Letter to Duluth Arena-Auditorium_10.13.1976October 13, 1976
Mr. Joe Sturckler
Duluth Arena -Auditorium
350 South Fifth Ave. West
Duluth, MN 55802
Re: Five Flags Civic Center
Dubuque, Iowa
Dear Joe:
Thank you for your recent letter. In review of the three managers
mentioned, I would feel that Atwood Olson would have the edge because
of his proximity and awareness of the ingredients that go into a
municipal civic center. However, I would like to review the qualifi-
cation sheets of the others (they were not attached to my letter), before
discussing the selection with the commission.
I have enclosed a copy of the most recent descriptive written and plan
material available at this time. We are about to begin design develop-
ment drawings based on these schematic plans and the bond referendum
posed by the City of Dubuque.
I see your management team contributing with us in assuring the success
of this project by:
1. Reviewing the material to date and meeting in Dubuque or Duluth to
discuss the schematic plans in concept as they relate to functional
planning and management operations. In some cases that may mean
concurring in the development to date and in others, making recom-
mendations based on your experience. We would then incorporate
those recommendations as they were feasible into the next phase of
our planning and preparation of contract documents.
2. Sometime during the middle to end of the development of the contract
bidding documents, we would like you to review the plans again and
meet with us and the Five Flags Civic Center Commission to make
further recommendations and concur in the planning. That review
would, undoubtedly, follow the detailed New Building Consulting
Board Project Scope and Check List as forwarded by Bill Feder. We
would have many more of the details worked out by that time.
I suspect that this second review might be preceded by us talking to
you by phone and/or sending progress plans to you from time to
time for your comment so that the second meeting would be essential-
ly a concurrence meeting.
Mr. Joe Sturckler -2- October 13, 1976
3. Either at the second meeting or at another meeting to be determined,
I would like you to assist the commission in matters of personnel
planning, scheduling in concept, and generally matters related to
owning, operating, and managing a civic center. You had suggested
the Association had available a manual of civic center operation
through out the country distributed as part of the team review. If
that manual were available, it certainly would be valuable to a
fledgling operation. We would have to lean on your experience heavily
on these type of questions.
The Five Flags Civic Center Commission has indicated some interest in
touring some other facilities to get a flavor of their respective use.
Could you, after review of the documents I have sent you, prepare a list
of facilities you might feel appropriate or representative of similar
types of use. I am sure, for instance, that they could gain a great deal
of insight by touring your facility in Duluth.
And finally, I am unclear as to how and with who we consumate an agree-
ment for this management consultation. I have Bill Feder's letter of
October 5, (see enclosed copy). Please advise me on this matter. I will
look forward to hearing from you, and hope we can set up a schedule with
in the next week or two.
Sincerely,
BOWEN KANAZAWA PARTNERSHIP
Ronald Gene Bowen AIA
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Enclosures
cc: Jacque Merritt, Chairwomen
Five Flags Civic Center