Council authorizes CMAR selection process and supplemental funds for downtown design

Jan 20, 2026

Council approved beginning a CMAR quality-based selection for the Downtown Infrastructure Project and approved a supplemental appropriation to cover remaining contracted design services for the downtown work.

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The Committee of the Whole agreed to proceed with a Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) quality-based selection process for the Downtown Infrastructure Project (Ordinance 26-025). Service Director Matt Hiscock told Council the CMAR process would allow the city to rank qualified firms, negotiate a guaranteed maximum price, and then return to Council for authority to enter a CMAR contract; no dollars were obligated in the authorization itself.

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