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Office of: JOEL R. HANSON, Administrator 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 612-484-2177 FAX: 612-484-4538 February 9, 1990 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA TO: Mayor Fahey and Members of the City Council FROM: Joel R. Hanson, City Administrator RE: Architectural Contract - Boarman & Associates MAYOR Michael Fahey • COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Bill Blesenor Rick Collova Jim LaValle Attached is a copy of the contract for architectural services with Boarman & Associates for the Fire Station and City Hall. A major change they made to the agreement from what was agreed upon based on an earlier memo to them, is to eliminate the credit for the $4,785 spent to -date for the fire hall study. In my review of the documents prepared by Boarman, a provision of the agreement stated the following: "The owner will be credited the Part I, Partial Schematic Design Fee, toward the total project fee." In my memo to them dated January 31st upon which our verbal agreement was based, I stated we would receive credit for $4,785 pursuant to the above - quoted statement. On Friday, February 9th, Mr. David Kroos informed me that there was no schematic work done and no credit would be allowed for the feasibility study. He stated this was understood by the Council due to "The City's desire to keep the initial costs down. ". I asked that he submit a letter outlining his position on this matter and I would present it to the Council for consideration. My only comment is that without this allowance, I feel we still have a reasonable deal. (Boarman did make some major concessions on reimburseables such as E & 0 insurance, cost estimations, and a cap on travel and document costs.) However, the Council has to base the decision on their respective comfort level with this arrangement and on previous understandings. Page 76