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Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center Phase 2 Improvements March 2, 2022 Heidi Tse, PWD - Capital Delivery Project Manager Design Phase (Current phase of project) Schematic Design (SD) Work Completed and being Reviewed • Presentations made to: o Design Commission – January 24, 2022, Unanimous approval of Schematic Design o H/LQoL Advisory Commission – January 25, 2022, Support was expressed o MACC Advisory Board Special Called Meeting – January 26, 2022, Deferred voting to a later meeting o Waller Creek Local Government Corporation – February 9, 2022, Received with support o **MACC Advisory Board, Optional Phase 2 Working Group Meeting – March 7 or 9, 2022, 6-7:30pm, Serves as an update of Schematic Design efforts • Community Engagement/Outreach o Banner announcing project information will be installed on the MACC building in the Spring o MACC Program Community Engagement planning is ongoing o Community Communication Forum (CCF) Planning underway • • List of Community Leaders candidates generated, reviewed and requests will be made to selected individuals Target to start forum in the Spring 2022, **This has been moved up. o MACC Phase 2 Website updated (www.austintexas.gov/MaccPhase2) FAQs uploaded • All Community Meeting recordings and presentations uploaded with both English and Spanish • • Contact information posted • Links to other Board and Commissions presentations are listed on the website o Speak-Up page updated (www.speakupaustin.org/mas-macc) and active until the end of DD • Comment Card available in both English and Spanish • Feedback is collected and shared Design Development (DD) Process • Begins Spring 2022 • • Community Engagement Continues Focuses on the maturing of the design and introduction of building materiality with refinement to the interior spaces o Community Engagement Forum (CCF) – Held monthly with updates of the project. o AIPP Community Engagement: Begins Spring 2022 o MACC Program Community Engagement meetings begin Target Schedule (Dates are subject to change) Design Phase: Concludes Spring 2022 Construction Documentation/Permitting/Bidding: Begins Summer 2022 Site Construction: Begins Winter 2022 Construction Completion: Winter 2024 Grand Opening: Early 2025 **Optional Meeting added per ESB MACC Advisory Board and COA PARD & PWD Directors’ Agreement (Memo dated 2/25/22)