Finance Committee - 09/16/2020 Page 8
Alderwoman Lu
Ok, thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Any other questions/comments? Alderwoman Klee.
Alderman Klee
Thank you Mr. Mayor and thank you Alderwoman Lu for bringing up the ADA and the requirement, | think that
was a good point to make to the audience. Director Kleiner, | see that there is Fire Protection that’s going to
be changing and the HVAC you mentioned. Will the HVAC | am glad to see that we are going to try to do
energy efficiency, but would that also increase the recirculation and the air and therefore even help with the
virus. Will we be peaking it up sort to speak or will we be kind of replacing, the HVAC areas that we are talking
about here?
Director Kleiner
Good question Alderwoman Klee. We will be looking at the air circulation as it relates to the guidelines that
have been set forth. We know that as you are completing any building project now, the air circulation within
your building, our Public Health Department tells us all the time, that’s one of the most important things that
you can do. One of the reasons our duct work will need to be changed is there is a significant moving of walls.
There’s a creation of a new room outside of Assessing where a significant amount of our duct work on the
lower level. So those areas will all need to be looked at and have a redistribution.
Alderman Klee
Mr. Mayor | have a couple more questions.
Mayor Donchess
Yes?
Alderman Klee
Thank you so much. So relative to the fire protection, that would the same thing, we are going to be moving
walls and dong things like this, so we need to ensure that that is working safely and upgrade if necessary to
meet any kind of standards, is that correct?
Director Kleiner
That is correct.
Alderman Klee
Ok and then my next question is a little bit more to some of the e-mails and comments that we have received.
One of them was relative to a “kitchen” that was being put in and that it was kind of wasteful. But when | look
at everything | see that there’s possibly an upgrade to a break room (audio cuts out) with cabinetry and so on.
Is that again also to create social distancing or is that just because it happens to be near a space that we are
working on?
