Agenda - Council - 02/11/2020 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Also Present: Mayor John LeTourneau Councilmember Nadine Heinrich Councilmember Mark Kuzma Councilmember Jeff Menth Councilmember Debra Musgrove Councilmember Chris Riley Councilmember Dan Specht City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich Fire Chief Matt Kohner Police Chief Jeff Katers Public Works Superintendent Grant Riemer Deputy City Administrator Timothy Gladhill City Engineer Bruce Westby 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor LeTourneau called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 2.01: Interview Architectural Firms for Design and Engineering Services for the New Public Works Facility Public Works Superintendent Riemer reviewed the staff report. Andrew Cooper, Oertel Architects, introduced the members of his team present tonight, Thomas Stomsodt and Mike Aaron. He reviewed the overall design approach, noting that his company focuses on public works facilities, which are 95 percent of their work. He provided information on how their number of hours and fee was determined. He stated that they have proposed an aggressive schedule with overlapping phases and provided additional details on that process. He explained that they based their design process on the ability to meet the City's 2021 construction objective. Thomas Stomsodt, Oertel Architects, explained that they began by reviewing the City's studies and would then use their tools to further review the programming and schematic needs for the new facility, providing additional details on that process. He noted that those details are used to create the floor plan for the facility. City Council Work Session / January 28, 2020 Page 1 of 6