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Chairman Scurlock asked what the timing will be on this, because he felt that will be the most critical thing, and Director Davis explained that the contract spells out 270 calendar days to design the project, which is about 9 months. Based on our estimates, it is a 7% design fee, which apparently is what the market is demanding. In the past, however, we have negotiated 5% and 6% design fees. Director Davis noted that the contract does not include a full-time resident inspector on site. That would be an addendum to the contract. Chairman Scurlock suggested that we negotiate with the first ranked firm for a resident inspector, so that we can negotiate that item with the other firms if that becomes necessary. Commissioner Bowman questioned Item #10 of the revised fee proposal where it says "to some extent", and Director Davis explained that the DOT required the Grand Harbor project to pick up a DOT outfall and reroute it through the project to provide the off site drainage that was necessary for the whole watershed which includes the Boulevard. Item #10 is saying that we do not want the engineer to go through and redesign the Grand Harbor system since it is only a year or two old. We do not want the engineer to duplicate that work; we want to.benefit from that savings. Commissioner Bird asked if we have the flexibility to go to firm #2 and say that we are not satisfied with the price from the #1 firm, and Chairman Scurlock felt that we could negotiate a lower price but was concerned about the time it would take. Commissioner Wheeler was not happy with the work by Kimley- Horn on Phase II of the Boulevard as he did not feel they were responsive to our needs or the public's needs on that phase. Commissioner Eggert felt because of the time factor the best thing to do would be to approve staff's recommendation. 29 Boos 73 F APE 235