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<br />Contract with SRF for preparation of the AUAR <br />October 3,2006 <br />Page 2 of2 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />As part and parcel to the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) redevelopment, the City of <br />Arden Hills (the RGU) must complete an environmental review of the property relating to the proposed <br />project. Given that this property constitutes a large area (585 acres) and will be redeveloped over a period <br />of years, the Altemative Urban Area-wide Review (AUAR) process will provide the best means by which <br />to conduct this revicw. <br /> <br />In early September of this year, our Master Developer for the project, CRR, issued a Request for <br />Proposals (RFP) for consulting services relating to a numbcr of tasks associated with the TCAAP <br />redevelopment: Master Planning, Traffic Impact Study, AUAR Environmental Study, Stage One, PUD, <br />and Development of a Landscape Plan. The RFP was issued encompassing all of these tasks to <br />streamline the process and allow for cffective integration and collaboration amongst the finns responding. <br /> <br />City Staff and CRR discussed this process with the City Council at the September 18 work session. <br /> <br />On Septembcr 19, City Stan; along with several Ryan employees, interviewed four finns relating to these <br />tasks. After conducting second interviews with three of the finns and checking references, CRR is <br />proposing to contract with HKGi for the Master Plan and PUD, SEH and SRF for the Traffic Study, RLK <br />for the Stage One, and Damon Farber for the Landscape Architecture. City Staff is reconunending thc <br />City contract with SRF to prepare the City's AUAR Environmcntal Study. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In preparing the AUAR, SRF will need to obtain infom1ation from each of the other finns involved. <br />Because SRF has a history and strong working-relationship with HKGi, and based on reconunendations <br />we received from other cities, staff feels it would be most efficient and economical to select SRF to <br />prepare the AUAR for the City. <br /> <br />CRR was willing to directly eontract for the AUAR, however we recommended against it. Instead staff <br />recommends a reimbursement formulary due to eoncems about intcgrity of the process if it were to be <br />contracted through the developer. <br /> <br />Staff RecQmmendation <br /> <br />Staffrecommends Council approve contracting witb SRF, Inc., in the amount 01'$147,318.00 to complete <br />the AUAR relating to the purchase of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant. <br /> <br />. <br />