next on the presidency, ronald reagan s political affairs director sits down with historian craig shirley behind the scenes of the campaign for the white house. this conversation which picks up with the 1970 six republican contest against incumbent gerald ford took place as part of mr. shirley s university of virginia course, ragging on leadership. frank, thanks for being with us. this is our course, you are german you are joining an august group such as john meacham. always wanted to make grad school. you finally did. i didn t get a chance to email out frank s bio. this is may the single most important, critical keeper of the reagan legacy, the reagan legacy in america today. frank worked on the 1976 reagan campaign, he worked on the 1980 campaign, he worked in the white house, he worked on the 1984 campaign, and he has been the longtime chairman of the reagan ranch, which has been one of the three major vantage points in american politics today. there is the library
Department of public works, the department held a prequalification round for contractors in which five general contractors applied and were approved. The department advertised department and received only one bid proposal on october 25, 2017. The bid was submitted by construction in 8,252,300 with alternate of 15,000 in total of 8,267,300. Now the base bid was 1,930,840 above the projected engineer estimate. Now, there are several reasons for the high bid. We are an incredibly impacted construction market. There is limited and overloaded subcontractor market and space constraints with the site relationship with the rail yard that provide complication. So based on the reason, staff does not believe rebidding project would result in a lower bid, so the review has been completed and the Department Recommends approval to award the contract. Is there any Public Comment on this item . Good afternoon, jim salinas, i hope as we deliver these type of contracts and i appreciate the fact that we
The conservatory has benefitted from the installation itself, in terms of membership and attendance, bringing people to the park in the evening for a nice fun activity. We support this and hope to see you on december 7th. President buell thank you very much. Is that it . Is there anyone else who wants to make Public Comment . Public comment is closed. Commissioner mcdonnell general manager. I wanted to follow up on katys point. This is probably the best opportunity we have to do a quick reflection on the lighting installation during the summer of love. Since it went live on summer solstice daytime visits are up 40 , membership increased 20 . Were seeing real energy and attraction at the conservatory as a result of the exhibit. The goal here is to keep it going. President buell makes one wonder, if you put lights on the zoo, all right. Commissioner mcdonnell i find it interesting that nighttime lights are driving daytime visiting when you cant see the lights, but whatever works. Im happ
I dont know if you were able to make it, but as dana mentioned, the conservatory has benefitted from the installation itself, in terms of membership and attendance, bringing people to the park in the evening for a nice fun activity. We support this and hope to see you on december 7th. President buell thank you very much. Is that it . Is there anyone else who wants to make Public Comment . Public comment is closed. Commissioner mcdonnell general manager. I wanted to follow up on katys point. This is probably the best opportunity we have to do a quick reflection on the lighting installation during the summer of love. Since it went live on summer solstice daytime visits are up 40 , membership increased 20 . Were seeing real energy and attraction at the conservatory as a result of the exhibit. The goal here is to keep it going. President buell makes one wonder, if you put lights on the zoo, all right. Commissioner mcdonnell i find it interesting that nighttime lights are driving daytime vi
Opportunity we have to do a quick reflection on the lighting installation during the summer of love. Since it went live on summer solstice daytime visits are up 40 , membership increased 20 . Were seeing real energy and attraction at the conservatory as a result of the exhibit. The goal here is to keep it going. President buell makes one wonder, if you put lights on the zoo, all right. Commissioner mcdonnell i find it interesting that nighttime lights are driving daytime visiting when you cant see the lights, but whatever works. Im happy to move approval. President buell moved. Moved and seconded. All those in favor . So moved. Thank you. Were on item 10. Geneva powerhouse improvements, award of contract. Good afternoon. Im reem assaf, today is a request to award the contract for the geneva car barn and powerhouse project phase one. As you know, weve been working on the design and funding for the geneva car barn since 2010, a very, very long time. We received the permit this summer and