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WSB & Associates, Inc. Engineering 1 Planning 1 Environmental 1 Construction 701 Xenia Avenue South Suite 300 February 18, 2011 Minneapolis, MN 55416 Tel: 763-541-4800 Fax: 763-541-1700 Mr. Michael Grochala, Community Development Director City of Lino Lakes 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Re: Proposal to Provide Engineering Services for the City of Lino Lakes -- Dear Mr. Grochala: The delivery of public services is under pressure due to the redirection of public funding. Conventional thought says that you now have to get by with less. At WSB, we believe that it is time to do things differently. We have found a way to develop honest relationships and deliver engineering services in a cost effective, thoughtful, and project driven manner. In fact, we were recently asked how we are different than other engineers. We would answer that question like this: • Our City Engineering client relationships, service areas provided, and our staff numbers are growing. WSB has added five new City/Township Engineering client relationships over the past two years. Additionally, at the request of some of our clients last year, we added Community Planning and Environmental and Stormwater Compliance services to our list of expertise. Even though the recent economic downturn has caused most of our competitors to cut staff and reduce services, we have been growing! • We deliver funding to leverage city dollars. We understand that in order to be an effective City Engineer, we need to bring funding with us to the communities that we serve. From $1.5 million for a water reuse facility in St. Anthony to $9.2 million in SaM funding for an interchange in Rogers, to water system and park funding, we have been successful at doing just that. WSB is the engineer for three transportation corridor advocacy organizations (TH 169,1-94, TH 23) and we regularly advocate for projects in our communities at the State Legislature and in Washington DC. A list of some of WSB's funding successes is shown on page 22. • We understand how to deliver projects efficiently and effectively. We are creative in finding solutions with a "can do" attitude. Our approach to developing projects focuses on _ determining how a project or a task can be completed, as opposed to why it can't be done. We are confident that our municipal client references can attest to this approach, and to the high quality results of our mutually beneficial relationships. • We serve numerous municipal clients and maintain many direct City Engineering relationships. As you will see on page 13 of the proposal, we serve more than 50 municipal clients in the metro area, 21 of them as the City/Township Engineer. We have two City Engineering Clients that work with WSB as their in- house staff similar to the City of Lino Lakes' current consultant relationship (Rosemount and Champlin). We are able to utilize this base of knowledge and expertise to provide new and creative solutions for municipal projects in the City of Lino Lakes. • Municipal engineering is our primary business. 75% - 80% of our business is derived through our municipal client base. Although we have expertise in all of the engineering disciplines that will be required by the City's infrastructure projects, our core business and our strong reputation is as a City Engineering firm. Minneapolis 1 St. Cloud Equal Opportunity Employer