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County Manager's Report — April 20, 2020 Ongoing Projects Courthouse & Government Center Renovations —After a great deal of discussion and research, we decided to go ahead and put this project out to bid. Teleconference meetings with our Financial Advisors and the Local Government Commission led to the conclusions that we could continue the bid process using a modified bid system that included virtual meetings. The borrowing and construction markets are strong at this point as well. This project is now out to bid. Moseley Architects completed the construction documents for the Register of Deeds Building, Historic Courthouse and Main Courthouse buildings. The estimated time to complete the project is less than 500 days. This is longer than a normal time frame because construction in the Historic Courthouse and Main Courthouse has to be coordinated with the Clerk of Court and the court sessions that will be taking place in both buildings. Since there has not been court in almost a month, we have added days to account for the backlog of cases that is building. We will receive bids May 8, and have the Commissioners award the bids on May 18. This will allow the County to appear before the Local Government Commission at their June meeting so that the additional borrowing can be approved. Moseley was successful in completing the construction documents for the Government Center renovations. This project is now part of the total project that the bidders will be addressing in their bids. This will make bidding more appealing to contractors due to the size of the projects. The work at the courthouse complex will still be completed in phases with an anticipated starting date in July. The first phase is the Historic Courthouse and Register of Deeds Building then the Main Courthouse. Lee County Government Parks and Recreation Plans — The projects for Horton, OT Sloan, Kiwanis Family and Temple Parks are now ready to bid. We held these bids due to the issues surrounding the COVID-19 virus. If the bid process is successful on the Courthouse Complex and the Government Center, we will put these projects out to bid in May with a bid due date in June. The anticipated start date for construction has been pushed back to August 1. Other Items Coronavirus Update — The County Manager will discuss the latest issues within Lee County Government on dealing with the impacts from the Covid-19 virus. 2020 Census — The Census is ongoing. We need to encourage citizens to take part online. If citizens fill out the census, either on line or on paper, they will not have to worry about census workers coming to their houses when the door to door counts starts. Census workers will only go to addresses where a census has not been completed. 2020-2021 Fiscal Year Budget preparations - Lisa and I have begun the review of the budget requests from the Departments. We have also received many outside agency request as well. The BOE budget is not due to the County until May 15. Many local governments have asked for legislative relief on the June 30 deadline to complete their