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City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, Minnesota 5S"7
Res. No. 95 -141
WEEEREAS, the City Center Expansion and Renovation project includes $400,000 for
furnishings for the completed building; and
WEUEWAS, bids have been received for the major components of the furnishings
project and preliminary cost estimates exceed the $400,000 budget; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends awarding bids for the furnishings which require a long
lead time, specifically the workstations and work areas on February 21; and
WHEREAS, the City's specification for the furniture bids required that a successful
bidder have furniture for private offices which is freestanding and does not require wall
mounts because of the curvilinear design of the exterior walls of City Center, and the
furniture of Haworth/Pink meets this specification while the furniture bid by Herman
Miller does not; and
WHEREAS, staff will continue to refine the remaining portions of the furnishings
budget to reduce costs and remain within the $400,000 project budget, and will bring the
remaining portions of the furnishings budget to the City Council thr approval on March 7,
1995;
WHEREAS, staff recommends the award of bid for work area furnishings to
Haworth/The Pink Company;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Plymouth, Minnesota does hereby approve the furnishings bids for the workstations and
work areas to Haworth/The Pink Company in the amount of 5158, i55.