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Focus on the City Hall office remodel has renewed once more, especially following the city of Dripping Springs’ finalization of its budget and tax rate for the 2023 fiscal year.
According to the agenda packet for the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 1, city staff is prepared to give an update on the project, which will update the existing City Hall offices on Mercer Street. This project is separate from the Town Center project, which was initially intended as a joint project between the city and Dripping Springs ISD to create a centralized, multi-use space for downtown Drip.
Michelle Fischer, the city administrator for Dripping Springs, made public a request she had made via email, asking Kevin Herron, of Herron Design Studio architecture, for an update on the remodel.
In response, Herron laid out a bulleted plan, beginning with status reports.
“Final Architectural drawings have been completed (10.25.22) and have been distributed to you and the TAS plan reviewer (Rob Roy Parnell),” he wrote. “Final architectural invoice has been submitted (10.25.22). TAS Plan Reviewer has completed a preliminary accessibility review on the project and his comments have been incorporated into the final architectural drawings that have been distributed. He will release the final review report once he has had a chance to look over the revised architectural drawings and the Plumbing plan from the MEP engineer. He has already set up a file with TDLR and has received the TABPRJ number for the project.”
Herron then continued on to detail steps moving forward.
“We need to find an MEP engineer to prepare mechanical, electrical and HVAC drawings and he/ she needs to send you a proposal and scope of services agreement,” he stated. “The MEP engineer needs to include an existing conditions survey and completion of a COMCheck for the lighting and HVAC components of the project in the proposal. After proposal approval, the engineer needs to complete the MEP drawings and send them to me for inclusion into the submittal for building permit and forwarding to Rob Roy for review.”
“Once I have the completed MEP drawings, COMCheck and final accessibility report from the TAS Plan Reviewer, I will combine all these into one final PDF, fill out the Permit Application and submit to the city's building department for building permit review,” he added.
Successive revisions might be necessary, he said, depending on the review of the building and fire departments.
For more information about the Dripping Springs City Council and its upcoming meetings, visit cityofdrippingsprings. com/site-home/ pages/minutes-and-agendas.
