Bolten & Menk, Inc and Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc.

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Q JN$M m NAC 'r 1_ ( in i ( ,. z RANISEV STAFF COMMITMENT NAC and Bolton&Menk, Inc. will commit the necessary staff members, as required,to meet the project ,.� schedule. Staff members, as outlined in the organizational chart,will be available for this project. Should additional staff be required, we will utilize the capabilities of other professional and technical staff members at the approval of the City. FIRM BACKGROUNDS Northwest Associated Consultants,Inc. (NAC)will be the lead firm for the 2008 Comprehensive Plan given the planning emphasis of the project. NAC is a community planning consulting firm that has been serving local governments throughout the Upper Midwest for over 30 years. During this time,NAC has assisted over 130 clients with comprehensive planning and related projects, ordinance preparation, private development project review, facilities planning(such as parks and trails,public facilities,transportation and utilities)and specific area land use studies. Additionally,NAC serves as planning staff for the majority of our client communities, which gives NAC an important understanding and perspective with regards to the realistic implementation of community policies, plans,regulations and guidelines to achieve ,.� desired results.NAC currently staffs thirteen planners,two of which are Principal owners of the firm. .-. Our approach to each new project is to promote public participation in the identification of issues,and formulate recommendations and policies geared toward implementing desired actions. We believe that the role of our consultant team in this planning process is to help the community and its various stakeholders understand their options, establish their unique goals and objectives and implement feasible strategies designed to achieve those goals. Plans such as those which are to be developed through this project for the City of Ramsey are more effective when the stakeholders have set the agenda for the project entitling them to a sense of ownership in the plan and its outcomes. Bolton & Menk, Inc. was founded in 1949 by John Bolton and Martin C. Menk,Jr. The firm was incorporated in 1960, and is owned and operated exclusively by the professionals and technicians on the staff. Today,Bolton&Menk, Inc. has nearly 300 employees including a professional staff of over 100 engineers and land surveyors. The firm maintains three full service offices in the Twin Cites Metropolitan �. area: Ramsey(9 employees), Chaska(29 employees)and Burnsville(53 employees), and five other offices located in Mankato(corporate office location), Sleepy Eye, Fairmont and Willmar, Minnesota and Ames, Iowa. Bolton&Menk,Inc. is a regional consulting engineering firm specializing in the following areas of professional services: Transportation Planning and Engineering; Municipal, Water Resources, and Environmental Engineering; and Surveying& Mapping. As an experienced and diversified firm, Bolton&Menk offers a broad range of transportation planning, operations,design and project management services. They can help guide each project through conceptual planning, preliminary design, funding applications, final design, regulatory approval and construction. The goal is to provide exceptional quality planning and engineering services while meeting project budgets and schedules. Proposal for Professional Planning and Engineering Services Section 1 -5 2008 Comprehensive Plan Update Submitted by: �. City of Ramsey, Minnesota NAC and Bolton&Menk