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• 1 Ranallo said._it was hard for-.him to -make -a choice between Lang- <br /> 2 Nelson and Gaughan; <br /> 3 was told. -selection team would- be happy with either.; <br /> 4 indicated. he liked Gaughan' s two building approach better <br /> . 5 than Lang-Nelson' s three building proposa.l .and liked <br /> 6 -having the seniors located closest to the Northeast . <br /> 7 ..Minneapolis neighbors. <br /> 8 ' Sundland 'said he -.saw an advantage to having Gaughan come in . and. do <br /> 9 both buildings at the same time; <br /> 10 noted that Pat Gaughan had worked extensively with cities <br /> 11 in- the- north and northeast areas so pretty well knew. what <br /> 12 H.-R.A. ' s were expecting; <br /> 13 said Gaughan also seemed to understand precisely what the <br /> 14 H.R.A. required when it came to the $700 , 000 payment and <br /> 15 and had agreed to personally sign the Letter of Credit. <br /> 16 Krier pointed out that the "qualifier" in the Gaughan proposal <br /> 17 might be -that they- wanted to go to market rate occupancy <br /> 18 temporarily if they can' t. rent one whole building to <br /> 19 seniors. <br /> 0 Marks responded- by saying - he perceived . that might be a better <br /> 1 strategy for the City because the H.R.A. certainly <br /> 22 wouldn' t want to have a building standing empty. <br /> 23 Childs pointed out that Lang-Nelson representative had indicated <br /> 24 he didn' t want any misunderstanding about their not <br /> 25 guaranteeing Building B would be senior occupied if they <br /> 26 had a problem renting the other senior building. <br /> 27 Soth said he perceived several points in favor of, Gaughan: the <br /> 28 firm has constructed between 1 , 600 and 1 , 700 units where. <br /> 29 Lang-Nelson has constructed only 473 . Both firms have <br /> 30 owned and ,managed about the same number of units . Gau- <br /> 31 ghan has its own construction management staff .and would <br /> 32 have no phasing. However , the Attorney perceived Lang- <br /> 33 Nelson was an awfully good.:.firm, too. <br /> 3A Marks agreed .there was so much similarity in the companies and <br /> 35 . said he thought. what it .finally came down to was. who the <br /> 36 H.R.A. would be the most comfortable with in the long::.._. <br /> 37 run. <br /> 38 Childs said he believed after sitting down with P. J. Gaughan, <br /> - 39 that he sincerely wanted to do at least 100 units of <br /> 40 senior and would do everything he could to get at least <br /> •41 . one building of seniors . -: He said he perceived that <br /> 15 <br />