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State Designer Selection Board schedules Badura Nursery interviews, approves agenda and minutes
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Summary
At its March 18, 2025 meeting, the State Designer Selection Board opened with roll call, approved the day's agenda and minutes by voice vote, and scheduled interviews for three firms competing for project 2,501, the Badura Nursery Expansion Project.
The State Designer Selection Board convened March 18, 2025, to begin proceedings on interviews for project 2,501, the Badura Nursery Expansion Project and took two procedural votes to approve the meeting agenda and minutes.
Board chair (unnamed) opened the meeting and asked Heather Nelson, board support, to call the roll. Members in attendance included Bill Beyer (representing the American Institute of Architects), Ted Tucker (public member), Susan Estes (representing the American Council of Engineering), Steve Madrow (public member), Sarah Raffles Weiner (representing the Minnesota State Arts Board), and Scott White (representing associate general contractors). Kenya Cooper and Heather Nelson were present as board support staff. Chair noted the main item on the agenda was interviews with three firms for project 2,501, the Badura Nursery Expansion Project.
The board approved the day's agenda by voice vote after a motion from Ted Tucker and a second from Scott White. Chair asked for further discussion; none was recorded. The motion carried on a voice vote with members responding "Aye." No opposition was recorded on the audio transcript.
The board also approved the minutes as distributed. A member moved to "move the minutes as sent out most recently." The motion was seconded and the board approved the minutes by voice vote; members replied "Aye" and no opposition was recorded on the transcript.
Chair confirmed that a member, identified as Brian during roll call, affirmed he had had no contact with any of the proposing firms since the board's previous meeting. The board then noted scheduling details for interviews: the first firm, Architecture Advantage, was to set up at 8:35 a.m. and be ready to begin by 8:45 a.m.; the board noted three firms would be interviewed for the Badura Nursery Expansion Project and offered a brief break before the first interview.
No substantive discussion of selection criteria, contract terms, scoring, or funding sources for project 2,501 occurred in the recorded portion of the meeting provided. The meeting then went on hold as members awaited the scheduled interviews.
