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D BOLTON & MENK Real People. Real Solutions. December 5, 2016 City of Orono Attn: Ms. Jessica Loftus 2750 Kelley Parkway Orono, MN 55356 RE: 2017 Professional Engineering Services Dear Ms. Loftus: 2638 Shadow Lane Suite 200 Chaska, MN 55318-1172 Ph: 19521448-8838 Fax: (9521448-8805 Bolton-Menk.com C� OF 0? 0140 We are pleased to once again offer professional engineering services to the City of Orono for 2017 in accordance with the attached Fee Schedule. We look back with great satisfaction on the important projects we have been able to complete with you and your staff at the direction of the City Council. I have every confidence that our long- term knowledge of the Community and understanding of the City's needs coupled with cooperation and hard work will result in the successful completion of the projects identified by the City for 2017. Once again, despite many rapidly increasing business expenses, we are proposing only minor modifications to our rate structure. This highlights our ongoing intentional goal of providing the wide array of services and expertise the City needs as cost effectively as possible. It is this commitment that has led to a five year average, aggregate fee increase of under 3% per year. Moreover, it is my pleasure to inform you that we will continue offering the "municipal discount" for key staff members serving your City at the same hourly rate. This rate has remained unchanged for over 5 -years. This discount applies to day-to-day general engineering items and tasks not related to specific City projects or private development projects. As these fees are usually paid out of the City's General Fund, it is our intent that this municipal discount will help to minimize the engineering impact on the General Fund budget. Further, we will continue to not charge a fee for City Council and Planning Commission meeting attendance. The fee structure items identified above reflect our continued commitment to provide you high quality and full service municipal engineering services with increasing value and efficiency. Please review the attached information and contact me with any questions you may have. We are committed to providing you with the superior service you expect and require! Respectfully Submitted, Bolton & Menk, Inc. %4,4. Sc4--:'b Kreg J. Schmidt, P.E. Vice President KJS/kjs Botton a Menk is an equal opportunity employer.