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City of Pequot Lakes WIDSETH <br /> December 27,2016 SMITH <br /> Page 2 of 2 , NOLTING <br /> We are—and enjoy being-a part of the Pequot Lakes area community.For example,I have been participating in <br /> the Thriving Communities Initiative(again,no charge to the City).Our owners,employees,and families live, <br /> work,shop,go to school,recreate,volunteer,and pay taxes in this area.City tax dollars that are used for our <br /> services go right back into this area. <br /> Unlike many of our competitors,WSN is not a firm of regional offices that reports back to a headquarters in <br /> another part of the state.We have about 60 employees in our Brainerd/Baxter office.No other firm can offer that <br /> kind of direct and immediate service to the City.We have people that are less than 1/2 hour away that can provide <br /> their expertise—even with today's communication technology,there is no substitute for face-to-face assistance. <br /> Any service related to public infrastructure planning,funding,design,and construction that the City needs—and <br /> we can forward many pages spelling these out-we can provide. <br /> Funding assistance is one of our many service areas.We not only help cities in finding grants and loans for <br /> infrastructure improvements,but we also assist Fire Departments(in fact,we worked with your Fire Dep't). <br /> We want to continue to work with the City on your yearly street and utility(water and wastewater)projects. <br /> Attached are our business/budget status reports on the Pequot Boulevard Construction and Wastewater <br /> Treatment Irrigation Construction projects.The first is a good example of having City staff take care of as much <br /> construction as their time allows,and the second shows how we can adjust our effort based on budget concerns <br /> from the City Council. <br /> We want to continue to work with the City on improvements in the coming years due to the changes being <br /> brought about by the new Highway 371 project.Having worked with several City Councils on the history of and <br /> various agreements for this project,we can bring forth ideas and expertise as the City addresses new <br /> opportunities.Attached are our business/budget status reports for two projects that we helped the City on related <br /> to Highway 371 and its changes—the Highway 371 Master Utility Agreement(MUA)and Maintenance Facility <br /> Study projects.The first is another good example of working with City staff,as well as the construction <br /> contractor,on right-sizing our effort.The second shows that we will keep working with the City Council on <br /> several iterations—and even though we will probably internally go over budget,since the scope did not materially <br /> change,the City does not have to pay any more than we agreed to. <br /> Please NOTE that we want to—we need to-improve on the services we offer you.If you would like to meet with <br /> us,we are always available. <br /> We look forward to continuing our past working relationship and being of service to you in 2017. <br /> WIDSETH SMITH NOLTING&ASSOCIATES,INC. <br /> Timothy M.Houle,PE <br /> Civil Engineer I Vice President <br />