The Honorable Charles H. Taylor August 30, 2000 Page three I shall, of course, be pleased to provide you with any additional information on this matter you may deem desirable. I am writing to request your approval to reprogram funding for two projects, the new House page dormitory and the broad walkway crossovers for the inaugural ceremony. Based on a schematic scope, $3,760,000 was provided in the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (P. L. 106-31) for the construction of a new House page dormitory. Since that time, the design has been completed and bids have been solicited for construction of the facility. Based on the low bid, an additional $508,000 will be required to complete the facility. I am recommending that the $508,000 be reprogrammed from the "No Year" funds provided in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (P. L. 105-275) for the replacement of the roof on the Longworth House Office Building. The roof replacement project is approximately 32% complete, proceeding will and sufficient savings are projected to fund the proposed reprogramming. The second item that I am requesting reprogramming for is the construction of the broad walkway crossovers for the inaugural ceremony. These crossovers provide access to the West Front lawn areas over the Olmsted walls from both the Maryland Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue walkways as well as from First Street. A reprogramming of $111,000 from annual funds provided in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000 (P. L. 10657) is requested for this project. Savings have been identified in personal services and other The Honorable Charles H. Taylor A similar request on the broad walkway crossovers for the inaugural ceremony has been sent to the Honorable Robert F. Bennett, Chairman, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Appropriations, Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, for his approval. I shall, of course, be pleased to provide you with any additional information on this matter you may deem desirable. I am writing to request your approval to reprogram $100,000 to provide funding to complete the installation of the sprinkler system in the basement area of the Longworth House Office Building. "No Year" funding was provided in the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 (P. L. 106-246) to replace defective Omega sprinkler heads in the Longworth and Cannon buildings. Because of the high priority given to the replacement of the sprinkler heads, maintenance resources were utilized to perform this work. The Longworth basement sprinkler has been designed and some of the work has been performed using maintenance resources. The requested reprogramming will provide sufficient funds to compete the installation of the sprinklers in a timely manner. I shall, of course, be pleased to provide you with any additional information on this matter you may deem desirable. Cordially, Alh Harte Alan M. Hantman, AIA Approved: Charlett Jag 12.12.00 Charles H. Taylor, Chairman |