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Item No: 07L Meeting Date: January 9, 2006 Type of Business: CB Administrator Review : ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Resolution 6694 Authorizing an Agreement with G & H Consultants LLC for Medtronic Phase 1 Plan Review Services. Introduction: The City of Mounds view will be requiring plan review assistance for the Medtronic project, given the sheer magnitude and volume of the plans and the complexity of the building design (anything above three stories elevates the building into a completely different category of requirements and standards, the likes of which the City has not experienced.) The need to contract for plan review assistance has been anticipated and will be reimbursed via the plan review fees collected. (The City collects plan review fees which need to directly relate to the level of plan review service provided.) Building Official Osmonson and I agree that entering into an agreement for such services will allow for a more expedited plan review and a more in depth and thorough review and analysis of the project. Ms. Osmonson would ultimately be signing off on the plans subsequent to the review. Discussion: Building Official Osmonson sought and received quotes for plan review services associated with the Medtronic Phase 1 project. The quote sheet is attached to this report for your review. The State of Minnesota conducts plan reviews for municipalities and would be willing to do the plan review for the Medtronic project. They require 75% of the plan review fee to do this and could not guarantee a date by which they would complete the review. Months could be involved. Two private inspections firms were also contacted and provided quotes, either could do the review for 75% or 80% of the plan review fee. Other communities were also contacted that would have the presumed experience to handle such a review. The Fridley team indicated they could do the review, citing their experience with the World Headquarters. They could not however guarantee how many hours would be involved or how many weeks it would take. Finally, two qualified individuals from the City of Blaine expressed a desire to conduct the plan review and offered to complete the work in three weeks or less. (One of these employees has since retired will no longer remain a Blaine employee.) They provided a rate far below the other quoted rates at 25% of the plan review fee due to the fact that the review would be a joint effort between G & H Consultants and Ms. Osmonson. In addition to the plan review services, included in the 25% fee, they would assist with the mechanical plan review, the fire suppression plan review, fire pump and standpipe reviews, and be available for inspections (at additional cost) and phone consultation and would work with Ms. Osmonson as she reviews the plans. Ms. Gove and Mr. Hagedorn have a combined 44 years of experience and are fully certified and qualified to provide such services and are intimately familiar with Mounds View, our region and our fire district.