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