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BOr��C]N - M=N[►C, IN , Consulting Engineers & Surveyors 7533 Sunwood Drive NW • Ramsey, MN 55303 Phone (763) 433-2851 • Fax (763) 427-0833 www.bolton-menk.corn June 5, 2012 Mr. Kurtis Ulrich City Administrator City of Ramsey 7550 Sunwood Drive NW Ramsey, MN 55303 Re: Interim City Engineering Support Services Dear Mr. Ulrich: Bolton & Menk, Inc. is pleased to submit this proposal for interim City Engineering Support Services to the City of Ramsey. We understand you are looking for Engineer staffing in City Hall for 40 hours per week. The services would begin on approximately July 2 (or as scheduled) and run for approximately three months. As you know, Bolton & Menk is a member of the Engineering Consultant Pool for the City and we are fully prepared to provide engineering services in full conformance with our Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) dated May 27, 2011. I've also attached an updated organization chart from that SOQ for your use and review. In order to provide additional assistance to your current City Engineering needs, we propose to staff the City Engineer's office on a 40 hour -a -week basis. For that purpose, we propose to utilize a combination of Kevin Bittner, a Principal Engineer in our firm with over 26 years of engineering experience, and Jason Cook, a Professional Engineer with over eight years of experience in municipal engineering design and construction. Both engineers are conveniently located in our Ramsey office across the street from City Hall. We would propose to utilize Kevin to staff City Hall on a 20 to 30 hour a week basis. Kevin's focus would be on overall project and engineering staff management, miscellaneous city engineering needs, as well as City Council meetings and associated meeting documentation requirements. Kevin would also be available for other staff and City meetings. Jason Cook would be utilized for City Hall staffing on 10 to 20 hour per week basis. Jason's focus will be on technical project design and construction oversight and support as well as any other "hands-on" technical needs in the office or in the field. We would evaluate the City's schedule on a weekly basis and provide our office hours schedule each Thursday for the following week. We would also propose that if and when there is no City business to attend to during office hours, we would attend to our other consultant workload utilizing our own computer resources and networks. We therefore can be very cost effective to the City and thus charge for only those hours which we work on City business, while still being fully available and present to attend to City issues as needed. In addition, both Kevin and Jason and other Bolton & Menk support staff can provide service to the City from our Ramsey office and can quickly attend to the City's needs. Kevin's billing rate for these general municipal engineering services would be at a reduced rate of $125 per hour and Jason's rate would be $90 per hour. All other support services would be performed in accordance with our billing schedule provided in our Statement of Qualifications. DESIGNING FOR A BETTER TOMORROW Bolton & Menk is an equal opportunity employer