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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 2, 2019 Page 25 ter the first cover page. He thought it was a cookie cutter proposal that never di- rectly addresses what the city asked BKV to look at. BKV highlight people work- ing with the city's fire station and police station and to him, the proposal had nothing to do with what the city was looking for. Then hearing about the inter- view process really fleshed that out for him. This made him wonder if that dollar figure was solid because BKV has not thought through that process at all. He un- derstand the concerns with WSB and agreed that was not a great thing but he wanted to remind the Council that the last time there was not agreement with staff on a professional services contract was with the 2040 Comprehensive Plan when the Council pushed to have WSB so if that is the last time the Council contradict- ed staff on something, he thought it was funny as that it was not the best experi- ence. Councilmember Etten thought being able to look at both of the proposals and hearing staff's perspective in writing and in person that LHB has really spent more time and effort at this point to really think through what Roseville is going to need as outlined in their narrative. He would not support a motion for BKB because he did not think BKV had really thought through what it needs to do to help Roseville do well for this project. He also noted the city is not asking for an architectural concept but for a master plan so if the buildings are ugly, then that is a separate issue. Councilmember Willmus disagreed with that statement. Councilmember Laliberte indicated she was struggling with this because she also picked up on some of what Councilmember Etten pointed out that BKV being kind of a standard proposal. That being said, $91,000 is a lot higher than the oth- ers. She was trying to figure out what that additional engagement piece will be, if the contract would be closer to the $91,000, all things considered, and she did not know that. Councilmember Groff thought what the city would be doing is getting a proposal and would not be locked into it. If there was something in the next step that the Council did not like or if it was not fleshed out or not enough engagement, there is nothing to say the city needed to continue down that path. But the other thing he would say, is that LHB has worked with Roseville so much in the past so of course there is a lot of documentation in their files about the city and easier to put a proposal together for the city. Councilmember Etten stated he appreciated and worked hand in hand with LHB so he is trying to separate that. LHB's description of their approach flushes out each piece of what the city asked for in the RFP and the BKV proposal does not do that. LHB paid attention to the RFP, addressed each item within the RFP, and directly mention engagement with involvement with neighbors and stakeholders. Those issues were not discussed until an add-on by BKV. If the city states that is