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Redmond council approves airport engineer contract, clears two projects for CM/GC procurement
Summary
The Redmond City Council approved a multi‑year airport engineer‑of‑record contract and adopted findings allowing construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) procurement for an airport quick‑turn facility and a Juniper Golf driving‑range upgrade; staff will issue RFPs and return with contractor recommendations.
The Redmond City Council on Tuesday approved a multi‑year contract naming Morrison Merley as the airport engineer of record and adopted findings to use construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) procurement for two upcoming projects.
Steve Juba, finance manager at the Redmond Airport, told the council the city received three proposals after issuing a July RFP and that a five‑member evaluation team scored Morrison Merley highest. The council approved a three‑year contract with two one‑year renewal options; Juba said fiscal impact is currently "unknown" and that project‑specific tasks will return to council for separate approvals.
Separately, the council—acting as the Contract Review Board—adopted findings to exempt the quick turnaround facility (a consolidated rental‑car washing, fueling and overflow parking facility at the airport) from the typical design‑bid‑build competitive bidding process and allow CM/GC procurement. Scott Brang, procurement and payables manager, cited ORS 279C as the statutory basis for using CM/GC and said the method brings contractors into design early for real‑time cost estimating and constructability review.
Councilors also approved findings to use the same alternative contracting approach for a driving‑range upgrade at Juniper Golf Course, describing covered tee lines, improved lighting, expanded seating, upgraded electrical infrastructure and eventual integration of top‑tracer technology and food and beverage service. Brang said the city estimates the improvements could generate about $100,000 in annual revenue and noted a private partner contribution of $150,000 from CourseCo, supplemented by golf course capital reserves.
All three measures were moved, seconded and passed by voice vote. For the CM/GC actions, staff were authorized to begin RFPs and to return to council with contractor recommendations and a separate project approval.
What happens next: City staff will issue RFPs for the CM/GC procurements and return with recommended contractors and project budgets for council approval. The airport engineer contract is effective immediately under the terms approved by the council.
