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March 31, 2004 <br /> Honorable Mayor and Council Members <br /> City of Pequot Lakes <br /> 31108 Government Drive <br /> P.O. Box 361 <br /> Pequot Lakes, MN 56472-0361 <br /> RE: Proposal for Architectural and Engineering Services <br /> City Building Remodeling <br /> Pequot Lakes, MN <br /> Honorable Mayor and Council Members: <br /> This is a follow-up to February 11, 2004 proposal, which was based on consulting on an "on <br /> call" basis. This proposal will expand that understanding and scope. <br /> To understand this proposal, it is important to understand our previous involvement on this <br /> project. We've mainly worked with Council Members Justin Bolz-Andolshek and Dave Sjoblad <br /> and City Maintenance Supervisor Mike Loven. <br /> As you know, the City initially hired Widseth Smith Nolting (WSN) to provide programming study <br /> phase input on the potential remodeling of the Kinzie Kandle/Liberty Tool building for use as a <br /> City Services Building (Clerk's office; Police, street, maintenance, water, and wastewater offices <br /> and garage; library; and Fire Hall). The results of our programming study were summarized in <br /> an October 30, 2003 packet from one of our architects, Rick zumBrunnen, AIA. <br /> After presenting our study, we had some discussions with the City about providing a proposal. <br /> This proposal would have had WSN doing all of the architecture and engineering design, and <br /> then preparing an overall coordinated set of construction bidding documents for all of the <br /> remodeling needed at the new City Building. <br /> However, the feedback that we heard from the City at this point was that the total estimated <br /> remodeling construction costs that we presented in the study were in excess of what the City <br /> could handle at that time. We understood the City wanted to acquire the building and then use <br /> our study as a guide as they proceeded into the construction phase with smaller projects as <br /> their resources permitted. <br /> We had no problem with the City's decision, and thus we did not give a proposal on an <br /> estimated budget of our time, effort, or cost. <br />