Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/10/2011

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Basis for Compensation if our work plan does not meet We understand that municipalities face many budgetary challenges --providing your goals, we will work with essential services to its citizens while maintaining the budget without overburdening you to make the adjustments needed to tailor our proposal to citizens. We provide cost-effective solutions to your planning challenges. meet your needs. $78.00 Planner II We would provide daily planning services (such as review of applications) on an hourly Planner 1 basis (in 15 minute increments) but would propose a flat rate ($200) for attendance Senior Principal at regularly scheduled Planning Commission and City Council meetings. For ordinance updates and amendments, we can work with the City to develop a scope of work and can complete the work on an hourly or a fixed fee basis. We find when the scope of work and process can be clearly defined, a fixed fee works very well, but when outcomes and process are still undefined, an hourly agreement works best. We will work with you and tailor our proposal to meet your needs. We could provide staffed office hours should the city desire staffed hours, but we Our team possesses the talent would always be available via email and phone for questions. Based on our experience and expertise to help you realize in other communities, we believe that telephone and email correspondence can be a your vision and develop policies, cost-effective and efficient method of handling simple questions and requests. plans and documents for the City of Ramsey, your residents Our fee schedule is attached. If our plan does not meet your goals in terms of fees and developers. and expenses, we will work with you to make the adjustments needed to tailor our proposal to meet your needs. We believe that, together, we can ensure that the City's investment in our quality planning services remains a cost-effective service. Standard 2011 Hourly Standard Rates Billing Rates ($/hr) Principal Planner $115.00 Associate $120.00 Project/Senior Planner $106.00 Planner III $78.00 Planner II $73.00 Planner 1 $69.00 Senior Principal $130.00 Reduced 2011 Ramsey Rate Ramsey Rates Landform values our existing relationship with the City of Ramsey. We evaluated our history with the City and have adjusted our rates to provide Kendra Lindahl as the consulting City Planner at a reduced rate of $78.00/hour. Ramsey would benefit from working directly with a firm principal who is experienced in management of a planning department and the public process at a significant reduction from our standard municipal rates.