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CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
WEEKLY MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Rines, Councilors and Department Heads
FROM: Jeffrey Kobrock, City Manager
DATE: March 25, 2005
RE: Weekly Memo
Meetings for the Week of March 28, 2005
Council Meeting Thurs., March 31, 7:00 pm, City Hall
Council Workshop Sat., April 2, 9:00 am, WWTP
Johnson Hall Partnership
The partnership of Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, the Board of Trade, Gardiner Main Street and the City issued a request for proposals in January, with responses due in March. The RFP sought a comprehensive feasibility analysis and action plan for building renovations and sustainable operations. Proposals were to use the recommendations of the Johnson Task Force June 2004 report envisioning a multi-use community center as the basis for further study. The integrated plan will be composed of these individual areas of focus: a facility master plan with cost estimates, a business plan reflecting financing and supporting the facility plan, an organizational development plan and a fundraising plan. This is an ambitious, multi-disciplinary approach.
Six excellent and intriguing proposals were received. The teams proposed represent very high levels of experience and expertise, many with nationwide client lists. This kind of response is very important. Not only is the diverse expertise for this complex project assembled for us in the proposed teams, but also the fact that we got such impressive response is great reinforcement that the industry is as excited about this project as we who are more closely involved.
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