Approved Agreements and Contracts 2024/06/11 Planning Architectural Services Apple Avenue

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                                                      Agreement for Professional Services


        This Agreement is effective as of June 6, 2024, between City of Muskegon, MI (Client) and Short Elliott
        Hendrickson Inc. (Consultant).


        This Agreement authorizes and describes the scope, schedule, and payment conditions for Consultant’s work on
        the Project described as: Apple Avenue Corridor Improvement Pian




         Client’s Authorized Representative:                    Mike Franzak
         Address:        933 Terrace Street, Muskegon, Michigan 49440, United States
         Telephone:         231.724.6982                               email: mike.franzak@shorelinecity.com



         Project Manager:               Carrie Rivette
         Address:        221 W. Webster Avenue, Suite 501, Muskegon, Michigan 49440
         Telephone:         231.769.2031                               email: crivette@sehinc.com



        Scope: The Basic Services to be provided by Consultant as set forth herein are provided subject to the attached
        General Conditions of the Agreement for Professional Services (General Conditions Rev. 05.15.22), which is
        incorporated by reference herein and subject to Exhibits attached to this Agreement.


        Apple Avenue Corridor Improvement Plan per the scope of services provided in the May 28, 2024, letter proposal
        attached.


        The lump sum fee is $24,653 including expenses and equipment.

        The payment method, basis, frequency and other special conditions are set forth in attached Exhibit A-2.

        This Agreement for Professional Services, attached General Conditions, Exhibits and any Attachments
        (collectively referred to as the “Agreement’) supersedes all prior contemporaneous oral or written agreements and
        represents the entire understanding between Client and Consultant with respect to the services to be provided by
        Consultant hereunder. In the event of a conflict between the documents, this document and the attached General
        Conditions shall take precedence over all other Exhibits unless noted below under “Other Terms and Conditions”.
        The Agreement for Professional Services and the General Conditions (including scope, schedule, fee and
        signatures) shall take precedence over attached Exhibits. This Agreement may not be amended except by written
        agreement signed by the authorized representatives of each party.


        Other Terms and Conditions: Other or additional terms contrary to the General Conditions that apply solely to
        this project as specifically agreed to by signature of the Parties and set forth herein:

         Section II(A)(7) is stricken in its entirety.


         Section III(A)(2) is stricken in its entirety.


         Section IV(B)(1) is revised to read as follows: “Consultant is not a user, generator, handler, operator, arranger,
         storer, transporter, or disposer of hazardous or toxic substances.”


        Section V(C)(1) is revised to read as follows: “All Instruments of Service prepared by Consultant pursuant to this
        Agreement are not intended or represented to be suitable for reuse by the Client or others on extensions of the
        Project or on any other Project. Any reuse of the Instruments of Service without written consent or adaptation by
        Consultant for the specific purpose intended will be at the Client’s sole risk and without liability or legal exposure
        to Consultant; and the Client shall release Consultant from all claims arising from such use.”


         Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.                        Letter Agreement - 1                         City of Muskegon, MI
         Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer                                                            (Rev. 04.01.24)
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        Section IV(C}(4) is added and reads as follows: “Consultant shall be responsible for the acts of Consultant's
        employees, officers, and Directors to the extent such actions are performed under or related to this Agreement.”



         Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.                                   City of Muskegon, MI



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         Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.                      Letter Agreement - 2                         City of Muskegon, MI
                                                                                                                (Rev. 04.01.24)
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                                                                Exhibit A-2
                                               to Agreement for Professional Services
                                                Between City of Muskegon, MI (Client)
                                                                    and
                                              Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (Consultant)
                                                         Dated May 30, 2024


                                          Payments to Consultant for Services and Expenses
                                                  Using the Lump Sum Basis Option

        The Agreement for Professional Services is amended and supplemented to include the following agreement of
        the parties:

        A.    Lump Sum Basis Option
              The Client and Consultant select the Lump Sum Basis for Payment for services provided by Consultant.
              During the course of providing its services, Consultant shall be paid monthly based on Consultant's estimate
              of the percentage of the work completed. Necessary expenses and equipment are provided as a part of
              Consultant's services and are included in the initial Lump Sum amount for the agreed upon Scope of Work.
              Total payments to Consultant for work covered by the Lump Sum Agreement shall not exceed the Lump Sum
              amount without written authorization from the Client.

              The Lump Sum amount includes compensation for Consultant's services and the services of Consultant's
              Consultants, if any for the agreed upon Scope of Work. Appropriate amounts have been incorporated in the
              initial Lump Sum to account for labor, overhead, profit, expenses and equipment charges. The Client agrees
              to pay for other additional services, equipment, and expenses that may become necessary by amendment to
              complete Consultant's services at their normal charge out rates as published by Consultant or as available
              commercially.

         B.   Expenses Not Included in the Lump Sum
              The following items involve expenditures made by Consultant employees or professional consultants on
              behalf of the Client and shall be paid for as described in this Agreement.

              1.   Expense of overtime work requiring higher than regular rates, if authorized in advance by the Client.

              2.   Other special expenses required in connection with the Project.

              3.   The cost of special consultants or technical services as required. The cost of subconsultant services
                   shall include actual expenditure plus 10% markup for the cost of administration and insurance.


              The Client shall pay Consultant monthly for expenses not included in the Lump Sum amount.




         Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.                      Letter Agreement - 3                         City of Muskegon, MI
                                                                                                                 (Rev. 04.01.24)
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                                               General Conditions of the Agreement for Professional Services

                                                                                              2. The Consultant is not a municipal advisor and therefore Client shall
                           SECTION I - SERVICES OF CONSULTANT                                    provide its own legal, accounting, financial and insurance counseling,
                                                                                                 and other special services as may be required for the Project. Client
        A.        General
                                                                                                 shall provide to Consultant all data (and professional interpretations
          1. Consultant agrees to perform professional services as set forth in the
                                                                                                 thereof) prepared by or services performed by others pertinent to
             Agreement for Professional Services or Supplemental Letter
                                                                                                 Consultant’s Services, such as previous reports; sub-surface
             Agreement (“Services”). Nothing contained in this Agreement shall
                                                                                                 explorations; laboratory tests and inspection of samples;
             create a contractual relationship with or a cause of action in favor of a
                                                                                                 environmental assessment and impact statements, surveys, property
             third party against either the Client or the Consultant. The
                                                                                                 descriptions; zoning; deed; and other land use restrictions; as-built
             Consultant’s services under this Agreement are being performed
                                                                                                 drawings; and electronic data base and maps. The costs associated
             solely for the Client's benefit, and no other party or entity shail have
                                                                                                 with correcting, creating or recreating any data that is provided by the
             any claim against the Consultant because of this Agreement or the
                                                                                                 Client that contains inaccurate or unusable information shall be the
             performance or nonperformance of services hereunder.
                                                                                                  responsibility of the Client.
                   Schedule                                                                   3. Client shall provide prompt written notice to Consultant whenever the
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                  Unless specific periods of time or dates for providing services are            Client observes or otherwise becomes aware of any changes in the
                   specified, Consultant’s obligation to render Services hereunder will          Project or any defect in Consultant's Services. Client shall promptly
                   be for a period which may reasonably be required for the completion           examine all studies, reports, sketches, opinions of construction costs,
                  of said Services.                                                              specifications, drawings, proposals, change orders, supplemental
             2.{f Client has requested changes in the scope, extent, or character of             agreements, and other documents presented by Consultant and
               the Project or the Services to be provided by Consultant, the time of             render the necessary decisions and instructions so that Consultant
               performance and compensation for the Services shall be adjusted                   may provide Services in a timely manner.
               equitably. The Client agrees that Consultant is not responsible for            4. Client shall require all utilities with facilities within the Project site to
               damages arising directly or indirectly from delays beyond                         locate and mark said utilities upon request, relocate and/or protect
                Consultant's control. If the delays resulting from such causes                   sald utilities to accommodate work of the Project, submit a schedule
                increase the cost or the time required by Consultant to perform the              of the necessary relocation/protection activities to the Client for
                Services in accordance with professional skill and care, then                    review, and comply with agreed upon schedule. Consultant shall not
                Consultant shall be entitled to a equitable adjustment in schedule and           be liable for damages which arise out of Consultant’s reasonable
                  compensation.                                                                  reliance on the information or services furnished by utilities to Client
                                                                                                 or others hired by Client.
                   Additional Services
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                                                                                              5, Consultant shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy and completeness
                  . If Consultant determines that any services it has been directed or
                                                                                                 of information or services furnished by the Client or others employed
                    requested to perform are beyond the scope as set forth in the
                                                                                                  by the Client and shall not be liable for damages arising from
                    Agreement or that, due to changed conditions or changes in the
                                                                                                  reasonable reliance on such materials. Consultant shall promptly
                    method or manner of administration of the Project, Consultant's effort
                                                                                                  notify the Client if Consultant discovers that any information or
                    required to perform its services under this Agreement exceeds the
                                                                                                  services fumished by the Client is in error or is inadequate for its
                    stated fee for the Services, then Consultant shall promptly notify the
                                                                                                  purpose.
                    Client regarding the need for additional Services. Upon notification
                                                                                              6. Client agrees to reasonably cooperate, when requested, to assist
                    and in the absence of a written objection, Consultant shall be entitied
                                                                                                 Consultant with the investigation and addressing of any complaints
                    to additional compensation for the additional Services and to an
                                                                                                 made by Consultant's employees related to inappropriate or
                    extension of time for completion of additional Services absent written
                                                                                                 unwelcomed actions by Client or Client's employees or agents. This
                    objection by Client.
                                                                                                 shall include, but not be limited to, providing access to Client's
             2. Additional Services, including delivery of documents, CAD files, or
                                                                                                 employees for Consultant's investigation, attendance at hearings,
                information not expressly included as deliverables, shall be billed in
                                                                                                 responding to inquiries and providing full access to Client files and
                accord with agreed upon rates, or if not addressed, then at
                                                                                                 information related to Consultant's employees, if any. Client agrees
                   Consultant's standard rates.
                                                                                                 that Consultant retains the absolute right to remove any of its
                   Suspension and Termination                                                    employees from Client’s facilities if Consultant, in its sole discretion,
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                  . lf Consultant’s services are delayed or suspended in whole or in part        determines such removal is advisable. Consultant, likewise, agrees to
                    by Client, or if Consultant's services are delayed by actions or             reasonably cooperate with Client with respect to the foregoing in
                    inactions of others for more than 60 days through no fault of                connection with any complaints made by Client's employees.
                    Consultant, then Consultant shall be entitled to either terminate its     7. Client acknowledges that Consultant has expended significant effort
                    agreement upon seven days written notice or, at its option, accept an        and expense in training and developing Consultant's employees.
                    equitable adjustment of compensation provided for elsewhere in this          Therefore, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of two
                    Agreement to reflect costs incurred by Consultant.                           years after the termination of this Agreement or the completion of the
             2. This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon seven days                 Services under this Agreement, whichever is longer, Client shall not
               written natice should the other party fail substantially to perform in            directly or indirectly: (1) hire, solicit or encourage any employee of
                accordance with its terms through no fault of the party initiating the           Consultant to leave the employ of Consultant; (2) hire, solicit or
               termination.                                                                      encourage any consultant or independent contractor to cease work
             3. This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon thirty days’               with Consultant; or (3) circumvent Consultant by conducting business
                written notice without cause. All provisions of this Agreement                   directly with its employees. The two-year period set forth in this
                allocating responsibility or liability between the Client and Consultant         section shall be extended commensurately with any amount of tine
                shall survive the completion of the Services hereunder and/or the                during which Client has violated its terms.
                termination of this Agreement.
                                                                                                                      SECTION Ill - PAYMENTS
             4. In the event of termination, Consultant shall be compensated for
                Services performed prior to termination date, including charges for                Invoices
                expenses and equipment costs then due and all termination                         . Undisputed portions of invoices are due and payable within 30 days.
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                   expenses.                                                                        Client must notify Consultant in writing of any disputed items within
                                                                                                    15 days from receipt of invoice. Amounts due Consultant will be
                             SECTION Il - CLIENT RESPONSIBILITIES                                   increased at the rate of 1.0% per month (or the maximum rate of
         A.        General                                                                          interest permitted by law, if less) for invoices 30 days past due.
                                                                                                    Consultant reserves the right to retain Services or deliverables until
             1. The Client shall, in proper time and sequence and where appropriate
                                                                                                    all invoices are paid in full. Consultant will not be liable for any claims
                to the Project, at no expense to Consultant, provide full information
                                                                                                    of loss, delay, or damage by Client for reason of withholding
                as to Client's requirements for the Services provided by Consultant
                                                                                                    Services, deliverables, or instruments of Service until all invoices are
                and access to all public and private lands required for Consultant to
                                                                                                    paid in full. Consultant shalt be entitled to recover all reasonable
                   perform its Services.




         General Conditions - 4
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               costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorney's fees,                          asserted only against Consultant, and not against any of Consultant’s
               incurred in connection with collecting amounts owed by Client.                          individual employees, officers or directors, and Client knowingly
          2. Should taxes, fees or costs be imposed, they shall be in addition to                      waives all such claims against Consultant individual employees,
             Consultant's agreed upon compensation.                                                    officers or directors.
          3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Consultant may                   4. Causes of action between the parties to this Agreement pertaining to
             pursue collection of past due invoices without the necessity of any                  acts or failures to act shall be deemed to have accrued, and the
             mediation proceedings.                                                               applicable statutes oflimitations shall commence to run, not later
                                                                                                  than either the date of Substantial Completion for acts or failures to
                       SECTION IV - GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS                                        act occuring prior to substantial completion or the date of issuance of
                                                                                                  the final invoice for acts or failures to act occurring after Substantial
        A.     Standards of Performance
                                                                                                  Completion. In no event shall such statutes of limitations commence
          1. The standard of care for all professional engineering and related
                                                                                                  to run any later than the date when the Services are substantially
               services performed or fumished by Consultant under this Agreement
                                                                                                       completed.
               will be the care and skill ordinarily exercised by members of
               Consultant’s profession practicing under similar circumstances at the                    Assignment
               same time and in the same locality. Consultant makes no warranties,




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                                                                                                       . Neither party to this Agreement shall transfer, sublet or assign any
               express or implied, under this Agreement or otherwise, in connection                    rights under, or interests in, this Agreement or claims based on this
               with its Services.                                                                      Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party. Any
          2.Consultant neither guarantees the performance of any Contractor nor                        assignment in violation of this subsection shail be null and void.
            assumes responsibility for any Contractor's failure to furnish and
                                                                                              E.        Dispute Resolution
            perform the work in accordance with its construction contract or the
                                                                                                   4. Any dispute between Client and Consultant arising out of or relating
            construction documents prepared by Consultant. Client
                                                                                                      to this Agreement or the Services (except for unpaid invoices which
            acknowledges Consultant will not direct, supervise or control the work
                                                                                                      are governed by Section III) shall be submitted to mediation as a
            of construction contractors or their subcontractors at the site or
                                                                                                      precondition to litigation unless the parties mutually agree otherwise.
            otherwise. Consultant shall have no authority over or responsibility for
                                                                                                      Mediation shall occur within 60 days of a written demand for
            the contractor's acts or omissions, nor for its means, methods, or
                                                                                                      mediation unless Consultant and Client mutually agree otherwise.
            procedures of construction. Consultant’s Services do not include
            review or evaluation of the Client's, contractor's or subcontractor’s              2.Any dispute not settled through mediation shall be settled through
            safety measures, or job site safety or furnishing or performing any of               litigation in the state and county where the Project at issue is located.
            the Contractor's work.
                                                                                                                 SECTION V —- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
             3. Consultant's Opinions of Probable Construction Cost are provided if
                agreed upon in writing and made on the basis of Consultant's                  A.        Proprietary information
                experience and qualifications. Consultant has no control over the cost         41. Ail documents, including reports, drawings, calculations,
                of labor, materials, equipment or service furnished by others, or over             specifications, CAD materials, computers software or hardware or
                the Contractor's methods of determining prices, or over competitive                other work product prepared by Consultant pursuant to this
                bidding or market conditions, Consultant cannot and does not                       Agreement are Consultant's Instruments of Service (“Instruments of
                guarantee that proposals, bids or actual construction cost will not                Service”). Consultant retains all ownership interests in Instruments of
                vary from Opinions of Probable Construction Cost prepared by                       Service, including all available copyrights.
                Consultant. If Client wishes greater assurance as to construction                  2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Consultant shail retain all of
                costs, Client shall employ an independent cost estimator.                               its rights in its proprietary information including without limitation its
                                                                                                        methodologies and methods of analysis, ideas, concepts,
                Indemnity for Environmental Issues
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                                                                                                        expressions, inventions, know how, methods, techniques, skills,
               . Consultant is not a user, generator, handler, operator, arranger,
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                                                                                                        knowledge, and experience possessed by Consultant prior to, or
               storer, transporter, or disposer of hazardous or toxic substances.
                                                                                                        acquired by Consultant during, the performance of this Agreement
               Therefore the Client agrees to hold harmless, indemnify, and defend
                                                                                                        and the same shall not be deemed to be work product or work for hire
               Consultant and Consultant's officers, directors, subconsultant(s),
                                                                                                        and Consultant shail not be restricted in any way with respect thereto.
               employees and agents from and against any and all claims; losses;
                                                                                                        Consultant shall retain full rights to electronic data and the drawings,
               damages; liability; and costs, Including but not limited to costs of
                                                                                                        specifications, including those in electronic form, prepared by
               defense, arising out of or in any way connected with, the presence,
                                                                                                        Consultant and its subconsultants and the right to reuse component
               discharge, release, or escape of hazardous or toxic substances,
                                                                                                        information contained in them in the normal course of Consultant's
               pollutants or contaminants of any kind at the site.
                                                                                                        professional activities.
                Limitations on Liability
                                                                                                        Client Use of Instruments of Service
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               . The Client hereby agrees that to the fullest extent permitted by law,
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                                                                                                       . Provided that Consultant has been paid in full for its Services, Client
                Consultants total liability to the Client for all injuries, claims, losses,
                                                                                                        shall have the right in the form of a nonexclusive license to use
                expenses, or damages whatsoever arising out of or in any way
                                                                                                        Instruments of Service delivered to Client exclusively for purposes of
               related to the Project or this Agreement from any cause or causes
                                                                                                        constructing, using, maintaining, altering and adding to the Project.
               including, but not limited to, Consultant’s negligence, errors,
                                                                                                        Consultant shall be deemed to be the author of such Instruments of
               omissions, strict liability, breach of contract or breach of warranty
                                                                                                        Service, electronic data or documents, and shall be given appropriate
               shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). In the
                                                                                                        credit in any public display of such Instruments of Service.
               event Client desires limits of liability in excess of those provided in
                                                                                                   2, Records requests or requests for additional copies of Instruments of
               this paragraph, Client shall advise Consultant in writing and agree
                                                                                                        Services outside of the scope of Services, including subpoenas
               that Consultant's fee shall increase by 1% for each additional five
                                                                                                        directed from or on behalf of Client are available to Client subject to
               hundred thousand dollars of liability limits, up to a maximum limit of
                                                                                                        Consultant's current rate schedule. Consultant shall not be required
               liability of five million dollars ($5,000,000).
                                                                                                        to provide CAD files or documents unless specifically agreed to in
             2. Neither Party shall be liable to the other for consequential damages,
                                                                                                        writing as part of this Agreement.
                including without limitation lost rentals; increased rental expenses;
                loss of use; loss of income; lost profit, financing, business, or                       Reuse of Documents
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                reputation; and loss of management or employee productivity,                           -All Instruments of Service prepared by Consultant pursuant to this
                incurred by one another or their subsidiaries or successors,                            Agreement are not intended or represented to be suitable for reuse
                regardless of whether such damages are foreseeable and are caused                       by the Client or others on extensions of the Project or on any other
                by breach of contract, willful misconduct, negligent act or omission, or                Project, Any reuse of the Instruments of Service without written
                other wrongful act of either of them. Consultant expressly disclaims                    consent or adaptation by Consultant for the specific purpose intended
                any duty to defend Client for any alleged actions or damages.                           will be at the Client’s sole risk and without liability or legal exposure to
             3. It is intended by the parties to this Agreement that Consultant's                       Consultant; and the Client shall release Consultant from all claims
                Services shall not subject Consultant’s employees, officers or                          arising from such use. Client shall also defend, indemnify, and hold
                directors to any personal legal exposure for the risks associated with                  harmless Consultant from ail claims, damages, losses, and expenses
                this Agreement. The Client agrees that as the Client’s sole and                         including attorneys’ fees arising out of or resulting from reuse of
                exclusive remedy, any claim, demand or suit shall be directed and/or                    Consultant documents without written consent.




        General Conditions - 2
        (Rev. 05.15.22)
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        Mike Franzak                                                                                                            SE
        c/o Clerk’s Department
        Muskegon City Hall                                                                                          Building a Better World
        933 Terrace Street                                                                                               for All of Us®
        Muskegon, MI 49443




        RE:       Apple Avenue Corridor Improvement Plan
                  Muskegon, MI 49443


        Dear Mr. Franzak and Members of the Selection Committee:

        We are pleased to submit our proposal for the Apple Avenue Corridor Improvement Plan. SEH of Michigan, LLC brings
        extensive expertise in urban planning and design, and we are committed to enhancing safety, accessibility, and overall
        quality of life for residents and visitors.

        INTRODUCTION
        Our team recognizes the significance of this project. We propose a holistic approach that aligns with Crime Prevention
        Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles. By integrating natural surveillance, territorial reinforcement, and
        access control, we aim to create a vibrant and secure corridor.

        OBJECTIVES
        The RFP outlines the following key objectives:

          e     Improve the transition between commercial and residential areas.
          e     Improve the public realm along the corridor with sidewalks that link adjacent neighborhoods to the corridor and that
                are unobstructed, wide enough for a variety of users, and buffered from the street.
          e     Improve aesthetics, including consideration of streetscape changes, signage, and lighting that supports an integrated
                identity for the corridor and provides increased safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers.
          e     Improve vacant and/or underutilized land along the corridor.
          e     Address access between roadways and private property, including alley improvements and a better approach to access
                management.

          e     Conservation and possible installation of new public art along the corridor.
          e     Streetscapes that include amenities for visual interest and safety, including seating, pocket parks, trees, and green
                buffers.


         Our proposal addresses these goals through innovative design solutions.

         HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE
         Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc. (SEH) was established in 1927 as a one-person operation. SEH is now an employee-
         owned engineering, architectural, environmental, and planning company that helps government, industrial, and
         commercial clients find answers to complex challenges. Our 900-plus employee-owners share a core purpose:
         Building a Better World for All of Us@®. This approach reflects a companywide commitment to improving the quality
         of life by designing safer, more sustainable infrastructure for government. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, and
         with 32 offices in 12 states, including Muskegon, you'll find evidence of our work throughout the United States.

         At SEH, our community planners, landscape architects and urban designers believe in the power of great places. We
         take our craft beyond aesthetics by integrating art and science to improve the socioeconomic, environmental, and
         physical character of the communities we serve. Our work is built on the sustainable principles of smart growth and
         ecological urbanism.
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        We combine tried-and-true strategies with innovative approaches to help link each community’s new developments with
        the best characteristics of its built heritage. We believe in a highly collaborative, participatory process where consultants
        team with clients and community members. Our goal: create places of lasting beauty and value that transform the
        landscape and benefit your communities and the people within them.


        We assist communities of all sizes looking to overcome today’s challenges and to plan for the future. Our approach is
        holistic. We incorporate dynamic local, regional, and national contexts while looking for ways to improve
        intergovernmental cooperation among neighboring communities.



        PROJECT APPROACH

        Kickoff Meeting
        Prior to the Kickoff meeting, SEH will review background information, this will include the September 12, 2023, City of
        Muskegon Master Land Use Plan, Neighborhood Sub-Plans (Nelson, Jackson Hill, McLaughlin, Angell, Steele and
        Sheldon Park), City of Muskegon Zoning Ordinance, and other applicable City codes primarily including Chapter 058
        Parks and Recreation, Chapter 074 Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Properties, and Chapter 098 Traffic and
        Vehicles. In addition, we will review the proposed street reconfiguration developed by the City and the Michigan
        Department of Transportation (MDOT) and any other data gathered by staff. While SEH Muskegon office staff traverse
        the Apple Avenue corridor frequently, SEH will perform a site visit to ensure that we have captured the distinctions
        between the neighborhoods along Apple Avenue.


        Upon assimilating the data provided, we will develop cursory concepts for the three types of neighborhoods to facilitate
        discussion as needed during our kickoff meeting. We anticipate utilizing Crime Prevention through Environmental
        Design Concepts (CPTED) to ensure that the proposed design and proposed connections will meet the general
        principles for natural access control, natural surveillance, territoriality, activity support, and maintenance.

        The kickoff meeting will be hybrid with Muskegon office staff in person and our landscape architect and civil engineers
        attending remotely. While SEH will have initial concepts, the kickoff meeting is intended to be a listening session with
        staff to gather their thoughts and what they have heard from the community. SEH will use their insights to assist in
         keeping ideas and concepts flowing.


         Public Workshop
        After the kickoff meeting, SEH will develop an aerial rendering of the corridor indicating concepts for the three different
        types of areas in the corridor. This aerial is intended to be taken to the public workshop by City staff to obtain the
        community's feedback. Upon collecting this feedback, City staff will meet with SEH to relay the information gathered
         during the workshop.


         Final Design
         Upon receiving the public feedback, SEH will revise the aerial, prepare a plan outlining the work and describing the
         features of each of the three types of areas and how they will transition to each other. In addition, we will prepare
         three renderings visually depicting the amenities.


         Provided that we have public feedback by September 6, 2024, SEH will electronically deliver the final plan and drawings
         by September 23. We propose to perform the above work for a fee of $24,653.

         We are excited about the opportunity to transform the Apple Avenue Corridor. Together, we can create a safer, more
         vibrant Muskegon.
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        Please contact Andrea at 231.769.2026 or ariegler@sehinc.com or Carrie at 231.769.2031 or crivette@seghinc.com if you
        have any questions regarding this proposal.




        Respectfully,




                               ANDREA RIEGLER AltA, NCARB                            CARRIE RIVETTE, PE (M1)
                               CLIENT SERVICE MANAGER                                 PROJECT MANAGER




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                                     SEH of Michigan, LLC, 221 West Webster, Suite 501, Muskegon MI

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                                    SEH is 100% employee-owned   |   Affirmative Action—Equal Opportunity Employer

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