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35 <br />1. Has a size for the Southern Branch Library been determined? No, that is part of the work <br />to be performed by the successful firm <br />2. Are there more than three sites to be evaluated? Not at this time <br />3. Are you wanting only an architect, or is a library planning firm with 30+ years of <br />experience worthy of consideration? As listed in the RFQ, experience programming and <br />designing public libraries and facilitating public assessment process for libraries in <br />urban, suburban, and rural environments. <br />4. We are wondering if the County is interested in selecting just a site/civil team for this <br />first phase of the Public Library project or if you are interested in selecting the full A/E <br />team who would also be the team to proceed with Phase 2. Phase 1 only, phase 2 will <br />be a separate selection process <br />5, 1 have read through the RFQ and the web links contained in it. We just wanted to clarify <br />what the county would expect from a firm. It appears the county has narrowed their site <br />search down to I location. So it seems the next logical step would be to get an Architect <br />on board to develop some renderings, then do some due diligence such as a Phase I <br />Environmental Assessment and some geotechnical investigation to see if the site <br />remains feasible. Then with the renderings and assistance of the team, gather public <br />input and proceed to schematic design. Is this how the county expects to proceed, and <br />would expect from firm(s) responding to this RFQ? <br />In accordance with the adopted Southern Branch Site Criteria Process, the County will <br />conduct all necessary due diligence as indicated in Preliminary Phase — Technical Site <br />Review and Assessment. The County is looking for a firm with the experience in <br />programming and designing public libraries and facilitating public assessment process <br />for libraries in urban, suburban, and rural environments. The selected firm will develop <br />and implement the public engagement process to define specific programs and services, <br />which will lead toward the determination of the size, scope and scale of the potential <br />branch library. <br />Renderings and due diligence such as a Phase I Environmental Assessment and some <br />geotechnical investigation to see if the site remains feasible are not a part of this phase <br />of the project <br />6. Will this include programming and siting the building on potential site(s)? yes <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />