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T>ri /•mrrr ’t>t^ 'Aj 11J i\£i 1 t h /» ?ri J. NICHOLAS RUEHL AIA BERTIL E. HAGLUND. AIA ' m: -rv ► L- April 24, 1991 Barbara J. Peterson, Mayor City Hall P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 ^ ^ 7.1 Re; Proposed City Facilities Dear Mayor Peterson, I learned today that I have been quoted on tl-e matters of size and construction costs for the city’s proposed facilities. I can assure you that this came as a complete surprise. This office has not provided construction costs estimates or recommendations for an appropriate size of any facilities in the City of Orono to any agency or organization. If our firm is ever retained to provide such services, I will be happy to copy the city on all materials developed. Several weeks ago, a Mr. John Farnnam phoned our office and asked if we had experience in designing municipal facilities. He was told that this is an area in which we do have significant experience and he set up a meeting to discuss our work. At that brief meeting I learned that he represented a group of interested residents in Orono. He explained that he was concerned about the proposed size and costs of your planned facilities. I explained to him that we would not critique another architect's design unless hired by the city for a second opinion. I also explained that wo could not comment on the size or design of a building without first studying the space allocation program and feasibility studies. He asked how we would prepare a cost estimate for such a project and I explained that we often use cost consultants, our recent past experience and in the early stages of the work, usually rely on the published cost guides. At his request, I provided him with copies of a few pages from one of these publications. H^l-OS CORPOR^ION J 470 Water Street, Excelsior, MN 55331 (612) 474-3291 Pniijal Onnortiinitv Pmnlovpr