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Ice Arena Project Continued Page 2 e 3.3B Consider RSP Architects. Ltd. Desie:n Services Proposal Provided that the City Council is comfortable with the budget for this ice arena project, the Ice Arena Task Force is recommending the hiring of RSP Architects, Ltd. as the architectural firm for design services. e The Task Force went through a combined qualifications based selection process and a request for proposal selection process in evaluating firms for design services. The City had a narrow list of firms which it sent proposals to and it received six proposals for evaluation. The Task Force selected three firms to interview. These firms were interviewed on Tuesday, November 22, 1994. The top two firms were selected prior to the opening of the financial quotes for the services. The quotes were essentially identical, so this did not affect the recommendation from the Task Force. Mter a great deal of discussion, it was the consensus of the Task Force to recommend RSP Architects, Ltd. for this project based on their qualifications in doing ice arena projects throughout the nation and for bringing these projects in on schedule and on budget. Chairman Jeff Gongoll and Construction Manager Brad Limberg, and Councilmember Larry Farber will be able to further elaborate on the selection process and the qualifications of RSP during this November 28,1994, Council meeting. A certain amount of architectural work is necessary for further evaluation and analysis of the project. Even if something terrible happened and no ice arena project was constructed in 1995, the initial work completed by an architectural firm would be valuable information in ultimately putting together an ice arena project. Accordingly, even if the City Council is not 100% comfortable with the dollars available for this project or the budget for this project it can still hire RSP as the architects for this project, and we can structure the contract so that it has a number of escape options for the City. In other words, we can structure the contract so we can end the use of architectural services at certain points along the process. The quote from RSP outlined a base bid price in an amount not to exceed $89,500 dollars. This is approximately 5.26% of the estimated $1.7 million dollars that are anticipated to be available for construction of this project. If the City Council concurs that we should hire RSP for this project, a motion directing myself to enter into a contract with RSP Architects, Ltd. for design services for the Ice Arena Project, for a base bid amount not to exceed $89,500 dollars, would be appropriate. - 11-22agMlcouncil