DESIGN 10 AVE PARKING LOT
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February 10, 1983
To: Hopkins City Council Members
From: Sheila Block and Kevin Locke
Re: Recommendation of design firm for 10th Ave. Parking Lot
The C.C.D.C. Board of Directors has reviewed the three proposals for redesign of
the 10th Avenue Parking Lot, submitted to the City Council at the January 26, 1983
meeting. All three firms appear to be reputable, competent firms. However, based
on the evaluation criteria listed below:
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The firm or team of firms hired needs to have a variety of expertise,
if all the problems associated with the 10th Avenue Parking Lot are
to be addressed.
Landscape design skills are particularily important since the appear-
ances of the lot and accomodation of pedestrians are key issues that
need to be resolved.
The controversy over altering 10th Avenue dictates that the chosen
firm have strong credible traffic engineering skills.
Since the parking lot is just one component of downtown, solid under-
standing of downtown issues and planning issues is valuable firm
characteristic.
The quality of the firms proposal provides some indication of the
firms quality of work.
General impressions, made by representatives from the firms during
the informational meeting held by the City.
Interest shown in working on this project.
The work each firm has proposed to do.
The price each firm will charge for services rendered. It should be
noted that the original proposals submitted, involved providing more
extensive services at prices of from $10-30,000. The firms asked to
make a second submittal, were told that $5,000 was what the City would
consider spending for this project.
the Benshoof, Brauer, Schoell-Madson team appears to offer skills and experience
best suited to the 10th Avenue Parking Lot design project. The C.C.D.C. recom-'
mends the selection of the Benshoof, Brauer, Schoell-Madson team.
Sincerely,
Kevin Locke, Executive Director and Sheila Block, President
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