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<br />Engineers | Architects | Planners | Scientists <br />Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., 3535 Vadnais Center Drive, St. Paul, MN 55110-3507 <br />651.490.2000 | 800.325.2055 | 888.908.8166 fax | sehinc.com <br />SEH is 100% employee-owned | Affirmative Action–Equal Opportunity Employer <br />June 10, 2026 <br /> <br /> <br />Mayor Gretchen Artig-Swomley <br />City of Gem Lake <br />4200 Otter Lake Road <br />Gem Lake, MN 55110 <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Artig-Swomley: <br /> <br />We are pleased to submit this letter proposal for assisting the City with the preparation of the City’s 2050 <br />Comprehensive Plan Update as directed by the Metropolitan Council. The updated plan must be <br />submitted to the Metropolitan Council by December 31, 2028. <br /> <br />This update will provide the City with a guidance document for future planning within the City in <br />accordance with the Met Council’s guidelines. This letter supplements the Agreement for Professional <br />Services between the City of Gem Lake, Minnesota (Owner), and Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH®) <br />(Consultant), for providing professional services. <br />SCOPE OF WORK <br />We understand the project to consist of updating the “technical” chapters of the 2050 Comprehensive <br />Plan. Additionally, the goal of the project will be to update these chapters to meet the requirements and <br />projections outlined in the City’s System Statement provided by the Metropolitan Council. Technical <br />chapters include: <br /> <br />• Transportation <br />• Water Resources <br />o Wastewater <br />o Water Supply <br />o Surface Water Management <br />• Implementation (SEH scope will focus on implementation actions for the above technical <br />chapters) <br /> <br />Based on the discussions with both the City Council and Planning Commission, our scope for this <br />proposal includes the following work tasks: <br /> <br />Task 1: Project Management, Administration, and Meetings <br />SEH project manager, Mark Nolan, AICP, will work with the SEH team to complete all aspects of this <br />project to the City of Gem Lake’s satisfaction. Mark will be responsible for tracking the budget and <br />progress of the Comprehensive Plan Chapter Update, as well as providing quality checks throughout the <br />project duration. SEH has included virtual bi-weekly virtual half-hour conference calls with the City’s <br />project manager for the duration of the project. <br /> <br />Task 1 Deliverables: Meeting agendas and minutes, monthly invoices, progress reports