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CC Regular Session Meeting Date: 05/28/2013 By: Mark Riverblood, Engineering/Public Works Information Title: Consider Park Monuments' for The Draw - 2013 Parks Capital Improvement 7. 3. Background: On February 5th, 2013, the Park and Recreation Commission met with City Council in a joint work session for the purposes of a preview of the 2013 Parks Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Consensus was generally that most projects should move forward as discussed within the CIP document. Subsequent to the joint meeting, Council met in work session to review the monuments or signs proposed by the Commission for The Draw, with revised, more accurate cost estimates. The consensus outcome of that discussion was for Staff to proceed to obtain quotes and thus, the purpose of this case is to consider the quotes received. Notification: Observations/Alternatives: In April, Staff issued an invitation to area sign companies to submit quotes for the two monuments proposed for The Draw; with those quotes being due on May 13th. It should be noted herein, that due to the need to prepare a 'proof for some of the materials used, and getting the project into the queue for production together with installation, the monuments would need to be ordered soon as possible to be in place before the concerts begin on June 20th. Attached to aid in the discussion: • Invitation to sign vendors to submit quotes for the signs • The COR sign design framework approved by City Council in December 2012 • COR sign plan • The Draw Event Series schedule The request for quotation was sent to the sign firms listed below: Bob's Sign Company of Anoka Extreme Graphics of Anoka Gillette Signworks of Elk River JDI Signs and Graphics Inc of Ramsey Pillar Signs and Graphics of Ramsey Archetype of Minneapolis James The Sign Guy of Elk River Mark Signs & Graphics of Ramsey Of the eight firms the invitation was sent to, two were returned with no forwarding address; with one quote received from Archetype - and no communication from the other sign vendors. Archetype's quote for the stone kiosk monument near the amphitheater was $35,400. The sign adjacent to Ramsey