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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND FACILITATION SERVICES
CITY OF ST. JOSEPH
The City of St. Joseph is in the planning stages for the potential reprogramming and renovation of the
existing City Office/Police facility. Additional planning may include planning for a community center
facility which may be a topic during the planning process but will not be the focus.
To help gauge/solicit community input, the City of St. Joseph is inviting proposals to provide citizen
participation and facilitation services to solicit potential stakeholder and community input on the facility
needs for the City to include a government center and possibly a community center. Proposals should
include the following:
1. Project Approach: Describe in detail your approach and final deliverable in developing
citizen participation. Describe your compensation and fee structure for services.
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2. Relevant Project Experience: Provide information, including contact person’s name and
telephone number, about prior citizen participation planning and facilitation services
rendered by your firm on at least two (2) prior municipal projects. Submit a previous work
example or draft outline of your citizen participation process.
3. Project Team Summary: Identify the key members of your firm who will be working on
the project and their qualifications and relevant experience
The City Council will interview firms submitting a proposal and select the firm that they feel will provide
the best overall benefit to the City. Applicants must submit eight (8) copies of their proposal no later than
1:00 PM August 6, 2014.
Proposals should be mailed/delivered to:
City of St. Joseph
Attn: Judy Weyrens, Administrator
25 College Avenue North
PO Box 668
St. Joseph MN 56374
The City of St. Joseph reserves the right to waive any irregularities in any proposal and to select the
proposal evaluated to be most advantageous to the City of St. Joseph. Further the City of St. Joseph
reserves the right to disqualify any proposal or to reject all proposals if it is deemed to be in its best
interest.
The City of St. Joseph shall not be liable for any expenses incurred by the proposer including but not
limited to expenses associated with the preparation of the proposals.
The City of St. Joseph reserves the right to reject any and all proposals or to request additional information
from all proposers.