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7550 Sunwood Drive NW • Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 City Hall: 763-427-1410 • Fax: 763-427-5543 www.cityoframsev.mn.us 29 October 2013 Subj: Business Opportunity Dear Ramsey Business Owner: As a business owner in the City of Ramsey you are a critical component of our city, and Staff and City Council want to ensure you that you are aware of a opportunity here in your community that may be of interest to you. On November 26th, 2013, City Council is anticipated to vote on awarding Bids for a new, 4,300 square foot community park building at Elmcrest Park. The project has been 'in the works' for many years within the city's Capital Improvement Program; and now appears as though it will be approved and under construction over the winter - for spring 2014 programing by the youth athletic associations and community at large. While the city lets bids on many projects each year (and you are not directly notified like this), for the Elmcrest Park building project, Council has authorized a process that affords you a special opportunity to be active and visible in your community - and benefit your business monetarily at the same time. As indicated, rather than simply preparing plans and specs and then issuing an Advertisement for Bids for a General Contractor to bid upon the park structure (with their usual sub -contractors providing quotes to them for the larger contract), the City has embarked on a slightly different process. In this case, a call for Bids is being made for each category of sub -contractors, wherein upon award, each trade's work will be coordinated by the City's construction manager, American Liberty Construction. The following describes the general categories of anticipated sub -contracts: 'Construction of a new 4,300 +/- s.f. wood frame park structure, consisting of, exterior finishes including, vertical cement fiber siding with battens, cultured stone, metal roofing, wood windows and aluminum storefront system. Structure consists of concrete block foundations, concrete slab on grade, wood framing including floor trusses and roof trusses, wood beams/headers, steel beams and wood and steel columns. Interior finishes include, fiber reinforced gypsum wall board, polished concrete floors, quarry tile, ceramic tile, wood ceilings and painted walls'.