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'ty of 'ver MEMORANDUM Item 5.5. TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL PAT KLAERS, CITY~I~TRATOR APRIL 22, 1996 ~// NORTHBOUND LIQUOR ARCHITECT At the 4/15/96 CIP worksession, the Council discussed the status of the Liquor Store Fund and the construction of a new Northbound Liquor Store in the northeast corner of 197th Avenue and Highway 169. An architectural proposal from Tushie-Montgomery & Associates, Inc. was distributed and reviewed at the 4/15 meeting. Liquor Store Manager Fritz Dolejs has checked out references on this firm for liquor store projects that have been completed in the cities of Lakeville and Richfield and feels comfortable recommending the hiring of this firm for our project. Attached for your review is the proposal from Tushie-Montgomery & Associates, Inc. This proposal was requested during our meeting with Gary Tushie. The proposal calls for 7 percent of the total construction costs plus reimbursables as the fees for this project. The Council has discussed the need to do the programming and schematic design for this project along with the possible need to do the design development work in early 1996. This is roughly one third of the project, and, after this work, a decision will be made as to the timing of the project and when the construction documents should be completed. The timing of the project needs to be evaluated according to the budget that is developed based on the various program needs and design components of the store. If this project is constructed in 1996, the Liquor Store Enterprise Fund will have to go into debt to finance this project. If the construction does not take place until the fall of 1997, then it is possible that the Liquor Store Fund can finance the project without borrowing monies. Therefore, available funds may affect the timing of the project. If nothing significant changes with the plan, doing the preliminary work in 1996 and the construction in 1997 will not affect the fees paid to the architect. An additional issue related to the timing of this project is the activities that may or may not happen in the next 24 months around the existing Northbound site. In this regard, we do not see any progress for a project at the trailer court, so there may be a very limited impact on the traffic patterns and volumes around our existing store in the next few years. Additionally, 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425