05.05 - Chamber Request for Economic Impact Survey

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Notations, Products,Comments Page 4 General Notation on Costs: I. Total Staff time project costs to customer shall not exceed the amount estimated. 2. It is the policy of the Region Five Development Commission to bill only for actual expenses and costs associated with the work performed at the technical assistance rate approved by the Region Five Development Commission. This rate is currently set at$50.to$65.hour depending on staff person. Phone or intercept survey collectors,"Data Collectors"are occasionally hired by Region Five at the affordable billing rate of$10. per hour to gather portions of required data. 3. The Region Five Development Commission will bill half at the beginning of project and balance at the end of project. 4. An approved Contract for Services is required prior to work being performed. S. All required services not included in this original Work Plan and Estimate of Cost will be negotiated by the Region Five Development Commission and the customer prior to those services being performed. 6. Mileage is determined by Map-quest from locations of Staples to Pequot Lakes. Two meetings per survey are included in proposals. Region Five will make every effort to not exceed estimated amount, however additional mileage at request of customer will be billed at government rate of.485 per mile. PRODUCTS: The following is a brief list of products provided through a typical community survey process: • Executive Summary of survey results • Any source information requested by the City including any individual phone or intercept survey forms. • Business survey forms can be retained by City, however for confidentiality all company names identified to specific surveys will be retained by Region Five Development Commission. Comments: The survey creation, data collection and report of findings are primary objectives of this proposal, analysis of data is not included in the scope of work for this project.