Council member and staff present feasibility study proposal for municipal golf-course restaurant and pro shop

A council member presented a proposal at the meeting to commission a feasibility study and conceptual design for the city's municipal golf-course restaurant and pro shop, saying an architect team had visited the site and prepared design options that the city could use to solicit proposals. City staff told commissioners the state's procurement guidance requires a feasibility study before construction procurement and described typical design, bidding and construction timelines and thresholds.

The study would be completed by an architecture firm the council member consulted, with a $5,000 retainer noted in the packet. City staff said the study would produce multiple design options, a program summary, equipment and staffing needs, and an analysis of potential schedule and costs. "The state's procurement guide that we have to follow ... says that before we look at any construction project, we do have to undertake a feasibility study like this," a city staff member explained during the…