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Mounds View City Council March 28, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 17 Architect and Construction Manager by the City of Blaine. 1 2 Dan Pellanan, from Montgomery Architects, stated they would be coming to the Council at a 3 later time to go over the design, and they are simply here to recommend approval for 4 architectural services for Fire Station No. 3, which is located in Blaine. He stated Montgomery 5 Architects is a 25 year old company, and there are 26 people on staff. He stated that most of 6 their projects range from $3-$7 million. He stated that they do about 120 projects per year. 7 8 Pat Simms, the project manager for Bossard Construction, stated that the company is 22 years 9 old, and they do $100,000,000 worth of construction each year. He stated that most of their 10 work is publicly funded for school districts, cities, and counties. He stated that their office is 11 located in Bloomington, and there are 30 people in the office. 12 13 Nyles Sikle, Fire Chief, stated that the architect’s fee is 7 ½ percent of the construction cost, 14 which will equate to roughly $300,000, and the construction management fee is about $300,000 15 also. He explained the reasoning for choosing this architect firm and construction company. 16 He stated that the contract is scheduled for approval before the Blaine City Council on April 7th. 17 He stated that the closing of the property is pending, and the purchase price has been agreed to, 18 but there are ongoing negotiations with the property owners along the new frontage road. 19 20 Mayor Marty asked if the soil testing had been done. 21 22 Chief Sikle stated that they are anticipating having some soil correction, and they are anticipating 23 ponding on the site. He gave an explanation of the soil borings that had been done. 24 25 Council Member Flaherty asked if he could explain change orders and cost overruns. 26 27 Mr. Pellanan stated that there would be three phases of design, and they are going to do estimates 28 at each of the phases to make sure that the project is tracking on budget. He stated that there 29 will inevitably be change orders during construction, but their goal would be to minimize that 30 through the different estimates. He stated they would carry a five percent contingency when they 31 send it out for bid, so if they get five or ten percent over, the project would still be considered on 32 budget. 33 34 Council Member Stigney asked who would be going out for the bid. 35 36 City Attorney Scott stated it would be a competitive bid, and it would be what the subcontractors 37 would bid at that point in time. He stated that he hasn’t talked with the City Attorney for Blaine, 38 and Blaine would be holding the contracts, and it’s basically up to each community after that. 39 40 Mayor Marty stated they want a nice looking fire station that is functional, but not extravagant. 41 42 Chief Sikle stated that Spring Lake Park has sent that same message, and the Blaine City Council 43 has scheduled a May 12th workshop to discuss the cost. He stated that the preliminary drawings 44 will be available in early July, and there will be a number of opportunities for the Council to 45