Agenda - Council Work Session - 10/28/2025

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PROJECT OVERVIEW GENERAL INFORMATION The City of Ramsey ("City") is seeking proposals for a Construction Manager at Risk ("CMAR") with a Guaranteed Maximum Price ("GMP") for the water play plaza and associated improvements at The Waterfront. The selected firm will work with the Project Team which will be comprised of City staff as Owners Representatives, and Damon Farber Landscape Architects ("DESIGN TEAM") to provide preconstruction and construction services including cost and schedule estimating, bidding, and day-to-day construction management for the public park project consisting of a water play experience with support structures and associated landscape in Ramsey, MN. The City has retained an architectural firm, Damon Farber for professional design services to provide programming and preliminary design, concept design, schematic design, design development, construction documents and construction administration. PROJECT BACKGROUND The Waterfront is a 16-acre public park with the 2-acre project site centered around a warm -weather water play experience, yet thoughtfully designed to function as an inviting and engaging public plaza throughout all seasons. While the interactive water elements provide a vibrant and dynamic atmosphere during warmer months, the surrounding landscape, seating, architectural features, and site amenities ensure that the space remains visually appealing, inviting and accessible year-round. The project aims to serve as a community hub that balances seasonal activity with lasting placemaking. The project emphasizes integrated landscape design, interactive water features, and user comfort, all within a carefully managed construction schedule and budget. At the core of the park will be a large decorative concrete plaza, surrounded by densely landscaped earthen berms and natural stone seating areas. From the highest point of the site, a cascading waterfall will flow into a designed stream feature that runs through the plaza. The plaza and stream will include more than 90 ground - mounted spray nozzles, creating a variety of interactive spray patterns. Water from the system will be collected via two main drains before cascading over a second constructed waterfall into an existing adjacent forebay before entering the 7+ acre deep -water recreational pond. To support the anticipated volume of seasonal visitors, the project includes a new park support building housing men s and women's restrooms, a family changing room, 6