referenced.
Response:
Seattle Public Schools has developed a regional enrollment vs. capacity analysis (see attached or appropriate term). This analysis breaks out both historic/projected enrollment and current capacity by region, allowing a more granular look at capacity need in different parts of Seattle.
The Federal Reserve building is near the geographic center of the Central Region as defined and outlined in the attached analysis. Looking at the projected Elementary (seat) Surplus, one can see the rapid decline projected; from 857 seats in 2012-13 to 171 seats in 2017-18. From a school operations and program support perspective, a numeric surplus of 171 in an area serving over 6,000 students (projected 2017-18 K-5 enrollment in the Central Region) is effectively zero or a deficit. It represents a very brittle status the ability to respond to unexpected demands and change is severely compromised. The addition of 660 seats afforded by the approval of this application will allow Seattle Public Schools to respond to change without disrupting families, teaching and learning.
Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Rogers, Lesley A To: Redman, Thomas L Cc: Wippel, Teresa Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Standard Response Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 1:48:24 PM Attachments: image001.png Thanks!
From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 11:37 AM To: Rogers, Lesley A Cc: Wippel, Teresa Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Standard Response
Flip said Pre K-5 see below.
From: Rogers, Lesley A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 11:03 AM To: Pham, Kathie T Cc: Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Standard Response
How about this? Tom, let me know what you think.
Thank you for letting us know about your interest in a downtown school. It is our goal to ensure students throughout our city have access to high-quality public schools, and with our growing enrollment we have been exploring downtown options. In our Building Excellence (BEX IV) Capital Levy, approved by voters in February 2013, we included $5 million in planning for a downtown school. We are looking at all options, including the possibility of renovating the Federal Reserve building (to house a pre K-5 school)
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:58 AM To: Rogers, Lesley A Subject: Federal Reserve Building Standard Response
Hi Lesley,
I wanted to check with you to see if there is a standard response I should be sending to constituents who are commenting on the Federal Reserve building. Ive been receiving quite a few of these emails on a daily basis, which started about a week or so ago.
From: Peters, Susan M To: Herndon, Flip; Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; McLaren, Martha; Banda, J ose L Subject: CONCERNS RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - DO NOT REPLY ALL Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 1:39:30 PM Dear Flip and J ose, Thank you for this update on the Fed Reserve Building. I have a number of concerns about this proposal which I can outline in greater detail by email or at the board meeting tomorrow. I am currently traveling so I'm unable to address this issue properly at the moment. But here is an outline. My concerns include: The rushed nature of this proposal, which is attempting to force the Board to abrogate best practices, possibly policy, proper oversight (ie. taking the proposal through committee or a work session for discussion and analysis prior to introduction at the Board meeting), transparency and preventing public input. Introducing and demanding action at the same time on an item of this significance does not allow responsible Board oversight, community input, and is not advisable protocol. Making a downtown school project a priority over existing and overdue priorities and needs. Possibly rushed cost analysis and the likelihood that such a project would ultimately cost more than currently projected. The lack of identified or appropriate resources to fund this project. The lack of staff resources to pursue this project (as emphasized by Deputy Supt. Charles Wright in detail during recent Board retreat where he presented an extensive district priorities list that is already challenging staff and resources). The lack of compelling evidence that there is an immediate need for a downtown school, especially in light of the fact that there is capacity available in nearly schools such as Lowell and I believe Bailey Gatzert. The questionable prudence of authorizing such a significant decision to a superintendent who is likely leaving the district in two weeks, and thus unable to oversee or take full responsibility for the successful realization of such a project. I realize that this is an opportunity. I believe the district may indeed need a downtown school in the future. But I am alarmed by the rushed nature of this process, for all the reasons stated above, and I do not understand why this project should become a sudden priority over the many existing needs of current students in current over-capacity environments throughout our district. Thank you for your consideration of these concerns. Sincerely, Sue Peters Seattle School Board Director - District IV sue.peters@seattleschools.org 206-252-0040 / Fax 206-252-0101 From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:45 AM To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Peters, Susan M; McLaren, Martha; Banda, J ose L Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Sorry about forgetting the "t" at the end of "pain." I really did want to painT the picture for you. Sent from my iPad On Jul 1, 2014, at 10:07 AM, "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> wrote: Good Morning Board Members and Superintendent, I am forwarding you the cost estimates for the downtown school from our Director of Capital, Richard Best. You can see some of the comparisons to our other BEX IV projects. In comparison, you can see that the construction costs are not that far off of what some of our other projects look like, but the soft costs are much higher. These are conservative numbers, so they could come down, but just wanted to pain the picture for you. There were three other designs that were looked at as well, but this one was the lowest. Just wanting to keep you all informed for the discussion on Wednesday. The Times is also doing an interview today with Ken Gotsch and Richard Best about costs of a downtown school. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or comments. Thank you, -Flip From: <Best>, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 9:45 AM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org>, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org>, "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org> Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Flip,
Below are project cost estimates comparing BEX IV projects with the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Project Construction Costs Soft Costs Project Costs
Federal Reserve Bank Building $32,000,000 $21,000,000 $53,000,000
Schmitz Park at Genesee Hill $28,900,000 $12,300,000 $41,200,000 New School at Thornton Creek $31,200,000 $11,600,000 $42,800,000 Arbor Heights Elementary School $29,700,000 $11,300,000 $41,000,000 Olympic Hills Elementary School $30,200,000 $11,800,000 $42,000,000
A significant item to consider concerning the cost differences between the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building and are educational specifications for an typical elementary school is that the existing Federal Reserve Bank Building square footage is approximately 108,535 square feet. Additions to the building total approximately 9,984 square feet. The new building square footage, excluding penthouse and covered play areas is approximately 115,495 square feet while the elementary schools listed above are approximately 90,000 square feet. We have one additional classroom and one additional Pre-K in the Federal Reserve Bank Building but an undersized Gymnasium as well.
There are several factors that standout as either premiums or elements of this project when compared to the costs for other District elementary schools currently in design. The significant cost items are: Additional square footage construction costs (22,495 x 228 less $43.50 shell savings) $4,150,300 High Rise Construction Premiums $1,273,000 Elevator Upgrades/Removal of 2 vs 1 Elevator $ 254,000 Demo and Abatement $1,567,000 Contractor Mark-up on above 3 items (7,244,300 x .075) $ 543,000 GC/CM Additional Costs (MACC Contingency/Sub-Bonds) $2,074,000 Higher Estimating/Design Contingency (15% vs 7.5%) $1,866,000
Additionally, we have recommended an increase to the project softs costs to 65% for this project. Following are the recommended changes:
These factors could be reduced as we learn more about the project but alas there is no time.
Richard From: Rogers, Lesley A To: Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: Request from Marc Stiles and our responses Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:55:50 AM Attachments: image001.png Thank you!
From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 9:26 AM To: Rogers, Lesley A Subject: Request from Marc Stiles and our responses
LR, I did send Marc the info. below after he sent you his email request.
From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 9:51 AM To: Wippel, Teresa; 'Marc Stiles' Subject: Downtown school
Hi, Marc, The link to the Wednesday, July 2 nd Board Meeting agenda is below: see section VIII Business Action Items and scroll down to number 13. http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/school%20board/13- 14%20agendas/070214agenda/20140702_Agenda.pdf?sessionid=872cd8573258cbc083ac869c7ec4dce5 Best Regards, Tom Redman Capital Communications
From: Rogers, Lesley A Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 9:03 AM To: 'Marc Stiles' Cc: Wippel, Teresa; Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: Federal Reserve - downtown school
Thanks Marc, well keep you posted.
Best, Lesley
From: Marc Stiles [mailto:mstiles@bizjournals.com] Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 9:34 AM To: Rogers, Lesley A Subject: Federal Reserve - downtown school
Hi Lesley, Please keep me apprised on whether or not the district will apply to the federal government to take over the former Federal Reserve Banks branch for a downtown school. Thanks,
Mar c St i l es Staff Writer - Commercial Real Estate and Government (206) 876-5406 Twitter: @MarcStilesPSBJ Sign up for a FREE 4-week subscription http://bit.ly/PSBJtrial From: Herndon, Flip To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Peters, Susan M; McLaren, Martha; Banda, J ose L Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:45:55 AM Sorry about forgetting the "t" at the end of "pain." I really did want to painT the picture for you. Sent from my iPad On Jul 1, 2014, at 10:07 AM, "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> wrote: Good Morning Board Members and Superintendent, I am forwarding you the cost estimates for the downtown school from our Director of Capital, Richard Best. You can see some of the comparisons to our other BEX IV projects. In comparison, you can see that the construction costs are not that far off of what some of our other projects look like, but the soft costs are much higher. These are conservative numbers, so they could come down, but just wanted to pain the picture for you. There were three other designs that were looked at as well, but this one was the lowest. Just wanting to keep you all informed for the discussion on Wednesday. The Times is also doing an interview today with Ken Gotsch and Richard Best about costs of a downtown school. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or comments. Thank you, -Flip From: <Best>, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 9:45 AM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org>, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org>, "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org> Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Flip,
Below are project cost estimates comparing BEX IV projects with the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Project Construction Costs Soft Costs Project Costs
Federal Reserve Bank Building $32,000,000 $21,000,000 $53,000,000
Schmitz Park at Genesee Hill $28,900,000 $12,300,000 $41,200,000 New School at Thornton Creek $31,200,000 $11,600,000 $42,800,000 Arbor Heights Elementary School $29,700,000 $11,300,000 $41,000,000 Olympic Hills Elementary School $30,200,000 $11,800,000 $42,000,000
A significant item to consider concerning the cost differences between the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building and are educational specifications for an typical elementary school is that the existing Federal Reserve Bank Building square footage is approximately 108,535 square feet. Additions to the building total approximately 9,984 square feet. The new building square footage, excluding penthouse and covered play areas is approximately 115,495 square feet while the elementary schools listed above are approximately 90,000 square feet. We have one additional classroom and one additional Pre-K in the Federal Reserve Bank Building but an undersized Gymnasium as well.
There are several factors that standout as either premiums or elements of this project when compared to the costs for other District elementary schools currently in design. The significant cost items are:
Additional square footage construction costs (22,495 x 228 less $43.50 shell savings) $4,150,300 High Rise Construction Premiums $1,273,000 Elevator Upgrades/Removal of 2 vs 1 Elevator $ 254,000 Demo and Abatement $1,567,000 Contractor Mark-up on above 3 items (7,244,300 x .075) $ 543,000 GC/CM Additional Costs (MACC Contingency/Sub-Bonds) $2,074,000 Higher Estimating/Design Contingency (15% vs 7.5%) $1,866,000
Additionally, we have recommended an increase to the project softs costs to 65% for this project. Following are the recommended changes:
These factors could be reduced as we learn more about the project but alas there is no time.
Richard From: Herndon, Flip To: Blanford, Stephan Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:33:39 AM Oops, I hate auto correct. No additional pain. On a separate topic, we still need to meet or talk to close the loop on the other topic from two weeks ago. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2014, at 10:25 AM, "Blanford, Stephan" <stephan.blanford@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip:
Thanks for "paining the picture" for us. I hope that wasn't a Freudian slip, anticipating how much more work this will be for you and your staff.
Stephan Dr. Stephan Blanford Director, Seattle School Board, District V email)Stephan.blanford@seattleschools.org call)206.252.0040 fax)206.252.0101 From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:07 AM To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Peters, Susan M; McLaren, Martha; Banda, J ose L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Good Morning Board Members and Superintendent, I am forwarding you the cost estimates for the downtown school from our Director of Capital, Richard Best. You can see some of the comparisons to our other BEX IV projects. In comparison, you can see that the construction costs are not that far off of what some of our other projects look like, but the soft costs are much higher. These are conservative numbers, so they could come down, but just wanted to pain the picture for you. There were three other designs that were looked at as well, but this one was the lowest. Just wanting to keep you all informed for the discussion on Wednesday. The Times is also doing an interview today with Ken Gotsch and Richard Best about costs of a downtown school. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or comments. Thank you, -Flip From: <Best>, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 9:45 AM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org>, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org>, "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org> Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Flip,
Below are project cost estimates comparing BEX IV projects with the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Project Construction Costs Soft Costs Project Costs
Federal Reserve Bank Building $32,000,000 $21,000,000 $53,000,000
Schmitz Park at Genesee Hill $28,900,000 $12,300,000 $41,200,000 New School at Thornton Creek $31,200,000 $11,600,000 $42,800,000 Arbor Heights Elementary School $29,700,000 $11,300,000 $41,000,000 Olympic Hills Elementary School $30,200,000 $11,800,000 $42,000,000
A significant item to consider concerning the cost differences between the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building and are educational specifications for an typical elementary school is that the existing Federal Reserve Bank Building square footage is approximately 108,535 square feet. Additions to the building total approximately 9,984 square feet. The new building square footage, excluding penthouse and covered play areas is approximately 115,495 square feet while the elementary schools listed above are approximately 90,000 square feet. We have one additional classroom and one additional Pre-K in the Federal Reserve Bank Building but an undersized Gymnasium as well.
There are several factors that standout as either premiums or elements of this project when compared to the costs for other District elementary schools currently in design. The significant cost items are: Additional square footage construction costs (22,495 x 228 less $43.50 shell savings) $4,150,300 High Rise Construction Premiums $1,273,000 Elevator Upgrades/Removal of 2 vs 1 Elevator $ 254,000 Demo and Abatement $1,567,000 Contractor Mark-up on above 3 items (7,244,300 x .075) $ 543,000 GC/CM Additional Costs (MACC Contingency/Sub-Bonds) $2,074,000 Higher Estimating/Design Contingency (15% vs 7.5%) $1,866,000
Additionally, we have recommended an increase to the project softs costs to 65% for this project. Following are the recommended changes:
These factors could be reduced as we learn more about the project but alas there is no time.
Richard From: Herndon, Flip To: Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:20:15 AM We have been working with the city on this, though they have not offered any money. Richard can speak to the conversations with the city. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2014, at 10:13 AM, "Gotsch, Kenneth C" <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org> wrote: Is the intent to support young families living downtown to help keep them downtown? Is this complementing residential development planned for the area? Are we coordinating with City planning?
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:10 AM To: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Best, Richard L Cc: Redman, Thomas L; Wippel, Teresa Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
P-5 is the current consideration.
From: <Gotsch>, Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 10:08 AM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org>, "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Do we know the intended use? Downtown high school? Relieve overcrowding, etc?
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:03 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Redman, Thomas L; Wippel, Teresa Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Thank you. Forwarding to the board.
From: <Best>, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 9:45 AM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org>, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org>, "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org> Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Flip,
Below are project cost estimates comparing BEX IV projects with the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Project Construction Costs Soft Costs Project Costs
Federal Reserve Bank Building $32,000,000 $21,000,000 $53,000,000
Schmitz Park at Genesee Hill $28,900,000 $12,300,000 $41,200,000 New School at Thornton Creek $31,200,000 $11,600,000 $42,800,000 Arbor Heights Elementary School $29,700,000 $11,300,000 $41,000,000 Olympic Hills Elementary School $30,200,000 $11,800,000 $42,000,000
A significant item to consider concerning the cost differences between the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building and are educational specifications for an typical elementary school is that the existing Federal Reserve Bank Building square footage is approximately 108,535 square feet. Additions to the building total approximately 9,984 square feet. The new building square footage, excluding penthouse and covered play areas is approximately 115,495 square feet while the elementary schools listed above are approximately 90,000 square feet. We have one additional classroom and one additional Pre-K in the Federal Reserve Bank Building but an undersized Gymnasium as well.
There are several factors that standout as either premiums or elements of this project when compared to the costs for other District elementary schools currently in design. The significant cost items are:
Additional square footage construction costs (22,495 x 228 less $43.50 shell savings) $4,150,300 High Rise Construction Premiums $1,273,000 Elevator Upgrades/Removal of 2 vs 1 Elevator $ 254,000 Demo and Abatement $1,567,000 Contractor Mark-up on above 3 items (7,244,300 x .075) $ 543,000 GC/CM Additional Costs (MACC Contingency/Sub-Bonds) $2,074,000 Higher Estimating/Design Contingency (15% vs 7.5%) $1,866,000
Additionally, we have recommended an increase to the project softs costs to 65% for this project. Following are the recommended changes:
These factors could be reduced as we learn more about the project but alas there is no time.
Richard From: Redman, Thomas L To: Rogers, Lesley A Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:10:24 AM Fyi
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:10 AM To: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Best, Richard L Cc: Redman, Thomas L; Wippel, Teresa Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
P-5 is the current consideration.
From: <Gotsch>, Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 10:08 AM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org>, "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Do we know the intended use? Downtown high school? Relieve overcrowding, etc?
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:03 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Redman, Thomas L; Wippel, Teresa Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Thank you. Forwarding to the board.
From: <Best>, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 9:45 AM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org>, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org>, "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org> Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Flip,
Below are project cost estimates comparing BEX IV projects with the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Project Construction Costs Soft Costs Project Costs
Federal Reserve Bank Building $32,000,000 $21,000,000 $53,000,000
Schmitz Park at Genesee Hill $28,900,000 $12,300,000 $41,200,000 New School at Thornton Creek $31,200,000 $11,600,000 $42,800,000 Arbor Heights Elementary School $29,700,000 $11,300,000 $41,000,000 Olympic Hills Elementary School $30,200,000 $11,800,000 $42,000,000
A significant item to consider concerning the cost differences between the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building and are educational specifications for an typical elementary school is that the existing Federal Reserve Bank Building square footage is approximately 108,535 square feet. Additions to the building total approximately 9,984 square feet. The new building square footage, excluding penthouse and covered play areas is approximately 115,495 square feet while the elementary schools listed above are approximately 90,000 square feet. We have one additional classroom and one additional Pre-K in the Federal Reserve Bank Building but an undersized Gymnasium as well.
There are several factors that standout as either premiums or elements of this project when compared to the costs for other District elementary schools currently in design. The significant cost items are:
Additional square footage construction costs (22,495 x 228 less $43.50 shell savings) $4,150,300 High Rise Construction Premiums $1,273,000 Elevator Upgrades/Removal of 2 vs 1 Elevator $ 254,000 Demo and Abatement $1,567,000 Contractor Mark-up on above 3 items (7,244,300 x .075) $ 543,000 GC/CM Additional Costs (MACC Contingency/Sub-Bonds) $2,074,000 Higher Estimating/Design Contingency (15% vs 7.5%) $1,866,000
Additionally, we have recommended an increase to the project softs costs to 65% for this project. Following are the recommended changes:
These factors could be reduced as we learn more about the project but alas there is no time.
Richard From: Herndon, Flip To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Peters, Susan M; McLaren, Martha; Banda, J ose L Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 10:07:38 AM Good Morning Board Members and Superintendent, I am forwarding you the cost estimates for the downtown school from our Director of Capital, Richard Best. You can see some of the comparisons to our other BEX IV projects. In comparison, you can see that the construction costs are not that far off of what some of our other projects look like, but the soft costs are much higher. These are conservative numbers, so they could come down, but just wanted to pain the picture for you. There were three other designs that were looked at as well, but this one was the lowest. Just wanting to keep you all informed for the discussion on Wednesday. The Times is also doing an interview today with Ken Gotsch and Richard Best about costs of a downtown school. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or comments. Thank you, -Flip From: <Best>, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 9:45 AM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org>, "Redman, Thomas L" <tlredman@seattleschools.org>, "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org> Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Flip,
Below are project cost estimates comparing BEX IV projects with the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Project Construction Costs Soft Costs Project Costs
Federal Reserve Bank Building $32,000,000 $21,000,000 $53,000,000
Schmitz Park at Genesee Hill $28,900,000 $12,300,000 $41,200,000 New School at Thornton Creek $31,200,000 $11,600,000 $42,800,000 Arbor Heights Elementary School $29,700,000 $11,300,000 $41,000,000 Olympic Hills Elementary School $30,200,000 $11,800,000 $42,000,000
A significant item to consider concerning the cost differences between the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building and are educational specifications for an typical elementary school is that the existing Federal Reserve Bank Building square footage is approximately 108,535 square feet. Additions to the building total approximately 9,984 square feet. The new building square footage, excluding penthouse and covered play areas is approximately 115,495 square feet while the elementary schools listed above are approximately 90,000 square feet. We have one additional classroom and one additional Pre-K in the Federal Reserve Bank Building but an undersized Gymnasium as well.
There are several factors that standout as either premiums or elements of this project when compared to the costs for other District elementary schools currently in design. The significant cost items are:
Additional square footage construction costs (22,495 x 228 less $43.50 shell savings) $4,150,300 High Rise Construction Premiums $1,273,000 Elevator Upgrades/Removal of 2 vs 1 Elevator $ 254,000 Demo and Abatement $1,567,000 Contractor Mark-up on above 3 items (7,244,300 x .075) $ 543,000 GC/CM Additional Costs (MACC Contingency/Sub-Bonds) $2,074,000 Higher Estimating/Design Contingency (15% vs 7.5%) $1,866,000
Additionally, we have recommended an increase to the project softs costs to 65% for this project. Following are the recommended changes:
These factors could be reduced as we learn more about the project but alas there is no time.
Richard From: Redman, Thomas L To: English, Ron Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 9:47:23 AM Fyi
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 9:45 AM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Redman, Thomas L; Wippel, Teresa Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Flip,
Below are project cost estimates comparing BEX IV projects with the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Project Construction Costs Soft Costs Project Costs
Federal Reserve Bank Building $32,000,000 $21,000,000 $53,000,000
Schmitz Park at Genesee Hill $28,900,000 $12,300,000 $41,200,000 New School at Thornton Creek $31,200,000 $11,600,000 $42,800,000 Arbor Heights Elementary School $29,700,000 $11,300,000 $41,000,000 Olympic Hills Elementary School $30,200,000 $11,800,000 $42,000,000
A significant item to consider concerning the cost differences between the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building and are educational specifications for an typical elementary school is that the existing Federal Reserve Bank Building square footage is approximately 108,535 square feet. Additions to the building total approximately 9,984 square feet. The new building square footage, excluding penthouse and covered play areas is approximately 115,495 square feet while the elementary schools listed above are approximately 90,000 square feet. We have one additional classroom and one additional Pre-K in the Federal Reserve Bank Building but an undersized Gymnasium as well.
There are several factors that standout as either premiums or elements of this project when compared to the costs for other District elementary schools currently in design. The significant cost items are:
Additional square footage construction costs (22,495 x 228 less $43.50 shell savings) $4,150,300 High Rise Construction Premiums $1,273,000 Elevator Upgrades/Removal of 2 vs 1 Elevator $ 254,000 Demo and Abatement $1,567,000 Contractor Mark-up on above 3 items (7,244,300 x .075) $ 543,000 GC/CM Additional Costs (MACC Contingency/Sub-Bonds) $2,074,000 Higher Estimating/Design Contingency (15% vs 7.5%) $1,866,000
Additionally, we have recommended an increase to the project softs costs to 65% for this project. Following are the recommended changes:
These factors could be reduced as we learn more about the project but alas there is no time.
Richard From: Redman, Thomas L To: Rogers, Lesley A Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 9:46:23 AM Fyi
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 9:45 AM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Redman, Thomas L; Wippel, Teresa Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Flip,
Below are project cost estimates comparing BEX IV projects with the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Project Construction Costs Soft Costs Project Costs
Federal Reserve Bank Building $32,000,000 $21,000,000 $53,000,000
Schmitz Park at Genesee Hill $28,900,000 $12,300,000 $41,200,000 New School at Thornton Creek $31,200,000 $11,600,000 $42,800,000 Arbor Heights Elementary School $29,700,000 $11,300,000 $41,000,000 Olympic Hills Elementary School $30,200,000 $11,800,000 $42,000,000
A significant item to consider concerning the cost differences between the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building and are educational specifications for an typical elementary school is that the existing Federal Reserve Bank Building square footage is approximately 108,535 square feet. Additions to the building total approximately 9,984 square feet. The new building square footage, excluding penthouse and covered play areas is approximately 115,495 square feet while the elementary schools listed above are approximately 90,000 square feet. We have one additional classroom and one additional Pre-K in the Federal Reserve Bank Building but an undersized Gymnasium as well.
There are several factors that standout as either premiums or elements of this project when compared to the costs for other District elementary schools currently in design. The significant cost items are:
Additional square footage construction costs (22,495 x 228 less $43.50 shell savings) $4,150,300 High Rise Construction Premiums $1,273,000 Elevator Upgrades/Removal of 2 vs 1 Elevator $ 254,000 Demo and Abatement $1,567,000 Contractor Mark-up on above 3 items (7,244,300 x .075) $ 543,000 GC/CM Additional Costs (MACC Contingency/Sub-Bonds) $2,074,000 Higher Estimating/Design Contingency (15% vs 7.5%) $1,866,000
Additionally, we have recommended an increase to the project softs costs to 65% for this project. Following are the recommended changes:
These factors could be reduced as we learn more about the project but alas there is no time.
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: SPS Downtown School Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 8:47:48 AM 11:00 AM
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 8:38 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: SPS Downtown School
Thank you. What time is the interview this morning? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2014, at 8:29 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip,
Based upon prior conversations with Bassetti Architects Option 4 was the next least expensive option to construct. They estimated a 20% premium for construction so those costs would be $38,400,000 with total project costs equaling $63,360,000.
We have been very conservative at this point in our estimates and soft cost projections. For the BEX projects we projected soft costs at 51% of the MACC. For this project we are utilizing 65% of the MACC because of the design and high rise contingencies.
I will call you shortly.
Richard
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 8:19 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: SPS Downtown School
What about the other options? The soft costs look to be 2/3 of the maac, which seems awfully high? Call me when you can. I just want to make sure we are high level in the interview, but I want to give the board good info beforehand. So is the range we spoke about earlier $30-60million MAAC or was that total costs? Did all the scenarios have soft costs that were 2/3 the MAAC? Sent from my iPad On Jul 1, 2014, at 8:16 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip,
Bassetti Architects prepared four design options for Seattle Public Schools to consider. We selected option 1 to implement a construction estimate. The Robinson Company performed a construction cost estimate for scheme 1 that totals $32,000,000; total project budget of $53,000,000 that includes all soft costs and some fairly significant contingencies. They had provided me with a verbal percentage increase estimate of the other options when we selected option 1 to prepare an estimate.
Richard
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 8:05 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: SPS Downtown School
I thought there were 4 estimates ranging from $30-60 million? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2014, at 8:00 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip,
Per your request attached are a summary and the cost estimates for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building. Please note that the Excel file has several worksheets. These cost estimates are very conservative and I believe that fact comes through in The Robinson Companys narrative. I think if we were to receive this building SPS could develop a great downtown school.
Richard
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:46 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: 'Lorne McConachie'; Ross Parker Subject: SPS Downtown School
Hi Richard/All
Attached is a draft of the feasibility estimate for the Downtown School. Also attached is our executive summary describing how we prepared the estimate as well as a recap of the scope and deltas that are above what our elementary schools cost.
I anticipate and welcome questions, comments and adjustments.
I have excluded escalation and noted so on the bottom of the excel summary. Please keep in mind this is a significant number based on a 2018 Levy and/or 2020 Opening.
Thanks much.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
<2014127 SPS Downtown School.xls> <2014127 Richard Best - SPS Downtown School.docx> From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: SPS Downtown School Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 8:00:47 AM Attachments: 2014127 SPS Downtown School.xls 2014127 Richard Best - SPS Downtown School.docx Flip,
Per your request attached are a summary and the cost estimates for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building. Please note that the Excel file has several worksheets. These cost estimates are very conservative and I believe that fact comes through in The Robinson Companys narrative. I think if we were to receive this building SPS could develop a great downtown school.
Richard
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:46 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: 'Lorne McConachie'; Ross Parker Subject: SPS Downtown School
Hi Richard/All
Attached is a draft of the feasibility estimate for the Downtown School. Also attached is our executive summary describing how we prepared the estimate as well as a recap of the scope and deltas that are above what our elementary schools cost.
I anticipate and welcome questions, comments and adjustments.
I have excluded escalation and noted so on the bottom of the excel summary. Please keep in mind this is a significant number based on a 2018 Levy and/or 2020 Opening.
Thanks much.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Standaart, David To: Best, Richard L; Becker, Eric P Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 7:59:10 AM Attachments: Downtown Federal_Reserve_Bank_ Building_Master Schedule and Critical Dates.xlsx Attached is an aggressive schedule to get the work completed by 9/2017. It is based on a GCCM which will have to be on next months agenda for September meeting. Eric I believe you recently went through that process for Wilson Pacific so you might provide info for that. I will be in and out of the office in the next few days so modify this as needed.----David
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 11:34 AM To: Ross Parker; 'Lorne McConachie'; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
FYI
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 1:03 PM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Stroud, Yolanda; Best, Richard L; Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Yolanda needs to answer this question, but as far as I know there are no transaction costs. I believe you may be able to get a waiver of the excise taxes normally charged with a conveyance of real property in Washington. If you record the deed, there will be a small charge for that. Keep in mind that If the app is approved, things will be processed quickly and the property will be conveyed to the school district in short order so you would then have the normal carrying costs of owning a vacant building. On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Herndon, Flip <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> wrote: All,
One clarification. Is there any cost in acquiring the property/building from GSA? Are there any fees associated with the transfer of title? Just having to get something ready for our board meeting on Wednesday.
Thank you,
-Flip
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:44 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Herndon, Flip; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard: The attachment did not forward but I am sure what James advised is correct. We are in the process of updating our application by years end and apologize if any documents were missing or provided in error. I am again attaching the application documents to ensure nothing has been left out. Please contact me with any additional questions.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 1:55 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Flip Herndon; Stroud, Yolanda Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - GSA has nothing to do with the application. You need to be talking to Yolanda Stroud with the US Dept of Ed. The attached letter is a template of the Dept of Ed letter to the prospective applicant not a GSA app cover letter. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:50 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
When reviewing the GSA application cover letter I initially thought we were supposed to complete this document and submit with our application. As we began working on that document I am beginning to question if this was not a document that GSA was to complete and provide City of Seattle/Seattle Public Schools. Do we need to submit his cover letter with our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building? If we do who can I ask for some assistance concerning the later responses to insert?
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:13 PM To: Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building
Can you please modify the attached document. Address to:
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
(202) 536-8963 (work cell is best contact)
The federal name for the property is the The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, WA.
Then place on District letter head electronically?
Yolanda would like to receive an electronic copy of our Downtown Federal Reserve Building application.
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
<GSA Application cover ltr - April 2012.doc>
From: Herndon, Flip To: Patu, Betty Subject: Re: J ust a few more thoughts on Fed Reserve Date: Tuesday, J uly 01, 2014 1:18:03 AM Thanks, Betty. We'll see where the discussion goes on Wednesday. I just want to make sure that board members have enough information to make a decision. It's a challenge when I get late information from other sources as well, but I do try and keep you all as updated as possible. See you Wednesday. -Flip Sent from my iPad On Jul 1, 2014, at 1:05 AM, "Patu, Betty" <bpatu@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Flip,
Thank you so much for the answers to my questions, it gives me a better idea in terms of a discussions with some of my colleagues and to see if it is worth the time and effort. It could be a positive thing but I just don't like those strings attach, because sometimes those strings can be lethal if we don't watch ourselves. I do agree with you there is definitely a pros and cons into this project.
Have a blessed day!
Betty Patu Seattle School Board District #7 206.252.0040
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 10:50 AM To: Patu, Betty Subject: Re: J ust a few more thoughts on Fed Reserve Betty, That's a good question. Here are what I see as the pros and cons: Pros: 1. The building would come to us at no cost, meaning the title of the building would be transferred to us. There are renovation costs, but acquiring the building and land is not a major expense (maybe some title transfer fees, but that's it). 2. Adding and additional building or land is what we do need to do. We are low for building and land inventory and this would certainly help our capacity. 3. The location would serve a purpose. I included the map previously to show where children are located. There are a sufficient number of students located within 1.5 miles of the building that could be served. 4. It is not more expensive than a new building or total rebuilt of some of our other elementary projects. 5. If our application gets rejected or we don't complete an application the building would be auctioned of publicly. We could then attempt to bid on the building and buy it outright and not have any of the strings attached with filling out the application. The downside would be that we would be paying for the building at that point and we might not be the high bidder. Cons: 1. There are some string attached and timelines that are a challenge for us. A) We have to use the building as a school for the next 30 years. I don't see that as being a problem, but if we decided to use it for something other than a school once we started, the government would take the building back and pay us for the renovations done. B) We have to have the building completely renovated within 3-4 years. That's a challenge because all of our money is already designated and I would not want to delay any current projects in order to get this one done. A future levy and collection of that money would be more than 3-4 years out. Our only way of completing that timeline would be to get legislative assistance and it be included in the BTA IV levy and be the first priority project. C) I don't like the very short timeline that was given to us and the hoops we have to jump through. 2. The timeline has not allowed us to go through our normal process of committees and intro and action. I know this rubs many people the wrong way and quite frankly I don't like having to get all this done so quickly either. All this and there is no guarantee that the application will be accepted. So we could be putting forth a lot of time and energy only to not be approved later. 3. It will be expensive to renovate. It has to be viewed basically as a new school. Some of our other renovations are less costly, but this is not entirely out of line on costs for the square footage. It will be roughly the size of the new Wilson Pacific elementary school and that building is going to cost us a little more than $40 million. 4. It's not in the ideal location for our capacity crunch. It is downtown and there are students who could be served. However, it would be great to acquire property in the north end where the schools are really, really crowded to give the most immediate relief. 5. I don't know exactly where it fits in the priority of the other schools. This is why we need to have the more in depth conversations with the board and community so we can place it in the proper context and we just have not had the time. In summary, I think there are some real positive and some definite negatives. We need more time and the GSA has not been very flexible for us. I don't know if this helps you or not, but feel free to call if you need any further clarification about the topic. Talk to you soon, -Flip From: <Patu>, Betty <bpatu@seattleschools.org> Date: Sunday, June 29, 2014 11:25 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Just a few more thoughts on Fed Reserve Hi Flip,
Thank you for the update, really appreciate your thorough in giving us update about this item. I would like you to clarify for me, what do you mean, we are getting this building for free? As you know and I know, nothing is for Free, so please explain to be what hoops are we jumping over to get this deal wrap-up? How much risks are we taking to get this building for free? Do you think this is a good idea? Give me some pros and cons so I can really understand how this item is going to benefit our district?
Thank you,
Betty
Betty Patu Seattle School Board District #7 206.252.0040
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Sunday, J une 29, 2014 10:14 PM To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Peters, Susan M; McLaren, Martha; Banda, J ose L Subject: J ust a few more thoughts on Fed Reserve Good Evening Board Members and Superintendent, I just wanted to add a few more follow up thoughts to the Friday item of the Fed Reserve Building/Downtown School. I know the timelines are tight and that adding this resolution definitely does not conform to the typical process. Feel free to ask as many questions now or at the board meeting and I will do my best to clarify. Suffice it to say, this is one of the hoops we have to jump through to get this building for free. All this to say that the resolution is just one piece of the puzzle. If we end up submitting an application, we can set up more discussions and public input while the application is under review. This application does not have a cost to submit (other than our staff time and expense to evaluate the viability of the site). If, while the application is being reviewed, we have a series of conversations that determine this is not something that we want to continue to pursue, we can pull our application and I believe GSA would then put the building straight to public auction. Again, feel free to ask any and all questions during the meeting to highlight any concerns and we, staff, will do our best to provide what we know. I can't imagine us ever being in this kind of situation again. My previous conversation with GSA was that they rarely ever just give away buildings like this. It's an opportunity, but one that still deserves our full scrutiny, which is what we are trying to do. Feel free to call or email anytime. Thanks, -Flip From: Wang, Tingyu To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Richardson, Christopher L Subject: RE: Deliverables for Fed Reserve Building Application Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 5:01:33 PM Attachments: SPS K-5 school gym and playcourt size.xlsx Joe,
Attached is a list of gym and play court sizes at K-5 buildings. I didnt include STEM K-5 since its in a junior high school.
Currently, average gym size in K-5 buildings is about 3368 sq. ft. A 2300 sq. ft. gym is very small.
I sent Gretchen an email this morning but she is on vacation till July 9 th .
Tingyu
From: Wang, Tingyu Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 12:41 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Deliverables for Fed Reserve Building Application
Joe:
Ill send you sq. ft. of K-5 gyms and covered play areas but I dont have sq. ft. of asphalt playground. Ill check with Gretchen. She might have it.
Tingyu
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 12:31 PM To: Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Deliverables for Fed Reserve Building Application
Chris: Have we received anything from Brent/Jay on updated 5-year projections for the Central Region?
Richard needs whatever we can give hum by COB tomorrow. If you dont hear from them by end of day today please let me know. In the meantime please send me a soft copy of the current regional analysis. Thanks.
Tingyu: The conceptual plan for a PK-5 school in the Fed Reserve bldg. includes a 2300 sf gym (in the old vault space) and a 10,000 sf rooftop play area (7000 open, 3000 covered). The gym is about 35% the size of the current K-5 ed spec. No set # for outdoor play area but 10K sf for a 660- seat school is cozy.
Do we have a list of K-5 gym sizes? Outdoor hardscape/covered play area? If so please send them to me (no need to create them this is not for the application). Thanks. Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Pham, Kathie T To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: RE: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:50:34 PM Attachments: image003.png image002.png Good afternoon, Directors.
Please note the following changes since the agenda was posted last Friday:
June 18th Board meeting minutes: Moved Superintendent Comments section under correct header and clarified language on Professional Development for Introduction item #1, Strategic Pan Targets
Amending Policy No. 2420 Clean and redline version of Policy 2420 have been added
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Action report has been edited and Resolution attachment has been added
From: Pham, Kathie T Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:41 PM To: Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; Martin-Morris, Harium; McLaren, Martha; Patu, Betty; Peaslee, Sharon D; Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L; Paraghamian, Aleta; Wright, Charles E; English, Ron; Bennett, Erinn P; Hale, Theresa L; Pham, Kathie T Subject: J uly 2, 2014 - Board Meeting Agenda
Good afternoon Directors,
The agenda for the July 2nd Board meeting has been posted. Please note the following:
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Cedar Park Elementary School Modernization Action report has been edited to reflect the correct dollar amount
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Hazel Wolf K-8 @ Pinehurst Project Action report has been edited to correct the name of the project (Hazel Wolf)
BEX IV: Construction Contract for Arbor Heights Elementary School Action report has been edited and attachments added with contractors information
Amending Policy No. 3246 and Approval of Policy No. 3247 Action report and attachments have been edited after additional research
School Improvement Grant (SIG) for Rainier Beach High School Action report has been edited to note the fiscal impact of additional buses needed for an extended day
BEX IV: Olympic Hills Elementary School Replacement GC/CM Alternative Delivery Method and Contract - Action report has been edited and attachments have been added
Athletic Trainer Support Services - Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
Resolution 2013/14-22: Delegation of Authority to Negotiate and Accept Acquisition of the Federal Reserve Building Site Please note this item is being introduced and acted on in the meeting
REMINDER: During your review of the agenda items, should you have any questions on any items, please provide your questions to the Cabinet member listed on the action report prior to the day of the Board meeting, to allow staff time to research and prepare a response. While staff may be able to respond to your question prior to the Board meeting, you are welcome to reiterate your question during the discussion of the item at the meeting, for the awareness of Directors and transparency for the public.
From: Herndon, Flip To: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:14:14 PM I believe it is tomorrow. We should probably talk on the phone later today if possible so I can catch you up to speed for Wednesday. Maybe in an hour or so. We could also talk tomorrow via phone. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2014, at 4:12 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip,
I can attend, what day are we speaking about Tuesday or Wednesday?
Richard
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:03 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
Richard,
You may be needed for this. I'm not around until Wednesday. I'd keep it pretty high level and just speak to the range.
-Flip
From: <Gotsch>, Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org> Date: Monday, June 30, 2014 3:43 PM To: "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org>, "DeMahy, Anita" <andemahy@seattleschools.org>, SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
We should invite Flip to attend this call as well.
From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:24 PM To: DeMahy, Anita; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
Ken: John would like to talk with you at 11 a.m. Do you want to do it in my office via speaker phone? He was hoping you could comment on the costs estimated to refurbish the surplussed federal building for a downtown elementary but I didnt make him any promises on that. Teresa
From: DeMahy, Anita Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:17 PM To: Wippel, Teresa; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
Please include me on the response. I may need to move a few things on his cal depending on the time that works for J ohn. Thank you! Anita From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:15 PM To: DeMahy, Anita; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Thanks, Anita. I will connect with John and let Ken know.
From: DeMahy, Anita Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:14 PM To: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Wippel, Teresa Subject: FW: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Importance: High
Hi Ken, I've attached a message from Teresa Wippel re: an interview with the Seattle Times' J ohn Higgins. Since I am out sick today, Teresa, I am hoping you can help schedule this interview. Ken has the following times available tomorrow (Tuesday): Between 9:30AM and 12:30PM Between 3:00PM and 3:30PM
Hopefully there is a time that works for J ohn. Thank you!
Anita Please excuse typos. This message was sent from my iPhone. From: netsys$avst Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 12:49 PM To: DeMahy, Anita Subject: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Please call 20450 to listen to your messages over the telephone. To retrieve your messages through your computer you must have speakers. Just double click on the attachment to listen to message.. From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:12:24 PM Flip,
I can attend, what day are we speaking about Tuesday or Wednesday?
Richard
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:03 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
Richard,
You may be needed for this. I'm not around until Wednesday. I'd keep it pretty high level and just speak to the range.
-Flip
From: <Gotsch>, Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org> Date: Monday, June 30, 2014 3:43 PM To: "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org>, "DeMahy, Anita" <andemahy@seattleschools.org>, SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
We should invite Flip to attend this call as well.
From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:24 PM To: DeMahy, Anita; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
Ken: John would like to talk with you at 11 a.m. Do you want to do it in my office via speaker phone? He was hoping you could comment on the costs estimated to refurbish the surplussed federal building for a downtown elementary but I didnt make him any promises on that. Teresa
From: DeMahy, Anita Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:17 PM To: Wippel, Teresa; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
Please include me on the response. I may need to move a few things on his cal depending on the time that works for J ohn. Thank you! Anita From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:15 PM To: DeMahy, Anita; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Thanks, Anita. I will connect with John and let Ken know.
From: DeMahy, Anita Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:14 PM To: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Wippel, Teresa Subject: FW: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Importance: High
Hi Ken, I've attached a message from Teresa Wippel re: an interview with the Seattle Times' J ohn Higgins. Since I am out sick today, Teresa, I am hoping you can help schedule this interview. Ken has the following times available tomorrow (Tuesday): Between 9:30AM and 12:30PM Between 3:00PM and 3:30PM
Hopefully there is a time that works for J ohn. Thank you!
Anita Please excuse typos. This message was sent from my iPhone. From: netsys$avst Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 12:49 PM To: DeMahy, Anita Subject: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Please call 20450 to listen to your messages over the telephone. To retrieve your messages through your computer you must have speakers. Just double click on the attachment to listen to message.. From: Herndon, Flip To: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Wippel, Teresa; DeMahy, Anita Subject: Re: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 4:02:19 PM I'm not around tomorrow, but Richard Best might be and he would have the cost estimates. From: <Gotsch>, Kenneth Gotsch <kcgotsch@seattleschools.org> Date: Monday, June 30, 2014 3:43 PM To: "Wippel, Teresa" <tewippel@seattleschools.org>, "DeMahy, Anita" <andemahy@seattleschools.org>, SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. We should invite Flip to attend this call as well.
From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:24 PM To: DeMahy, Anita; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
Ken: John would like to talk with you at 11 a.m. Do you want to do it in my office via speaker phone? He was hoping you could comment on the costs estimated to refurbish the surplussed federal building for a downtown elementary but I didnt make him any promises on that. Teresa
From: DeMahy, Anita Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:17 PM To: Wippel, Teresa; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
Please include me on the response. I may need to move a few things on his cal depending on the time that works for J ohn. Thank you! Anita From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:15 PM To: DeMahy, Anita; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Thanks, Anita. I will connect with John and let Ken know.
From: DeMahy, Anita Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:14 PM To: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Wippel, Teresa Subject: FW: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Importance: High
Hi Ken, I've attached a message from Teresa Wippel re: an interview with the Seattle Times' J ohn Higgins. Since I am out sick today, Teresa, I am hoping you can help schedule this interview. Ken has the following times available tomorrow (Tuesday): Between 9:30AM and 12:30PM Between 3:00PM and 3:30PM
Hopefully there is a time that works for J ohn. Thank you!
Anita Please excuse typos. This message was sent from my iPhone. From: netsys$avst Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 12:49 PM To: DeMahy, Anita Subject: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Please call 20450 to listen to your messages over the telephone. To retrieve your messages through your computer you must have speakers. Just double click on the attachment to listen to message.. From: Wippel, Teresa To: J ohn Higgins Subject: Re: budget Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 3:03:56 PM We are confirmed for 11 a.m. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2014, at 2:21 PM, "John Higgins" <jhiggins@seattletimes.com> wrote: 11 would be fine, I think.well he be able to comment on the costs estimated to refurbish the surplussed federal building for a downtown elementary? Thanks, John
From: Wippel, Teresa [mailto:tewippel@seattleschools.org] Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:18 PM To: J ohn Higgins Subject: RE: budget
Hi J ohn: Ken is available between 11 and 12:30 p.m. or 3-3:30 p.m. tomorrow. What works best for you?
From: J ohn Higgins [mailto:jhiggins@seattletimes.com] Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 10:01 AM To: Wippel, Teresa Subject: budget
Could I get some time today or tomorrow with someone on the budget that is up for approval on Wednesday, just to walk through major changes, highlights?
Thanks,
John Higgins Seattle Times Seattle Public Schools/K-12 education reporter jhiggins@seattletimes.com 206-464-3145
From: Gotsch, Kenneth C To: Wippel, Teresa; DeMahy, Anita Cc: Sebring, Linda Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:47:35 PM Dear Teresa,
Tomorrow at 11:00 AM in your office is fine.
Ken Gotsch
From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:24 PM To: DeMahy, Anita; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
Ken: John would like to talk with you at 11 a.m. Do you want to do it in my office via speaker phone? He was hoping you could comment on the costs estimated to refurbish the surplussed federal building for a downtown elementary but I didnt make him any promises on that. Teresa
From: DeMahy, Anita Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:17 PM To: Wippel, Teresa; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203.
Please include me on the response. I may need to move a few things on his cal depending on the time that works for J ohn. Thank you! Anita From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:15 PM To: DeMahy, Anita; Gotsch, Kenneth C Subject: RE: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Thanks, Anita. I will connect with John and let Ken know.
From: DeMahy, Anita Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 2:14 PM To: Gotsch, Kenneth C; Wippel, Teresa Subject: FW: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Importance: High
Hi Ken, I've attached a message from Teresa Wippel re: an interview with the Seattle Times' J ohn Higgins. Since I am out sick today, Teresa, I am hoping you can help schedule this interview. Ken has the following times available tomorrow (Tuesday): Between 9:30AM and 12:30PM Between 3:00PM and 3:30PM
Hopefully there is a time that works for J ohn. Thank you!
Anita Please excuse typos. This message was sent from my iPhone. From: netsys$avst Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 12:49 PM To: DeMahy, Anita Subject: Voice msg from Wippel, Teresa 20203. Please call 20450 to listen to your messages over the telephone. To retrieve your messages through your computer you must have speakers. Just double click on the attachment to listen to message.. From: Richardson, Christopher L To: Wolf, J oseph A; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Deliverables for Fed Reserve Building Application Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 12:53:14 PM Attachments: Enrollment VS capacity all regions.docx 5 Year Projections - DISTRICT SUMMARY 2013-2017.xlsx The first attachment is the 5 yr enrollment vs capacity. North and central are in that. The second is the 5 year projection from last year that we used to create the first one.
I have not received anything from Brent. I asked late Thursday, and he said soon.
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 12:31 PM To: Richardson, Christopher L; Wang, Tingyu Subject: Deliverables for Fed Reserve Building Application
Chris: Have we received anything from Brent/Jay on updated 5-year projections for the Central Region?
Richard needs whatever we can give hum by COB tomorrow. If you dont hear from them by end of day today please let me know. In the meantime please send me a soft copy of the current regional analysis. Thanks.
Tingyu: The conceptual plan for a PK-5 school in the Fed Reserve bldg. includes a 2300 sf gym (in the old vault space) and a 10,000 sf rooftop play area (7000 open, 3000 covered). The gym is about 35% the size of the current K-5 ed spec. No set # for outdoor play area but 10K sf for a 660- seat school is cozy.
Do we have a list of K-5 gym sizes? Outdoor hardscape/covered play area? If so please send them to me (no need to create them this is not for the application). Thanks. Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Pittman, Kenny To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 12:06:36 PM Attachments: 34 CFR 12 (7-1-10).pdf Thanks Richard.
In regards to Public Benefit Allowances, there is a chart on Page 45 that shows the amount of discount (up to 100%) based on the use of the facility. You will automatically get 70% discount for an elementary or high school. There are additional allowances based on the organization or use.
Hope this helps with Flips question.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 11:35 AM To: Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
No we have folks filling out this document already.
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 7:56 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Hi Richard,
Do you need any assistance with the environmental questionnaire?
If you could complete II. A. Objective of the Proposed Action, I will see if our environmental folks can complete a lot of this.
Thanks, Kenny
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:44 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Pittman, Kenny; Flip Herndon; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard: The attachment did not forward but I am sure what James advised is correct. We are in the process of updating our application by years end and apologize if any documents were missing or provided in error. I am again attaching the application documents to ensure nothing has been left out. Please contact me with any additional questions.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 1:55 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Flip Herndon; Stroud, Yolanda Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - GSA has nothing to do with the application. You need to be talking to Yolanda Stroud with the US Dept of Ed. The attached letter is a template of the Dept of Ed letter to the prospective applicant not a GSA app cover letter. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:50 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
When reviewing the GSA application cover letter I initially thought we were supposed to complete this document and submit with our application. As we began working on that document I am beginning to question if this was not a document that GSA was to complete and provide City of Seattle/Seattle Public Schools. Do we need to submit his cover letter with our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building? If we do who can I ask for some assistance concerning the later responses to insert?
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:13 PM To: Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building
Can you please modify the attached document. Address to:
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
(202) 536-8963 (work cell is best contact)
The federal name for the property is the The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, WA.
Then place on District letter head electronically?
Yolanda would like to receive an electronic copy of our Downtown Federal Reserve Building application.
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
<GSA Application cover ltr - April 2012.doc> From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip; English, Ron Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 11:57:59 AM I assume the approval time will be very quick from all of the comments I have heard about how desperate GSA is to offload this building.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 1:03 PM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Stroud, Yolanda; Best, Richard L; Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Yolanda needs to answer this question, but as far as I know there are no transaction costs. I believe you may be able to get a waiver of the excise taxes normally charged with a conveyance of real property in Washington. If you record the deed, there will be a small charge for that. Keep in mind that If the app is approved, things will be processed quickly and the property will be conveyed to the school district in short order so you would then have the normal carrying costs of owning a vacant building. On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Herndon, Flip <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> wrote: All,
One clarification. Is there any cost in acquiring the property/building from GSA? Are there any fees associated with the transfer of title? Just having to get something ready for our board meeting on Wednesday.
Thank you,
-Flip
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:44 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Herndon, Flip; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard: The attachment did not forward but I am sure what James advised is correct. We are in the process of updating our application by years end and apologize if any documents were missing or provided in error. I am again attaching the application documents to ensure nothing has been left out. Please contact me with any additional questions.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 1:55 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Flip Herndon; Stroud, Yolanda Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - GSA has nothing to do with the application. You need to be talking to Yolanda Stroud with the US Dept of Ed. The attached letter is a template of the Dept of Ed letter to the prospective applicant not a GSA app cover letter. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:50 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
When reviewing the GSA application cover letter I initially thought we were supposed to complete this document and submit with our application. As we began working on that document I am beginning to question if this was not a document that GSA was to complete and provide City of Seattle/Seattle Public Schools. Do we need to submit his cover letter with our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building? If we do who can I ask for some assistance concerning the later responses to insert?
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:13 PM To: Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building
Can you please modify the attached document. Address to:
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
(202) 536-8963 (work cell is best contact)
The federal name for the property is the The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, WA.
Then place on District letter head electronically?
Yolanda would like to receive an electronic copy of our Downtown Federal Reserve Building application.
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
<GSA Application cover ltr - April 2012.doc>
From: Best, Richard L To: "Stroud, Yolanda" Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF; Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 11:31:51 AM Yolanda,
In reference to your response to Flip Herndons e-mail Seattle Public Schools plans to utilize the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building for a Pre-K through Fifth Grade Public Elementary School for approximately 660 students.
With that proposed utilization would there be any cost in acquiring the property/building from GSA? Are there any fees associated with the transfer of title? Flip is having to get a Resolution ready for the Seattle Public Schools board meeting on Wednesday.
Richard
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 3:24 PM To: Herndon, Flip; Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Afternoon: This will depend on your application. Thanks. See attached.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 3:45 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda; Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
All,
One clarification. Is there any cost in acquiring the property/building from GSA? Are there any fees associated with the transfer of title? Just having to get something ready for our board meeting on Wednesday.
Thank you,
-Flip
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:44 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Herndon, Flip; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard: The attachment did not forward but I am sure what James advised is correct. We are in the process of updating our application by years end and apologize if any documents were missing or provided in error. I am again attaching the application documents to ensure nothing has been left out. Please contact me with any additional questions.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 1:55 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Flip Herndon; Stroud, Yolanda Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - GSA has nothing to do with the application. You need to be talking to Yolanda Stroud with the US Dept of Ed. The attached letter is a template of the Dept of Ed letter to the prospective applicant not a GSA app cover letter. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:50 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
When reviewing the GSA application cover letter I initially thought we were supposed to complete this document and submit with our application. As we began working on that document I am beginning to question if this was not a document that GSA was to complete and provide City of Seattle/Seattle Public Schools. Do we need to submit his cover letter with our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building? If we do who can I ask for some assistance concerning the later responses to insert?
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:13 PM To: Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building
Can you please modify the attached document. Address to:
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
(202) 536-8963 (work cell is best contact)
The federal name for the property is the The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, WA.
Then place on District letter head electronically?
Yolanda would like to receive an electronic copy of our Downtown Federal Reserve Building application.
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
<GSA Application cover ltr - April 2012.doc> From: Best, Richard L To: Standaart, David Cc: Becker, Eric P Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank - Project Schedule Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 11:00:53 AM Attachments: Document1.docx J ackson Park Replacement_Master Schedule and Critical Dates.xlsx David,
I am sending you a document that I utilized for the construction of Jackson Park Elementary School. Please revise this document for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank - Project Schedule. See me if you have any questions.
Richard From: Marc Stiles To: Tom Redman; Teresa Wippel Subject: Re: Downtown school Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 10:32:39 AM Attachments: image.png image.png Thanks, Tom and Teresa. Mar c St i l es Staff Writer - Commercial Real Estate and Government (206) 876-5406 Twitter: @MarcStilesPSBJ Sign up for a FREE 4-week subscription http://bit.ly/PSBJtrial From: Tom Redman <tlredman@seattleschools.org> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:50:55 +0000 To: Teresa Wippel <tewippel@seattleschools.org>, Marc Stiles <mstiles@bizjournals.com> Subject: Downtown school Hi, Marc, The link to the Wednesday, July 2nd Board Meeting agenda is below: see section VIII Business Action Items and scroll down to number 13. http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/school%20board/13- 14%20agendas/070214agenda/20140702_Agenda.pdf?sessionid=872cd8573258cbc083ac869c7ec4dce5 Best Regards, Tom Redman Capital Communications
From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 9:46 AM To: 'Marc Stiles' Cc: Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: Downtown school Hi Marc: I am copying Tom Redman, our facilities communications manager, on this email, as he is the direct link to this type of information and can keep you apprised of next steps. Teresa
From: Marc Stiles [mailto:mstiles@bizjournals.com] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 9:39 AM To: Wippel, Teresa Subject: Downtown school Hi Teresa, Please keep me apprised on whether or not the district will apply to the federal government to take over the former Federal Reserve Banks branch for a downtown school. I havent yet checked the agenda, but perhaps this will be discussed at the next school board meeting. Is that the case? Thanks, Marc Stiles Staff Writer - Commercial Real Estate and Government (206) 876-5406 Twitter: @MarcStilesPSBJ Sign up for a FREE 4-week subscription http://bit.ly/PSBJtrial From: Standaart, David To: Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip Cc: Becker, Eric P Subject: RE: SPS Downtown School Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 8:10:56 AM Richard, Is District staff costs included in the line for Legal? Generally, that the percentage that is used.--- David
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Monday, J une 30, 2014 7:59 AM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: FW: SPS Downtown School
Flip,
I am reviewing the estimates for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building School and it seems very much within the realm of possibility. A 20% premium compared to our standard elementary schools, but a larger facility and a more complex construction sequence given the limited space that any downtown school would need to pay.
Please call this afternoon to discuss. I am proceeding full steam ahead with our submittal.
Richard
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:46 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: 'Lorne McConachie'; Ross Parker Subject: SPS Downtown School
Hi Richard/All
Attached is a draft of the feasibility estimate for the Downtown School. Also attached is our executive summary describing how we prepared the estimate as well as a recap of the scope and deltas that are above what our elementary schools cost.
I anticipate and welcome questions, comments and adjustments.
I have excluded escalation and noted so on the bottom of the excel summary. Please keep in mind this is a significant number based on a 2018 Levy and/or 2020 Opening.
Thanks much.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Best, Richard L To: Becker, Eric P Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building - Conceptual Design/Environmental Questionaire Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 7:54:33 AM Eric,
I apologize for the late notice but believe that your participation would be helpful concerning this endeavor as I have just received toe cost estimates and the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building School is within the realm of possibility.
Richard
From: Redman, Thomas L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Questions on W-P and downtown school Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 6:18:52 AM Thanks, Flip. Im sorry I even stated that you were on vacation, (based on what Teresa Wippel told me). At any rate, its a good lesson for me. In the future, I wont be making such statements and will just say we will respond as soon as possible. Tom
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 4:26 PM To: Redman, Thomas L Cc: English, Ron Subject: RE: Questions on W-P and downtown school
Tom,
Here are my responses. Sorry, I have been running from one meeting to the next and most definitely not on vacation today:
4) Has the district signed any agreement/MOU with the City about pre-school space/help? Currently, SPS does not have an MOU about PreK with the city. 5) Crosscut has, in its updates about issues around the city on June 24th, this: Downtown Seattle Association, Seattle Public Schools and the City of Seattles proposal to turn the old Federal Reserve Building in Seattle into a public school has moved into a higher gear. I was not aware that these three entities had a proposal nor that they were working together. Is this true? SPS is currently looking at how the building could be used as a school and what configurations would be the most effective. Originally, the City of Seattle was going to submit and application to GSA for the Federal Reserve Building with SPS as a co- applicant. That position has changed, and now SPS would be the primary applicant. The Downtown Seattle Association has stated strong support for a downtown school, but is not an applicant for the building. If so, may I receive a copy of the proposal as soon as it is available? The proposal would be the application and it is still in process and not complete. Does Dr. Herndon have any statement on being able to get a proposal to the feds by the July 3rd deadline? We are working diligently to examine all the ramifications and conditions associated with an application to GSA to use the Federal Reserve Building as a school. We are fully aware of the July 3 rd deadline and anticipate the ability to have something completed by that time.
From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 11:31 AM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: English, Ron Subject: FW: Questions on W-P and downtown school
Fyi.
From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 9:56 AM To: Wippel, Teresa; 'Melissa Westbrook' Subject: RE: Questions on W-P and downtown school
Hi, Melissa, Dr. Herndon is on vacation. I will try to have responses to your questions as soon as possible. Best to you, Tom
From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 9:52 AM To: 'Melissa Westbrook' Cc: Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: Questions on W-P and downtown school
Melissa I am asking Tom Redman (copied here) to research answers to your questions, as he is the facilities communications person. Teresa
From: Melissa Westbrook [mailto:westello@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 9:50 AM To: Wippel, Teresa Subject: Questions on W-P and downtown school
Dear Teresa, I have a couple of questions. 1) I note that the district has hired the law firm of McCullough, Hill, Leary to represent its interests in Wilson-Pacific. Could you tell me why that was done and the costs for this work to the district? 2) Also, the letter sent by MHL by G. Richard Hill on June 20,2014 references "condemning single family homes as needed to expand the site." Further, Richard Best in Capital Planning in a letter dated June 25, 2014 to the Development Standards Advisory Ctm said, "This will result in severely compromised fields that adversely affect the education of the children or the District could expand the site through exercising the power of eminent domain, as it has done in the past." Could you let me know when the district last used the "power of eminent domain?" Date/building/circumstance? 3) Is there any word on updates about the Board and their considerations should Superintendent Banda leave? 4) Has the district signed any agreement/MOU with the City about pre-school space/help? 5) Crosscut has, in its updates about issues around the city on June 24th, this: Downtown Seattle Association, Seattle Public Schools and the City of Seattles proposal to turn the old Federal Reserve Building in Seattle into a public school has moved into a higher gear. I was not aware that these three entities had a proposal nor that they were working together. Is this true? If so, may I receive a copy of the proposal as soon as it is available? Does Dr. Herndon have any statement on being able to get a proposal to the feds by the July 3rd deadline? Thanks, Melissa Westbrook Seattle Schools Community Forum blog From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Re: Fed Reserve building Date: Monday, J une 30, 2014 6:03:24 AM I will call Yolanda today to make that inquiry. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2014, at 10:02 PM, "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> wrote: Also, do we have any idea about how long DOE or GSA will take to review our application? Just don't know if it will be 12-18 months or 6 weeks like with the Homeless Coalition? From: <Herndon>, SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Date: Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:00 PM To: "English, Ron" <renglish@seattleschools.org>, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Subject: FW: Fed Reserve building Ron, You can see the language. I explained that we already have money set aside for exploring the feasibility of a downtown school, so the spend no money provision to me doesn't make as much sense. The resolution is just a hoop that is required for the application. We wouldn't pull the trigger without getting more feedback and a much healthier conversation with the board. It's just our timeline is short. However, we do need to get the resolution up asap on Monday if possible. Thanks for all the work and I'm available by phone or email. -Flip From: <Peaslee>, Sharon D <sdpeaslee@seattleschools.org> Date: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:04 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Subject: Fed Reserve building Hi Flip,
I just read the BAR and couldn't help but notice that there's no Resolution attached. Yikes! Intro and action without staff analysis, committee review, public engagement-- and the Res isn't even available?! Or am I missing the Resolution in some other email???
This violates way too many norms and my inclination is to pull it. For it to even be considered the Res must state the following:
We will take sufficient time to analyze fiscal impacts and impacts on capitol projects and priorities. There will be adequate public engagement. We will not commit until a full analysis is completed and reviewed by Operations and Audit & Finance. Fiscal impact must be zero until such analysis and review have been committed, other than staff time to complete analysis.
Ron or someone needs to vet that these conditions can be met. Please let me know on Monday if we can add all this to the Resolution. I'm not opposed to a discussion at the Wed meeting, but am feeling very strongly that this isn't ready for a vote.
thanks,
Sharon Peaslee Seattle School Board President From: Herndon, Flip To: Peaslee, Sharon D Subject: Re: Fed Reserve building Date: Sunday, J une 29, 2014 8:21:06 PM Attachments: 140629.resolution.doc Sharon, Attached is the resolution. We have money already set aside for study for a downtown school in BEX IV, so that is the money we are tapping for doing the study. Staff time is not enough to do the thorough analysis. We contract out typically for many of the capital impacts. We are doing the same for other renovation projects. Again, we can run our process with public engagement but the DOE and GSA just want a resolution. We can have the resolution up Monday. -Flip P.s. Ron English drafted this resolution, so I know he has at least looked at it. From: <Peaslee>, Sharon D <sdpeaslee@seattleschools.org> Date: Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:04 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Subject: Fed Reserve building Hi Flip,
I just read the BAR and couldn't help but notice that there's no Resolution attached. Yikes! Intro and action without staff analysis, committee review, public engagement-- and the Res isn't even available?! Or am I missing the Resolution in some other email???
This violates way too many norms and my inclination is to pull it. For it to even be considered the Res must state the following:
We will take sufficient time to analyze fiscal impacts and impacts on capitol projects and priorities. There will be adequate public engagement. We will not commit until a full analysis is completed and reviewed by Operations and Audit & Finance. Fiscal impact must be zero until such analysis and review have been committed, other than staff time to complete analysis.
Ron or someone needs to vet that these conditions can be met. Please let me know on Monday if we can add all this to the Resolution. I'm not opposed to a discussion at the Wed meeting, but am feeling very strongly that this isn't ready for a vote.
thanks,
Sharon Peaslee Seattle School Board President From: Carr, Sherry L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Fed Reserve, PreK, Eckstein Updates Date: Saturday, J une 28, 2014 9:16:36 AM Thank you for the updates. Im confident the emails from Eckstein and Bryant communities are a result of the success of recent email campaigns. I think we can expect more, especially if they continue to work.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 9:27 AM To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; McLaren, Martha; Peters, Susan M; Martin-Morris, Harium; Banda, J ose L Subject: Fed Reserve, PreK, Eckstein Updates
Good Morning Board Members and Superintendent,
Attached is a narrative of the updates on the Fed Reserve/Downtown school, PreK, and Eckstein. Please feel free to call or email if you have any additional questions or comments.
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Patu, Betty To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Fed Reserve, PreK, Eckstein Updates Date: Saturday, J une 28, 2014 2:23:19 AM Hi Flip,
Thank you so much for this report! It was very clear and to the point!
Have a blessed day!
Betty Patu Seattle School Board District #7 206.252.0040
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 9:26 AM To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; McLaren, Martha; Peters, Susan M; Martin-Morris, Harium; Banda, J ose L Subject: Fed Reserve, PreK, Eckstein Updates Good Morning Board Members and Superintendent,
Attached is a narrative of the updates on the Fed Reserve/Downtown school, PreK, and Eckstein. Please feel free to call or email if you have any additional questions or comments.
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Herndon, Flip To: Pham, Kathie T Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building Item Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:51:35 PM Attachments: image001.png image002.png No. I don't have the resolution. From: <Pham>, Kathie T <ktpham@seattleschools.org> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:50 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Item Thanks, Flip. One other thing, do you happen to have the resolution for this item that you can send to me by 5pm today?
If not, I will add a fourth bullet point for the attachments section in the BAR, with the following information: Resolution (to be added). We can add the resolution to the BAR on Monday. K
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:33 PM To: Pham, Kathie T Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building Item
We don't need to include it, but I thought it might outline the applicable. I believe the CFR is Code of Federal Regulations.
From: <Pham>, Kathie T <ktpham@seattleschools.org> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:29 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Item
Hey Flip,
Can you let me know what title I should use for the CFR attachment?
I have the following titles of the other attachments, let me know if I need to make any changes.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:11 PM To: Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine; Sebring, Linda; Best, Richard L Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building Item
Kathie,
Attached is the application (blank because we are still working on completing it at this time).
That's what I have for supporting documents.
Thanks again,
-Flip
From: <Pham>, Kathie T <ktpham@seattleschools.org> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:01 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Bath, Christine" <cbath@seattleschools.org>, "Sebring, Linda" <lmsebring@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Item
Paper copy is fine, if you scan it then I can add it to the BAR once we post.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:00 PM To: Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine; Sebring, Linda Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building Item
Kathie,
The BAR should have been with the routing sheet. I'm attaching the map that shows the distribution of students. I'll see if I can find an electronic copy of the actual application. I might only have a paper copy. Richard has had most sent to him, but he was out ill today.
Let me see what I can find.
Thanks,
-Flip
From: <Pham>, Kathie T <ktpham@seattleschools.org> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:57 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Bath, Christine" <cbath@seattleschools.org> Subject: Federal Reserve Building Item
Hi Flip,
I received the completed routing form from Linda Sebring, can you send me the BAR and supporting documents for this item? We will get it posted on the agenda. Thanks much, Kathie
From: Pham, Kathie T To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Bath, Christine; Sebring, Linda; Best, Richard L; Hale, Theresa L Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Item Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:12:31 PM Attachments: image001.png image002.png Thanks, Flip! Ill add the attachments to the BAR.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:11 PM To: Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine; Sebring, Linda; Best, Richard L Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building Item
Kathie,
Attached is the application (blank because we are still working on completing it at this time).
That's what I have for supporting documents.
Thanks again,
-Flip
From: <Pham>, Kathie T <ktpham@seattleschools.org> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:01 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Bath, Christine" <cbath@seattleschools.org>, "Sebring, Linda" <lmsebring@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Item
Paper copy is fine, if you scan it then I can add it to the BAR once we post.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:00 PM To: Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine; Sebring, Linda Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building Item
Kathie,
The BAR should have been with the routing sheet. I'm attaching the map that shows the distribution of students. I'll see if I can find an electronic copy of the actual application. I might only have a paper copy. Richard has had most sent to him, but he was out ill today.
Let me see what I can find.
Thanks,
-Flip
From: <Pham>, Kathie T <ktpham@seattleschools.org> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:57 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Bath, Christine" <cbath@seattleschools.org> Subject: Federal Reserve Building Item
Hi Flip,
I received the completed routing form from Linda Sebring, can you send me the BAR and supporting documents for this item? We will get it posted on the agenda. Thanks much, Kathie
From: Herndon, Flip To: Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine; Sebring, Linda; Best, Richard L Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building Item Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:11:20 PM Attachments: image002.png image003.png 34 CFR 12 (7-1-10)[2].pdf Application[2].doc Kathie, Attached is the application (blank because we are still working on completing it at this time). That's what I have for supporting documents. Thanks again, -Flip From: <Pham>, Kathie T <ktpham@seattleschools.org> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:01 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Bath, Christine" <cbath@seattleschools.org>, "Sebring, Linda" <lmsebring@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Item Paper copy is fine, if you scan it then I can add it to the BAR once we post.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:00 PM To: Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine; Sebring, Linda Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building Item
Kathie,
The BAR should have been with the routing sheet. I'm attaching the map that shows the distribution of students. I'll see if I can find an electronic copy of the actual application. I might only have a paper copy. Richard has had most sent to him, but he was out ill today.
Let me see what I can find.
Thanks,
-Flip
From: <Pham>, Kathie T <ktpham@seattleschools.org> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:57 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Bath, Christine" <cbath@seattleschools.org> Subject: Federal Reserve Building Item
Hi Flip,
I received the completed routing form from Linda Sebring, can you send me the BAR and supporting documents for this item? We will get it posted on the agenda. Thanks much, Kathie
From: Herndon, Flip To: Sebring, Linda Subject: Re: Fed Reserve BAR Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:07:39 PM Great. Thanks! Have a great weekend. From: <Sebring>, Linda <lmsebring@seattleschools.org> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:06 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Subject: RE: Fed Reserve BAR BAR has the superintendents signature and is in the Board office.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 1:42 PM To: Sebring, Linda Subject: Re: Fed Reserve BAR
Helpful. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2014, at 1:38 PM, "Sebring, Linda" <lmsebring@seattleschools.org> wrote: Here are some quick data related to school staff. Not a lot of staff in the building today so dont know if we can get all of the other costs. Custodial would be square footage. Wendy in food services should also be able to get an estimate. I suggest we pattern information on a school that we already have if that makes sense. For instance:
Schmitz Park and View Ridge are about 600 for next year, and their WSS is approximately $3.5M. If you are just talking core office staffing then it would be $486K.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 1:32 PM To: Sebring, Linda Subject: Re: Fed Reserve BAR
Both if possible. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2014, at 1:20 PM, "Sebring, Linda" <lmsebring@seattleschools.org> wrote: Are you just looking for the educational core staff from us or are you also looking for cost estimates for custodial, maintenance, food services, etc?
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 12:47 PM To: Best, Richard L; Wolf, J oseph A; Sebring, Linda; Heath, Shauna L Subject: Fed Reserve BAR
All,
How much do we budget to run/staff a 600 elementary building? Trying to fill out a BAR to submit today for action on Wednesday.
Thanks,
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Pham, Kathie T To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Bath, Christine; Sebring, Linda Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Item Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:01:04 PM Attachments: image002.png image003.png Thanks, Flip. We also need the MS word version of the BAR. Can you send that to me?
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 4:00 PM To: Pham, Kathie T Cc: Bath, Christine; Sebring, Linda Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building Item
Kathie,
The BAR should have been with the routing sheet. I'm attaching the map that shows the distribution of students. I'll see if I can find an electronic copy of the actual application. I might only have a paper copy. Richard has had most sent to him, but he was out ill today.
Let me see what I can find.
Thanks,
-Flip
From: <Pham>, Kathie T <ktpham@seattleschools.org> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:57 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Bath, Christine" <cbath@seattleschools.org> Subject: Federal Reserve Building Item
Hi Flip,
I received the completed routing form from Linda Sebring, can you send me the BAR and supporting documents for this item? We will get it posted on the agenda. Thanks much, Kathie
From: Stroud, Yolanda To: Herndon, Flip; Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 3:25:03 PM Attachments: Eligible program examples draft gmb (3).pdf Afternoon: This will depend on your application. Thanks. See attached.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 3:45 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda; Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
All,
One clarification. Is there any cost in acquiring the property/building from GSA? Are there any fees associated with the transfer of title? Just having to get something ready for our board meeting on Wednesday.
Thank you,
-Flip
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:44 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Herndon, Flip; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard: The attachment did not forward but I am sure what James advised is correct. We are in the process of updating our application by years end and apologize if any documents were missing or provided in error. I am again attaching the application documents to ensure nothing has been left out. Please contact me with any additional questions.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 1:55 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Flip Herndon; Stroud, Yolanda Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - GSA has nothing to do with the application. You need to be talking to Yolanda Stroud with the US Dept of Ed. The attached letter is a template of the Dept of Ed letter to the prospective applicant not a GSA app cover letter. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:50 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
When reviewing the GSA application cover letter I initially thought we were supposed to complete this document and submit with our application. As we began working on that document I am beginning to question if this was not a document that GSA was to complete and provide City of Seattle/Seattle Public Schools. Do we need to submit his cover letter with our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building? If we do who can I ask for some assistance concerning the later responses to insert?
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:13 PM To: Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building
Can you please modify the attached document. Address to:
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
(202) 536-8963 (work cell is best contact)
The federal name for the property is the The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, WA.
Then place on District letter head electronically?
Yolanda would like to receive an electronic copy of our Downtown Federal Reserve Building application.
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
<GSA Application cover ltr - April 2012.doc> From: Ross Parker To: Best, Richard L Cc: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Subject: RE: Scanned Federal Application Property Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 12:31:28 PM Richard,
Here are my edits:
2A. The subject property for this application is the former Federal Reserve Bank Building located at 1015 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104. The current building is located on approximately 0.60 acres and has four above-grade stories, one lower level partially below grade, one full basement, and rooftop mechanical penthouses, for a total of approximately 108,500 gross square feet. The building is listed on the National Register for Historic Places. The proposal for this application increases the usable square footage by approximately 10,500 g.s.f., by adding floor area on the 2 nd , 3 rd , and 4 th floors to the west and a covered activity area and stairwells on the western portion of the roof.
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 3:37 PM To: Ross Parker Subject: FW: Scanned Federal Application Property Importance: High
Please review and edit the attached document.
From: Standaart, David Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:45 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Scanned Federal Application Property
Richard, I think this will cover item 2 A. of the application. Need to include square footage of proposed addition of space.---David
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:34 PM To: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Scanned Federal Application Property
Ross,
I would like to review a hard copy of the documents on Monday at our 9:00 AM meeting here at the Stanford Center, then receive the documents electronically to submit to DOE.
Richard
From: Ross Parker [mailto:rparker@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:28 PM To: Best, Richard L; Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Scanned Federal Application Property
Richard,
Below is the draft of our responses to the items in the Application flagged for Bassetti to address:
4E. It is proposed that the sole existing building on the site be largely retained. Selective demolition is proposed: - west wall and northwest stair tower above the 2 nd floor along the west side against the alley; - portions of the rooftop penthouses housing service spaces; - miscellaneous roof-mounted mechanical equipment at the 1 st floor terraces and rooftop levels; - interior partitions, stairs, systems, finishes, and interior surfaces of exterior walls; - windows and glass block fenestrations, to provide seismic and energy code-compliant windows; - selective interior structural modifications for seismic upgrades and to accommodate larger program elements (i.e. gymnasium); - the main entry doors and lobby elements that do not meet current life safety or accessibility requirements of the current building code; these would be replaced with new, code-compliant elements designed to match the materials, color, and other properties of the existing elements as closely as possible.
4F. Building Name/Description: Existing Federal Reserve Bank Building. Proposed Use: K-5 Elementary School with an Elementary and Pre-Kindergarten childcare program. Date Use to Begin: Within years of date of possession (SPS to advise) Approximate Cost: ___________ 4H. Drawings Exhibits: __________
6A. Cost: - estimated construction cost (Per Robinson Company estimate) Please let us know if you require this in a different format than the above or than in the report we are currently preparing, or we have missed anything.
Regards,
Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 8:19 AM To: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles; Ross Parker Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Scanned Federal Application Property
All,
Attached is a copy of the application concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building. We have noted the responsibilities in the right margin of the document for each question. We are reviewing internally at 11:00 AM today and will advise of any changes.
Richard
From: Bath, Christine Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 8:05 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Scanned Federal Application Property
Here you go.
Chris ______________________________________________________
Christine Bath Executive Assistant | Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools | Cubicle: 2041 Mailstop 22-330 | PO Box 34165 | Seattle WA 98124-1165 Phone: 206-252-0644 | FAX: 206 -743-3041 Email: cbath@seattleschools.org
From: Bennett, Erinn P To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: can you help? Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 9:55:29 AM Sure, what do you need?
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 9:48 AM To: Bennett, Erinn P Subject: can you help?
Erinn,
Im wondering if you might help me with a BAR today. Its a last minute add for Wednesday, but a must for our application for the Fed Reserve. Do you have a few minutes (hopefully)?
Thanks,
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Herndon, Flip To: Peaslee, Sharon D; emercer@drizzle.com Subject: RE: downtown building? Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 9:44:32 AM Good Morning,
As has been quoted in several news articles already, SPS is working on completing an application for the old Federal Reserve building downtown for a school. It does require quite a bit of work and we do not have money on hand right now to do all the work. SPS is the primary applicant and that has changed from what was originally intended. The original applicant was going to be the City of Seattle, but that changed about a week ago.
July 3 rd is the deadline, there is no flexibility on that date (we have asked several times). GSA could take up to 18 months to review the application, but given the speed with which they reviewed the previously application, I wouldnt be surprised if we heard back much earlier than that.
Yes, enrollment concerns are factored within our planning and decision making about space for all parts of the city. However, there are parameters associated with the Federal Reserve building that we would have to work within. It is a good opportunity, but not a guarantee that we will receive the building. We will know more after our application is reviewed.
-Flip
From: Peaslee, Sharon D Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 1:00 PM To: emercer@drizzle.com Cc: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: downtown building?
Hi Eden,
I'm going to let Flip respond to this and ask that he copy me so that I don't pass on any misinformation.
best,
Sharon Peaslee Seattle School Board President From: Eden Mack [emercer@drizzle.com] Sent: Monday, J une 23, 2014 5:29 PM To: Peaslee, Sharon D Cc: Herndon, Flip Subject: downtown building? Hello Director Peaslee,
Im curious to learn if SPS plans to pursue the federal building downtown.
I heard from a reputable federal source that there was a joint application (or letter) submitted by SPS and the City for the building? Was that the original letter? Is there a plan to meet the current July 3 deadline?
As you know, SCPTSA is concerned about how we are going to address our growing enrollment in the coming years when we already know that BEX IV is not enough. While the funds dont exist now to remodel this building, it seems like the savings on the cost of the land might be worth it in the long run. Free land is hard to come by, particularly in the densely developed parts of the city.
The City is continuing to build housing downtown like crazy.
Thanks,
Eden Mack, Legislative Chair Seattle Council of Parent, Teacher and Student Associations www.seattlecouncilptsa.org Direct line: 206-240-6648
From: Herndon, Flip To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Blanford, Stephan; Carr, Sherry L; McLaren, Martha; Peters, Susan M; Martin- Morris, Harium; Banda, J ose L Subject: Fed Reserve, PreK, Eckstein Updates Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 9:26:51 AM Attachments: Fed Reserve update.docx Good Morning Board Members and Superintendent,
Attached is a narrative of the updates on the Fed Reserve/Downtown school, PreK, and Eckstein. Please feel free to call or email if you have any additional questions or comments.
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: English, Ron To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: BAR for Wednesday? Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 9:06:52 AM Thought i senty it out yesterday for comments. From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 9:06 AM To: English, Ron Subject: RE: BAR for Wednesday? Did you start a BAR already?
From: English, Ron Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 9:06 AM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: BAR for Wednesday?
Sent wrong message.
i will prepare a resolution over the weekend, that can be posted on monday.
Go ahead and post the BAR today. From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 8:34 AM To: English, Ron Subject: RE: BAR for Wednesday? No. Remember, this is the one that needed to be completed before we can submit our application for the Fed Reserve building. Without the board resolution, our application will be rejected after they read the second question.
From: English, Ron Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 8:33 AM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: BAR for Wednesday?
This is not what I intended. I don't have time today before I leave. Can we wait a week or two? From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 8:27 AM To: English, Ron Subject: BAR for Wednesday? Ron,
Did you get a chance to do a first draft of a BAR for the Fed Reserve resolution? Just want to make sure I can get it to Theresa today to post for Wednesday.
Thanks,
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Stroud, Yolanda To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Flip Herndon; W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Friday, J une 27, 2014 5:44:41 AM Attachments: 34 CFR 12 (7-1-10).pdf Eligible program examples draft gmb.docx environmental questionnaire.doc P&M Guidelines for application.doc Application.doc Richard: The attachment did not forward but I am sure what James advised is correct. We are in the process of updating our application by years end and apologize if any documents were missing or provided in error. I am again attaching the application documents to ensure nothing has been left out. Please contact me with any additional questions.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 27, 2014 1:55 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Bath, Christine; Kenny Pittman; Flip Herndon; Stroud, Yolanda Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - GSA has nothing to do with the application. You need to be talking to Yolanda Stroud with the US Dept of Ed. The attached letter is a template of the Dept of Ed letter to the prospective applicant not a GSA app cover letter. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:50 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
When reviewing the GSA application cover letter I initially thought we were supposed to complete this document and submit with our application. As we began working on that document I am beginning to question if this was not a document that GSA was to complete and provide City of Seattle/Seattle Public Schools. Do we need to submit his cover letter with our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building? If we do who can I ask for some assistance concerning the later responses to insert?
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:13 PM To: Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building
Can you please modify the attached document. Address to:
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
(202) 536-8963 (work cell is best contact)
The federal name for the property is the The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, WA.
Then place on District letter head electronically?
Yolanda would like to receive an electronic copy of our Downtown Federal Reserve Building application.
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
<GSA Application cover ltr - April 2012.doc> From: Herndon, Flip To: Peters, Susan M Cc: Banda, J ose L Subject: Re: [DO NOT REPLY ALL] - Update on the Federal Building / downtown school option? (per Crosscut item) Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 5:57:15 PM Sue, I had a phone conference yesterday with Dept of Ed and a meeting today with the city. I will be sending and update on both the Fed Reserve and PreK either later tonight or tomorrow morning. The short answer is, there are some slight differences from the earlier updates I have sent on the Fed Reserve as we have fully reviewed the application, but this would not be a purchase, it would be receiving the building from GSA at no cost. Renovations would have substantial costs. Again, more details with 24 hours. -Flip Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2014, at 5:46 PM, "Peters, Susan M" <sue.peters@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Flip and J ose, Can you please share with the Board an update on the Federal Building / downtown school option? According to an item in Crosscut on 6/24, some sort of joint plan with the city is moving ahead: Pushing for a downtown school Downtown Seattle Association, Seattle Public Schools and the City of Seattles proposal to turn the old Federal Reserve Building in Seattle into a public school has moved into a higher gear. The federal Department of Health and Human Services recently turned down Compass Housing Alliances proposal to turn the downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building into a homeless shelter and center, due to inadequate financial resources, according to a letter from the Department of Health & Human Services. (Compass has not returned a call for comment.) Even though the J uly 3 application deadline is rapidly approaching, Downtown Seattle Association Vice President of Advocacy & Economic Development J on Scholes said the process is running smoothly. We have a good shot, Scholes said, adding that high utilization of the 90,000 square-foot building which could serve about 660 students is one of the proposals strengths. E.W. http://crosscut.com/2014/06/24/thedailytroll/120703/daily-troll-school-snacks-migrant- kids-pot/ Is this accurate? Is SPS planning to enter into an agreement with the city to purchase the building? If so, what would be the funding source, and details? Thanks in advance for any info. Regards, Sue Sue Peters Seattle School Board Director - District IV sue.peters@seattleschools.org 206-252-0040 / Fax 206-252-0101 From: Ross Parker To: Best, Richard L Cc: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Subject: SPS - Federal Reserve Building study - Monday meeting Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 5:45:11 PM Richard,
We will bring the documents (including the cost estimate) to the JSCEE Monday 9:00 AM meeting. Are you wanting The Robinson Company to attend? Sharon Kennedy can attend from 10:45; Dan Cassady might be available at 9, but we wont know his schedule until he returns into town late Sunday.
Regards,
Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:34 PM To: Ross Parker; Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Scanned Federal Application Property Importance: High
Ross,
I would like to review a hard copy of the documents on Monday at our 9:00 AM meeting here at the Stanford Center, then receive the documents electronically to submit to DOE.
Richard
From: Ross Parker [mailto:rparker@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:28 PM To: Best, Richard L; Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Scanned Federal Application Property
Richard,
Below is the draft of our responses to the items in the Application flagged for Bassetti to address:
4E. It is proposed that the sole existing building on the site be largely retained. Selective demolition is proposed: - west wall and northwest stair tower above the 2 nd floor along the west side against the alley; - portions of the rooftop penthouses housing service spaces; - miscellaneous roof-mounted mechanical equipment at the 1 st floor terraces and rooftop levels; - interior partitions, stairs, systems, finishes, and interior surfaces of exterior walls; - windows and glass block fenestrations, to provide seismic and energy code-compliant windows; - selective interior structural modifications for seismic upgrades and to accommodate larger program elements (i.e. gymnasium); - the main entry doors and lobby elements that do not meet current life safety or accessibility requirements of the current building code; these would be replaced with new, code-compliant elements designed to match the materials, color, and other properties of the existing elements as closely as possible.
4F. Building Name/Description: Existing Federal Reserve Bank Building. Proposed Use: K-5 Elementary School with an Elementary and Pre-Kindergarten childcare program. Date Use to Begin: Within years of date of possession (SPS to advise) Approximate Cost: ___________ 4H. Drawings Exhibits: __________
6A. Cost: - estimated construction cost (Per Robinson Company estimate) Please let us know if you require this in a different format than the above or than in the report we are currently preparing, or we have missed anything.
Regards,
Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 8:19 AM To: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles; Ross Parker Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Scanned Federal Application Property
All,
Attached is a copy of the application concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building. We have noted the responsibilities in the right margin of the document for each question. We are reviewing internally at 11:00 AM today and will advise of any changes.
Richard
From: Bath, Christine Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 8:05 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Scanned Federal Application Property
Here you go.
Chris ______________________________________________________
Christine Bath Executive Assistant | Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools | Cubicle: 2041 Mailstop 22-330 | PO Box 34165 | Seattle WA 98124-1165 Phone: 206-252-0644 | FAX: 206 -743-3041 Email: cbath@seattleschools.org
From: Wang, Tingyu To: Best, Richard L; Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Application For Former Fed Reserve Building Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 3:58:26 PM Attachments: SPS property list J une 2014.xlsx Richard,
I have changed Old Van Asselt to Service and added description early learning center and special education program (please see attached list). Thank you.
Tingyu
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 3:33 PM To: Wang, Tingyu; Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Application For Former Fed Reserve Building
Joe and Tingyu,
Given the recent conversation about Old Van Asselt is the Closed/Vacant designation correct?
Richard
From: Wang, Tingyu Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:53 PM To: Best, Richard L; Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Application For Former Fed Reserve Building
Joe and Richard,
Attached is a list of the district properties. Please let me know if you would like me to change anything. Thanks.
Tingyu
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 4:06 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Wang, Tingyu Subject: RE: Application For Former Fed Reserve Building
Thank you
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 3:56 PM To: Wang, Tingyu Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Application For Former Fed Reserve Building
Tingyu By July 1 Richard needs a list of our properties, including:
- Name - Street Address - Size (acres) - If leased: To whom
This list to include all properties, not just schools.
Let me know what support/additional information you need.
Joe Wolf K-12 Planning Coordinator, Capital Projects and Planning Seattle Public Schools
From: Best, Richard L To: "Ross Parker" Subject: FW: Scanned Federal Application Property Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 3:37:17 PM Attachments: Federal Reserve Bank Application.docx Please review and edit the attached document.
From: Standaart, David Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:45 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Scanned Federal Application Property
Richard, I think this will cover item 2 A. of the application. Need to include square footage of proposed addition of space.---David
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:34 PM To: 'Ross Parker'; Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Scanned Federal Application Property
Ross,
I would like to review a hard copy of the documents on Monday at our 9:00 AM meeting here at the Stanford Center, then receive the documents electronically to submit to DOE.
Richard
From: Ross Parker [mailto:rparker@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:28 PM To: Best, Richard L; Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Scanned Federal Application Property
Richard,
Below is the draft of our responses to the items in the Application flagged for Bassetti to address:
4E. It is proposed that the sole existing building on the site be largely retained. Selective demolition is proposed: - west wall and northwest stair tower above the 2 nd floor along the west side against the alley; - portions of the rooftop penthouses housing service spaces; - miscellaneous roof-mounted mechanical equipment at the 1 st floor terraces and rooftop levels; - interior partitions, stairs, systems, finishes, and interior surfaces of exterior walls; - windows and glass block fenestrations, to provide seismic and energy code-compliant windows; - selective interior structural modifications for seismic upgrades and to accommodate larger program elements (i.e. gymnasium); - the main entry doors and lobby elements that do not meet current life safety or accessibility requirements of the current building code; these would be replaced with new, code-compliant elements designed to match the materials, color, and other properties of the existing elements as closely as possible.
4F. Building Name/Description: Existing Federal Reserve Bank Building. Proposed Use: K-5 Elementary School with an Elementary and Pre-Kindergarten childcare program. Date Use to Begin: Within years of date of possession (SPS to advise) Approximate Cost: ___________ 4H. Drawings Exhibits: __________
6A. Cost: - estimated construction cost (Per Robinson Company estimate) Please let us know if you require this in a different format than the above or than in the report we are currently preparing, or we have missed anything.
Regards,
Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP, CEFP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 8:19 AM To: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles; Ross Parker Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Scanned Federal Application Property
All,
Attached is a copy of the application concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building. We have noted the responsibilities in the right margin of the document for each question. We are reviewing internally at 11:00 AM today and will advise of any changes.
Richard
From: Bath, Christine Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 8:05 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Scanned Federal Application Property
Here you go.
Chris ______________________________________________________
Christine Bath Executive Assistant | Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public Schools | Cubicle: 2041 Mailstop 22-330 | PO Box 34165 | Seattle WA 98124-1165 Phone: 206-252-0644 | FAX: 206 -743-3041 Email: cbath@seattleschools.org
From: Best, Richard L To: "W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF" Cc: Bath, Christine Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:50:21 PM Attachments: GSA Application cover ltr - April 2012.doc James,
When reviewing the GSA application cover letter I initially thought we were supposed to complete this document and submit with our application. As we began working on that document I am beginning to question if this was not a document that GSA was to complete and provide City of Seattle/Seattle Public Schools. Do we need to submit his cover letter with our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building? If we do who can I ask for some assistance concerning the later responses to insert?
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:13 PM To: Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building
Can you please modify the attached document. Address to:
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
(202) 536-8963 (work cell is best contact)
The federal name for the property is the The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, WA.
Then place on District letter head electronically?
Yolanda would like to receive an electronic copy of our Downtown Federal Reserve Building application.
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Best, Richard L To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:40:15 PM Joe,
Brent will get you the school-by-school five-year forecast enrollment information tomorrow for the schools adjacent where the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building is located.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:29 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Kroon, Brent R; Freistadt, J ay O Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
All this is the school-by-school five-year forecast that Enrollment Planning produces each spring.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:14 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Please advise.
From: Kroon, Brent R Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:05 PM To: Herndon, Flip; Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard, when you say 5 year forecast what do you mean exactly?
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:04 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Kroon, Brent R Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Check with Brent Kroon. Sent from my iPad On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:00 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip,
To respond to the questionnaire concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building we would have the new 5-year forecast to do this work. Do you know when that document will be available from Enrollment Planning?
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: Kroon, Brent R Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:34:53 PM the school-by-school five-year forecast that Enrollment Planning produces each spring.
From: Kroon, Brent R Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:16 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Let me come and talk to you quickly..
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:15 PM To: Kroon, Brent R Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
We are looking for a 5-year enrollment forecast that we could utilize for our application submission concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
From: Kroon, Brent R Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:05 PM To: Herndon, Flip; Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard, when you say 5 year forecast what do you mean exactly?
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:04 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Kroon, Brent R Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building
Check with Brent Kroon. Sent from my iPad On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:00 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip,
To respond to the questionnaire concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building we would have the new 5-year forecast to do this work. Do you know when that document will be available from Enrollment Planning?
Richard From: Teddy, Richard - (SEA) To: rlbest@seattleschools.org Subject: [QUARANTINED] Federal Reserve Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:28:51 PM Importance: Low Richard, can Turner assist in the analysis of the Federal Reserve building conversion to an Elementary school?
Richard Teddy Project Executive Turner Construction Company 830 4 th Ave S, Ste 400 Seattle, WA 98134 Phone 206-396-3573 rteddy@tcco.com
From: Best, Richard L To: Bath, Christine Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 2:12:51 PM Attachments: GSA Application cover ltr - April 2012.doc Can you please modify the attached document. Address to:
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
(202) 536-8963 (work cell is best contact)
The federal name for the property is the The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building in Seattle, WA.
Then place on District letter head electronically?
Yolanda would like to receive an electronic copy of our Downtown Federal Reserve Building application.
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Wolf, J oseph A To: Best, Richard L Cc: Richardson, Christopher L Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg. Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 1:57:06 PM Richard: I will work with Chris to prepare a response that is in the context of how we (SPS) calculates capacity and need for space.
Again, ideally we would have the new 5-year forecast to do this work. Please communicate that to Flip when you have the opportunity. Thanks.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 1:52 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Richardson, Christopher L Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Joe,
We have no further direction and will look to you as to how to best respond to that question. Utilizing the state standards will hurt our response as they are an artificially low square footage allocation that most school districts in the State of Washington do not utilize.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 1:42 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Richardson, Christopher L Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Richard: Do we have more direction on answering question 5.C. of the application?
We have an analysis of capacity versus projected enrollment broken out by region and can attach that with some context narrative from me. The issue is that for it to be completely up-to-date, we need the new 5-year forecasts from Enrollment Planning and a bit of time to apply them to our data set.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 8:12 AM To: 'Stroud, Yolanda' Cc: wjames.biederman@gsa.gov; 'Ross Parker'; Wolf, J oseph A; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David; Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Yolanda,
Please confirm that it is you Seattle Public Schools will submit the application??? You desire to receive it electronically??? This is the correct e-mail address to submit the application???
Richard
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 7:07 AM To: Pittman, Kenny; Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip Cc: wjames.biederman@gsa.gov Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Good Morning: I spoke with GSA this morning and they are firm on the submittal date. The application should be submitted by COB July3rd. Thanks so much.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 3:09 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda; Best, Richard L (rlbest@seattleschools.org); Herndon, Flip (ltherndon@seattleschools.org) Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Hi Yolanda,
Nice talking to you this morning.
Here is Jim Biedermans e-mail dated April 4 th regarding the city and school district working together.
Again, thank you for all your assistance.
Kenny
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Monday, J une 02, 2014 11:41 AM To: J ohnson, Gary; LTHerndon@seattleschools.org; Pittman, Kenny Cc: Stroud, Yolanda; Iain Hastings; Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
We learned today that HHS has rejected the homeless application for inadequate financial resources. See the letter from HHS attached. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can perfect and submit an application for educational use within 30 days that shows adequate funding availability. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:07 AM, W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> wrote:
This email is to clarify that GSA has no problem with the city and the school district working together on utilization of this building for broader education uses. In the event the homeless application is not approved, you of course need to be ready to submit the application to Ms Yolanda Stroud in a timely manner -- doing that should be facilitated by the Homeless Coalition's willingness to share all of its due diligence investigations and reports, Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, Wa 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
From: Best, Richard L To: "Lloyd Skinner" Cc: Wolf, J oseph A; Ross Parker; Ikuno Masterson Subject: RE: Proposal for Environmental Services related to the Federal Reserve Building Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 1:12:08 PM Yes, please do call Ross when needed.
From: Lloyd Skinner [mailto:LSkinner@esassoc.com] Sent: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 1:07 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Wolf, J oseph A; Ross Parker; Ikuno Masterson Subject: Re: Proposal for Environmental Services related to the Federal Reserve Building
I'm thinking we'll practically be done by then, Richard. We can just give Ross a call if that's OK.
Lloyd On Jun 25, 2014, at 12:58 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Lloyd and Joe,
Should I arrange a meeting for Monday, June 30, 2014, with Bassetti Architects to discuss the project then visit the site? They and their consultant team are slammed right now getting the conceptual layout of the school completed and cost estimate prepared. Unfortunately the schedule GSA created for this effort will not support much else. Please advise ASAP.
Richard
From: Lloyd Skinner [mailto:LSkinner@esassoc.com] Sent: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 12:50 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Proposal for Environmental Services related to the Federal Reserve Building
Hi, Joe
ESA is able to respond to this request for environmental services related to possible SPS use of the Federal Reserve Bank Building in downtown Seattle WA. Following is ESAs proposal for these services:
ESA was contracted (SPS Contract No. K1064) to provide environmental services in support of the BEX IV capital program. ESA now proposes Contract Modification No. 3 to that contract, to shift remaining funds to a new task, called Environmental Services Related to the Federal Reserve Building. As discussed in the BEX IV Environmental Impact Statement, a downtown school was identified as a possibility during review of alternatives for BEX IV. Proposed new services are related to implementation of the BEX IV capital program.
The new scope of work would be as follows: Objective: ESA will complete the Environmental Questionaire required for transfer of federal property to non-federal ownership, in support of potential use of the Federal Reserve Building by SPS for a downtown school. Tasks o Meet with SPS and Bassetti Architects to gather information about the SPS proposal o Visit the project site o Prepare draft responses to the Environmental Questionaire, using readily available existing information o Provide copy of draft responses to SPS for review o Revise and finalize Environmental Questionaire Schedule o Finalized Environmental Questionaire to be provided to SPS by July 1, 2014. Assumptions o Questionaire will be completed using readily available existing information. Traffic modeling, visual resources modeling, or analysis of historic resources beyond readily available information is not included. o Responding to comments and requests for additional information or revisions from federal or other reviewers following submittal on July 1 is not included in the scope of work, and may require modifications to the scope, schedule, and budget. Budget o This Modification No. 3 would be a no-cost modification. o Modification No. 2 to Contract K1064 (copy attached) included additional budget of $16,961. Approximately $12,400 of that budget was spent. ESA proposes that the remaining $4,560 be transferred to Modification No. 3, allowing ESA to invoice for work required to complete the scope of work described above. o Work would be charged at ESAs standard billing rates. o If further environmental services are needed in support of the SPS proposal, such as responding to federal requests for revisions or SPS SEPA review, additional funding may be requested.
Joe, I hope this proposal meets your needs. Please let me know if you need anything else. Thank you, Richard, for your email last evening indicating that the earlier general description of this approach was acceptable. Well get started as soon as I hear that this proposal is acceptable.
As always, we appreciate the opportunity to work with SPS. We believe very strongly in your mission, and work hard to give you the most cost-effective services available. We will give the assignment our very best effort!
Lloyd
Lloyd Skinner, AICP Senior Vice President | Regional Director ESA | Northwest 5309 Shilshole Avenue NW, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98107 206.789-9658 | 206.789-9684 fax cell 206.919-5090 lskinner@esassoc.com
-----Original Message----- From: Wolf, Joseph A [mailto:jawolf@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:28 PM To: Lloyd Skinner Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Lloyd: Hope this finds you well!
Per below and attached, we need ESA's assistance to complete the environmental questionnaire. Deadline is July 1.
Let me know what additional information you need, and if a contract mod is necessary. Thanks.
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org<mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org>> Date: June 24, 2014 at 11:59:26 AM PDT To: "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org<mailto:jawolf@seattleschools.org>> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Joe,
Per our conversation today my understanding is that Lloyd Skinner will complete the environmental questionnaire. Concerning the format I am thinking that Lloyd Skinner would insert a response after each question regarding our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Building.
Richard From: Redman, Thomas L To: English, Ron; Herndon, Flip Cc: Best, Richard L; Wippel, Teresa Subject: Questions on W-P and downtown school Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 11:51:16 AM Ron, Thanks for answering questions 1 and 2 from Ms. Westbrook-see her email below. Im going to wait until Flip gets back, so I can send responses to all 5 of her questions at the same time. From: English, Ron Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 11:46 AM To: Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: Questions on W-P and downtown school
Mr. Hill has represented the District for over 20 years in land use matters, including SEPA, MUP and Departure proceedings.
If the departure is not approved, and the District has to eliminate or radically reduce playfields, it will be necessary to acquire additional property in the area to meet our educational specifications. We would first seek to purchase adjacent properties, and if that is not successful to use the power of eminent domain. That last occurred in conjunction with the acquisition of land for the African American Academy.
From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 9:52 AM To: 'Melissa Westbrook' Cc: Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: Questions on W-P and downtown school
Melissa I am asking Tom Redman (copied here) to research answers to your questions, as he is the facilities communications person. Teresa
From: Melissa Westbrook [mailto:westello@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 9:50 AM To: Wippel, Teresa Subject: Questions on W-P and downtown school
Dear Teresa, I have a couple of questions. 1) I note that the district has hired the law firm of McCullough, Hill, Leary to represent its interests in Wilson-Pacific. Could you tell me why that was done and the costs for this work to the district? 2) Also, the letter sent by MHL by G. Richard Hill on June 20,2014 references "condemning single family homes as needed to expand the site." Further, Richard Best in Capital Planning in a letter dated June 25, 2014 to the Development Standards Advisory Ctm said, "This will result in severely compromised fields that adversely affect the education of the children or the District could expand the site through exercising the power of eminent domain, as it has done in the past." Could you let me know when the district last used the "power of eminent domain?" Date/building/circumstance? 3) Is there any word on updates about the Board and their considerations should Superintendent Banda leave? 4) Has the district signed any agreement/MOU with the City about pre-school space/help? 5) Crosscut has, in its updates about issues around the city on June 24th, this: Downtown Seattle Association, Seattle Public Schools and the City of Seattles proposal to turn the old Federal Reserve Building in Seattle into a public school has moved into a higher gear. I was not aware that these three entities had a proposal nor that they were working together. Is this true? If so, may I receive a copy of the proposal as soon as it is available? Does Dr. Herndon have any statement on being able to get a proposal to the feds by the July 3rd deadline? Thanks, Melissa Westbrook Seattle Schools Community Forum blog From: Best, Richard L To: "Pittman, Kenny"; Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg. Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 8:57:27 AM We will plan to submit electronically on July 3, 2014.
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 8:56 AM To: Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Hi Richard & Flip,
Sorry, but was not able to pin down a specific date for filing the lawsuit.just they will pursue their options, that includes a lawsuit.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 8:19 AM To: 'Stroud, Yolanda' Cc: wjames.biederman@gsa.gov; 'Ross Parker'; Wolf, J oseph A; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David; Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Thank you will do.
I assume COB means close of business Pacific Standard Time and not East Coast Standard Time.
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 8:14 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: wjames.biederman@gsa.gov; 'Ross Parker'; Wolf, J oseph A; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David; Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Richard: Please submit the application electronically as long as it is complete to Yolanda.stroud@ed.gov
Thanks.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 11:12 AM To: Stroud, Yolanda Cc: wjames.biederman@gsa.gov; 'Ross Parker'; Wolf, J oseph A; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David; Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Yolanda,
Please confirm that it is you Seattle Public Schools will submit the application??? You desire to receive it electronically??? This is the correct e-mail address to submit the application???
Richard
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 7:07 AM To: Pittman, Kenny; Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip Cc: wjames.biederman@gsa.gov Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Good Morning: I spoke with GSA this morning and they are firm on the submittal date. The application should be submitted by COB July3rd. Thanks so much.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 3:09 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda; Best, Richard L (rlbest@seattleschools.org); Herndon, Flip (ltherndon@seattleschools.org) Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Hi Yolanda,
Nice talking to you this morning.
Here is Jim Biedermans e-mail dated April 4 th regarding the city and school district working together.
Again, thank you for all your assistance.
Kenny
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Monday, J une 02, 2014 11:41 AM To: J ohnson, Gary; LTHerndon@seattleschools.org; Pittman, Kenny Cc: Stroud, Yolanda; Iain Hastings; Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
We learned today that HHS has rejected the homeless application for inadequate financial resources. See the letter from HHS attached. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can perfect and submit an application for educational use within 30 days that shows adequate funding availability. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:07 AM, W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> wrote:
This email is to clarify that GSA has no problem with the city and the school district working together on utilization of this building for broader education uses. In the event the homeless application is not approved, you of course need to be ready to submit the application to Ms Yolanda Stroud in a timely manner -- doing that should be facilitated by the Homeless Coalition's willingness to share all of its due diligence investigations and reports, Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, Wa 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
From: Stroud, Yolanda To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg. Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 8:22:44 AM Yes. Pacific Time.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 11:19 AM To: Stroud, Yolanda Cc: wjames.biederman@gsa.gov; 'Ross Parker'; Wolf, J oseph A; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David; Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Thank you will do.
I assume COB means close of business Pacific Standard Time and not East Coast Standard Time.
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 8:14 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: wjames.biederman@gsa.gov; 'Ross Parker'; Wolf, J oseph A; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David; Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Richard: Please submit the application electronically as long as it is complete to Yolanda.stroud@ed.gov
Thanks.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 11:12 AM To: Stroud, Yolanda Cc: wjames.biederman@gsa.gov; 'Ross Parker'; Wolf, J oseph A; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David; Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Yolanda,
Please confirm that it is you Seattle Public Schools will submit the application??? You desire to receive it electronically??? This is the correct e-mail address to submit the application???
Richard
From: Stroud, Yolanda [mailto:Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov] Sent: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 7:07 AM To: Pittman, Kenny; Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip Cc: wjames.biederman@gsa.gov Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg.
Good Morning: I spoke with GSA this morning and they are firm on the submittal date. The application should be submitted by COB July3rd. Thanks so much.
Yolanda Stroud, Realty Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Office of Management, Management Services Department of Education 1999 Bryan Street Suite 1520 Dallas, Texas 75202
Office (214) 661-9599 Cell (202) 536-8963
I welcome your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete the following customer satisfaction survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/frpd_customer_satisfaction
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 3:09 PM To: Stroud, Yolanda; Best, Richard L (rlbest@seattleschools.org); Herndon, Flip (ltherndon@seattleschools.org) Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Hi Yolanda,
Nice talking to you this morning.
Here is Jim Biedermans e-mail dated April 4 th regarding the city and school district working together.
Again, thank you for all your assistance.
Kenny
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Monday, J une 02, 2014 11:41 AM To: J ohnson, Gary; LTHerndon@seattleschools.org; Pittman, Kenny Cc: Stroud, Yolanda; Iain Hastings; Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
We learned today that HHS has rejected the homeless application for inadequate financial resources. See the letter from HHS attached. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can perfect and submit an application for educational use within 30 days that shows adequate funding availability. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:07 AM, W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> wrote:
This email is to clarify that GSA has no problem with the city and the school district working together on utilization of this building for broader education uses. In the event the homeless application is not approved, you of course need to be ready to submit the application to Ms Yolanda Stroud in a timely manner -- doing that should be facilitated by the Homeless Coalition's willingness to share all of its due diligence investigations and reports, Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, Wa 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
From: Best, Richard L To: Graefinghoff, Eva Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire Date: Thursday, J une 26, 2014 8:21:56 AM Eva,
See e-mail below. I put the notebooks back on your chair.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 6:13 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Yes. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 25, 2014, at 4:30 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Joe,
Should I throw the document away???
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 9:32 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Graefinghoff, Eva Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Richard/Eva: Please disregard the hard copy of the FCA from yesterday. We are finding some significant edits that need to happen. We will have a corrected hard copy version available no later than July 7th. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2014, at 6:15 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Yes SPS can support this request. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2014, at 5:22 PM, "Lloyd Skinner" <LSkinner@esassoc.com> wrote: Hi, Joe and Richard
Joe, of course were happy to help SPS with this quick turnaround assignment. I think I have an option here for a way to get started:
We have the old Mod #2 for the BEX IV work, which authorized SEPA EIS Appeal Services for $16,000. We spent about $11,500 on the appeal support, so still have about $4,500 remaining on that contract. The contract and the mod do not have expiration dates, so I think they should still be OK to use. The initial BEX IV EIS contract was signed in November 2011, and Mod 2 was signed in September 2012. The initial contract called for SEPA Analysis for BEX IV Proposals. The BEX IV EIS noted the possibility of a new downtown school, so I think we could argue that the intent is close enough to continue with this previously authorized budget.
What I suggest, if it sounds OK to you (and Ron? Pegi? Contracting people?), is to simply send you an email request for Mod #3, to modify scope with no budget addition, and shift the remaining $4500 over to a new Task for Federal Reserve Building Environmental Services. That would get us started and able to complete a draft of the questionnaire for your review and submittal prior to July 1.
My suspicion is that wed need to do some supplemental work following that first submittal, and we could work on a mod to cover any additional services after the one-week rush is over. $4500 would get us maybe a weeks work of time for a planner to breeze through the 41 questions, but would not be enough to support a traffic analysis, for example, and wed need to keep any other issues pretty contained (e.g., historic resources).
I havent talked to the architect yet, wanted to get your feedback on this approach first. Does this sound like a plan you can support?
Im happy to follow up on other suggestions if this sounds difficult!
Lloyd
-----Original Message----- From: Wolf, Joseph A [mailto:jawolf@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:28 PM To: Lloyd Skinner Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Lloyd: Hope this finds you well!
Per below and attached, we need ESA's assistance to complete the environmental questionnaire. Deadline is July 1.
Let me know what additional information you need, and if a contract mod is necessary. Thanks.
Sent from my iPhone
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From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org<mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org>> Date: June 24, 2014 at 11:59:26 AM PDT To: "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org<mailto:jawolf@seattleschools.org>> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Joe,
Per our conversation today my understanding is that Lloyd Skinner will complete the environmental questionnaire. Concerning the format I am thinking that Lloyd Skinner would insert a response after each question regarding our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Building.
Richard From: Lloyd Skinner To: Wolf, J oseph A Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Proposal for Environmental Services related to the Federal Reserve Building Date: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 12:50:41 PM Attachments: SPS K1064 Mod No. 2.pdf Hi, Joe
ESA is able to respond to this request for environmental services related to possible SPS use of the Federal Reserve Bank Building in downtown Seattle WA. Following is ESAs proposal for these services:
ESA was contracted (SPS Contract No. K1064) to provide environmental services in support of the BEX IV capital program. ESA now proposes Contract Modification No. 3 to that contract, to shift remaining funds to a new task, called Environmental Services Related to the Federal Reserve Building. As discussed in the BEX IV Environmental Impact Statement, a downtown school was identified as a possibility during review of alternatives for BEX IV. Proposed new services are related to implementation of the BEX IV capital program.
The new scope of work would be as follows: Objective: ESA will complete the Environmental Questionaire required for transfer of federal property to non-federal ownership, in support of potential use of the Federal Reserve Building by SPS for a downtown school. Tasks o Meet with SPS and Bassetti Architects to gather information about the SPS proposal o Visit the project site o Prepare draft responses to the Environmental Questionaire, using readily available existing information o Provide copy of draft responses to SPS for review o Revise and finalize Environmental Questionaire Schedule o Finalized Environmental Questionaire to be provided to SPS by July 1, 2014. Assumptions o Questionaire will be completed using readily available existing information. Traffic modeling, visual resources modeling, or analysis of historic resources beyond readily available information is not included. o Responding to comments and requests for additional information or revisions from federal or other reviewers following submittal on July 1 is not included in the scope of work, and may require modifications to the scope, schedule, and budget. Budget o This Modification No. 3 would be a no-cost modification. o Modification No. 2 to Contract K1064 (copy attached) included additional budget of $16,961. Approximately $12,400 of that budget was spent. ESA proposes that the remaining $4,560 be transferred to Modification No. 3, allowing ESA to invoice for work required to complete the scope of work described above. o Work would be charged at ESAs standard billing rates. o If further environmental services are needed in support of the SPS proposal, such as responding to federal requests for revisions or SPS SEPA review, additional funding may be requested.
Joe, I hope this proposal meets your needs. Please let me know if you need anything else. Thank you, Richard, for your email last evening indicating that the earlier general description of this approach was acceptable. Well get started as soon as I hear that this proposal is acceptable.
As always, we appreciate the opportunity to work with SPS. We believe very strongly in your mission, and work hard to give you the most cost-effective services available. We will give the assignment our very best effort!
Lloyd
Lloyd Skinner, AICP Senior Vice President | Regional Director ESA | Northwest 5309 Shilshole Avenue NW, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98107 206.789-9658 | 206.789-9684 fax cell 206.919-5090 lskinner@esassoc.com
-----Original Message----- From: Wolf, Joseph A [mailto:jawolf@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:28 PM To: Lloyd Skinner Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Lloyd: Hope this finds you well!
Per below and attached, we need ESA's assistance to complete the environmental questionnaire. Deadline is July 1.
Let me know what additional information you need, and if a contract mod is necessary. Thanks.
Sent from my iPhone
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From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org<mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org>> Date: June 24, 2014 at 11:59:26 AM PDT To: "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org<mailto:jawolf@seattleschools.org>> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Joe,
Per our conversation today my understanding is that Lloyd Skinner will complete the environmental questionnaire. Concerning the format I am thinking that Lloyd Skinner would insert a response after each question regarding our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Building.
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg Date: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 12:28:26 PM Attachments: Compass Housing determination letter.pdf Flip,
When I read the e-mail below I would not interpret it as indicating that Seattle Public Schools should submit the application. Was that e-mail addressed to you??? Should I review/confirm with Jim Beiderman our approach for the application???
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 12:09 PM To: Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov; Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Hi Yolanda,
Nice talking to you this morning.
Here is Jim Biedermans e-mail dated April 4 th regarding the city and school district working together.
Again, thank you for all your assistance.
Kenny
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Monday, J une 02, 2014 11:41 AM To: J ohnson, Gary; LTHerndon@seattleschools.org; Pittman, Kenny Cc: Stroud, Yolanda; Iain Hastings; Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
We learned today that HHS has rejected the homeless application for inadequate financial resources. See the letter from HHS attached. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can perfect and submit an application for educational use within 30 days that shows adequate funding availability. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:07 AM, W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> wrote:
This email is to clarify that GSA has no problem with the city and the school district working together on utilization of this building for broader education uses. In the event the homeless application is not approved, you of course need to be ready to submit the application to Ms Yolanda Stroud in a timely manner -- doing that should be facilitated by the Homeless Coalition's willingness to share all of its due diligence investigations and reports, Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, Wa 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
From: Best, Richard L To: "yolanda.stroud@ed.gov" Cc: "Pittman, Kenny"; Herndon, Flip Subject: Seattle Public Schools Application Submission for Downtown Federal Reserve Building Date: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 11:12:16 AM Yolanda,
It was a pleasure to speak with you this morning.
Per our conversation Seattle Public Schools would appreciate having additional time to complete our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Building for use as 500-600 student Pre-K through Fifth Grade Elementary School. Seattle Public Schools has been diligently working on our application since we were notified by the Department of General Services Administration that the prior application was denied. We have met with representatives from Bassetti Architects to develop a conceptual plan for the adaptive reuse of the building as a school and presently have The Robinson Company preparing a cost estimate for the identified renovations. Any additional time that you could negotiate with the Department of General Services Administration for Seattle Public Schools to complete their application would be greatly appreciated. We await your response.
Sincerely,
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning From: Herndon, Flip To: Herndon, Flip Date: Wednesday, J une 25, 2014 10:59:41 AM Attachments: Fed Reserve.docx
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Ross Parker To: Best, Richard L Cc: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire Date: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 6:18:59 PM Richard,
We will provide whatever we can to assist Lloyd (should he need anything) and will focus our efforts on completing the study, cost report, and the application form. Were there any changes you wanted to make to the application form? I will have a draft of our responses on the application form to you Thursday morning.
Thanks,
Ross
R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 11:57 AM To: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles; Ross Parker Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David; Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
All,
Please be advised that we will have another firm complete this questionnaire on our behalf Lloyd Skinner.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 9:44 AM To: Lorne McConachie; 'Dan Miles'; Ross Parker Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
All,
In reviewing the application that we need to submit on July 2, 2014, I believe that the environmental questionnaire should be responded to by Bassetti Architects and your consultant team. Bassetti Architects would be most familiar with the proposed construction activities to turn the existing Downtown Federal Reserve Building into a school. Please review the questionnaire and advise if this approach is reasonable.
Concerning the format I am thinking that Bassetti Architects would insert a response after each question.
Richard From: Lloyd Skinner To: Best, Richard L; Wolf, J oseph A Cc: "Ross Parker" Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire Date: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 1:00:04 PM Thanks, Joe and Richard
Ill take a look through the material and get back to you soon. Joe, Ill have to see if we have any budget left in the old BEX IV contract (or if its even still active). We have a number of SPS projects going on at this time, but all are pretty specific in scope; the BEX one was at least more general. If that doesnt look like itll work, well have to figure out some alternative arrangement for contracting. And thanks for the contact, for Ross Parker, Richard.
More soon!
Lloyd
Lloyd Skinner, AICP Senior Vice President | Regional Director ESA | Northwest 5309 Shilshole Avenue NW, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98107 206.789-9658 | 206.789-9684 fax cell 206.919-5090 lskinner@esassoc.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 12:46 PM To: Wolf, J oseph A; Lloyd Skinner Cc: 'Ross Parker' Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Joe and Lloyd,
SPS is working with Bassetti Architects Ross Parker who can describe the proposed improvements to the Downtown Federal Reserve Building. I am copying him with this e-mail so you have his contact information.
Richard
From: Wolf, J oseph A Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 12:28 PM To: lskinner@esassoc.com Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Fwd: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Lloyd: Hope this finds you well!
Per below and attached, we need ESA's assistance to complete the environmental questionnaire. Deadline is July 1.
Let me know what additional information you need, and if a contract mod is necessary. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Date: June 24, 2014 at 11:59:26 AM PDT To: "Wolf, Joseph A" <jawolf@seattleschools.org> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire Joe,
Per our conversation today my understanding is that Lloyd Skinner will complete the environmental questionnaire. Concerning the format I am thinking that Lloyd Skinner would insert a response after each question regarding our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Building.
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: "Ross Parker" Cc: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles; Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire Date: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 12:02:06 PM Ross,
We will be hiring Lloyd Skinner to assist us with this effort. Any info that you can provide would be helpful. Joe Wolf will be coordinating this effort on our behalf.
Richard
From: Ross Parker [mailto:rparker@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 11:25 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Richard,
We received both of your emails this morning and will make our best attempt at providing the required information. For the Environmental Questionnaire, it appears much of the information is beyond our area of knowledge or expertise and would normally be provided by an Environmental/SEPA consultant. We will give it our best effort and get the first draft of the questionnaire back to you later today for final editing.
Regards,
Ross R. Ross Parker AIA, LEED AP Associate
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 9:44 AM To: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles; Ross Parker Cc: Herndon, Flip; Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
All,
In reviewing the application that we need to submit on July 2, 2014, I believe that the environmental questionnaire should be responded to by Bassetti Architects and your consultant team. Bassetti Architects would be most familiar with the proposed construction activities to turn the existing Downtown Federal Reserve Building into a school. Please review the questionnaire and advise if this approach is reasonable.
Concerning the format I am thinking that Bassetti Architects would insert a response after each question.
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire Date: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 12:00:06 PM Joe,
We need the info by Tuesday, July 1, 2014.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 11:59 AM To: Wolf, J oseph A Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - Environmental Questionaire
Joe,
Per our conversation today my understanding is that Lloyd Skinner will complete the environmental questionnaire. Concerning the format I am thinking that Lloyd Skinner would insert a response after each question regarding our application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Building.
Richard From: Pittman, Kenny To: Herndon, Flip; Best, Richard L; English, Ron Subject: RE: Suit Date: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 11:39:06 AM I'll check into this. Will also contact GSA with a question if there is an appeal, what does that do to our timeline. Kenny -----Original Message----- From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 11:33 AM To: Pittman, Kenny; Best, Richard L; English, Ron Subject: Re: Suit Kenny, Do have an idea when? I don't want us to put a lot of time, effort and expense if a law suit is going to push this out. We also are reviewing the application and there are some concerns that we are talking through. But the timeline is out most pressing challenge right now. Thanks, -Flip Sent from my iPad On Jun 24, 2014, at 9:50 AM, "Pittman, Kenny" <Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov<mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov>> wrote: Hi Flip, Talked with the Coalition director yesterday and they are going to pursue their options, including a lawsuit. Hopefully the news about the Superintendent does not change things. Kenny From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:45 AM To: Pittman, Kenny Subject: Suit Kenny, Any word on a law suit being filed in the Fed Reserve building issue? Just curious. -Flip Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School From: Herndon, Flip To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: 1:1 Richard/Flip Date: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 7:52:44 AM Absolutely.
_____________________________________________ From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 7:34 AM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: 1:1 Richard/Flip
Flip,
Can I utilize this time with you to review the application questions for the Downtown Federal Reserve Building??? Can I invite Ron English and Joe Wolf to this meeting as they will need to provide some information for the application as well???
Richard
-----Original Appointment----- From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:18 PM To: Herndon, Flip; Best, Richard L Subject: 1:1 Richard/Flip When: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 11:00 AM-12:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada). Where: 2027
From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - J uly 2, 2014 Board Meeting Date: Tuesday, J une 24, 2014 7:17:17 AM Flip,
In reviewing the application for the Downtown Federal Reserve Building it states B. Authorized representative Name and title of the individual who has been authorized by resolution of your governing authority in the exhibit attached to this application to negotiate and accept acquisition of the requested Federal real property at public benefit allowance discount. I would interpret that to mean we are going to need a resolution from the Board of Directors authorizing you to negotiate and accept acquisition of the requested Federal real property at public benefit allowance discount. Can we implement a Board Action Request for this item without it having gone to the Operations Committee??? Should we indicate the need for this resolution in the Memo to the Board that is going out this Friday??? Please advise ASAP.
Richard From: Skowyra, Bruce To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building Date: Monday, J une 23, 2014 2:48:03 PM Hi Richard, My entire department is thrilled you are here!! It is refreshing to have a Capital Director looking at the entire picture.
Thanks again.
Bruce Skowyra Director of Facilities Seattle Public Schools 206 252-0609 Desk 206 391-4190 Cell
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Monday, J une 23, 2014 2:42 PM To: Skowyra, Bruce Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building
Thank Bruce, I try to be a good steward of the taxpayers fiscal resources but do not want to create long term problems for your department. I thought this was a reasonable compromise that all could support but wanted to check to confirm direction provided Bassetti Architects.
Richard
From: Skowyra, Bruce Sent: Monday, J une 23, 2014 1:40 PM To: Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip Cc: Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Downtown Federal Reserve Building
Hi Richard, I am in agreement with your direction. Thanks!
Bruce Skowyra Director of Facilities Seattle Public Schools 206 252-0609 Desk 206 391-4190 Cell
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Monday, J une 23, 2014 8:55 AM To: Herndon, Flip; Skowyra, Bruce Cc: Becker, Eric P; Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building
Flip and Bruce,
Last Friday, June 20, 2014, I had the opportunity to tour the Downtown Federal Reserve Building with representatives from Bassetti Architects, their engineering consultant team and The Robinson Company. I was impressed by the quality of the facility and the condition of the existing equipment. A question arose as to whether we should consider reusing the existing systems/equipment in preparation of a cost estimate to renovate the building for use as a Pre-K through 5 grade use. My direction to Bassetti Architects and their consultants was that if the existing systems/equipment had ten years of projected life we should consider reuse in lieu of replacement even if the existing systems/equipment did not meet our current technical specifications. Your thoughts???
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: Redman, Thomas L Subject: Downtown Federal Reserve Building Date: Monday, J une 23, 2014 12:44:42 PM Tom,
I learned of an article in the Daily Journal of Commerce last week concerning the Downtown Federal reserve Building. Can you go to their website and see if you can find it for me??? Many thanks,
Richard From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC To: Best, Richard L; Lorne McConachie Cc: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF Subject: Final Preservation Covenant for the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg Date: Monday, J une 23, 2014 8:52:55 AM Attachments: Preservation Covenant Final Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.docx FRB BPP Zones.pdf FRB No Adv Effect letter.pdf SHPO Confirming No Adv Eff Ltr _040814.pdf Richard/Lorne Please forward on the attached to the rest of you group: Preservation Covenant Building Preservation Plan Finding of No Adverse Effect, and SHPO's confirmation of those findings Thank you ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:53 AM Subject: Fwd: draft preservation covenant for the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg To: Gary Johnson <gary.johnson@seattle.gov>, sarah.sodt@seattle.gov, kathleenb@historicseattle.org, Kenny Pittman <kenny.pittman@seattle.gov>, LTHerndon@seattleschools.org, Jon Scholes <jons@downtownseattle.org> Cc: Maureen Sheehan <maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov>, Story Swett <story.swett@gsa.gov> FYI. The SHPO has approved the draft preservation covenant and has concurred in GSA's determination of no adverse effect. See attached letter from the SHPO. Thus, GSA's Section 106 process under the National Historic Preservation Act is complete and we will not be holding a public meeting. The preservation covenant below will be in the deed conveying the property and enforced by the SHPO. W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, Wa 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204 -- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Kellie LaRue To: Martha McLaren Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Building Date: Sunday, J une 22, 2014 10:33:13 PM Excellent!! The reason I keep plugging at this capacity stuff is that when it hits, it is going to be like the baby boom, seattle version. The issue is simply too big for any one group to handle alone. The State of Washington and the City of Seattle have simply failed their fiduciary duty. Both the state and the city have passed significant legislation over 30 years now that was designed to preserve farm land and increase urban densification. I think that is a great plan, but at no point, did anyone in the planning process include any funding for additional schools. Ultimate the real tragedy of the closures is that the closures enabled the mythology that urban densification does not create any accountability for public education. One of the saddest meetings I ever attended was with the project manager for Seattle urban village. The look on his face as I explained that the school were full was tragic. He had that aha moment when he realized that schools "should" have been in the foundational planning documents but he explained that since Seattle was "closing schools" it seemed silly to have "adding schools" anywhere on the City of Seattle's planning list for urban villages. The urban village documentation is immense. It covers new parks to support the villages, new utilities, new roads, new traffic, but nothing about schools. On Jun 22, 2014, at 10:25 PM, McLaren, Martha <mlmclaren@seattleschools.org> wrote: I get what youre saying.
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Marty McLaren Director, Seattle Public Schools District VI martha.mclaren@seattleschools.org
From: Kellie LaRue [mailto:klarue@me.com] Sent: Sunday, J une 22, 2014 10:07 PM To: McLaren, Martha Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Building
Thanks Marty, I also think this is a great opportunity.
I hope I didn't imply that staff was dragging their heels. I wasn't there at the end of the meeting so I don't know what precisely happened. I just know that Eden called me and asked me what I thought about the building. She was concerned that Gail might manage to persuade folks that the building was a not a good use of time or money. I typically agree with most of what Gail has to say. In this case, I had a different point of view as I think it is a great opportunity. '
If the issue is really just a matter of funding, I may be way-too-pollyanna for my own good some days, however, I think that a statement that SPS is looking for assistance to secure the funding to the building might be enough to activate the Downtown Association. Now that the former president of the Downtown Association is now the Deputy Mayor, that makes for a very nice leverage point for them to activate their network of people that have been supporting downtown schools to really put together the coalition necessary to make this work.
Really, in the long run, it is much better for all of the community if people pull together multiple streams of funding, rather than simply thinking SPS has deep enough pockers for projects like this.
Thank you again for the quick reply.
Kellie
On Jun 22, 2014, at 9:57 PM, McLaren, Martha <mlmclaren@seattleschools.org> wrote: Thanks, Kellie. Im definitely appreciating feeling better.
My impression is that no one in SPS is dragging their heels re the Fed Reserve Building. The problems have to do with making it happen, finding the money, etc. We are watching the situation closely and exploring all options that would make this feasible. There are a lot of obstacles, but, its clearly a great opportunity.
We will see.
Best,
Marty McLaren Director, Seattle Public Schools District VI martha.mclaren@seattleschools.org
From: Kellie LaRue [mailto:klarue@me.com] Sent: Sunday, J une 22, 2014 7:14 PM To: McLaren, Martha Subject: Downtown Federal Building
Hi Marty,
It was really nice to see you with such color in your cheeks on Thursday. You looked really good. I am writing you tonight at the suggestion of Eden. I needed to leave immediately after the event on Thursday so I could not hang around to talk.
Eden asked me to contact you about the Downtown Building as Gail was sharing her opinion that we should pass on the downtown buidling as we could spend $40M on so many other things.
While I appreciate Gail's point of view and passion on the topic, I have to say I strongly disagree with her assessment for many reasons, not the least of which is that Gail has set up a very false premise with regard to $40M. Her entire argument rests on the notion that we have $40 Million just lying around to spend. If that were the case, of all the things you could buy with that money, I doubt this would be my first choice. However, that is simply just not the case.
Let's just start with the money. An extraordinary purchase like this is likely be a great opportunity to secure funding from ADDITIONAL sources. It is very likely the Downtown Association would help pressure the City and State for extra funds. This would even be a potential funding option for someone like the Gates Foundation. Regardless, the process would open up the question of how do you pay for things like this and I think that conversation desperately needs to happen.
This conversation needs to happen because, property and property acquisition is a huge deal. If you read the history of Seattle Schools, the majority of new schools came from donations like this. The majority of current schools were converted property from other government status or donations. We don't have a history of property acquisition and SPS does not seem to be believe they need to be in the property acquisition business despite the severity of multiple capacity issues.
Something that keeps getting glossed over is that geography is critical to a geographic based enrollment system. As such any property that is the core of the district is a good property. The land involved in this deal is in a critical location. No mater what happens in the next 20 years, SPS is going to need additional NEW properties in the parts of town where significant property has been sold in the past and that includes the downtown area, where all former property holdings have been sold
IMHO, the sale of Queen Anne High School was criminal as the Queen Anne location was critical to geographic assignment system. A property like the downtown federal building begins to fill some geographic holes and again IMHO, filling in the geographic holes is utterly essential for any long term capacity plan to work.
If TT Minor were available as an elementary school, then it is highly unlikely there would be need for a downtown elementary school. However, staff seem determined to convert TT Minor to a high school, which will create the need for a downtown elementary school in the not too distant future. Seattle is growing at an extraordinary rate and the rate of growth is expected to double.
Please encourage staff to apply for this building as there are not likely to be many opportunities like this. BEX is not going to provide even close to enough capacity. The BEX IV plan was designed with very different enrollment growth curves in mind.
You might remember that the original BEX plan was intended to bring portable usage down to 5%. That is the only thing that is saving the capacity issues. Because there was such an aggressive portable removal factored into the planning, that means that with the district growing to 15% portable usage that capacity could hold together. Also please remember that FOUR entire buildings have been added to the mix - Schmitz Park and Decatur were scheduled to be returned to inventory and will be active buildings. Cedar Park was added after the BEX process. The Queen Anne Building for Cascade was also added after the fact. All told, these 4 building represent 1,000 seats that have been added to the process. It is those additional seats that is making it look like the BEX plan is working. However, we are only 18 months into this BEX cycle and we have added 4 buildings and at least 60 portables more than original plan.
Please lmk if you have any questions.
Thank you! Kellie From: Herndon, Flip To: McLaren, Martha Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Building Date: Sunday, J une 22, 2014 10:30:51 PM Marty, We have had several conversations with the Downtown Association and the city. Nobody is coming forward with any additional funding, many offers of help, but none in the form of financial assistance yet. Again, more information coming after Monday or possibly Tuesday. Many meetings happening this week for sure. I'm sure you and the rest of the board are in an interesting position as far as how to move forward. My day is fairly packed with meetings, as they all usually are, but if you feel the need for any insights, just call and I can always step out of a meeting. -Flip From: <McLaren>, Martha <mlmclaren@seattleschools.org> Date: Sunday, June 22, 2014 10:25 PM To: SPS <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Subject: FW: Downtown Federal Building Hi Flip,
Below is a thread between me and Kellie LaRue, sent after the Friday meeting at the 47 th . I highlighted a part with a suggestion that might possibly be useful. No need to talk about her points in the letter below, unless you have a strong inclination to do so.
I thought of calling you this w/e to discuss our overall situation, but time got away from me. Maybe its just as well to wait till after tomorrow evenings meeting, when the Board will have a sense of where we agree, in terms of next steps. I will be around tomorrow morning, however, if you want to give a call.
Best,
Marty
Marty McLaren Director, Seattle Public Schools District VI martha.mclaren@seattleschools.org
From: Kellie LaRue [mailto:klarue@me.com] Sent: Sunday, J une 22, 2014 10:07 PM To: McLaren, Martha Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Building
Thanks Marty, I also think this is a great opportunity.
I hope I didn't imply that staff was dragging their heels. I wasn't there at the end of the meeting so I don't know what precisely happened. I just know that Eden called me and asked me what I thought about the building. She was concerned that Gail might manage to persuade folks that the building was a not a good use of time or money. I typically agree with most of what Gail has to say. In this case, I had a different point of view as I think it is a great opportunity. '
If the issue is really just a matter of funding, I may be way-too-pollyanna for my own good some days, however, I think that a statement that SPS is looking for assistance to secure the funding to the building might be enough to activate the Downtown Association. Now that the former president of the Downtown Association is now the Deputy Mayor, that makes for a very nice leverage point for them to activate their network of people that have been supporting downtown schools to really put together the coalition necessary to make this work.
Really, in the long run, it is much better for all of the community if people pull together multiple streams of funding, rather than simply thinking SPS has deep enough pockers for projects like this.
Thank you again for the quick reply.
Kellie
On Jun 22, 2014, at 9:57 PM, McLaren, Martha <mlmclaren@seattleschools.org> wrote: Thanks, Kellie. Im definitely appreciating feeling better.
My impression is that no one in SPS is dragging their heels re the Fed Reserve Building. The problems have to do with making it happen, finding the money, etc. We are watching the situation closely and exploring all options that would make this feasible. There are a lot of obstacles, but, its clearly a great opportunity.
We will see.
Best,
Marty McLaren Director, Seattle Public Schools District VI martha.mclaren@seattleschools.org
From: Kellie LaRue [mailto:klarue@me.com] Sent: Sunday, J une 22, 2014 7:14 PM To: McLaren, Martha Subject: Downtown Federal Building
Hi Marty,
It was really nice to see you with such color in your cheeks on Thursday. You looked really good. I am writing you tonight at the suggestion of Eden. I needed to leave immediately after the event on Thursday so I could not hang around to talk.
Eden asked me to contact you about the Downtown Building as Gail was sharing her opinion that we should pass on the downtown buidling as we could spend $40M on so many other things.
While I appreciate Gail's point of view and passion on the topic, I have to say I strongly disagree with her assessment for many reasons, not the least of which is that Gail has set up a very false premise with regard to $40M. Her entire argument rests on the notion that we have $40 Million just lying around to spend. If that were the case, of all the things you could buy with that money, I doubt this would be my first choice. However, that is simply just not the case.
Let's just start with the money. An extraordinary purchase like this is likely be a great opportunity to secure funding from ADDITIONAL sources. It is very likely the Downtown Association would help pressure the City and State for extra funds. This would even be a potential funding option for someone like the Gates Foundation. Regardless, the process would open up the question of how do you pay for things like this and I think that conversation desperately needs to happen.
This conversation needs to happen because, property and property acquisition is a huge deal. If you read the history of Seattle Schools, the majority of new schools came from donations like this. The majority of current schools were converted property from other government status or donations. We don't have a history of property acquisition and SPS does not seem to be believe they need to be in the property acquisition business despite the severity of multiple capacity issues.
Something that keeps getting glossed over is that geography is critical to a geographic based enrollment system. As such any property that is the core of the district is a good property. The land involved in this deal is in a critical location. No mater what happens in the next 20 years, SPS is going to need additional NEW properties in the parts of town where significant property has been sold in the past and that includes the downtown area, where all former property holdings have been sold
IMHO, the sale of Queen Anne High School was criminal as the Queen Anne location was critical to geographic assignment system. A property like the downtown federal building begins to fill some geographic holes and again IMHO, filling in the geographic holes is utterly essential for any long term capacity plan to work.
If TT Minor were available as an elementary school, then it is highly unlikely there would be need for a downtown elementary school. However, staff seem determined to convert TT Minor to a high school, which will create the need for a downtown elementary school in the not too distant future. Seattle is growing at an extraordinary rate and the rate of growth is expected to double.
Please encourage staff to apply for this building as there are not likely to be many opportunities like this. BEX is not going to provide even close to enough capacity. The BEX IV plan was designed with very different enrollment growth curves in mind.
You might remember that the original BEX plan was intended to bring portable usage down to 5%. That is the only thing that is saving the capacity issues. Because there was such an aggressive portable removal factored into the planning, that means that with the district growing to 15% portable usage that capacity could hold together. Also please remember that FOUR entire buildings have been added to the mix - Schmitz Park and Decatur were scheduled to be returned to inventory and will be active buildings. Cedar Park was added after the BEX process. The Queen Anne Building for Cascade was also added after the fact. All told, these 4 building represent 1,000 seats that have been added to the process. It is those additional seats that is making it look like the BEX plan is working. However, we are only 18 months into this BEX cycle and we have added 4 buildings and at least 60 portables more than original plan.
Please lmk if you have any questions.
Thank you! Kellie
From: Herndon, Flip To: Carr, Sherry L Subject: Re: A Few Updates Date: Sunday, J une 22, 2014 7:18:41 AM Yes, I'm not real sure about the ballot measures but that is how it is being presented to me, both from people from the city as well as some of our own staff. I'm meeting with some people of Monday to sort through it all. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 22, 2014, at 6:19 AM, "Carr, Sherry L" <slcarr@seattleschools.org> wrote: Thank you for these updates. Im confused about the reference to SEIU and competing ballot measures. Did I miss something? Re: NWCK, yes good news and no surprise this behavior aligns with the one-sided behavior we have seen from them all along. Disappointing at a minimum.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Saturday, J une 21, 2014 11:33 AM To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Carr, Sherry L; McLaren, Martha; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; Peters, Susan M; Banda, J ose L Subject: A Few Updates
Good Morning Board Member,
I just wanted to provide a quick update to you on the downtown school/Fed Reserve item. We had a brief meeting with the city on Friday. We are still confirming numbers, but we do have 4 different schematic drawings of the space in a P-5 configuration. They each have different cost ranges, but by the end of next week, I will have numbers and drawing that you can take a look at as attachments to an email. On Monday, I will know a little more about a possibility that the Homeless Coalition may file suit against GSA for rejecting their application. That's not entirely bad news as it would buy us a little more time. If they do not file, then we would still be bound by the July 3rd timeline for submitting an application. More to come, but I did want to keep you in the loop.
On Monday, the Seattle City Council will also be taking action on the PreK plan. We do have a meeting between SPS and the city next week, but you may be hearing about how the City Council vote turns out on Monday. There are some complications with a ballot initiative being filed by SEIU and we are trying to not get into the middle of the possible competing ballot measures. Again, more to come later next week.
On a related note, I met with special education last week about which programs were being located at the Van Asselt building for the Fall. I was informed that they reconsidered the Thurgood Marshall PreK and are now going to leave that program at Thurgood Marshall. There may be some students who were in the Thurgood Marshall program who may be attending one of the programs at Van Asselt because it will be closer, but that will be worked out with each of the students as it would be with any other program.
Last quick update is on NWCK. Someone forwarded me a blogpost that NWCK found a place in Greenwood and that they would be moving out of North Queen Anne by the end of August. That's good for everyone, but still a bit disappointed that they did not communicate this to us directly. We still officially have a lease termination date of July 6th, but we can send a letter to them changing that date to Sept. 1, 2014.
Please feel free to call or email if you have any other questions or concerns.
-Flip From: Herndon, Flip To: Carr, Sherry L Subject: Re: Fed Reserve Building Date: Sunday, J une 22, 2014 7:16:49 AM Feel free to call today. I'm at my son's track meet in Kent for most of the day. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 22, 2014, at 6:27 AM, "Carr, Sherry L" <slcarr@seattleschools.org> wrote: I would like to talk with you tomorrow about this project. Thanks.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 4:05 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Fed Reserve Building
Good Afternoon,
I believe I sent an update last week about a meeting with the City of Seattle about the possibility of obtaining the Federal Reserve Building on 2 nd and Spring (downtown) for the possible use as a school. We had the meeting on Friday and I want to provide a quick summary and then ask for any feedback you may have for me moving forward.
Summary: The meeting was a good one. It took a bit of an interesting, if not entirely surprising twist, when the city suggested that we (SPS) be the lead in filling out the application. Apparently, they had a conversation with someone at the US Dept. of Ed and suggested that the application would be stronger if SPS was the lead and the City were a co-signer. I say, not surprising because I wondered where the city might come up with the $40+ million to do renovations. Moving forward, we only have until July 3 rd to submit a completed application to the GSA (Government Service Administration). The application is not very lengthy, but will need to be complete with revenue sources outlined (more on that later). We are having a team go out on Friday to give a more complete dollar figure as to how much we believe it will cost in renovations and alteration to make the building a possible school. Im attaching a map that we had done last week to show the number of students who live within certain proximity to the location. Again, a more complete number will be coming to you, but I believe it will fall between $40 and $50 million dollars for a P-5, P-8 grade configuration.
Feedback: I mentioned during the meeting that $40-50 million is not something we have on hand. I also mentioned that from the recent feedback about other projects, that I do not believe the board would have the appetite to substitute the Fed Reserve project for another one already identified on the BEX IV list. I also would not suggest it. However, I did say that I would seek board feedback about consideration for a future levy in conjunction with legislative capital asks. I would like to hear any feedback you have on this topic, positive or negative and any thoughts you might have about future levy consideration. As a last thought on this, if our application were to be rejected by GSA, the property would then go to the open market. My guess is that the value would not be too great, as the building is landmarked and there is a lot of renovation and abatement work that needs to be done to make the building usable. It is one of the reasons that the previous application was rejectedthey did not factor in enough money on renovation costs and they relied too heavily on lease out office space. We are in a different position and have a different intended use.
I am choosing this medium as getting feedback in person from meetings is a real challenge currently and I figured this would be the best way to hear from people.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Thank you,
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Pittman, Kenny To: Best, Richard L (rlbest@seattleschools.org) Subject: Office for Education Contacts Date: Friday, J une 20, 2014 3:34:38 PM Hi Richard,
Thanks again for the update and concept schemes on the Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Here are the Seattle contacts to discuss the citys Pre-K needs:
Holly Miller, Director Office for Education (206) 684-4508
Sid Sidorowicz, Deputy Director Office for Education (206) 615-0463
Thanks again for all your work on this project.
Kenny From: Hale, Theresa L To: Banda, J ose L; Wright, Charles E Cc: Paraghamian, Aleta; Wallace, Venetia H; Rogers, Lesley A; Bennett, Erinn P Subject: FW: Friday Memo - J une 20, 2014 Date: Friday, J une 20, 2014 11:31:06 AM Attachments: 20140620_FridayMemo_CapitalUpdate.docx 20140620_FridayMemo_TeachingUpdate.docx 20140620_FridayMemo_APPAlignment.docx 20140620_FridayMemo_OperationsUpdate.docx Good morning,
We received a Friday Memo from Operations, so that has been added to this email with the other files, for your review and approval.
Thank you,
Theresa Hale Board Office Manager Seattle Public Schools 206-252-0041 tlhale@seattleschools.org
From: Hale, Theresa L Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 3:32 PM To: Banda, J ose L; Wright, Charles E Cc: Paraghamian, Aleta; Wallace, Venetia H; Rogers, Lesley A; Bennett, Erinn P Subject: Friday Memo - J une 20, 2014
Hi Jose,
Below please find this weeks Friday Memo. There will not be a memo from Operations or Business & Finance this week.
Thanks, Theresa
Friday Memo June 20, 2014 This memo includes 4 attachments
Dear Board members,
If you have any questions about this weeks memo, please let me know. I hope you have a pleasant weekend.
Jos
Assistant Superintendent for Capital Update: Attached please find Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities & Enrollment Planning Flip Herndon's update for this week.
Assistant Superintendent for Teaching & Learning Update: Attached please find Assistant Superintendent for Teaching & Learning Michael Tolley's update for this week.
Assistant Superintendent for Operations Update: Attached please find Assistant Superintendent for Operations Pegi McEvoy's update for this week.
Summer Friday Memos: The final Friday Memo before summer will be sent on June 27th, and the memos will restart on August 15th.
From: Vang, Sai To: "SKennedy@robinson-co.com" Cc: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Subject: Executed contract Date: Friday, J une 20, 2014 8:24:13 AM Attachments: Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Device.pdf Hi Sharon,
Attached is an executed of your contract for the Federal Reserve Bank Bldg. The hard copy will be sent out to your office today as well.
Thank you,
Sai Vang-Provenzano Seattle Public Schools Capital Program Phone: 206-252-0657 svang@seattleschools.org
From: Vang, Sai To: "LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com" Cc: Standaart, David; Best, Richard L Subject: Executed Contract Date: Friday, J une 20, 2014 8:21:59 AM Attachments: Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Device.pdf Hi Lorne, Attached is an executed copy of your contract for the Federal Reserve Bank Building. The hard copy will be sent to your office today. Thank you, Sai Vang-Provenzano Seattle Public Schools Capital Program Phone: 206-252-0657 svang@seattleschools.org From: Chui, Anna To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg P1311 Date: Friday, J une 20, 2014 7:25:36 AM David,
Kathie signed both of the contracts yesterday, I just returned to Sais in box.
Anna Chui MS-343 Accounting Department Capital Project Accountant 206-252-0268
From: Standaart, David Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 3:30 PM To: Chui, Anna; Vang, Sai; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg P1311
Where is this contract and the Bassetti contract?
From: Chui, Anna Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 7:48 AM To: Vang, Sai; Standaart, David; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg P1311
Hi David,
Contract P1311 Vendor name The Robinson Company, the last contract we have with this Company is B. Kirk Robinson Co., Inc., is there a name change?
Thanks,
Anna Chui MS-343 Accounting Department Capital Project Accountant 206-252-0268
From: Vang, Sai Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 7:29 AM To: Standaart, David; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L; Chui, Anna Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Hi David,
Up-date: I have just brought the two contracts to Anna this morning. Will let you know as soon as the contracts are fully executed.
Thanks, Sai
From: Standaart, David Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:46 PM To: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Just to let everyone know, these contracts are extremely time sensitive, and need to have executed contracts by Friday morning.---david
From: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:48 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Thank you Judy! Sai How much $ would you like me to load this FY?
Svetlana Mazhukhina Capital Projects Mgmt Analyst Capital Projects and Planning | Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0872 | ssmazhukhina@seattleschools.org
From: Otsuji, J udy Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:39 AM To: Coan, Melissa L Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Yes, I received the request yesterday and have not had a chance to create it. Ill do it as soon as I can and will let you know when done.
Judy
From: Coan, Melissa L Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:27 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Subject: Re: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Is this related to the downtown school feasibility study? If so, I believe it is 2800 A64210000S. I requested that cost center to be added on Monday, I believe.
Melissa Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2014, at 10:05 AM, "Vang, Sai" <SVANG@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Lana and Melissa,
Can you please send me the cost center for the above project ASAP? I need it to prepare two contracts.
Thanks, Sai
From: Best, Richard L To: Standaart, David Cc: Technow, Kathie; Chui, Anna; Vang, Sai Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Bassetti Contract Date: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 4:06:17 PM David,
Thank you will do. I would like to meet with you first thing Monday morning to begin work on the submittal.
Richard
From: Standaart, David Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 3:37 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Technow, Kathie; Chui, Anna; Vang, Sai Subject: Federal Reserve Bank Bassetti Contract
Richard, I am out of the office Friday. I believe the Robinson contract and the Bassetti contract for the Federal Reserve Bank is with Kathie Technow. She should be signing it by now. Finance indicates they will email a copy to both companies once executed. You should contact Kathie or Sai to verify.---David
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From: Herndon, Flip To: Peaslee, Sharon D Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Building Date: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 11:20:20 AM I wish I had a better in with those folks. I think a future levy item or any other grants or legislative funds that could come from a capital ask are the most likely. I can talk to you tonight about two other possibilities on the horizon.
From: Peaslee, Sharon D Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 8:17 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Building
Flip,
I missed the map earlier. J ust looked at it. Yes, it makes a compelling case. Can you tap some of the advocates for some creative financing? Maybe Nick Hannauer and Paul Allen?
Sharon Peaslee Seattle School Board President From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 5:07 PM To: Peaslee, Sharon D Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Building Sharon,
I agree. The only way would be in a future levy and there is no guarantee that it would be a priority from the full board or that a levy would pass. You are correct, there are many, many people who want us to use this property. I have a team getting a more precise figure and we do have the money set aside in BEX IV to do this kind of analysis, so we will get something put together quickly that can have more accurate numbers. However, I thought the map was interesting information.
-Flip
From: Peaslee, Sharon D Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 4:34 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Building
Hi Flip,
If there's no source of funds I don't see how this is a good move. Where exactly would we get $40- 50m? A loan, mortgage? There are no projects on BEX IV that we can cancel in favor of this one. We don't have a plan to pay off J SCEE. We also need additional funds to bring other schools on line. I'm not convinced we need this building, although there is some pressure for a downtown school. But we haven't done adequate analysis to determine if this is the best location, cost, option.
Sharon Peaslee Seattle School Board President From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 4:05 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Fed Reserve Building Good Afternoon,
I believe I sent an update last week about a meeting with the City of Seattle about the possibility of obtaining the Federal Reserve Building on 2 nd and Spring (downtown) for the possible use as a school. We had the meeting on Friday and I want to provide a quick summary and then ask for any feedback you may have for me moving forward.
Summary: The meeting was a good one. It took a bit of an interesting, if not entirely surprising twist, when the city suggested that we (SPS) be the lead in filling out the application. Apparently, they had a conversation with someone at the US Dept. of Ed and suggested that the application would be stronger if SPS was the lead and the City were a co-signer. I say, not surprising because I wondered where the city might come up with the $40+ million to do renovations. Moving forward, we only have until July 3 rd to submit a completed application to the GSA (Government Service Administration). The application is not very lengthy, but will need to be complete with revenue sources outlined (more on that later). We are having a team go out on Friday to give a more complete dollar figure as to how much we believe it will cost in renovations and alteration to make the building a possible school. Im attaching a map that we had done last week to show the number of students who live within certain proximity to the location. Again, a more complete number will be coming to you, but I believe it will fall between $40 and $50 million dollars for a P-5, P-8 grade configuration.
Feedback: I mentioned during the meeting that $40-50 million is not something we have on hand. I also mentioned that from the recent feedback about other projects, that I do not believe the board would have the appetite to substitute the Fed Reserve project for another one already identified on the BEX IV list. I also would not suggest it. However, I did say that I would seek board feedback about consideration for a future levy in conjunction with legislative capital asks. I would like to hear any feedback you have on this topic, positive or negative and any thoughts you might have about future levy consideration. As a last thought on this, if our application were to be rejected by GSA, the property would then go to the open market. My guess is that the value would not be too great, as the building is landmarked and there is a lot of renovation and abatement work that needs to be done to make the building usable. It is one of the reasons that the previous application was rejectedthey did not factor in enough money on renovation costs and they relied too heavily on lease out office space. We are in a different position and have a different intended use.
I am choosing this medium as getting feedback in person from meetings is a real challenge currently and I figured this would be the best way to hear from people.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Thank you,
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Krys Morrison To: DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org Cc: Chris Wilton Subject: [Possible SPAM] Certificate of Insurance - GSA Federal Building project Date: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 10:37:34 AM Attachments: COI for Seattle Public Schools - Capital Projects and Planning.pdf Importance: Low Good Morning David,
Please see the attached Certificate of Insurance on behalf of Bassetti Architects. Please review and if there are any revisions, please feel free to contact me at 206-216-4125 or via email at krysm@servcopacific.com. Thank you so much.
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From: Sharon Kennedy To: Vang, Sai Cc: Standaart, David; Chui, Anna Subject: Re: Your contract Date: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 9:44:11 AM Officially it is the B Kirk Robinson Co dba The Robinson Co. Sharon Sent from my iPhone On Jun 19, 2014, at 7:55 AM, "Vang, Sai" <SVANG@seattleschools.org> wrote: Sharon,
Please see below from our accounting staff. Can you please clarify with us the name of your firm? If you can get back to us this morning, it will be great because we like to get your contract executes ASAP.
Thank you,
Sai Vang-Provenzano Seattle Public Schools Capital Program Phone: 206-252-0657 svang@seattleschools.org
From: Chui, Anna Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 7:48 AM To: Vang, Sai; Standaart, David; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg P1311
Hi David,
Contract P1311 Vendor namesThe Robinson Company, the last contract we have with this Company is B. Kirk Robinson Co., Inc., is there a name change?
Thanks,
Anna Chui MS-343 Accounting Department Capital Project Accountant 206-252-0268
From: Vang, Sai Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 7:29 AM To: Standaart, David; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L; Chui, Anna Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Hi David,
Up-date: I have just brought the two contracts to Anna this morning. Will let you know as soon as the contracts are fully executed.
Thanks, Sai
From: Standaart, David Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:46 PM To: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Just to let everyone know, these contracts are extremely time sensitive, and need to have executed contracts by Friday morning.---david
From: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:48 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Thank you Judy! Sai How much $ would you like me to load this FY?
Svetlana Mazhukhina Capital Projects Mgmt Analyst Capital Projects and Planning | Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0872 | ssmazhukhina@seattleschools.org
From: Otsuji, J udy Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:39 AM To: Coan, Melissa L Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Yes, I received the request yesterday and have not had a chance to create it. Ill do it as soon as I can and will let you know when done.
Judy
From: Coan, Melissa L Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:27 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Subject: Re: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Is this related to the downtown school feasibility study? If so, I believe it is 2800 A64210000S. I requested that cost center to be added on Monday, I believe.
Melissa Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2014, at 10:05 AM, "Vang, Sai" <SVANG@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Lana and Melissa,
Can you please send me the cost center for the above project ASAP? I need it to prepare two contracts.
Thanks, Sai
From: Standaart, David To: Vang, Sai Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg Date: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 8:02:24 AM Sai, Thanx---David
From: Vang, Sai Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 7:29 AM To: Standaart, David; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L; Chui, Anna Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Hi David,
Up-date: I have just brought the two contracts to Anna this morning. Will let you know as soon as the contracts are fully executed.
Thanks, Sai
From: Standaart, David Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:46 PM To: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Just to let everyone know, these contracts are extremely time sensitive, and need to have executed contracts by Friday morning.---david
From: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:48 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Thank you Judy! Sai How much $ would you like me to load this FY?
Svetlana Mazhukhina Capital Projects Mgmt Analyst Capital Projects and Planning | Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0872 | ssmazhukhina@seattleschools.org
From: Otsuji, J udy Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:39 AM To: Coan, Melissa L Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Yes, I received the request yesterday and have not had a chance to create it. Ill do it as soon as I can and will let you know when done.
Judy
From: Coan, Melissa L Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:27 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Subject: Re: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Is this related to the downtown school feasibility study? If so, I believe it is 2800 A64210000S. I requested that cost center to be added on Monday, I believe.
Melissa Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2014, at 10:05 AM, "Vang, Sai" <SVANG@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Lana and Melissa,
Can you please send me the cost center for the above project ASAP? I need it to prepare two contracts.
Thanks, Sai
From: Standaart, David To: Chui, Anna; Vang, Sai; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg P1311 Date: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 8:00:39 AM Same company
From: Chui, Anna Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 7:48 AM To: Vang, Sai; Standaart, David; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg P1311
Hi David,
Contract P1311 Vendor name The Robinson Company, the last contract we have with this Company is B. Kirk Robinson Co., Inc., is there a name change?
Thanks,
Anna Chui MS-343 Accounting Department Capital Project Accountant 206-252-0268
From: Vang, Sai Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 7:29 AM To: Standaart, David; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L; Chui, Anna Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Hi David,
Up-date: I have just brought the two contracts to Anna this morning. Will let you know as soon as the contracts are fully executed.
Thanks, Sai
From: Standaart, David Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:46 PM To: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Just to let everyone know, these contracts are extremely time sensitive, and need to have executed contracts by Friday morning.---david
From: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:48 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Thank you Judy! Sai How much $ would you like me to load this FY?
Svetlana Mazhukhina Capital Projects Mgmt Analyst Capital Projects and Planning | Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0872 | ssmazhukhina@seattleschools.org
From: Otsuji, J udy Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:39 AM To: Coan, Melissa L Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Yes, I received the request yesterday and have not had a chance to create it. Ill do it as soon as I can and will let you know when done.
Judy
From: Coan, Melissa L Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:27 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Subject: Re: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Is this related to the downtown school feasibility study? If so, I believe it is 2800 A64210000S. I requested that cost center to be added on Monday, I believe.
Melissa Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2014, at 10:05 AM, "Vang, Sai" <SVANG@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Lana and Melissa,
Can you please send me the cost center for the above project ASAP? I need it to prepare two contracts.
Thanks, Sai
From: Standaart, David To: Vang, Sai Subject: RE: Your contract Date: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 8:00:15 AM Sai, That is the same company---David
From: Vang, Sai Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 7:57 AM To: 'SKennedy@robinson-co.com' Cc: Standaart, David; Chui, Anna Subject: Your contract
Sharon,
Please see below from our accounting staff. Can you please clarify with us the name of your firm? If you can get back to us this morning, it will be great because we like to get your contract executes ASAP.
Thank you,
Sai Vang-Provenzano Seattle Public Schools Capital Program Phone: 206-252-0657 svang@seattleschools.org
From: Chui, Anna Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 7:48 AM To: Vang, Sai; Standaart, David; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg P1311
Hi David,
Contract P1311 Vendor namesThe Robinson Company, the last contract we have with this Company is B. Kirk Robinson Co., Inc., is there a name change?
Thanks,
Anna Chui MS-343 Accounting Department Capital Project Accountant 206-252-0268
From: Vang, Sai Sent: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 7:29 AM To: Standaart, David; Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Cc: Coan, Melissa L; Chui, Anna Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Hi David,
Up-date: I have just brought the two contracts to Anna this morning. Will let you know as soon as the contracts are fully executed.
Thanks, Sai
From: Standaart, David Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:46 PM To: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Just to let everyone know, these contracts are extremely time sensitive, and need to have executed contracts by Friday morning.---david
From: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:48 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Thank you Judy! Sai How much $ would you like me to load this FY?
Svetlana Mazhukhina Capital Projects Mgmt Analyst Capital Projects and Planning | Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0872 | ssmazhukhina@seattleschools.org
From: Otsuji, J udy Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:39 AM To: Coan, Melissa L Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Yes, I received the request yesterday and have not had a chance to create it. Ill do it as soon as I can and will let you know when done.
Judy
From: Coan, Melissa L Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:27 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Subject: Re: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Is this related to the downtown school feasibility study? If so, I believe it is 2800 A64210000S. I requested that cost center to be added on Monday, I believe.
Melissa Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2014, at 10:05 AM, "Vang, Sai" <SVANG@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Lana and Melissa,
Can you please send me the cost center for the above project ASAP? I need it to prepare two contracts.
Thanks, Sai
From: Redman, Thomas L To: Hale, Theresa L Cc: Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip; Skowyra, Bruce; Libros, Tracy Subject: Friday Memo to the Board Date: Thursday, J une 19, 2014 6:48:59 AM Attachments: Friday Memo to the Board J une 20 2014.docx Hi, Theresa: attached is our Friday Memo and thanks for the heads up you sent out. The final Friday Memo before summer will go out on June 27th, and memos will restart on August 15th. Thanks, Tom From: Standaart, David To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 7:11:09 PM Richard, You might want to forward this to Ron as there appears to be more than a few items he may need to address.---David From: Best, Richard L Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 5:57 PM To: 'Dan Miles'; Standaart, David Cc: Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents All,
I will mark the form-up tomorrow evening.
Richard
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 5:00 PM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Cc: Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
David: Can you please mark-up this application form to indicate which items SPS will be completing, and which items you will specifically require Bassetti to complete? It will help us direct our efforts. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:26 PM To: Dan Miles; Lorne McConachie Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
FYI
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Dan Miles To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David (DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org) Cc: Lorne McConachie; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 5:00:05 PM Attachments: Application.doc David: Can you please mark-up this application form to indicate which items SPS will be completing, and which items you will specifically require Bassetti to complete? It will help us direct our efforts. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:26 PM To: Dan Miles; Lorne McConachie Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
FYI
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Best, Richard L To: "W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF" Cc: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:30:26 PM Thank you, also I have received the application materials from City of Seattle.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:19 PM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC; Lorne McConachie; Sharon Kennedy; Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny; Standaart, David Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Richard - we don't have a copy of the app submitted to HHS for use of the bldg for support of the homeless. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2014, at 2:21 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: All,
Below is a listing of documents that Seattle Public Schools has received from either City of Seattle or Department of General Services Administration concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Building located on Second and Spring.
1. GSA - Electronic floor plans showing geometry and scale of building (these are not construction documents identifying any building materials)
2. Seattle Public Schools Generic Educational Specifications for Four Section Elementary Schools May 2013
3. GSA - Disposition Recommendation Report (DR2) - May 2013
4. Otak & Consultants - Facilities Assessment - October 2002
5. Carl A. Mangold - Survey and Assessment of Asbestos and Hazardous Materials and Risk Assessment 1993
6. RGA Environmental Asbestos Survey Report August , 2012
7. RGA Environmental Analytical Results for Total Lead, Dust Wipes (No Report) June 19, 2012
8. Migizi Group, Inc. Reuse Regulated Material Planning March 20, 2014
9. RDH Building Sciences Building Enclosure Condition Assessment Report March 13, 2014
10. Architectural Elevator Consulting, LLC Elevator Report March 17, 2014
11. Swenson Say Faget Seismic Study March 5, 2014
12. Anderson Mohr Associates Security Upgrade Floor Plans May 16, 1999
If other documents are available that would help facilitate this effort we would appreciate receiving them electronically. We would also appreciate receiving a copy of the Housing Coalitions recent submission for GSA consideration.
Richard
From: Best, Richard L To: "Pittman, Kenny" Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:29:18 PM Thank you Kenny,
I was trying to get the consultant under contract and all the available information and then was going to turn my attention to the application. I will speak with Yolanda tomorrow on her work cell to confirm her availability next week.
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:19 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Our Dept. of Education contact is:
Yolanda Stroud, Reality Specialist Department of Education (202) 536-8963 (work cell is best contact)
She is available and is more than willing to work with us on the application.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Best, Richard L To: Dan Miles; "Lorne McConachie" Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:25:38 PM Attachments: 34 CFR 12 (7-1-10).pdf Application.doc Eligible program examplesv2.doc environmental questionnaire.doc GSA Application cover ltr - April 2012.doc PM Guidelines for application.doc FYI
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:15 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
Hi Richard,
Here are the application materials to be submitted to GSA and the Dept. of Education.
Im working to get the environmental questionnaire that the homeless providers submitted. That will have answers to a lot of questions. Ive also talked to our Department of Planning & Development (they handle environmental work) to look at this for their assistance.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF To: Pittman, Kenny Cc: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC; Herndon, Flip Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 3:19:26 PM Thanks! Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2014, at 3:16 PM, "Pittman, Kenny" <Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov> wrote: Ive sent a copy of the Dept. of Education application package to Richard Best.
kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF'; 'Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC' Cc: Herndon, Flip; Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building - Table of Contents
James or Maureen,
Can I ask that one of you forward to me electronically the application that Seattle Public Schools will submit to Department of General Services Administration (GSA) for consideration of adaptive reuse of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building as a Pre-K through 5 grade, 660 student elementary school? I appreciate the efforts you have made to provide me with the various facilities assessments that have been conducted to date.
Richard Best Director of Capital Projects and Planning
From: Vang, Sai To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:55:55 PM Thanks!
From: Standaart, David Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:52 PM To: Vang, Sai Cc: 'Sharon Kennedy'; Dan Miles; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Sai, Here is Robinson and Bassettis email addresses. Once each contract is executed email each company.---David
Sharon Kennedy SKennedy@robinson-co.com
Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com> Dan Miles dmiles@bassettiarch.com
From: Vang, Sai Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:14 PM To: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Coan, Melissa L Cc: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Oh..Sorry, I probably didnt see your email yet. We have two contracts, one is $10,000 and 2 nd is $19,807.00
Thanks, Sai
From: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:12 PM To: Vang, Sai; Coan, Melissa L Cc: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Sai- I asked you this morning how much you needed to accommodate the contracts.
Svetlana Mazhukhina Capital Projects Mgmt Analyst Capital Projects and Planning | Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0872 | ssmazhukhina@seattleschools.org
From: Vang, Sai Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:11 PM To: Coan, Melissa L Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Hi Melissa,
It seems like money has not loaded into this cost center yet. Can you or Lana work on it so that I can send this contract to Accounts Payable and Kathie for execution?
Thank you, Sai
From: Coan, Melissa L Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:27 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Subject: Re: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Is this related to the downtown school feasibility study? If so, I believe it is 2800 A64210000S. I requested that cost center to be added on Monday, I believe.
Melissa Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2014, at 10:05 AM, "Vang, Sai" <SVANG@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Lana and Melissa,
Can you please send me the cost center for the above project ASAP? I need it to prepare two contracts.
Thanks, Sai
From: Standaart, David To: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:46:09 PM Just to let everyone know, these contracts are extremely time sensitive, and need to have executed contracts by Friday morning.---david
From: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:48 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Otsuji, J udy; Coan, Melissa L Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Thank you Judy! Sai How much $ would you like me to load this FY?
Svetlana Mazhukhina Capital Projects Mgmt Analyst Capital Projects and Planning | Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0872 | ssmazhukhina@seattleschools.org
From: Otsuji, J udy Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:39 AM To: Coan, Melissa L Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Vang, Sai Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Yes, I received the request yesterday and have not had a chance to create it. Ill do it as soon as I can and will let you know when done.
Judy
From: Coan, Melissa L Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:27 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Subject: Re: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Is this related to the downtown school feasibility study? If so, I believe it is 2800 A64210000S. I requested that cost center to be added on Monday, I believe.
Melissa Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2014, at 10:05 AM, "Vang, Sai" <SVANG@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Lana and Melissa,
Can you please send me the cost center for the above project ASAP? I need it to prepare two contracts.
Thanks, Sai
From: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S To: Vang, Sai; Coan, Melissa L Cc: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:14:46 PM No worries. I will request a budget transfer.
Svetlana Mazhukhina Capital Projects Mgmt Analyst Capital Projects and Planning | Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0872 | ssmazhukhina@seattleschools.org
From: Vang, Sai Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:14 PM To: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Coan, Melissa L Cc: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Oh..Sorry, I probably didnt see your email yet. We have two contracts, one is $10,000 and 2 nd is $19,807.00
Thanks, Sai
From: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:12 PM To: Vang, Sai; Coan, Melissa L Cc: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Sai- I asked you this morning how much you needed to accommodate the contracts.
Svetlana Mazhukhina Capital Projects Mgmt Analyst Capital Projects and Planning | Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0872 | ssmazhukhina@seattleschools.org
From: Vang, Sai Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 2:11 PM To: Coan, Melissa L Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Hi Melissa,
It seems like money has not loaded into this cost center yet. Can you or Lana work on it so that I can send this contract to Accounts Payable and Kathie for execution?
Thank you, Sai
From: Coan, Melissa L Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:27 AM To: Vang, Sai Cc: Mazhukhina, Svetlana S Subject: Re: Cost center for Federal Reserve Bank Bldg
Is this related to the downtown school feasibility study? If so, I believe it is 2800 A64210000S. I requested that cost center to be added on Monday, I believe.
Melissa Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2014, at 10:05 AM, "Vang, Sai" <SVANG@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Lana and Melissa,
Can you please send me the cost center for the above project ASAP? I need it to prepare two contracts.
Thanks, Sai
From: Standaart, David To: "Chris Wilton" Cc: "Dan Miles" Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 1:05:47 PM That should work.---David
From: Chris Wilton [mailto:CWilton@bassettiarch.com] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 11:04 AM To: Standaart, David Cc: Dan Miles Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools
David,
For the Certificate of Insurance for your project, will this be the correct additional insured information?
Seattle Public Schools GSA Federal Building Feasibility Study Attn David Standaart Seattle Public Schools - Capital Projects and Planning PO Box 34165 MS 22-334 Seattle, WA 98124-1165
Christopher Wilton
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Dan Miles Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:55 AM To: Chris Wilton Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools
We also need a certificate of insurance for this new study. THankls
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Chris Wilton Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 5:51 PM To: Dan Miles Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools
From: Dan Miles Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 5:49 PM To: Chris Wilton Cc: Ashby Remley; Lorne McConachie Subject: FW: Seattle Public Schools
Chris: Please fill out the W-9, we can take it to our 8:30 meeting at SPS. Lorne and I will review contract in AM. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Lorne McConachie Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 4:28 PM To: Dan Miles Subject: FW: Seattle Public Schools
fyi
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 2:07 PM To: Ashby Remley Cc: Lorne McConachie; Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools
Ashby, Attached is a draft of your contract to review. The hourly rates still need to be included. Also, attached is a W-9 form to submit when the final copies are submitted. Let me know if you have any questions or comments and forward the rates as soon as you can.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Ashby Remley [mailto:ARemley@bassettiarch.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 12:27 PM To: Best, Richard L; 'dstandaart@seattleschools.org' Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: Seattle Public Schools
Richard and David,
Lorne had to step out for a meeting, but he asked that I pass along the attached. We are still contacting our consultants and have not yet determined the specific people who will be working on the project from their end. Specific rates will be determined, but we have estimated an average cost for their efforts.
If you have any further concerns, please let me know.
Thank you.
Ashby Remley Office Assistant
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Standaart, David To: "Dan Miles" Cc: "Lorne McConachie" Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 1:05:37 PM Dan, Thats where that went. Thanx.---David
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 11:11 AM To: Standaart, David Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools
David: We ended up with some of your information in the binder we brought back from the meeting, so have had that couriered over to you. Hope you did not miss it for long!
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Chris Wilton Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 11:04 AM To: DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org Cc: Dan Miles Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools
David,
For the Certificate of Insurance for your project, will this be the correct additional insured information?
Seattle Public Schools GSA Federal Building Feasibility Study Attn David Standaart Seattle Public Schools - Capital Projects and Planning PO Box 34165 MS 22-334 Seattle, WA 98124-1165
Christopher Wilton
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Dan Miles Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:55 AM To: Chris Wilton Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools
We also need a certificate of insurance for this new study. THankls
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Chris Wilton Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 5:51 PM To: Dan Miles Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools
From: Dan Miles Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 5:49 PM To: Chris Wilton Cc: Ashby Remley; Lorne McConachie Subject: FW: Seattle Public Schools
Chris: Please fill out the W-9, we can take it to our 8:30 meeting at SPS. Lorne and I will review contract in AM. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Lorne McConachie Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 4:28 PM To: Dan Miles Subject: FW: Seattle Public Schools
fyi
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 2:07 PM To: Ashby Remley Cc: Lorne McConachie; Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools
Ashby, Attached is a draft of your contract to review. The hourly rates still need to be included. Also, attached is a W-9 form to submit when the final copies are submitted. Let me know if you have any questions or comments and forward the rates as soon as you can.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Ashby Remley [mailto:ARemley@bassettiarch.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 12:27 PM To: Best, Richard L; 'dstandaart@seattleschools.org' Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: Seattle Public Schools
Richard and David,
Lorne had to step out for a meeting, but he asked that I pass along the attached. We are still contacting our consultants and have not yet determined the specific people who will be working on the project from their end. Specific rates will be determined, but we have estimated an average cost for their efforts.
If you have any further concerns, please let me know.
Thank you.
Ashby Remley Office Assistant
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Rosalie M. Daggett To: rlbest@seattleschools.org Cc: Lorne McConachie Subject: Request - Morgan Middle School study Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 11:09:32 AM Attachments: 120221_MorganMiddleSchool_ExistingBuildingReportConceptualDesignStudy.pdf Richard,
Per Lornes request, please see attached file which contains the Morgan Middle School Existing Building Report and Conceptual Design Study.
Thank you,
Rosalie M. Daggett Marketing Coordinator
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Lorne McConachie Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 11:00 AM To: Rosalie M. Daggett Subject: FW: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:54 AM To: Lorne McConachie Subject: FW: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Lorne,
Per your request the floor plans for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 11:10 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Sharon Kennedy; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Richard,
I am sending two emails, one with the floor plans, the other with drawings from the seismic retrofit and 3rd floor renovation.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Maureen,
Thank you, we will look forward to meeting you. Can you bring any construction drawings you may possess concerning the building that we could distribute to our architects and engineers?
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:55 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Sharon Kennedy; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Richard,
I will meet you at 1015 2nd Avenue at the loading dock off Spring Street. Please wear comfortable shoes you can walk up stairs in. The bathrooms are not accessible, so please plan ahead.
Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Maureen,
I have heard back from my two consultants and would like to schedule the tour of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building for 3:00 PM on Friday, June 20, 2014.
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:54 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Richard,
I will be showing your the FRB this Friday. What time would you like to see the building?
Thank you
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Best, Richard L To: "Lorne McConachie" Subject: FW: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20 Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:53:48 AM Attachments: FRB Floor Plans.pdf Lorne,
Per your request the floor plans for the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 11:10 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Sharon Kennedy; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Richard,
I am sending two emails, one with the floor plans, the other with drawings from the seismic retrofit and 3rd floor renovation.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Maureen,
Thank you, we will look forward to meeting you. Can you bring any construction drawings you may possess concerning the building that we could distribute to our architects and engineers?
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:55 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Sharon Kennedy; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Richard,
I will meet you at 1015 2nd Avenue at the loading dock off Spring Street. Please wear comfortable shoes you can walk up stairs in. The bathrooms are not accessible, so please plan ahead.
Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Maureen,
I have heard back from my two consultants and would like to schedule the tour of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building for 3:00 PM on Friday, June 20, 2014.
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:54 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Richard,
I will be showing your the FRB this Friday. What time would you like to see the building?
Thank you
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Best, Richard L To: "Lorne McConachie" Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:52:44 AM Lorne,
Did you receive the two e-mails today with the additional reports?
Richard
From: Lorne McConachie [mailto:LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:51 AM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard and David, I looked through old emails and did not find electronic version of plans for the Fed Reserve Bldg. Could you please email them over? Thanks
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:38 AM To: 'Sharon Kennedy' Cc: Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
All ,
There is some good information in those e-mails concerning building envelope, structural system and hazardous materials.
Richard
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:32 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Received both emails. Thanks much.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 10:21 AM To: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles; Sharon Kennedy Cc: Standaart, David Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Building
All,
2 of 2 e-mails concerning additional information made available today regarding Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:09 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Fwd: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard,
I received a delivery failure to Lorne, could you pass the documents along? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC <maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov> Date: Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:59 AM Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building To: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Cc: W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov>, "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org>, Kenny Pittman <kenny.pittman@seattle.gov>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@bassettiarch.com>, Sharon Kennedy <SKennedy@robinson-co.com> Richard,
Attached are the four reports provided by the Homeless group, completed this Spring.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Seattle Public Schools has the following documents concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Building located at Second & Spring:
1) GSA - Electronic floor plans showing geometry and scale of building (these are not construction documents identifying any building materials) 2) GSA - Disposition Recommendation Report (DR2) - May 2013 3) Otak & Consultants - Facilities Assessment - October 2002 4) Carl A. Mangold - Survey and Assessment of Asbestos and Hazardous Materials and Risk Assessment 1993 5) RGA Environmental Asbestos Survey Report August , 2012 6) RGA Environmental Analytical Results for Total Lead, Dust Wipes (No Report) June 19, 2012 7) Anderson Mohr Associates Security Upgrade Floor Plans 5-16-99
If any additional documents exist that would support this effort we would appreciate your making them available to us.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:25 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - I assume that you have the GSA building information that we previously provided Kenny Pittman and the homeless providers. Those documents were provided to us by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. We were also provided four documents generated by contractors of the homeless providers pursuant to the same request that we made to you below. We do not know if we have been provided all of their building condition related reports. If you do not already have any these documents, we would be happy to send you what we have received. If you can send us a list of what you have, we can check to see if you have everything that we do. Thanks. Jim On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
Thank you for your e-mail, we will contact the folks listed below.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:51 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- We have not seen a copy of the application submitted by the homeless providers to HHS. It was our understanding that the city of Seattle funded the due diligence for the homeless providers to the tune of $95,000 on the condition that copies of all results be provided to the City. Our contacts among the homeless providers have been Beth Boram (206-474-1023 - bboram@compasshousingalliance.org), Joanna Martin (jmartin@bellwetherhousing.org), and Susan Boyd (sboyd@bellwetherhousing.org). Let me know if we can be of any further assistance. Thanks. Jim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James or Maureen,
Would either of you have a copy of the Federal Reserve Bank Building submittal prepared by the homeless shelter group that we could have to utilize in the preparation of our submittal? If not, would you know an individual with that group that we could contact to request a copy? We would like to ascertain what they learned about the condition of the building in preparation of their submittal.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Pittman, Kenny To: Becker, Eric P Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:40:26 AM Sorry Eric.
_____________________________________________ From: Pittman, Kenny Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:39 AM To: 'Becker, Eric P' Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Thanks Richard.
-----Original Appointment----- From: Becker, Eric P [mailto:pebecker@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:23 AM To: Pittman, Kenny Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: Declined: Federal Reserve Bank Building When: Friday, J une 20, 2014 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada). Where: Seattle City Hall -5th Floor - Office of Intergovernmental Relations/International Room
Hello Kenny,
Thank you for the invite. I will be out of town, but others form the District will attend to support the effort.
Eric Becker AIA, LEED AP Sr. Project Manager Capital Projects Seattle Public Schools office 206-252-0697 cell 206-496-2561
From: Best, Richard L To: "Sharon Kennedy" Cc: Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:38:03 AM All ,
There is some good information in those e-mails concerning building envelope, structural system and hazardous materials.
Richard
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:32 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Received both emails. Thanks much.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 10:21 AM To: Lorne McConachie; Dan Miles; Sharon Kennedy Cc: Standaart, David Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Building
All,
2 of 2 e-mails concerning additional information made available today regarding Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:09 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Fwd: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard,
I received a delivery failure to Lorne, could you pass the documents along? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC <maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov> Date: Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:59 AM Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building To: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Cc: W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov>, "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org>, Kenny Pittman <kenny.pittman@seattle.gov>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@bassettiarch.com>, Sharon Kennedy <SKennedy@robinson-co.com> Richard,
Attached are the four reports provided by the Homeless group, completed this Spring.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Seattle Public Schools has the following documents concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Building located at Second & Spring:
1) GSA - Electronic floor plans showing geometry and scale of building (these are not construction documents identifying any building materials) 2) GSA - Disposition Recommendation Report (DR2) - May 2013 3) Otak & Consultants - Facilities Assessment - October 2002 4) Carl A. Mangold - Survey and Assessment of Asbestos and Hazardous Materials and Risk Assessment 1993 5) RGA Environmental Asbestos Survey Report August , 2012 6) RGA Environmental Analytical Results for Total Lead, Dust Wipes (No Report) June 19, 2012 7) Anderson Mohr Associates Security Upgrade Floor Plans 5-16-99
If any additional documents exist that would support this effort we would appreciate your making them available to us.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:25 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - I assume that you have the GSA building information that we previously provided Kenny Pittman and the homeless providers. Those documents were provided to us by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. We were also provided four documents generated by contractors of the homeless providers pursuant to the same request that we made to you below. We do not know if we have been provided all of their building condition related reports. If you do not already have any these documents, we would be happy to send you what we have received. If you can send us a list of what you have, we can check to see if you have everything that we do. Thanks. Jim On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
Thank you for your e-mail, we will contact the folks listed below.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:51 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- We have not seen a copy of the application submitted by the homeless providers to HHS. It was our understanding that the city of Seattle funded the due diligence for the homeless providers to the tune of $95,000 on the condition that copies of all results be provided to the City. Our contacts among the homeless providers have been Beth Boram (206-474-1023 - bboram@compasshousingalliance.org), Joanna Martin (jmartin@bellwetherhousing.org), and Susan Boyd (sboyd@bellwetherhousing.org). Let me know if we can be of any further assistance. Thanks. Jim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James or Maureen,
Would either of you have a copy of the Federal Reserve Bank Building submittal prepared by the homeless shelter group that we could have to utilize in the preparation of our submittal? If not, would you know an individual with that group that we could contact to request a copy? We would like to ascertain what they learned about the condition of the building in preparation of their submittal.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Best, Richard L To: "Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC" Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:36:19 AM Thank you
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:00 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman; Lorne McConachie; Sharon Kennedy Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard,
Attached are the four reports provided by the Homeless group, completed this Spring.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Seattle Public Schools has the following documents concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Building located at Second & Spring:
1) GSA - Electronic floor plans showing geometry and scale of building (these are not construction documents identifying any building materials) 2) GSA - Disposition Recommendation Report (DR2) - May 2013 3) Otak & Consultants - Facilities Assessment - October 2002 4) Carl A. Mangold - Survey and Assessment of Asbestos and Hazardous Materials and Risk Assessment 1993 5) RGA Environmental Asbestos Survey Report August , 2012 6) RGA Environmental Analytical Results for Total Lead, Dust Wipes (No Report) June 19, 2012 7) Anderson Mohr Associates Security Upgrade Floor Plans 5-16-99
If any additional documents exist that would support this effort we would appreciate your making them available to us.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:25 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - I assume that you have the GSA building information that we previously provided Kenny Pittman and the homeless providers. Those documents were provided to us by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. We were also provided four documents generated by contractors of the homeless providers pursuant to the same request that we made to you below. We do not know if we have been provided all of their building condition related reports. If you do not already have any these documents, we would be happy to send you what we have received. If you can send us a list of what you have, we can check to see if you have everything that we do. Thanks. Jim On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
Thank you for your e-mail, we will contact the folks listed below.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:51 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- We have not seen a copy of the application submitted by the homeless providers to HHS. It was our understanding that the city of Seattle funded the due diligence for the homeless providers to the tune of $95,000 on the condition that copies of all results be provided to the City. Our contacts among the homeless providers have been Beth Boram (206-474-1023 - bboram@compasshousingalliance.org), Joanna Martin (jmartin@bellwetherhousing.org), and Susan Boyd (sboyd@bellwetherhousing.org). Let me know if we can be of any further assistance. Thanks. Jim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James or Maureen,
Would either of you have a copy of the Federal Reserve Bank Building submittal prepared by the homeless shelter group that we could have to utilize in the preparation of our submittal? If not, would you know an individual with that group that we could contact to request a copy? We would like to ascertain what they learned about the condition of the building in preparation of their submittal.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Best, Richard L To: Graefinghoff, Eva Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:23:17 AM Attachments: SMR - Fed Reserve Hazmat Reuse Planning Report (20MAR14 FINAL DRAFT).pdf SSF FRB Seismic.pdf Building Enclosure Condition Assessment Report 031414 - SFRB.pdf Fed Reserve - Seattle Elevator Report 3_17_14.pdf Eva,
Can you print these two copies of these additional documents on three hole paper and place in the Federal Reserve Project Notebook??? Would like notebook by close of business today as I am out of the office tomorrow.
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:09 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Fwd: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard,
I received a delivery failure to Lorne, could you pass the documents along? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC <maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov> Date: Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:59 AM Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building To: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Cc: W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov>, "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org>, Kenny Pittman <kenny.pittman@seattle.gov>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@bassettiarch.com>, Sharon Kennedy <SKennedy@robinson-co.com> Richard,
Attached are the four reports provided by the Homeless group, completed this Spring.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Seattle Public Schools has the following documents concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Building located at Second & Spring:
1) GSA - Electronic floor plans showing geometry and scale of building (these are not construction documents identifying any building materials) 2) GSA - Disposition Recommendation Report (DR2) - May 2013 3) Otak & Consultants - Facilities Assessment - October 2002 4) Carl A. Mangold - Survey and Assessment of Asbestos and Hazardous Materials and Risk Assessment 1993 5) RGA Environmental Asbestos Survey Report August , 2012 6) RGA Environmental Analytical Results for Total Lead, Dust Wipes (No Report) June 19, 2012 7) Anderson Mohr Associates Security Upgrade Floor Plans 5-16-99
If any additional documents exist that would support this effort we would appreciate your making them available to us.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:25 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - I assume that you have the GSA building information that we previously provided Kenny Pittman and the homeless providers. Those documents were provided to us by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. We were also provided four documents generated by contractors of the homeless providers pursuant to the same request that we made to you below. We do not know if we have been provided all of their building condition related reports. If you do not already have any these documents, we would be happy to send you what we have received. If you can send us a list of what you have, we can check to see if you have everything that we do. Thanks. Jim On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
Thank you for your e-mail, we will contact the folks listed below.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:51 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- We have not seen a copy of the application submitted by the homeless providers to HHS. It was our understanding that the city of Seattle funded the due diligence for the homeless providers to the tune of $95,000 on the condition that copies of all results be provided to the City. Our contacts among the homeless providers have been Beth Boram (206-474-1023 - bboram@compasshousingalliance.org), Joanna Martin (jmartin@bellwetherhousing.org), and Susan Boyd (sboyd@bellwetherhousing.org). Let me know if we can be of any further assistance. Thanks. Jim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James or Maureen,
Would either of you have a copy of the Federal Reserve Bank Building submittal prepared by the homeless shelter group that we could have to utilize in the preparation of our submittal? If not, would you know an individual with that group that we could contact to request a copy? We would like to ascertain what they learned about the condition of the building in preparation of their submittal.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Best, Richard L To: Lorne McConachie; Sharon Kennedy; Dan Miles Cc: Standaart, David Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 10:19:22 AM Attachments: SMR - Fed Reserve Hazmat Reuse Planning Report (20MAR14 FINAL DRAFT).pdf Building Enclosure Condition Assessment Report 031414 - SFRB.pdf Fed Reserve - Seattle Elevator Report 3_17_14.pdf All,
I will be sending you two e-mails as this bounced back from your firms.
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:09 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Fwd: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard,
I received a delivery failure to Lorne, could you pass the documents along? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC <maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov> Date: Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:59 AM Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building To: "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> Cc: W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov>, "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org>, "Standaart, David" <DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org>, Kenny Pittman <kenny.pittman@seattle.gov>, Lorne McConachie <LMcConachie@bassettiarch.com>, Sharon Kennedy <SKennedy@robinson-co.com> Richard,
Attached are the four reports provided by the Homeless group, completed this Spring.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Seattle Public Schools has the following documents concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Building located at Second & Spring:
1) GSA - Electronic floor plans showing geometry and scale of building (these are not construction documents identifying any building materials) 2) GSA - Disposition Recommendation Report (DR2) - May 2013 3) Otak & Consultants - Facilities Assessment - October 2002 4) Carl A. Mangold - Survey and Assessment of Asbestos and Hazardous Materials and Risk Assessment 1993 5) RGA Environmental Asbestos Survey Report August , 2012 6) RGA Environmental Analytical Results for Total Lead, Dust Wipes (No Report) June 19, 2012 7) Anderson Mohr Associates Security Upgrade Floor Plans 5-16-99
If any additional documents exist that would support this effort we would appreciate your making them available to us.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:25 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - I assume that you have the GSA building information that we previously provided Kenny Pittman and the homeless providers. Those documents were provided to us by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. We were also provided four documents generated by contractors of the homeless providers pursuant to the same request that we made to you below. We do not know if we have been provided all of their building condition related reports. If you do not already have any these documents, we would be happy to send you what we have received. If you can send us a list of what you have, we can check to see if you have everything that we do. Thanks. Jim On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
Thank you for your e-mail, we will contact the folks listed below.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:51 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- We have not seen a copy of the application submitted by the homeless providers to HHS. It was our understanding that the city of Seattle funded the due diligence for the homeless providers to the tune of $95,000 on the condition that copies of all results be provided to the City. Our contacts among the homeless providers have been Beth Boram (206-474-1023 - bboram@compasshousingalliance.org), Joanna Martin (jmartin@bellwetherhousing.org), and Susan Boyd (sboyd@bellwetherhousing.org). Let me know if we can be of any further assistance. Thanks. Jim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James or Maureen,
Would either of you have a copy of the Federal Reserve Bank Building submittal prepared by the homeless shelter group that we could have to utilize in the preparation of our submittal? If not, would you know an individual with that group that we could contact to request a copy? We would like to ascertain what they learned about the condition of the building in preparation of their submittal.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Sharon Kennedy To: Standaart, David Cc: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:59:27 AM Hi David
Did you receive these last reports? They didnt come through to me the files may be too large. Thanks.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 9:27 AM To: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC; Best, Richard L Cc: W James Biederman - 9P2PZF; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie; Sharon Kennedy Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Thanks Maureen.
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:00 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Pittman, Kenny; Lorne McConachie; Sharon Kennedy Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard,
Attached are the four reports provided by the Homeless group, completed this Spring.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Seattle Public Schools has the following documents concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Building located at Second & Spring:
1) GSA - Electronic floor plans showing geometry and scale of building (these are not construction documents identifying any building materials) 2) GSA - Disposition Recommendation Report (DR2) - May 2013 3) Otak & Consultants - Facilities Assessment - October 2002 4) Carl A. Mangold - Survey and Assessment of Asbestos and Hazardous Materials and Risk Assessment 1993 5) RGA Environmental Asbestos Survey Report August , 2012 6) RGA Environmental Analytical Results for Total Lead, Dust Wipes (No Report) June 19, 2012 7) Anderson Mohr Associates Security Upgrade Floor Plans 5-16-99
If any additional documents exist that would support this effort we would appreciate your making them available to us.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:25 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - I assume that you have the GSA building information that we previously provided Kenny Pittman and the homeless providers. Those documents were provided to us by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. We were also provided four documents generated by contractors of the homeless providers pursuant to the same request that we made to you below. We do not know if we have been provided all of their building condition related reports. If you do not already have any these documents, we would be happy to send you what we have received. If you can send us a list of what you have, we can check to see if you have everything that we do. Thanks. Jim On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
Thank you for your e-mail, we will contact the folks listed below.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:51 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- We have not seen a copy of the application submitted by the homeless providers to HHS. It was our understanding that the city of Seattle funded the due diligence for the homeless providers to the tune of $95,000 on the condition that copies of all results be provided to the City. Our contacts among the homeless providers have been Beth Boram (206-474-1023 - bboram@compasshousingalliance.org), Joanna Martin (jmartin@bellwetherhousing.org), and Susan Boyd (sboyd@bellwetherhousing.org). Let me know if we can be of any further assistance. Thanks. Jim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James or Maureen,
Would either of you have a copy of the Federal Reserve Bank Building submittal prepared by the homeless shelter group that we could have to utilize in the preparation of our submittal? If not, would you know an individual with that group that we could contact to request a copy? We would like to ascertain what they learned about the condition of the building in preparation of their submittal.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Dan Miles To: Standaart, David Cc: Lorne McConachie; Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Former Federal Reserve Bank for New K-5 Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:58:23 AM David:
If you need to add our hourly rates to the contract, please refer to the spreadsheet Lorne sent you with our scope letter. I do not believe we were able to get those included in the two copies we signed this morning. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 2:21 PM To: Dan Miles Cc: Lorne McConachie; Best, Richard L Subject: Former Federal Reserve Bank for New K-5
Dan, Attached are the plans and photos I have of the former Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., located at 2 nd & Spring. As mention, I will be needing a proposal from you by the end of tomorrow to develop a narrative study, along with cost report that will be done by Robinson Co., to renovate the space for a K-5 school, along with City of Seattle operated Pre-K space. The services will be based upon a hourly time and materials rate, to a not to exceed amount, so your proposal should identify what the maximum you expect for the services. I will also be contracting with Robinson Company separately, but you will be required to provide what will be required for the improvements to them. As mentioned, there will be a walk-thru of the space probably this Friday, which I will let you know on. A good draft of the report will be need by June 27, with the final by July 1 st . Let me know if you have any questions.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Best, Richard L To: "Pittman, Kenny"; Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:44:07 AM Kenny,
Thank you for your efforts to continue to pursue this matter, we believe our ability to see their application will better position City of Seattle/Seattle Public Schools for success with our application to GSA.
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:34 AM To: Herndon, Flip; Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Hi Flip & Richard,
We have not seen the application of the Homeless providers. Ive asked our budget office to get a copy as condition of providing the $95,000 for the feasibility study.
Will check with them on the status of this request at our meeting this morning.
Kenny
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:00 AM To: Pittman, Kenny Cc: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Kenny,
Does the City of Seattle have a copy of the report copy of the application the Homeless providers submitted to GSA, note comment below? If not, of the folks listed below do you know who most likely would have a copy of the application the Homeless providers submitted to GSA?
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:51 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- We have not seen a copy of the application submitted by the homeless providers to HHS. It was our understanding that the city of Seattle funded the due diligence for the homeless providers to the tune of $95,000 on the condition that copies of all results be provided to the City. Our contacts among the homeless providers have been Beth Boram (206-474-1023 - bboram@compasshousingalliance.org), Joanna Martin (jmartin@bellwetherhousing.org), and Susan Boyd (sboyd@bellwetherhousing.org). Let me know if we can be of any further assistance. Thanks. Jim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James or Maureen,
Would either of you have a copy of the Federal Reserve Bank Building submittal prepared by the homeless shelter group that we could have to utilize in the preparation of our submittal? If not, would you know an individual with that group that we could contact to request a copy? We would like to ascertain what they learned about the condition of the building in preparation of their submittal.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC To: Best, Richard L Cc: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman; Lorne McConachie; Sharon Kennedy Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Wednesday, J une 18, 2014 9:01:58 AM Attachments: SMR - Fed Reserve Hazmat Reuse Planning Report (20MAR14 FINAL DRAFT).pdf SSF FRB Seismic.pdf Building Enclosure Condition Assessment Report 031414 - SFRB.pdf Fed Reserve - Seattle Elevator Report 3_17_14.pdf Richard, Attached are the four reports provided by the Homeless group, completed this Spring. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Seattle Public Schools has the following documents concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Building located at Second & Spring:
1) GSA - Electronic floor plans showing geometry and scale of building (these are not construction documents identifying any building materials) 2) GSA - Disposition Recommendation Report (DR2) - May 2013 3) Otak & Consultants - Facilities Assessment - October 2002 4) Carl A. Mangold - Survey and Assessment of Asbestos and Hazardous Materials and Risk Assessment 1993 5) RGA Environmental Asbestos Survey Report August , 2012 6) RGA Environmental Analytical Results for Total Lead, Dust Wipes (No Report) June 19, 2012 7) Anderson Mohr Associates Security Upgrade Floor Plans 5-16-99
If any additional documents exist that would support this effort we would appreciate your making them available to us.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:25 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - I assume that you have the GSA building information that we previously provided Kenny Pittman and the homeless providers. Those documents were provided to us by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. We were also provided four documents generated by contractors of the homeless providers pursuant to the same request that we made to you below. We do not know if we have been provided all of their building condition related reports. If you do not already have any these documents, we would be happy to send you what we have received. If you can send us a list of what you have, we can check to see if you have everything that we do. Thanks. Jim On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
Thank you for your e-mail, we will contact the folks listed below.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:51 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- We have not seen a copy of the application submitted by the homeless providers to HHS. It was our understanding that the city of Seattle funded the due diligence for the homeless providers to the tune of $95,000 on the condition that copies of all results be provided to the City. Our contacts among the homeless providers have been Beth Boram (206-474-1023 - bboram@compasshousingalliance.org), Joanna Martin (jmartin@bellwetherhousing.org), and Susan Boyd (sboyd@bellwetherhousing.org). Let me know if we can be of any further assistance. Thanks. Jim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James or Maureen,
Would either of you have a copy of the Federal Reserve Bank Building submittal prepared by the homeless shelter group that we could have to utilize in the preparation of our submittal? If not, would you know an individual with that group that we could contact to request a copy? We would like to ascertain what they learned about the condition of the building in preparation of their submittal.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Standaart, David To: "Sharon Kennedy" Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 3:58:15 PM Attachments: fw9.pdf Sorry about that. Here it is.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 3:51 PM To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Hi David
I think I need the W9 Form. You sent the contract and a sole source document.
Thanks.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:57 PM To: Sharon Kennedy Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Here it is.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 12:19 PM To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Hi David
Please see fee proposal attached. Depending on when sketches or info comes from Bassettis office, Im not sure which estimator will be available to help me. The significant amount of invoicing will be my time with some help from others. If you need an actual name to fill in it will likely be John Perry or Toby Hayse.
Our Tax ID is 91-1358267. We are in your vendor list from prior contracts.
Please let me know if you have any questions, changes. Thanks much.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:45 AM To: Sharon Kennedy Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Sharon, Can you send me your tax id, and who besides you if any will be assigned to this project.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:23 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Friday 8:00 - 9:30 or 1:30 on is best for me. I have a 10-00 to 1:00 mtg that can't be cancelled. Sharon Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2014, at 8:32 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: FYI Can I ask that you advise what times you are available ASAP?
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: Sharon Kennedy To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 3:53:18 PM Hi David
I think I need the W9 Form. You sent the contract and a sole source document.
Thanks.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:57 PM To: Sharon Kennedy Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Here it is.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 12:19 PM To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Hi David
Please see fee proposal attached. Depending on when sketches or info comes from Bassettis office, Im not sure which estimator will be available to help me. The significant amount of invoicing will be my time with some help from others. If you need an actual name to fill in it will likely be John Perry or Toby Hayse.
Our Tax ID is 91-1358267. We are in your vendor list from prior contracts.
Please let me know if you have any questions, changes. Thanks much.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:45 AM To: Sharon Kennedy Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Sharon, Can you send me your tax id, and who besides you if any will be assigned to this project.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:23 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Friday 8:00 - 9:30 or 1:30 on is best for me. I have a 10-00 to 1:00 mtg that can't be cancelled. Sharon Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2014, at 8:32 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: FYI Can I ask that you advise what times you are available ASAP?
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman; Lorne McConachie; Sharon Kennedy Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 2:08:35 PM Ok thanks. Maureen will get you the rest today. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2014, at 1:54 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Seattle Public Schools has the following documents concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Building located at Second & Spring:
1) GSA - Electronic floor plans showing geometry and scale of building (these are not construction documents identifying any building materials) 2) GSA - Disposition Recommendation Report (DR2) - May 2013 3) Otak & Consultants - Facilities Assessment - October 2002 4) Carl A. Mangold - Survey and Assessment of Asbestos and Hazardous Materials and Risk Assessment 1993 5) RGA Environmental Asbestos Survey Report August , 2012 6) RGA Environmental Analytical Results for Total Lead, Dust Wipes (No Report) June 19, 2012 7) Anderson Mohr Associates Security Upgrade Floor Plans 5-16-99
If any additional documents exist that would support this effort we would appreciate your making them available to us.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:25 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard - I assume that you have the GSA building information that we previously provided Kenny Pittman and the homeless providers. Those documents were provided to us by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. We were also provided four documents generated by contractors of the homeless providers pursuant to the same request that we made to you below. We do not know if we have been provided all of their building condition related reports. If you do not already have any these documents, we would be happy to send you what we have received. If you can send us a list of what you have, we can check to see if you have everything that we do. Thanks. Jim On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James,
Thank you for your e-mail, we will contact the folks listed below.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:51 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- We have not seen a copy of the application submitted by the homeless providers to HHS. It was our understanding that the city of Seattle funded the due diligence for the homeless providers to the tune of $95,000 on the condition that copies of all results be provided to the City. Our contacts among the homeless providers have been Beth Boram (206-474-1023 - bboram@compasshousingalliance.org), Joanna Martin (jmartin@bellwetherhousing.org), and Susan Boyd (sboyd@bellwetherhousing.org). Let me know if we can be of any further assistance. Thanks. Jim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James or Maureen,
Would either of you have a copy of the Federal Reserve Bank Building submittal prepared by the homeless shelter group that we could have to utilize in the preparation of our submittal? If not, would you know an individual with that group that we could contact to request a copy? We would like to ascertain what they learned about the condition of the building in preparation of their submittal.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: Standaart, David To: "Sharon Kennedy" Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 1:56:45 PM Attachments: Robinson_Contract Federal Reserve Bldg. Cost Estimate.doc Sole Source J ustification.doc Here it is.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 12:19 PM To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Hi David
Please see fee proposal attached. Depending on when sketches or info comes from Bassettis office, Im not sure which estimator will be available to help me. The significant amount of invoicing will be my time with some help from others. If you need an actual name to fill in it will likely be John Perry or Toby Hayse.
Our Tax ID is 91-1358267. We are in your vendor list from prior contracts.
Please let me know if you have any questions, changes. Thanks much.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:45 AM To: Sharon Kennedy Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Sharon, Can you send me your tax id, and who besides you if any will be assigned to this project.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:23 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Friday 8:00 - 9:30 or 1:30 on is best for me. I have a 10-00 to 1:00 mtg that can't be cancelled. Sharon Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2014, at 8:32 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: FYI Can I ask that you advise what times you are available ASAP?
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: Standaart, David To: "Sharon Kennedy" Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 1:40:36 PM Attachments: Robinson_Contract Federal Reserve Bldg. Cost Estimate.doc Sharon, Attached is a draft of your contract. Take a look and let me know of any comments. Also, fill in the attached W-9 form and forward it with (2) signed hard copies of your contract. You can bring them to tomorrows meeting.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 12:19 PM To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Hi David
Please see fee proposal attached. Depending on when sketches or info comes from Bassettis office, Im not sure which estimator will be available to help me. The significant amount of invoicing will be my time with some help from others. If you need an actual name to fill in it will likely be John Perry or Toby Hayse.
Our Tax ID is 91-1358267. We are in your vendor list from prior contracts.
Please let me know if you have any questions, changes. Thanks much.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:45 AM To: Sharon Kennedy Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Sharon, Can you send me your tax id, and who besides you if any will be assigned to this project.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:23 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Friday 8:00 - 9:30 or 1:30 on is best for me. I have a 10-00 to 1:00 mtg that can't be cancelled. Sharon Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2014, at 8:32 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: FYI Can I ask that you advise what times you are available ASAP?
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: Sharon Kennedy To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 12:21:26 PM Attachments: David Standaart - Federal Reserve Bldg Renovation Study.doc Hi David
Please see fee proposal attached. Depending on when sketches or info comes from Bassettis office, Im not sure which estimator will be available to help me. The significant amount of invoicing will be my time with some help from others. If you need an actual name to fill in it will likely be John Perry or Toby Hayse.
Our Tax ID is 91-1358267. We are in your vendor list from prior contracts.
Please let me know if you have any questions, changes. Thanks much.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:45 AM To: Sharon Kennedy Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Sharon, Can you send me your tax id, and who besides you if any will be assigned to this project.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:23 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Friday 8:00 - 9:30 or 1:30 on is best for me. I have a 10-00 to 1:00 mtg that can't be cancelled. Sharon Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2014, at 8:32 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: FYI Can I ask that you advise what times you are available ASAP?
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: Lorne McConachie To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 12:11:47 PM Agree. Well try an round them up for Friday.
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:59 AM To: Lorne McConachie Cc: Dan Miles; Ross Parker; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Lorne,
I am thinking that it would be good to have your proposed consultants at the 3:00 PM tour on Friday, June 20, 2014.
Richard
From: Lorne McConachie [mailto:LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:01 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Dan Miles; Ross Parker Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard, I believe weve got it. See you tomorrow morning 6/18 at John Stanford Center at 8:30am. See you Friday 6/20 at the Fed Reserve Bldg (1015 2 nd Ave) at 3pm at the loading dock off Spring St. We are preparing a proposal letter with a Not-To-Exceed fee basis. I will send it to you and David Standaart. Please feel free to make adjustments if we have not understood scope adequately. Thanks. Lorne
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:39 AM To: Lorne McConachie Cc: 'Sharon Kennedy'; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Lorne,
We are meeting at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence tomorrow at 8:30 AM to discuss the scope of work, review available documents and strategize as to how to accomplish the task. We will tour the existing building on Friday, June 20, 2014, are you available at 8:30 AM that morning?
Richard
From: Lorne McConachie [mailto:LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:30 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard, I have us touring the Fed Reserve facility at 8:30 am tomorrow (Weds 6/18). Is there another tour potentially scheduled for Friday 6/20? Our time availability on Friday 6/20 is (10am noon) and (2:30 -5pm). Thanks
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:33 AM To: Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie; 'Sharon Kennedy' Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Building
FYI Can I ask that you advise what times you are available ASAP?
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: Best, Richard L To: "Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC" Subject: RE: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20 Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 12:00:29 PM Assume tomorrow is Friday, June 20, 2014???
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 11:11 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Sharon Kennedy; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
The seismic/upgrade file is too large. If you would still like it, I can bring a CD tomorrow.
Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC <maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov> wrote: Richard,
I am sending two emails, one with the floor plans, the other with drawings from the seismic retrofit and 3rd floor renovation.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Maureen,
Thank you, we will look forward to meeting you. Can you bring any construction drawings you may possess concerning the building that we could distribute to our architects and engineers?
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:55 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Sharon Kennedy; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Richard,
I will meet you at 1015 2nd Avenue at the loading dock off Spring Street. Please wear comfortable shoes you can walk up stairs in. The bathrooms are not accessible, so please plan ahead.
Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Maureen,
I have heard back from my two consultants and would like to schedule the tour of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building for 3:00 PM on Friday, June 20, 2014.
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:54 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Richard,
I will be showing your the FRB this Friday. What time would you like to see the building?
Thank you
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Best, Richard L To: "Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC" Cc: Sharon Kennedy; Lorne McConachie Subject: RE: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20 Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 12:00:07 PM That would be great.
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 11:11 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Sharon Kennedy; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
The seismic/upgrade file is too large. If you would still like it, I can bring a CD tomorrow.
Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC <maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov> wrote: Richard,
I am sending two emails, one with the floor plans, the other with drawings from the seismic retrofit and 3rd floor renovation.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Maureen,
Thank you, we will look forward to meeting you. Can you bring any construction drawings you may possess concerning the building that we could distribute to our architects and engineers?
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:55 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Sharon Kennedy; Lorne McConachie Subject: Re: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Richard,
I will meet you at 1015 2nd Avenue at the loading dock off Spring Street. Please wear comfortable shoes you can walk up stairs in. The bathrooms are not accessible, so please plan ahead.
Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Maureen,
I have heard back from my two consultants and would like to schedule the tour of the Downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building for 3:00 PM on Friday, June 20, 2014.
Richard
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC [mailto:maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:54 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FRB Tour - Friday 6/20
Richard,
I will be showing your the FRB this Friday. What time would you like to see the building?
Thank you
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548
-- Maureen Sheehan, PMP U.S. General Services Administration Region 9 Portfolio Management Division NEPA Project Manager 400 15th St. S.W. Auburn, WA 98001 (253) 931-7548 From: Herndon, Flip To: Peters, Susan M Subject: Re: Fed Reserve Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 11:44:55 AM Sue, Did you see the map I included? It does show the age ranges within certain proximity to that location. Probably either a P-5 or P-8 range. -Flip Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2014, at 11:12 AM, "Peters, Susan M" <sue.peters@seattleschools.org> wrote: Thanks for this info, Flip. I share your concerns. Where could we find $40 million? Also, if this project were to go ahead, do you have any data/numbers on what need this would serve? Which students from where would such a school serve? Regards, Sue Sue Peters Seattle School Board Director - District IV sue.peters@seattleschools.org 206-252-0040 / Fax 206-252-0101 From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 4:05 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Fed Reserve Building Good Afternoon,
I believe I sent an update last week about a meeting with the City of Seattle about the possibility of obtaining the Federal Reserve Building on 2 nd and Spring (downtown) for the possible use as a school. We had the meeting on Friday and I want to provide a quick summary and then ask for any feedback you may have for me moving forward.
Summary: The meeting was a good one. It took a bit of an interesting, if not entirely surprising twist, when the city suggested that we (SPS) be the lead in filling out the application. Apparently, they had a conversation with someone at the US Dept. of Ed and suggested that the application would be stronger if SPS was the lead and the City were a co-signer. I say, not surprising because I wondered where the city might come up with the $40+ million to do renovations. Moving forward, we only have until July 3 rd to submit a completed application to the GSA (Government Service Administration). The application is not very lengthy, but will need to be complete with revenue sources outlined (more on that later). We are having a team go out on Friday to give a more complete dollar figure as to how much we believe it will cost in renovations and alteration to make the building a possible school. Im attaching a map that we had done last week to show the number of students who live within certain proximity to the location. Again, a more complete number will be coming to you, but I believe it will fall between $40 and $50 million dollars for a P-5, P-8 grade configuration.
Feedback: I mentioned during the meeting that $40-50 million is not something we have on hand. I also mentioned that from the recent feedback about other projects, that I do not believe the board would have the appetite to substitute the Fed Reserve project for another one already identified on the BEX IV list. I also would not suggest it. However, I did say that I would seek board feedback about consideration for a future levy in conjunction with legislative capital asks. I would like to hear any feedback you have on this topic, positive or negative and any thoughts you might have about future levy consideration. As a last thought on this, if our application were to be rejected by GSA, the property would then go to the open market. My guess is that the value would not be too great, as the building is landmarked and there is a lot of renovation and abatement work that needs to be done to make the building usable. It is one of the reasons that the previous application was rejectedthey did not factor in enough money on renovation costs and they relied too heavily on lease out office space. We are in a different position and have a different intended use.
I am choosing this medium as getting feedback in person from meetings is a real challenge currently and I figured this would be the best way to hear from people.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Thank you,
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Standaart, David To: "Lorne McConachie"; Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 11:11:46 AM Lorne, Along with your revised proposal, can you include hourly rates, as the contract will be on a T & M basis up to the revised amount. Also, along with you, who should be indicated as key personnel assigned to this at your end?
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Lorne McConachie [mailto:LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:35 AM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Seattle Public Schools
Dear Richard and David,
Attached please find a proposal letter outlining a feasibility study for the conversion of the Federal Reserve Bank Building into a downtown elementary school and pre-K facility. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns as we put this proposal together quickly based on a preliminary understanding of the scope.
Were excited to help move this feasibility study forward. Lorne
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L To: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 11:04:40 AM Great, thank you
From: Standaart, David Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 11:03 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Seattle Public Schools
Richard, I spoke with Lorne and he thinks he can trim his fee a bit.--David
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:55 AM To: Standaart, David Subject: FW: Seattle Public Schools
David,
Can you negotiate the fee with Bassetti Architects so that they reduce it below the $25,000 threshold? We will need the consultants they have noted in their proposal letter to thoroughly analyze the systems within the existing building.
Richard
From: Lorne McConachie [mailto:LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:35 AM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Seattle Public Schools
Dear Richard and David,
Attached please find a proposal letter outlining a feasibility study for the conversion of the Federal Reserve Bank Building into a downtown elementary school and pre-K facility. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns as we put this proposal together quickly based on a preliminary understanding of the scope.
Were excited to help move this feasibility study forward. Lorne
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L To: "Lorne McConachie"; Standaart, David Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:56:56 AM FYI
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:03 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Richard,
Right now, there is no purchase price for this property. This is literally a give away. The challenge is the sustainability of the property. Our $5 million is for study and some application toward land, etc. We will need to list all our abilities to meet the financials for the building, no reason to hold anything back.
-Flip Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2014, at 9:14 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip,
In reading the e-mails below I think the key to our submittal will be showing adequate funding availability. I question if we would want to note in our submittal that we have $5,000,000 available for this effort at this time, as I do not believe we want to tip our hand about our $$$ available for purchase of the property as it may inflate the price. Your thoughts??? I am uncertain that the promise of future levy consideration will suffice for GSA purposes.
Richard
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 5:03 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 11, 2014 9:17 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 11, 2014, at 3:20 PM, "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> wrote: Thanks, Jim. We are meeting this week. I appreciate the information.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 4:25 PM To: Herndon, Flip; Kenny Pittman Subject: Fwd: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Mr. Herndon and Mr. Pittman - Today GSA has communicated to the applicant for homeless use that GSA will not grant them additional time, and, as stated on Monday June 2 that we are moving forward with the disposition process for the property. You have until July 3 to submit a fully complete application that provides for adequate funding. Please understand that GSA will not be granting any extensions. The property will be posted for public auction upon the withdrawal of your expression of interest, failure to timely submit the application, or disapproval of the application. As we have noted since December, because of the inordinate rehab costs to make this building usable, it is extremely difficult to find a feasible path forward and to make it all work. GSA's own analysis found that even in a situation of market rents for office space that the numbers did not work and the rehab cost per square foot made it imprudent to retain for use for office space for government agencies. If you decide not to go forward with submission of an application, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can begin marketing the property. Kind regards, Jim
W. James Biederman, Project Manager Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:41 AM Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg To: Gary Johnson <gary.johnson@seattle.gov>, LTHerndon@seattleschools.org, Kenny Pittman <kenny.pittman@seattle.gov> Cc: "Stroud, Yolanda" <Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov>, Iain Hastings <blaine.hastings@gsa.gov>, Maureen Sheehan <maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov> We learned today that HHS has rejected the homeless application for inadequate financial resources. See the letter from HHS attached. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can perfect and submit an application for educational use within 30 days that shows adequate funding availability. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:07 AM, W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> wrote:
This email is to clarify that GSA has no problem with the city and the school district working together on utilization of this building for broader education uses. In the event the homeless application is not approved, you of course need to be ready to submit the application to Ms Yolanda Stroud in a timely manner -- doing that should be facilitated by the Homeless Coalition's willingness to share all of its due diligence investigations and reports, Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, Wa 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:56:31 AM Gotcha. I think we will be able to put together a very through response.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:03 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Richard,
Right now, there is no purchase price for this property. This is literally a give away. The challenge is the sustainability of the property. Our $5 million is for study and some application toward land, etc. We will need to list all our abilities to meet the financials for the building, no reason to hold anything back.
-Flip Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2014, at 9:14 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip,
In reading the e-mails below I think the key to our submittal will be showing adequate funding availability. I question if we would want to note in our submittal that we have $5,000,000 available for this effort at this time, as I do not believe we want to tip our hand about our $$$ available for purchase of the property as it may inflate the price. Your thoughts??? I am uncertain that the promise of future levy consideration will suffice for GSA purposes.
Richard
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 5:03 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, J une 11, 2014 9:17 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 11, 2014, at 3:20 PM, "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> wrote: Thanks, Jim. We are meeting this week. I appreciate the information.
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 4:25 PM To: Herndon, Flip; Kenny Pittman Subject: Fwd: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Mr. Herndon and Mr. Pittman - Today GSA has communicated to the applicant for homeless use that GSA will not grant them additional time, and, as stated on Monday June 2 that we are moving forward with the disposition process for the property. You have until July 3 to submit a fully complete application that provides for adequate funding. Please understand that GSA will not be granting any extensions. The property will be posted for public auction upon the withdrawal of your expression of interest, failure to timely submit the application, or disapproval of the application. As we have noted since December, because of the inordinate rehab costs to make this building usable, it is extremely difficult to find a feasible path forward and to make it all work. GSA's own analysis found that even in a situation of market rents for office space that the numbers did not work and the rehab cost per square foot made it imprudent to retain for use for office space for government agencies. If you decide not to go forward with submission of an application, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can begin marketing the property. Kind regards, Jim
W. James Biederman, Project Manager Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:41 AM Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg To: Gary Johnson <gary.johnson@seattle.gov>, LTHerndon@seattleschools.org, Kenny Pittman <kenny.pittman@seattle.gov> Cc: "Stroud, Yolanda" <Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov>, Iain Hastings <blaine.hastings@gsa.gov>, Maureen Sheehan <maureen.sheehan@gsa.gov> We learned today that HHS has rejected the homeless application for inadequate financial resources. See the letter from HHS attached. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can perfect and submit an application for educational use within 30 days that shows adequate funding availability. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:07 AM, W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> wrote:
This email is to clarify that GSA has no problem with the city and the school district working together on utilization of this building for broader education uses. In the event the homeless application is not approved, you of course need to be ready to submit the application to Ms Yolanda Stroud in a timely manner -- doing that should be facilitated by the Homeless Coalition's willingness to share all of its due diligence investigations and reports, Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, Wa 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
From: Best, Richard L To: Standaart, David Subject: FW: Seattle Public Schools Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:54:49 AM Attachments: 140617_Feasibility Fee Proposal Letter.pdf SPS Fee Proposal.pdf David,
Can you negotiate the fee with Bassetti Architects so that they reduce it below the $25,000 threshold? We will need the consultants they have noted in their proposal letter to thoroughly analyze the systems within the existing building.
Richard
From: Lorne McConachie [mailto:LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 10:35 AM To: Best, Richard L; Standaart, David Subject: FW: Seattle Public Schools
Dear Richard and David,
Attached please find a proposal letter outlining a feasibility study for the conversion of the Federal Reserve Bank Building into a downtown elementary school and pre-K facility. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns as we put this proposal together quickly based on a preliminary understanding of the scope.
Were excited to help move this feasibility study forward. Lorne
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC on behalf of Google Calendar To: Best, Richard L Subject: Accepted: Tour of Federal Reserve Bank Building @ Fri J un 20, 2014 3pm - 5pm (Maureen Sheehan) Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:55:58 AM Attachments: invite.ics Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC has accepted this invitation. Tour of Federal Reserve Bank Building When Fri Jun 20, 2014 3pm 5pm Pacific Time Where Federal Reserve Bank Building - Second & Spring - Second Avenue Entrance (map) Calendar Maureen Sheehan Who Best, Richard L - organizer Maureen Sheehan - 9P2PTC - creator 'Lorne McConachie' 'Sharon Kennedy' Invitation from Google Calendar You are receiving this courtesy email at the account rlbest@seattleschools.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar. From: Best, Richard L To: "Sharon Kennedy"; "Lorne McConachie" Cc: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:48:00 AM I will set the tour up for 3:00 PM that day.
From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:45 AM To: Best, Richard L; 'Lorne McConachie' Cc: Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard,
Friday 2:30 works better for me than 8:30 if possible/works for SPS. Thanks.
Sharon Kennedy The Robinson Company 101 Stewart Street, Suite 925 Seattle, WA 98101 p 206 441 8872 f 206 441 8991 skennedy@robinson-co.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:39 AM To: 'Lorne McConachie' Cc: Sharon Kennedy; Standaart, David Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Lorne,
We are meeting at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence tomorrow at 8:30 AM to discuss the scope of work, review available documents and strategize as to how to accomplish the task. We will tour the existing building on Friday, June 20, 2014, are you available at 8:30 AM that morning?
Richard
From: Lorne McConachie [mailto:LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:30 AM To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard, I have us touring the Fed Reserve facility at 8:30 am tomorrow (Weds 6/18). Is there another tour potentially scheduled for Friday 6/20? Our time availability on Friday 6/20 is (10am noon) and (2:30 -5pm). Thanks
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Best, Richard L [mailto:rlbest@seattleschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:33 AM To: Standaart, David; Lorne McConachie; 'Sharon Kennedy' Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Building
FYI Can I ask that you advise what times you are available ASAP?
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: Best, Richard L To: Kenny Pittman Cc: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 9:00:12 AM Kenny,
Does the City of Seattle have a copy of the report copy of the application the Homeless providers submitted to GSA, note comment below? If not, of the folks listed below do you know who most likely would have a copy of the application the Homeless providers submitted to GSA?
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:51 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan; Herndon, Flip; Standaart, David; Kenny Pittman Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- We have not seen a copy of the application submitted by the homeless providers to HHS. It was our understanding that the city of Seattle funded the due diligence for the homeless providers to the tune of $95,000 on the condition that copies of all results be provided to the City. Our contacts among the homeless providers have been Beth Boram (206-474-1023 - bboram@compasshousingalliance.org), Joanna Martin (jmartin@bellwetherhousing.org), and Susan Boyd (sboyd@bellwetherhousing.org). Let me know if we can be of any further assistance. Thanks. Jim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James or Maureen,
Would either of you have a copy of the Federal Reserve Bank Building submittal prepared by the homeless shelter group that we could have to utilize in the preparation of our submittal? If not, would you know an individual with that group that we could contact to request a copy? We would like to ascertain what they learned about the condition of the building in preparation of their submittal.
Richard
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: Best, Richard L To: Graefinghoff, Eva Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg -- Materials Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:54:02 AM Attachments: Asbestos Report - FRB Seattle 1993 (1).pdf Asbestos Survey Rpt- final (rev) w attach (1).pdf Eva,
Please print four copies of each document on three-hole paper and place in notebook marked Downtown Federal Reserve Building. Need by close of business today.
Richard
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 3:10 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg -- Materials
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 2:56 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg -- Materials
Hi Flip,
It was great meeting you, Richard, and Eric today.
This is the first of several emails on the materials we discussed (they are quite large) this is the first batch of the GSA reports.
In addition, here is our U.S. Department of Education contact person:
Yolanda Stroud, Reality Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Department of Education 202-401-3587 (office) or 202-536-8963 (cell best way to contact) Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov
Looking forward to hearing how your Wednesday meeting went.
Kenny 684-8364 From: Best, Richard L To: Redman, Thomas L; Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Fed. Bldg message Friday Memo to the Board draft J une 20 2014 Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:40:12 AM I will look to Flip to advise about the last sentence.
From: Redman, Thomas L Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:39 AM To: Best, Richard L; Herndon, Flip Subject: Fed. Bldg message Friday Memo to the Board draft J une 20 2014
Please review my suggested edits in bold. Thanks,
On June 13, Flip Herndon, Richard Best and Eric Becker met with representatives from the City of Seattle and the Downtown Association to discuss submitting an application concerning the Federal Reserve Building for a downtown school, as the proposed homeless shelter had been rejected by the Department of General Services Administration (GSA). We are exploring adaptively re-using the building as a public school. SPS will need to submit a report to GSA by Thursday, July 3, 2014. (do we need this last sentence?
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:27 AM To: Herndon, Flip; Redman, Thomas L Subject: Friday Memo to the Board draft J une 20 2014 - for merge
Added a brief narrative concerning the Downtown Federal Reserve Building. Do we want to say anything about TT Minor? From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:32:48 AM FYI
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 8:24 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Richard -- No problem. Maureen Sheehan will contact you with the arrangements. We ask that we be provided with copies of any building condition related reports generated by your due diligence efforts as part of our responsibilities connected with this taxpayer owned asset. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Best, Richard L <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: James, Can I ask you to arrange a tour of the Seattle Federal Reserve Bank Building for this Friday? There will be representatives from SPS, Bassetti Architects and The Robinson Company to assist us with our submittal efforts. Richard Best, Director of Capital Projects Sent from my iPhone
From: Redman, Thomas L To: Skowyra, Bruce; Libros, Tracy; Herndon, Flip; Best, Richard L Cc: Skutack, Mike; Morello, Lucy; Becker, Eric P Subject: Anything for the Friday Memo to the Board-see attached preliminary draft Date: Tuesday, J une 17, 2014 6:26:22 AM Attachments: Friday Memo to the Board draft J une 20 2014 - for merge.docx Ive included topics that weve considered for this weeks Friday Memo. From: Sharon Kennedy To: Best, Richard L Cc: Standaart, David Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building Project Scope Meeting Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 5:12:43 PM Hi Richard/David. I'll be at meeting and we'll make it work. Thanks much for including us. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 16, 2014, at 4:34 PM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Sharon,
We will need a very quick turnaround on this matter. We will make 8 x 11 drawings available at the Wednesday meeting and our elementary educational specifications.
Richard From: Sharon Kennedy [mailto:SKennedy@robinson-co.com] Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 3:09 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Automatic reply: Federal Reserve Building Project Scope Meeting
I will be out of the office Friday afternoon and Monday 6/16 and will not be checking emails. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Tara in our office at 206 441 8872 and she will redirect your call. Thanks much. From: Herndon, Flip To: Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 5:01:56 PM Jim Beiderman at GSA. Ill forward you his email.
From: Best, Richard L Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 4:38 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Flip,
Who should we contact to get access to the Federal Reserve Bank Building?
Richard
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 12:56 PM To: Herndon, Flip; Gilliam, J esse; Belz, Sara; Pedersen, Alex; J on Scholes (J onS@downtownseattle.org) Cc: Kim, Hyeok; Best, Richard L; Larsen, Shauna Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Thanks Flip. See you at 1:30p
From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 12:55 PM To: Pittman, Kenny; Gilliam, J esse; Belz, Sara; Pedersen, Alex; J on Scholes (J onS@downtownseattle.org) Cc: Kim, Hyeok; Best, Richard L; Larsen, Shauna Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Im attaching a map that may be useful in our discussion today.
-----Original Appointment----- From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 9:40 AM To: Herndon, Flip; Gilliam, J esse; Belz, Sara; Pedersen, Alex; J on Scholes (J onS@downtownseattle.org) Cc: Kim, Hyeok; Best, Richard L; Larsen, Shauna Subject: Federal Reserve Bank Building When: Friday, J une 13, 2014 1:30 PM-2:30 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada). Where: City Hall - 3rd Floor --- Room 370
Hi Everyone,
Need to move the meeting to a larger room.
City Hall 3 rd Floor Room 370 Conference Room
Kenny 206-684-8364
From: Best, Richard L To: Standaart, David; "dmiles@bassettiarch.com" Cc: "Lorne McConachie" Subject: RE: Former Federal Reserve Bank for New K-5 Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 4:41:53 PM Lorne and Dan,
We will put together a hard copy of what we have tomorrow for the meeting on Wednesday including a copy of the educational specifications.
Richard
From: Standaart, David Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 2:21 PM To: 'dmiles@bassettiarch.com' Cc: 'Lorne McConachie'; Best, Richard L Subject: Former Federal Reserve Bank for New K-5
Dan, Attached are the plans and photos I have of the former Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., located at 2 nd & Spring. As mention, I will be needing a proposal from you by the end of tomorrow to develop a narrative study, along with cost report that will be done by Robinson Co., to renovate the space for a K-5 school, along with City of Seattle operated Pre-K space. The services will be based upon a hourly time and materials rate, to a not to exceed amount, so your proposal should identify what the maximum you expect for the services. I will also be contracting with Robinson Company separately, but you will be required to provide what will be required for the improvements to them. As mentioned, there will be a walk-thru of the space probably this Friday, which I will let you know on. A good draft of the report will be need by June 27, with the final by July 1 st . Let me know if you have any questions.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: Former Federal Reserve Bank for New K-5 Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 4:33:44 PM FYI
From: Dan Miles [mailto:dmiles@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 2:26 PM To: Standaart, David Cc: Lorne McConachie; Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Former Federal Reserve Bank for New K-5
Hi David: Confirming receipt of your e-mail. We will prepare proposal and forward by EOB tomorrow. Thanks.
Daniel Miles AIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Standaart, David [mailto:DSTANDAART@seattleschools.org] Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 2:21 PM To: Dan Miles Cc: Lorne McConachie; Best, Richard L Subject: Former Federal Reserve Bank for New K-5
Dan, Attached are the plans and photos I have of the former Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., located at 2 nd & Spring. As mention, I will be needing a proposal from you by the end of tomorrow to develop a narrative study, along with cost report that will be done by Robinson Co., to renovate the space for a K-5 school, along with City of Seattle operated Pre-K space. The services will be based upon a hourly time and materials rate, to a not to exceed amount, so your proposal should identify what the maximum you expect for the services. I will also be contracting with Robinson Company separately, but you will be required to provide what will be required for the improvements to them. As mentioned, there will be a walk-thru of the space probably this Friday, which I will let you know on. A good draft of the report will be need by June 27, with the final by July 1 st . Let me know if you have any questions.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: McLaren, Martha To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Building Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 4:10:32 PM Hi Flip,
Your assumptions about my appetite for changing plans for our capital dollars are correct. It would sure make sense for us to have that property on hand, but I dont see an easy path from here to there. Maybe the legislature????
Thanks for the frequent updates.
Marty McLaren Director, Seattle Public Schools District VI martha.mclaren@seattleschools.org
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 4:05 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Fed Reserve Building
Good Afternoon,
I believe I sent an update last week about a meeting with the City of Seattle about the possibility of obtaining the Federal Reserve Building on 2 nd and Spring (downtown) for the possible use as a school. We had the meeting on Friday and I want to provide a quick summary and then ask for any feedback you may have for me moving forward.
Summary: The meeting was a good one. It took a bit of an interesting, if not entirely surprising twist, when the city suggested that we (SPS) be the lead in filling out the application. Apparently, they had a conversation with someone at the US Dept. of Ed and suggested that the application would be stronger if SPS was the lead and the City were a co-signer. I say, not surprising because I wondered where the city might come up with the $40+ million to do renovations. Moving forward, we only have until July 3 rd to submit a completed application to the GSA (Government Service Administration). The application is not very lengthy, but will need to be complete with revenue sources outlined (more on that later). We are having a team go out on Friday to give a more complete dollar figure as to how much we believe it will cost in renovations and alteration to make the building a possible school. Im attaching a map that we had done last week to show the number of students who live within certain proximity to the location. Again, a more complete number will be coming to you, but I believe it will fall between $40 and $50 million dollars for a P-5, P-8 grade configuration.
Feedback: I mentioned during the meeting that $40-50 million is not something we have on hand. I also mentioned that from the recent feedback about other projects, that I do not believe the board would have the appetite to substitute the Fed Reserve project for another one already identified on the BEX IV list. I also would not suggest it. However, I did say that I would seek board feedback about consideration for a future levy in conjunction with legislative capital asks. I would like to hear any feedback you have on this topic, positive or negative and any thoughts you might have about future levy consideration. As a last thought on this, if our application were to be rejected by GSA, the property would then go to the open market. My guess is that the value would not be too great, as the building is landmarked and there is a lot of renovation and abatement work that needs to be done to make the building usable. It is one of the reasons that the previous application was rejectedthey did not factor in enough money on renovation costs and they relied too heavily on lease out office space. We are in a different position and have a different intended use.
I am choosing this medium as getting feedback in person from meetings is a real challenge currently and I figured this would be the best way to hear from people.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Thank you,
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Herndon, Flip To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Fed Reserve Building Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 4:05:09 PM Attachments: DowntownSite_20140613_0551.pdf Good Afternoon,
I believe I sent an update last week about a meeting with the City of Seattle about the possibility of obtaining the Federal Reserve Building on 2 nd and Spring (downtown) for the possible use as a school. We had the meeting on Friday and I want to provide a quick summary and then ask for any feedback you may have for me moving forward.
Summary: The meeting was a good one. It took a bit of an interesting, if not entirely surprising twist, when the city suggested that we (SPS) be the lead in filling out the application. Apparently, they had a conversation with someone at the US Dept. of Ed and suggested that the application would be stronger if SPS was the lead and the City were a co-signer. I say, not surprising because I wondered where the city might come up with the $40+ million to do renovations. Moving forward, we only have until July 3 rd to submit a completed application to the GSA (Government Service Administration). The application is not very lengthy, but will need to be complete with revenue sources outlined (more on that later). We are having a team go out on Friday to give a more complete dollar figure as to how much we believe it will cost in renovations and alteration to make the building a possible school. Im attaching a map that we had done last week to show the number of students who live within certain proximity to the location. Again, a more complete number will be coming to you, but I believe it will fall between $40 and $50 million dollars for a P-5, P-8 grade configuration.
Feedback: I mentioned during the meeting that $40-50 million is not something we have on hand. I also mentioned that from the recent feedback about other projects, that I do not believe the board would have the appetite to substitute the Fed Reserve project for another one already identified on the BEX IV list. I also would not suggest it. However, I did say that I would seek board feedback about consideration for a future levy in conjunction with legislative capital asks. I would like to hear any feedback you have on this topic, positive or negative and any thoughts you might have about future levy consideration. As a last thought on this, if our application were to be rejected by GSA, the property would then go to the open market. My guess is that the value would not be too great, as the building is landmarked and there is a lot of renovation and abatement work that needs to be done to make the building usable. It is one of the reasons that the previous application was rejectedthey did not factor in enough money on renovation costs and they relied too heavily on lease out office space. We are in a different position and have a different intended use.
I am choosing this medium as getting feedback in person from meetings is a real challenge currently and I figured this would be the best way to hear from people.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Thank you,
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Herndon, Flip To: "Pittman, Kenny" Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg - Materials Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 3:10:52 PM Thanks for all the info.
From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 3:07 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg - Materials
Hi Flip,
Here is the link to the Seattle reports. Its a series of large files.
Should have the draft appraisal on Monday/Tuesday.
Kenny
From: Nakagawara, Mark Sent: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 9:08 AM To: Pittman, Kenny Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg - Materials
Kenny would you want to grab it off of our FTP site?
It might save you a trip. The files reside in the folder Federal Reserve Building. Let me know if that works for you.
Mark Nakagawara, Project Manager City of Seattle - Finance and Administrative Services Capital Development and Construction Management Division 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5200 P.O. Box 94689 Seattle, WA 98124 Office: 206-684-0424 Cell: 206-214-5865
From: Pittman, Kenny Sent: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 8:30 AM To: Kunselman, David; Noble, Ben Cc: Nakagawara, Mark Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg - Materials
Thanks David.
Ill contact Mark to get copies of the preliminary report now for review.
Mark could you send me a copy of the preliminary report? If it is too large I can come to your office to download it on a stickwhere are you located in SMT?
Thanks again, Kenny
From: Kunselman, David Sent: Monday, J une 09, 2014 11:35 AM To: Noble, Ben Cc: Pittman, Kenny; Nakagawara, Mark Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg - Materials
The final report is due next Monday. In the meantime, we have drafts for all of the sections except for the appraisal.
Kenny, please coordinate with Mark Nakagawara in my office if you want any sections now. He is managing the project. (They are large electronic files.)
David
From: Noble, Ben Sent: Monday, J une 09, 2014 10:15 AM To: Kunselman, David Cc: Pittman, Kenny Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg - Materials
David,
Did we get a final report form the building assessment work we funded for the Fed Reserve bldg?
From: Pittman, Kenny Sent: Monday, J une 09, 2014 9:52 AM To: Noble, Ben Subject: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg - Materials
Hi Ben,
Do you have access to the building assessment and application materials development for the homeless coalition for the Federal Reserve Bank Bldg?
There is a lot of information such as environmental assessment and building costs that can be used in a potential joint City/SPS application.
Thanks, Kenny From: Best, Richard L To: "Lorne McConachie"; Standaart, David; "skennedy@robinson-co.com"; Herndon, Flip Subject: Federal Reserve Building Project Scope Meeting Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 3:08:50 PM All,
Seattle Public Schools would like to meet with you to discuss implementing a facilities assessment for the Second and Spring Federal Reserve Building. Last Friday Flip Herndon, Eric Becker and myself (all Seattle Public Schools employees) met with representatives from the City of Seattle and the Downtown Association to discuss submitting an application to purchase the Federal Reserve Building for a downtown school as the proposed homeless shelter had been rejected by the Department of General Administration. City Representatives noted that the next step is to explore adaptively re-using the building as a public school. SPS will need to submit a report to the Department of General Administration by Thursday, July 3, 2014.
City representatives also noted that the Federal Reserve Building has been designated a National Historic Landmark and is under similar consideration by the City of Seattle (Historic landmark designation was turned down once by the City of Seattle but applicants have reapplied noting that this is one of the first projects ever completed by the local architectural firm NBBJ). We believe the report will need to include an assessment of the existing facilities conditions (Flip has Kenny Pittman sent you anything), required modifications so that the building will meet the SPS elementary educational program, required modifications so that the building can also be utilized for City of Seattle Pre-K classes a summary of estimated construction costs and a narrative as to how the project would be funded.
We believe that Bassetti Architects and the Robinson Company are well positioned to assist SPS with this effort as they are knowledgeable concerning landmark preservation costs, familiar with SPS elementary educational program (Bassetti currently designing Arbor Heights Elementary School), familiar with Pre-K requirements and have cost estimating capabilities.
Richard
From: Standaart, David To: "dmiles@bassettiarch.com" Cc: "Lorne McConachie"; Best, Richard L Subject: Former Federal Reserve Bank for New K-5 Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 2:21:10 PM Attachments: Federal Bldg Plans.pdf Federal Bldg Photos.pdf Dan, Attached are the plans and photos I have of the former Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., located at 2 nd & Spring. As mention, I will be needing a proposal from you by the end of tomorrow to develop a narrative study, along with cost report that will be done by Robinson Co., to renovate the space for a K-5 school, along with City of Seattle operated Pre-K space. The services will be based upon a hourly time and materials rate, to a not to exceed amount, so your proposal should identify what the maximum you expect for the services. I will also be contracting with Robinson Company separately, but you will be required to provide what will be required for the improvements to them. As mentioned, there will be a walk-thru of the space probably this Friday, which I will let you know on. A good draft of the report will be need by June 27, with the final by July 1 st . Let me know if you have any questions.
David Standaart, A.I.A., NCARB Capital Project Mgr. Seattle Public Schools 206.252.0662
From: Best, Richard L To: Stevens, J oy; Bath, Christine Subject: Federal Reserve Building - Facilities/Education Program Assessment - A/E Selection Process Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 11:10:04 AM All,
I would like to make sure we are all on the same page concerning A/E Selection to implement a facilities assessment for the Second and Spring Federal Reserve Building. Last Friday Flip Herndon, Eric Becker and myself met with representatives from the City of Seattle and the Downtown Association to discuss submitting an application to purchase the Federal Reserve Building for a downtown school as the proposed homeless shelter had been rejected by the Department of General Administration. City Representatives noted that the next step is to explore adaptively re- using the building as a public school. SPS will need to submit a report to the Department of General Administration by Thursday, July 3, 2014.
City representatives also noted that the Federal Reserve Building has been designated a National Historic Landmark and is under similar consideration by the City of Seattle (Historic landmark designation was turned down once by the City of Seattle but the applicants have reapplied noting that this is one of the first projects ever completed by the local architectural firm NBBJ). Representatives from the Downtown Association noted that Bassetti Architects and The DLR Group had previously worked for them concerning an effort to identify the location of a downtown school. The report will need to include an assessment of the existing facilities conditions (Flip has Kenny Pittman sent you anything), required modifications so that the building will meet the SPS elementary educational program, required modifications so that the building can also be utilized for City of Seattle Pre-K classes a summary of estimated construction costs and a narrative as to how the project would be funded.
I believe that Bassetti Architects is well positioned to assist SPS with this effort as they are highly regarded concerning landmark preservation efforts, familiar with SPS elementary educational program (currently designing Arbor Heights Elementary School), familiar with Pre-K requirements and have both in-house and external cost estimating capabilities.
Richard
From: English, Ron To: Best, Richard L Cc: Becker, Eric P; Skutack, Mike; Morello, Lucy; Herndon, Flip Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - A/E Roster Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 9:45:04 AM Available at 1 but you will need Diane anyhow. Try her now. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 16, 2014, at 9:13 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: Ron,
Thank you, what is your availability today?
Richard
From: English, Ron Sent: Monday, J une 16, 2014 9:12 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Becker, Eric P; Skutack, Mike; Morello, Lucy; Herndon, Flip Subject: Re: Downtown Federal Reserve Building - A/E Roster
Talk to me or Diane Navarro Sent from my iPhone On Jun 16, 2014, at 8:35 AM, "Best, Richard L" <rlbest@seattleschools.org> wrote: All,
Who is our internal expert on the use of the A/E small works roster that I can seek guidance surrounding a facility evaluation, educational program evaluation and cost estimate for the Downtown Federal Reserve Building? I am reviewing policy/procedure 6220SP.C is there another policy I should also be considering? Would like to get this info ASAP so can begin the conversation as a report is due to either DOE or GA o July 3, 2014.
Many thanks,
Richard From: Best, Richard L To: "Lorne McConachie" Cc: Caroline Lemay; Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Downtown School Date: Monday, J une 16, 2014 9:32:12 AM Lorne,
Your e-mail is timely and info correct. Would like to see the an Urban School Precedents booklet along with some conceptual studies for a few sites around town your firm prepared as soon as possible.
Richard
From: Lorne McConachie [mailto:LMcConachie@BassettiArch.com] Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 9:08 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Caroline Lemay Subject: Downtown School
Hi Richard,
This email is a follow-up to a voice mail I left you this morning. We have been involved with both the Downtown Seattle Association and the City helping to explore options for a downtown school. I recently learned that the option of using the old Federal Reserve Bank on Second Ave for a homeless shelter did not meet DSAs approval. The next step, as I understand it, was to explore adaptively re-using the old bank as a public school. If the opportunity or need arises, we would love to help in the exploration. Back in 2012, we prepared an Urban School Precedents booklet along with some conceptual studies for a few sites around town. Id be happy to make this work available to you if desired.
Additionally, when we saw each other at the Arbor Heights community review last week you had mentioned wanting to give me a call. Im not sure of the topic you were somewhat mysterious in saying that I could say no if I wanted but wanted to follow-up in case I missed your call.
Hope all is well. Lorne
Lorne L. McConachie FAIA Principal
Bassetti Architects t 206 340 9500 www.bassettiarch.com
From: Pittman, Kenny To: Herndon, Flip (ltherndon@seattleschools.org) Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg -- Materials #3 Date: Friday, J une 13, 2014 3:03:04 PM Attachments: FRB-GSA DISPOSITION-RPT-DR2.pdf Just in case
From: Pittman, Kenny Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 2:58 PM To: Herndon, Flip (ltherndon@seattleschools.org) Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg -- Materials #3
Number 3.
From: Pittman, Kenny Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 2:56 PM To: Herndon, Flip (ltherndon@seattleschools.org) Subject: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg -- Materials
Hi Flip,
It was great meeting you, Richard, and Eric today.
This is the first of several emails on the materials we discussed (they are quite large) this is the first batch of the GSA reports.
In addition, here is our U.S. Department of Education contact person:
Yolanda Stroud, Reality Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Department of Education 202-401-3587 (office) or 202-536-8963 (cell best way to contact) Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov
Looking forward to hearing how your Wednesday meeting went.
Kenny 684-8364 From: Pittman, Kenny To: Herndon, Flip (ltherndon@seattleschools.org) Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg -- Materials #2 Date: Friday, J une 13, 2014 3:00:18 PM Attachments: Fed Reserve001.PDF Fed Reserve002.PDF Fed Reserve003.PDF Fed Reserve004.PDF Fed Reserve005.PDF Fed Reserve006.PDF Fed Reserve007.PDF Second back of GSA reports.
From: Pittman, Kenny Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 2:56 PM To: Herndon, Flip (ltherndon@seattleschools.org) Subject: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg -- Materials
Hi Flip,
It was great meeting you, Richard, and Eric today.
This is the first of several emails on the materials we discussed (they are quite large) this is the first batch of the GSA reports.
In addition, here is our U.S. Department of Education contact person:
Yolanda Stroud, Reality Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Department of Education 202-401-3587 (office) or 202-536-8963 (cell best way to contact) Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov
Looking forward to hearing how your Wednesday meeting went.
Kenny 684-8364 From: Pittman, Kenny To: Herndon, Flip (ltherndon@seattleschools.org) Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg -- Materials #4 Date: Friday, J une 13, 2014 3:00:09 PM Attachments: Lead Dust Lab Rpt J une 19 2012.pdf OTAK - Final Condition Assessment Report - 1015 Second Avenue Seattle FRB - 11 15 2002 (1).pdf Final group of GSA reports. Will start sending over Seattle reports.
From: Pittman, Kenny Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 2:56 PM To: Herndon, Flip (ltherndon@seattleschools.org) Subject: Federal Reserve Bank Bldg -- Materials
Hi Flip,
It was great meeting you, Richard, and Eric today.
This is the first of several emails on the materials we discussed (they are quite large) this is the first batch of the GSA reports.
In addition, here is our U.S. Department of Education contact person:
Yolanda Stroud, Reality Specialist Federal Real Property Assistance Program Department of Education 202-401-3587 (office) or 202-536-8963 (cell best way to contact) Yolanda.Stroud@ed.gov
Looking forward to hearing how your Wednesday meeting went.
Kenny 684-8364 From: Pedersen, Alex To: Pittman, Kenny; Herndon, Flip; Gilliam, J esse; Belz, Sara; J on Scholes (J onS@downtownseattle.org) Cc: Kim, Hyeok; Best, Richard L; Larsen, Shauna Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building Date: Friday, J une 13, 2014 2:04:54 PM Attachments: image007.png Sara,
Hi.
When you have some time Monday, could you fill in me or Tim? We regret that neither of us were able to attend todays meeting due to other pressing matters that popped up.
Thank you.
Regards,
Alex
Alex Pedersen Legislative Aide Office of City Councilmember Tim Burgess, Council President 206-684-5341 alex.pedersen@seattle.gov www.seattle.gov/council/burgess/
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From: Pittman, Kenny Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 12:56 PM To: Herndon, Flip; Gilliam, J esse; Belz, Sara; Pedersen, Alex; J on Scholes (J onS@downtownseattle.org) Cc: Kim, Hyeok; Best, Richard L; Larsen, Shauna Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Thanks Flip. See you at 1:30p
From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 12:55 PM To: Pittman, Kenny; Gilliam, J esse; Belz, Sara; Pedersen, Alex; J on Scholes (J onS@downtownseattle.org) Cc: Kim, Hyeok; Best, Richard L; Larsen, Shauna Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Bank Building
Im attaching a map that may be useful in our discussion today.
-----Original Appointment----- From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 9:40 AM To: Herndon, Flip; Gilliam, J esse; Belz, Sara; Pedersen, Alex; J on Scholes (J onS@downtownseattle.org) Cc: Kim, Hyeok; Best, Richard L; Larsen, Shauna Subject: Federal Reserve Bank Building When: Friday, J une 13, 2014 1:30 PM-2:30 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada). Where: City Hall - 3rd Floor --- Room 370
Hi Everyone,
Need to move the meeting to a larger room.
City Hall 3 rd Floor Room 370 Conference Room
Kenny 206-684-8364
From: Libros, Tracy To: Redman, Thomas L Subject: FOR NEXT WEEK"S FRIDAY UPDATE Date: Friday, J une 13, 2014 7:58:59 AM Ill send the map separately.
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 7:58 AM To: Libros, Tracy Subject: RE: Friday Update?
For next week, yes. Im meeting with the city this afternoon about the application for the site.
From: Libros, Tracy Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 7:58 AM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: Friday Update?
Would you want to include the map in the Friday update? I dont know if the following blurb is correct, but here it is in case you want it.
As you may be aware, there is a Federal building at 2 nd and Spring that is becoming available for local use. There are priorities and criteria as to what entity will be able to acquire the building. We have been pursuing this option as a possible location for a downtown school. While the district would receive the building free of charge, we would still be responsible for the cost of renovations.
Attached is a map showing where students live in proximity to the site as one piece of data to contribute to these considerations.
From: Libros, Tracy Sent: Friday, J une 13, 2014 7:36 AM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Carson, Hubert W Subject: FW: Students Near Second Ave and Spring St in Downtown Seattle
Thanks Bert looks good.
Flip - does this give you the information you need for Monday?
From: Pittman, Kenny To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Date: Wednesday, J une 11, 2014 2:21:16 PM Thanks Flip. Will get back to you asap. kenny -----Original Message----- From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:16 PM To: Pittman, Kenny Cc: Kim, Hyeok Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Anything after 1:00pm works for me. -----Original Message----- From: Pittman, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:14 PM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Kim, Hyeok Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Hi Flip, Could you give me some times you are available on Friday to discuss the next steps for a proposal for the Federal Reserve Bank Building? If possible would like to meet at City Hall to accommodate some folks on this end? Thanks, Kenny 684-8364 -----Original Message----- From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:13 AM To: Pittman, Kenny Cc: Harper, Nick; Best, Richard L Subject: Re: Fed Reserve Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 11, 2014, at 11:10 AM, "Pittman, Kenny" <Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov<mailto:Kenny.Pittman@seattle.gov>> wrote: Hi Flip, Here are the application materials for your review. It will give us a starting point when we meet. I'll check on this end to see if Friday works and get back to you ASAP. Thanks, Kenny From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:59 AM To: Harper, Nick; Pittman, Kenny; Best, Richard L Subject: Fed Reserve Good Morning Nick and Kenny, I would love the opportunity to meet and discuss options for the application for the Fed Reserve building. I have included Richard Best our new Director of Capital in the conversation. I received an email from GSA yesterday about not granting an extension on the time to complete an application and that we have until July 3rd to have a complete application submitted. A very short timeline, but one that if we could at least meet this week we could talk through any challenges. I do have some availability on Friday afternoon. Thoughts? Thanks, -Flip Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School <Application.doc> <environmental questionnaire.doc> <Eligible program examplesv2.doc> From: Pittman, Kenny To: Herndon, Flip; Harper, Nick; Best, Richard L Subject: RE: Fed Reserve Date: Wednesday, J une 11, 2014 11:10:23 AM Attachments: Application.doc environmental questionnaire.doc Eligible program examplesv2.doc Hi Flip,
Here are the application materials for your review. It will give us a starting point when we meet.
Ill check on this end to see if Friday works and get back to you ASAP.
Thanks, Kenny
From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 11, 2014 10:59 AM To: Harper, Nick; Pittman, Kenny; Best, Richard L Subject: Fed Reserve
Good Morning Nick and Kenny,
I would love the opportunity to meet and discuss options for the application for the Fed Reserve building. I have included Richard Best our new Director of Capital in the conversation. I received an email from GSA yesterday about not granting an extension on the time to complete an application and that we have until July 3 rd to have a complete application submitted. A very short timeline, but one that if we could at least meet this week we could talk through any challenges. I do have some availability on Friday afternoon.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Herndon, Flip To: Pedersen, Alex Cc: Toner, Cashel Subject: Re: NE 75th Street and 15th Ave NE reservoir Date: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 9:50:03 PM Thanks, Alex. We are in acquisition mode right now, so I will inquire with Ray tomorrow. -Flip Sent from my iPad On Jun 10, 2014, at 9:47 PM, "Pedersen, Alex" <Alex.Pedersen@seattle.gov> wrote: Cashel and Flip,
I was at the Ravenna-Bryant Community Association this evening and City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw answered a question from a constituent about the reservoir at NE 75th Street and 15th Avenue NE. She said that Ray Hoffman, the head of Seattle Public Utilities, told her that SPU is likely to close it and offer it for re-development, probably for a park and current zoning of single family homes.
I'm speaking just for myself here, but wanted to put this on your radar screen. Would this be a good site for a future elementary school (with preschool space, of course)? Feel free to inquire with Ray Hoffman directly, but do NOT mention me as I'm not sure where other folks stand on this issue.
Also, I assume you are also working on the application for the Federal Reserve building, correct? We've been asked to go through our Office of Intergovernmental Relations for that, but I thought I might as well at least make sure you're involved with that project (and put a plug in for preschool space there, too.)
Thanks!
Regards, Alex
Alex Pedersen Legislative Aide Councilmember Tim Burgess Seattle City Council 206-684-5341 alex.pedersen@seattle.gov http://www.seattle.gov/council/burgess/ From: Bath, Christine To: Herndon, Flip Subject: J im Biederman called and requested call back Date: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 11:50:00 AM Jim Biederman called at 11:48am (253-931-7806) requesting that you call him back regarding Federal Reserve Building.
Chris ______________________________________________________
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From: Becker, Eric P To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building March 28th Date: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 9:45:46 AM Richard,
I am resending this message. It appears that the hyperlink did not work.
Q:\Common\Federal Reserve Building
Thank you,
Eric Becker AIA, LEED AP Sr. Project Manager Capital Projects Seattle Public Schools office 206-252-0697 cell 206-496-2561
From: Becker, Eric P Sent: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 9:10 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Becker, Eric P Subject: Federal Reserve Building March 28th
Richard,
I have placed the information I have on the Q: drive. The link is below. In addition, I have provided hard copies of the Asbestos survey, e-mail correspondence and copies of the photos taken during the tour of the facility. In addition, I attached a few notes/comments on the building.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Q:\Common\Federal Reserve Building
Eric Becker AIA, LEED AP Sr. Project Manager Capital Projects Seattle Public Schools office 206-252-0697 cell 206-496-2561
From: Becker, Eric P To: Becker, Eric P Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building March 28th Date: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 9:28:08 AM Attachments: Notes on Federal Reserve Building.docx
Eric Becker AIA, LEED AP Sr. Project Manager Capital Projects Seattle Public Schools office 206-252-0697 cell 206-496-2561
From: Becker, Eric P Sent: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 9:10 AM To: Best, Richard L Cc: Becker, Eric P Subject: Federal Reserve Building March 28th
Richard,
I have placed the information I have on the Q: drive. The link is below. In addition, I have provided hard copies of the Asbestos survey, e-mail correspondence and copies of the photos taken during the tour of the facility. In addition, I attached a few notes/comments on the building.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
http://:Q:\Common\Federal Reserve Building
Eric Becker AIA, LEED AP Sr. Project Manager Capital Projects Seattle Public Schools office 206-252-0697 cell 206-496-2561
From: Becker, Eric P To: Best, Richard L Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building Date: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 7:30:51 AM Richard,
I am Forwarding this for your file. I am printing a hard copy of this e-mail.
Thank you,
Eric Becker AIA, LEED AP Sr. Project Manager Capital Projects Seattle Public Schools office 206-252-0697 cell 206-496-2561
From: Bath, Christine Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:04 AM To: Becker, Eric P Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building
From: Becker, Eric P Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:59 AM To: Bath, Christine Subject: FW: Federal Reserve Building
Hi Chris,
Do you have an invite that you can forward for this meeting?
Thank you,
Eric Becker AIA, LEED AP Sr. Project Manager Capital Projects Seattle Public Schools office 206-252-0697 cell 206-496-2561
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 1:05 PM To: Becker, Eric P; Skutack, Mike Cc: Morello, Lucy Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building
Tag. Eric, you are it.
I had Mike on the Islamic School.
Eric you will have the Fed Reserve.
Lucy you are next up for our next big project.
From: Becker, Eric P Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 1:03 PM To: Skutack, Mike Cc: Herndon, Flip; Morello, Lucy Subject: Re: Federal Reserve Building
Hi Flip,
I would like to tag along. I believe I can provide some insight into the repurposing of this facility. Thank you, Eric Becker Sent from my iPho On Mar 24, 2014, at 11:43 AM, "Skutack, Mike" <MSKUTACK@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip,
Ill take the lead. Who are you thinking for the team of 4?
Mike Skutack Sr. Project Manager Capital Projects Seattle Public Schools Phone: 206.252.0669 Fax: 206.252.0573
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 11:31 AM To: Skutack, Mike; Becker, Eric P; Morello, Lucy Subject: Fwd: Federal Reserve Building
Who is interested in taking the lead on a downtown school? I need a small team (4 max) to take a look at the Fed Reserve building this Friday at 10:30am. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "Johnson, Gary" <Gary.Johnson@seattle.gov> Date: March 24, 2014 at 10:55:35 AM PDT To: "Herndon, Flip" <ltherndon@seattleschools.org> Cc: "Steven J. Gillespie" <GillS@foster.com>, "Jon Scholes (jons@downtownseattle.org)" <jons@downtownseattle.org> Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building Friday at 10:30 works for Maureen at GSA. Shes asked me to send her a list of participants. Please let me know who will be coming from SPS. Thanks.
From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 8:21 AM To: J ohnson, Gary Cc: Steven J . Gillespie; J on Scholes (jons@downtownseattle.org) Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building
Gary,
This week I would be available after 3:45 on Wednesday (3/26), After 3:00pm on Thursday (3/27) and between 10:30 and 11:30 on Friday (3/28). Let me know if any of those work for this week. If not, I can look at the following week.
Thanks again,
-Flip
From: J ohnson, Gary [mailto:Gary.J ohnson@seattle.gov] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 3:00 PM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Steven J . Gillespie; J on Scholes (jons@downtownseattle.org) Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Building
Flip, I talked to Jim Biederman after your correspondence with him and he has changed his position. I wont go into details here but he has authorized a building tour for next week. Unfortunately, the woman who schedules tours is off this week so it may be Monday before we can set a time. Can you indicate any times you might be available later next week? Thx.
From: Steven J . Gillespie [mailto:GillS@foster.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:43 AM To: 'Herndon, Flip'; J on Scholes (jons@downtownseattle.org); J ohnson, Gary Subject: Federal Reserve Building
Flip, Jon, and Gary-
I dont know if you know each other, but if not:
Lester Flip Herndon is the Assistant Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools, in charge of facilities; Jonathan Jon Scholes is the VP of the Downtown Seattle Association; and Gary Gary Johnson is a project manager at DPD who has been heading the Citys study of a potential downtown school.
Flip and I have been talking about the Federal Reserve Bank building as a potential site for a public school, and Flip called the GSA to express the Districts interest. Of course, the deadline for expressing interest has passed, and only the human services coalition and the City timely submitted letters in to the GSA. However, it is my understanding that the Citys letter, proposing to use the site for pre-k, was drafted broadly enough to include use as an elementary school.
Flip is interested in exploring the site, which would require coordination with the City. Gary, are you the appropriate point of contact with the City? Do you think we could get access to the site for Flips team to do a walk-through?
Thanks,
Steve
Steve Gillespie FOSTER PEPPER PLLC 1111 Third Avenue, Suite 3400 Seattle, WA 98101-3299 Phone: 206-447-5942 Cell: 206-446-6784 Fax: 206-749-1946 From: Redman, Thomas L To: Wippel, Teresa; Rogers, Lesley A Subject: RE: Downtown School Date: Tuesday, J une 10, 2014 6:03:54 AM Attachments: image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image005.png Hi, I left Aaron a message with an update (we are still studying the building to determine if it suitable for teaching and learning.) and gave him my phone number. He hasnt called back. Tom
From: Wippel, Teresa Sent: Monday, J une 09, 2014 2:43 PM To: Rogers, Lesley A Cc: Redman, Thomas L Subject: RE: Downtown School
Thanks, Lesley. Aaron did leave me a message last week and I forwarded it to Tom as I wasnt sure of the status. Not sure if Tom talked to him? Teresa
From: Rogers, Lesley A Sent: Monday, J une 09, 2014 2:41 PM To: Wippel, Teresa Subject: FW: Downtown School
FYI
From: J ames Sido [mailto:J amesS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Monday, J une 09, 2014 1:34 PM To: Rogers, Lesley A Subject: Downtown School
Lesley,
Just got off the phone with Aaron Burkhalter from Real Change, hes doing a story about the effort to develop a school at the former Federal Reserve Building.
Jon reiterated that the City and SPS are building a working group to put together an application for use. Not sure if hell give you a ring, but want to make sure youre aware.
James
James Sido Public Relations Manager Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District 1809 7 th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Main: (206) 623-0340 Direct: (206) 613-3208 Cell: (206) 484-9921 DowntownSeattle.com
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From: Best, Richard L To: Wolf, J oseph A; Becker, Eric P; Skutack, Mike; Morello, Lucy; Hornby, Anita D; Novitski, Ellen Subject: 2014_06_06 Meeting with Flip Herndan Date: Friday, J une 06, 2014 5:27:20 PM Attachments: 2014_06_06 Meeting with Flip Herndan.docx FYI From: Best, Richard L To: Becker, Eric P Subject: RE: Federal Reserve Date: Friday, J une 06, 2014 4:13:19 PM Monday or Tuesday next week
From: Becker, Eric P Sent: Friday, J une 06, 2014 3:19 PM To: Best, Richard L Subject: Federal Reserve
Richard,
When do you need the folder on the Federal Reserve Building? I am trying get the SEPA for Wilpac signed etc.
Thank you,
Eric Becker AIA, LEED AP Sr. Project Manager Capital Projects Seattle Public Schools office 206-252-0697 cell 206-496-2561
From: Best, Richard L To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Downtown School Date: Thursday, J une 05, 2014 4:45:11 PM Flip, Let me know what is desired as soon as you know as undoubtedly this will be a significant effort. Richard -----Original Message----- From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 5:51 PM To: Sugimura, Diane Cc: Best, Richard L; Harper, Nick; Pittman, Kenny Subject: Re: Downtown School Good to know. Thanks for the contacts. Sent from my iPad > On Jun 4, 2014, at 5:46 PM, "Sugimura, Diane" <Diane.Sugimura@seattle.gov> wrote: > > Thanks Flip ... yes, wish we had more time, but ... guess the feds get to call the shots. > > The contact person for the City will be Kenny Pittman in the Office of Intergovt Relations. Nick Harper , director of OIR, will provide oversight. > > The Mayor's team will be meeting to discuss this, but unfortunately, we are not able to get together with Deputy Mayor Kim until Monday. Thanks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 5:15 PM > To: Sugimura, Diane > Cc: Best, Richard L > Subject: Downtown School > > Diane, > > Whenever you identify the person we should be talking to about the possibilities of the Fed Reserve building, please let me know. The email we received was a 30 day window and there is much to do in that time. I'm including Richard Best so he can be brought in the loop. > > Thanks, > > -Flip > > Sent from my iPad > From: Herndon, Flip To: Best, Richard L Subject: 1:1 Richard/Flip Date: Wednesday, J une 04, 2014 3:40:06 PM When: Friday, June 06, 2014 10:00 AM-11:00 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada). Where: 2027
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From: J on Scholes To: Herndon, Flip Cc: J ohnson, Gary; J ack McCullough Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg Date: Wednesday, J une 04, 2014 9:27:24 AM Attachments: image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image005.png image006.png Great. Im at 206.280.4032.
From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 04, 2014 9:25 AM To: J on Scholes Cc: J ohnson, Gary; J ack McCullough Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Unfortunately, booked until then. Sounds like well talk at 1:30.
From: J on Scholes [mailto:J onS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 04, 2014 9:23 AM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: J ohnson, Gary; J ack McCullough Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
If youre able to meet prior to lunch let me know. If not, Ill call you at 1:30. Thanks
From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 04, 2014 9:19 AM To: J on Scholes Cc: J ohnson, Gary Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
I do. Ill be downtown for a lunch meeting until about 1:00pm or we can talk on the phone at 1:30pm. I have a meeting back here at the central office at 2:00pm.
From: J on Scholes [mailto:J onS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Wednesday, J une 04, 2014 9:16 AM To: Herndon, Flip Cc: J ohnson, Gary Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Hi Flip, Could we touch base sometime today on this? Is there a good time for you? Thanks, J on
Jon Scholes V.P. Advocacy and Economic Development Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) 600 Stewart Street, Suite 200 Seattle, Washington 98101 Direct: (206) 613-3216 DowntownSeattle.com
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-----Original Message----- From: W James Biederman - 9P2PZF [wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 11:41 AM Pacific Standard Time To: Johnson, Gary; LTHerndon@seattleschools.org; Pittman, Kenny Cc: Stroud, Yolanda; Iain Hastings; Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
We learned today that HHS has rejected the homeless application for inadequate financial resources. See the letter from HHS attached. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can perfect and submit an application for educational use within 30 days that shows adequate funding availability. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:07 AM, W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> wrote:
This email is to clarify that GSA has no problem with the city and the school district working together on utilization of this building for broader education uses. In the event the homeless application is not approved, you of course need to be ready to submit the application to Ms Yolanda Stroud in a timely manner -- doing that should be facilitated by the Homeless Coalition's willingness to share all of its due diligence investigations and reports, Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, Wa 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
From: Herndon, Flip To: Carr, Sherry L Subject: RE: Quick update - Fed Reserve Date: Wednesday, J une 04, 2014 8:18:23 AM Two responses.
One, in a very short time frame, we would need to be much more accurate about the possible expenses to renovating the building. I can have a team get much more accurate in conjunction with the city. We would also need to figure out who is paying for what as the city is the one who is actually the primary applicant.
Two, depending on the overall expense. The second part would be determining what grade range we would be looking at for the building, then plotting where current students are located and where projected students would be in the downtown zone. You might remember on the maps in the Fall it was kind of a large circle around all of downtown. My guess is, given the size, that the Fed Reserve would probably be best suited as a K-8 range (elementary or K-8). I dont think it is big enough for a high school. Another aspect is to consider what is available. I think I have shared that I believe we should build another high school on our Memorial Stadium location. We need another high school and the location is close to where Queen Anne High School used to be located (kind of close). If we had the Fed Reserve as an elementary/K-8 and Memorial as a High School we would have the full range covered.
We can talk more later, but those are some of my initial thoughts.
-Flip
From: Carr, Sherry L Sent: Wednesday, J une 04, 2014 6:38 AM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: Quick update - Fed Reserve
Why would we build a downtown school at the Fed Building when all of the students are at South Lake Union? Or are you saying we would pursue other opportunities?
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J une 03, 2014 10:13 AM To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; McLaren, Martha; Carr, Sherry L; Peters, Susan M; Banda, J ose L Subject: Quick update - Fed Reserve
Good Morning Board Members and Superintendent,
Yesterday I was notified by the GSA that the Homeless Coalitions application for the Fed Reserve Building has been denied. That open up a very narrow window (30 days) to work with the city on a possible application. I dont have more details than that right now. I have a meeting with the city today, already scheduled, and this is one of the topics. We do have money in BEX IV to explore a downtown school, so anything we do as far as more study on actual costs would be coming out of that fund.
I will update you more later when I have more.
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Herndon, Flip To: Peters, Susan M Subject: Re: Quick update - Fed Reserve Date: Tuesday, J une 03, 2014 12:55:31 PM I believe $5million is the correct number. Obviously not much to actually build or even renovate much, but it is a good amount for exploration, estimates, etc. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 3, 2014, at 12:09 PM, "Peters, Susan M" <sue.peters@seattleschools.org> wrote: Thanks for the update, Flip. How much money is available in BEX to explore a downtown school option? Is that the same as or in addition to the $5 million in levy funds already earmarked for it? Thank you. Sue Peters Seattle School Board Director - District IV sue.peters@seattleschools.org 206-252-0040 / Fax 206-252-0101 From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Tuesday, J une 03, 2014 10:12 AM To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Martin-Morris, Harium; Blanford, Stephan; McLaren, Martha; Carr, Sherry L; Peters, Susan M; Banda, J ose L Subject: Quick update - Fed Reserve Good Morning Board Members and Superintendent,
Yesterday I was notified by the GSA that the Homeless Coalitions application for the Fed Reserve Building has been denied. That open up a very narrow window (30 days) to work with the city on a possible application. I dont have more details than that right now. I have a meeting with the city today, already scheduled, and this is one of the topics. We do have money in BEX IV to explore a downtown school, so anything we do as far as more study on actual costs would be coming out of that fund.
I will update you more later when I have more.
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School
From: Herndon, Flip To: Rogers, Lesley A Cc: Wippel, Teresa Subject: Re: Former Federal Reserve Building Date: Tuesday, J une 03, 2014 8:50:49 AM Attachments: image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image005.png Figuring it out right now. Sent from my iPad On Jun 3, 2014, at 8:50 AM, "Rogers, Lesley A" <larogers1@seattleschools.org> wrote: Hi Flip Sounds like the homeless coalition is outdoes that mean the District will pursue the federal reserve building? Teresa and I want to be prepared for any media questions. And I imagine the Board will want to know next steps.
Thanks! Lesley
From: J ames Sido [mailto:J amesS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 03, 2014 7:54 AM To: Rogers, Lesley A Subject: Former Federal Reserve Building
Lesley,
I trust youre aware of the attached letter?
I meant to send it to you yesterday afternoon, but things are a bit wild over here with the annual meeting coming up tomorrow.
We just had an op-ed run yesterday on Crosscut about using this site as a school, so I suspect there may be some level of media interest in the next couple of days. Will keep you posted if anything comes our way.
James
James Sido Public Relations Manager Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District 600 Stewart Street, Suite 200 Seattle, Washington 98101 Main: (206) 623-0340 Direct: (206) 613-3208 DowntownSeattle.com
Our Mission To champion a healthy, vibrant urban core
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<Compass Housing determination letter.pdf> From: Rogers, Lesley A To: Herndon, Flip Cc: Wippel, Teresa Subject: FW: Former Federal Reserve Building Date: Tuesday, J une 03, 2014 8:50:23 AM Attachments: image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image005.png Compass Housing determination letter.pdf Hi Flip Sounds like the homeless coalition is outdoes that mean the District will pursue the federal reserve building? Teresa and I want to be prepared for any media questions. And I imagine the Board will want to know next steps.
Thanks! Lesley
From: J ames Sido [mailto:J amesS@downtownseattle.org] Sent: Tuesday, J une 03, 2014 7:54 AM To: Rogers, Lesley A Subject: Former Federal Reserve Building
Lesley,
I trust youre aware of the attached letter?
I meant to send it to you yesterday afternoon, but things are a bit wild over here with the annual meeting coming up tomorrow.
We just had an op-ed run yesterday on Crosscut about using this site as a school, so I suspect there may be some level of media interest in the next couple of days. Will keep you posted if anything comes our way.
James
James Sido Public Relations Manager Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District 600 Stewart Street, Suite 200 Seattle, Washington 98101 Main: (206) 623-0340 Direct: (206) 613-3208 DowntownSeattle.com
Our Mission To champion a healthy, vibrant urban core
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From: Torgelson, Nathan To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg Date: Monday, J une 02, 2014 5:21:06 PM Attachments: image002.png image003.png image004.png Hi FlipDiane plans to talk with you tomorrow about this at your meeting with DPD on BEX projects. I will likely work with you to pull something together.
Thanks
Nathan Torgelson Deputy Director City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019 O: 206.684-0343 I Nathan.torgelson@seattle.gov
From: Herndon, Flip [mailto:ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Monday, J une 02, 2014 12:57 PM To: Torgelson, Nathan Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Nathan,
Im wondering who the best person to speak to is on this matter would be.
Thanks,
-Flip
From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Monday, J une 02, 2014 12:54 PM To: 'J ohnson, Gary' Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Gary,
When can we get together to talk about this application? I can make myself available this week.
Thanks,
-Flip
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Monday, J une 02, 2014 11:41 AM To: Gary J ohnson; Herndon, Flip; Kenny Pittman Cc: Stroud, Yolanda; Iain Hastings; Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
We learned today that HHS has rejected the homeless application for inadequate financial resources. See the letter from HHS attached. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can perfect and submit an application for educational use within 30 days that shows adequate funding availability. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:07 AM, W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> wrote:
This email is to clarify that GSA has no problem with the city and the school district working together on utilization of this building for broader education uses. In the event the homeless application is not approved, you of course need to be ready to submit the application to Ms Yolanda Stroud in a timely manner -- doing that should be facilitated by the Homeless Coalition's willingness to share all of its due diligence investigations and reports, Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, Wa 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
From: Herndon, Flip To: "J ohnson, Gary" Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg Date: Monday, J une 02, 2014 12:59:46 PM Great. Thank you.
From: J ohnson, Gary [mailto:Gary.J ohnson@seattle.gov] Sent: Monday, J une 02, 2014 12:58 PM To: Herndon, Flip Subject: RE: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
Hi Flip, I'm out through June recovering from hip replacement surgery so I will not be able to meet. Let me see if I can identify a point person from the City. I'll get back to you ASAP. Sent with Good (www.good.com) -----Original Message----- From: Herndon, Flip [ltherndon@seattleschools.org] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 12:53 PM Pacific Standard Time To: Johnson, Gary Subject: FW: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg Gary,
When can we get together to talk about this application? I can make myself available this week.
Thanks,
-Flip
From: W J ames Biederman - 9P2PZF [mailto:wjames.biederman@gsa.gov] Sent: Monday, J une 02, 2014 11:41 AM To: Gary J ohnson; Herndon, Flip; Kenny Pittman Cc: Stroud, Yolanda; Iain Hastings; Maureen Sheehan Subject: Re: educational use of the former Fed Reserve Bank bldg
We learned today that HHS has rejected the homeless application for inadequate financial resources. See the letter from HHS attached. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can perfect and submit an application for educational use within 30 days that shows adequate funding availability. Thanks. Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, WA 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:07 AM, W James Biederman - 9P2PZF <wjames.biederman@gsa.gov> wrote:
This email is to clarify that GSA has no problem with the city and the school district working together on utilization of this building for broader education uses. In the event the homeless application is not approved, you of course need to be ready to submit the application to Ms Yolanda Stroud in a timely manner -- doing that should be facilitated by the Homeless Coalition's willingness to share all of its due diligence investigations and reports, Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Jim W. James Biederman, Esq., Program Expert Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division PBS Office of Real Property Asset Management U.S. General Services Administration 400 15th St SW (9P2PZF), Auburn, Wa 98001 Office 253-931-7806; fax 253-876-7204
From: Herndon, Flip To: Blanford, Stephan Subject: Re: A few updates Date: Wednesday, J une 11, 2014 1:26:49 PM I can understand. I probably should have used reconstituted. It is replacing the members who have been on the committee for three years. The original committee was supposed to have members rotate off at most every two years. That hasn't happened and the perception of that committee is that it is not representative of the larger Seattle demographic. Additionally, I think the last two recommendations were really beyond the charge of what the committee has been asked to do. As a result, in conversation/consultation with Jose (because it is a superintendent's committee) the timing was right to reset with new members and an updated and clarified charter and bylaws. I hope that clarifies. If not, feel free to call me tonight at Sent from my iPhone On Jun 11, 2014, at 12:26 PM, "Blanford, Stephan" <stephan.blanford@seattleschools.org> wrote: Flip: "Reset" the FACMAC? What does this mean? What is the rationale? It isn't very helpful to know this type of information without knowing the underlying reasoning, especially when I have a Community meeting scheduled for later this week that is routinely attended by members of the committee. Give me a call if it is easier to discuss through that means. Stephan Dr. Stephan Blanford Director, Seattle School Board, District V email)Stephan.blanford@seattleschools.org call)206.252.0040 fax)206.252.0101 From: Herndon, Flip Sent: Wednesday, J une 11, 2014 8:25 AM To: Peaslee, Sharon D; Patu, Betty; Peters, Susan M; Carr, Sherry L; Blanford, Stephan; McLaren, Martha; Martin-Morris, Harium; Banda, J ose L Subject: A few updates Good Morning Board Members,
I wanted to give some updates on a few areas where there have been emails or inquiries as of late:
1) Nathan Hale Waitlists there will be more information about waitlists in general in the Friday memo, but the assumptions that the difference of 11 students at the high school level is making a significant change in staffing is not accurate. There have been a few changes at Hale (e.g. a few additional special ed. classrooms). Sometimes these programmatic RCW 42.56.250(3) changes can have an impact on general ed staff because the number of classrooms has not changed, but the ratio within a classroom has. This has happened in a few schools, but we are trying to follow what the new special education model implementation will be according to the agreed upon plan with the state.
2) PreSchool I have mentioned previously that SPS has been planning on having 5 special education preschool classrooms at the Old Van Asselt building starting this Fall. I have also mentioned that originally we were speaking with the City about have an additional 5 classrooms of non- special. However, the City has reversed course and decided not to fund any preschool classrooms this coming school year in anticipation of a ballot measure this Fall that would then provide funding for the 15-16 school year. This proposal, which is a modification from their original study and different from models we have seen on the preschool study trip this past Winter, was finally approved by the City Council just last Friday (6/6/14). SPS has not really been a partner to this plan even though we have reached out to the City and expressed and interest to work with them on the plan. However, there is a meeting next week between the City and SPS to talk about how a partnership can look with the implementation of preschool for all. There had been some conversation with some current SPS supporters about whether or not they would be interested in funding the non-special education classrooms. Those conversations are ongoing. There are some other logistical challenges associated with the Van Asselt site, but we are working through those to ensure that all programs located there will be supported and successful and that hopefully it will serve as a model for what preschool could look like city-wide. We are also contemplating an additional site, Gatzert, as a location for a preschool for all classroom. Gatzert had been identified in the Fall as a possible location for a Title 1 preschool and a room was being prepared to begin in the Fall of 14. This would just change the funding and alignment of the classroom to that of others at Van Asselt. I will be able to update you more on PreSchool in the coming weeks.
3) Fed Reserve Building You may have read that the Homeless Coalition had their application for the Fed Reserve building rejected. It is a tight timeline, but the City and school district can submit an application that is due July 3 rd . There is a lot of work to do and the City is the one that can file the actual application. We would be working in conjunction with them. I dont have anything more on that right now either, but hoping to by the end of next week.
4) FACMAC The Superintendent met with FACMAC about 2 weeks ago and has made a decision to reset the committee. We will be putting forth clear information about applying to the committee and a clear charge and expectations for the committee and look to have new members on board with a first meeting in September. We will be working with the office of Family and Community Engagement to get the word out and advertise for new members.
5) K-5 STEM @ Boren Lastly, a quick update about the roll up of grades for the K-5 (eventually K-8 STEM) school at Boren. As you may be aware, the original intent was to start expanding the program to 6 th grade starting this year. However, the co-location of Arbor Heights within the same building for the next two years has limited the amount of physical classrooms on site. Between the two schools they are occupying all but 2 classrooms. There are also currently 10 portables on site that are also completely full. The Kindergarten classroom numbers (2) are also smaller than usual because of this space concern. If either program were to grow, it would need to be sustained not for just the 14-15 school year, but also the 15-16 school year. Because of this, it was determined to delay the expansion of the 6 th grade implementation for at least 1 year and maybe 2 depending on the space available. Once Arbor Heights is out of the building and in their new school, expansion will not be a problem. I know it is not what was originally designed, but we have had to make several modifications to timelines district wide as we deal with capacity constraints. If there are any additional changes, I will be sure to let you know.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call or email.
-Flip
Flip Herndon, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and Enrollment Planning Seattle Public School