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'f A Existing Anoka County Service Center BENTZ / THOMPSON / RIETOW We propose our firm, Bentz Thompson Rietow, to provide Architectural and Construction Management Services for the Anoka County License Center to be located in the Ramsey Municipal Center. We have designed or planned all of the Hennepin County Service Centers and Carver County Service Centers. While the Anoka County Service Center will be a unique program in a new Municipal Center, we are familiar with and have successfully navigated many of the issues you have identified: City of Ramsey will be the Owner and County Services will be the User. The requirements of both must be fulfilled. Provide a functional space that enhances the service experience for both the public and for the staff. Fit a public service into the context of an existing Government building with a high level of finish. Blend the new design with a palette featuring aspen, slate, and direct-indirect lighting. Understand the special program requirements for the service center. Personal Security, Secure Storage for licenses and tabs, and function of the staff side of the millwork are important design issues. Understand camera distances requirements for passport and driver's license photos. Understand the program for the Training room audio-visual, acoustics and site- lines. We have designed many of these in libraries and at college campuses across the state. Provide full architectural and project management services. For cost estimating and construction phasil"\g, Bill Wolters of Constructive Ideas, Inc., joins our team, as he has done for all our projects including all the service centers. Project TIME: You will see in our schedule that we have assumed a traditional design-bid-build delivery, starting November 1 and achieving your occupancy date of July 1, 2010. (We think this can be shortened in several ways if so required.) The construction duration would be only a few weeks if it were not forthe long-lead items of millwork and wood doors. To allow for shop drawings and production time for these items, the contracts should commence early April. After substantial completion (June 21) the Owner's vendor may install the cabling, phones and other low voltage work to the service center. We have left a generous time for this work and for Owner start- up. DESIGN: To start the design, we propose a kick-off meeting including the City and the County to establish the program parameters and agree on the definition of the project as a whole. Ann Voda as design principal will lead this phase. Our deliverable to you will be a written program and code check, concept sketch options with approximate costs, and design drawings of the selected scheme. We will request Owner approval to proceed into construction documents and specifications. It is at this juncture that we like to review the design with the city plan reviewer and the fire marshal to incorporate their concerns, if any.