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<br /> <br /> <br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 8.2 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />General Business April 6, 2020 Ron Nierenhausen, Chief of Police <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Hire an Architectural Design Firm for Public Safety Mark Dickinson, Fire Chief <br />Buildings and Third Fire Station <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Direct staff, by motion, to engage BKV for architectural services for public safety building <br />improvements. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />In September of 2017, Council received a presentation from Five Bugles regarding a needs study for the <br />Police and Fire Department building expansion. Areas addressed in the needs study included the completion <br />of the upper level and garage expansion of the police department and the remodel and expansion of Fire <br />Station 2 with a possible addition of a third station. <br /> <br />In March of 2019, the Council gave approval to fund and seek an architectural design firm to complete the <br />expansion project. An RFP was created with a deadline of August 30, 2019. The submitted proposals were <br />reviewed by a committee and an architectural design firm was selected in early March of 2020. <br /> <br />Seeking approval for the firm selected at a price of $558,000 with an additional reimbursable expense not to <br />exceed $25,000. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />N/A <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> Public Safety Building and Fire Station No. 3 Design/Construction <br /> Architectural Services Design Form <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity <br />