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City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> November 21, 1997 <br /> Page 2 <br /> Process and Conclusions: <br /> Staff mailed the attached request for proposals to 15 consulting firms in the Twin Cities. We <br /> received 8 proposals of which 4 were chosen for interviews by members of the Planning <br /> Commission with the assistance of staff. Planning Commission members Bobbie Brooks and <br /> Jean Miller volunteered to assist City staff in interviewing the 4 firms on August 19th and 21st. <br /> The interview panel selected two firms and requested that a larger panel conduct second <br /> interviews with these firms to come up with one recommendation. <br /> In August, this item was postponed by the EDA until further evaluation of the zing road <br /> concept was conducted. Although this is a related item to the ring road concept it is not <br /> exclusively tied to the ring road. The purpose of developing design themes was to integrate <br /> some standard into the current development proposals along Highway 10 to begin <br /> implementing a cohesive feel of the corridor through Mounds View. In addition,the City has <br /> an opportunity to implement a gateway to Mounds View's "City Center" since an easement has <br /> been granted by the Silverview Estates PUD which is located at Silver Lake Road and Highway <br /> 10. At the November work session the EDA once again gave staff the direction to continue <br /> with this process. <br /> Interviews of HKG and SRF Consulting Group were conducted on November 20th by Bobbi <br /> Brooks, Steve Larson, Ron Schmidt, Scott Dentz, Rick Jopke and myself. After much <br /> discussion it was unanimously decided to recommend HKG to assist the City in developing <br /> design themes. Although both proposals were very comparable in scope, it was felt that HKG <br /> was more design oriented and creative in their approach. I have attached a copy of their <br /> proposal for your review. <br /> itql <br /> & tVIAL14 <br /> Cathy Be , Dir. of Economic Development <br /> Recommendation: <br /> Staff is recommending approval of Resolution No. 97-EDA72 which would authorize the <br /> negotiation and execution of a Contract for Professional Services with Hoisington Koegler <br /> Group for the development of design themes for the Highway 10 Corridor in Mounds View. <br /> • <br />