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OERTEL <br /> ARCHITECTS <br /> 8. Your current equipment storage is the old fashioned type of vehicle storage areas with <br /> multiple garage doors. As your staff knows, the current thought is for a building with a <br /> center drive lane, double-loaded parking stalls and two to three garage doors, in total, <br /> at each end of the building. <br /> 9. Washing and maintaining the fleet is also a big deal. There are so many options and <br /> systems out today to help staff be better equipped to deal with this issue. There is a <br /> direct correlation between washing equipment versus depreciation and accelerated <br /> maintenance. <br /> 10. I understand that much of the vehicle maintenance work is performed by the City of Elk <br /> River. While this is a very good thing, I would like to explore this further with you. <br /> 11. Security is becoming, more and more, an important consideration. Ever since 9/11, <br /> agencies have had to prepare for the worst, mostly larger scale considerations. Still, it is <br /> the smaller things, such as theft of copper or tools, which are more of a daily concern. <br /> Your site could be greatly improved by fencing, gates, cameras, and other security <br /> upgrades. <br /> 12. Technology has greatly improved over the years and helped other operations such as <br /> yours. One example if this is the fueling system that you are sharing with the city of Elk <br /> River. There are other potentials. <br /> 13. With all this said, evaluating your operations and facilities, and developing a long term <br /> plan, is pretty straightforward. <br /> NOTES ON TIRE FEE e <br /> I understand that you have a proposal from another firm, perhaps others, and would like to be able to <br /> compare on an "apples to apples" basis. Short of having other proposals in hand, I hope that I am able <br /> to do this. What I did was provide a list of tasks by category, with associated fees. At your preference, <br /> we can do all or some of the groups of tasks. <br /> Note that the initial set of tasks on "Information Gathering Phase" would be mandatory. The others <br /> can be performed at your direction. <br /> Included in the fee would be all time, materials, and expenses. <br /> Without knowing all your deadlines and phasing plans, I would expect that this study could be <br /> completed as soon as two months from now or by the fall, depending on your needs and goals. <br /> Elk <br /> 127 River <br />