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perkinswill.com 7 t 305.569.1333 f 305.569.1334 perkinswill.com 806 Douglas Road Suite 300 Coral Gables, FL 33134 June 2, 2015 Mr. Christopher Russo City Manager, City of Sunny Isles Beach Sunny Isles Beach Government Center 18070 Collins Avenue, 4th Floor Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 Re: Cover Letter and Executive Summary for Architectural Design Services for a New Facility at 18080 Collins Avenue RFP No. 15-04-01 Dear Chris: Thank you for the opportunity to submit our qualifications for Architectural Design Services at 18080 Collins Avenue; we are thrilled to have the ability to continue working with the City of Sunny Isles Beach at the Government Center having completed the design of the existing complex more than 10 years ago. It is extremely important to clarify that the architectural firm responsible for the existing Government Center was Spillis Candela & Partners where at that time, I was the Principal in Charge and Project Designer, Jackie Candela the Project Architect and Carlos Vilato the Senior Designer. Jackie, Carlos and I very proud to have joined Perkins + Will almost two years ago and bring our collective exper- tise and great working relationship once again to the City of Sunny Isles Beach. Additionally, we have teamed with many of the same consultants involved with the original Government Center design including Savino Miller for Landscape Architecture and Igor Gonzalez and his firm for Mechanical Engineering. Perkins + Will / Miami currently totals 48 professionals across Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture and has the depth of expertise in Civic Facilities, Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade Educational Facilities, Corporate Office, Retail and Fitness / Wellness Projects and Structured Garages and is committed to delivering this project on time and on budget. Our current workload anticipates a start for this project in the summer of 2015 and the design team will begin immediately after client notice to proceed. Perkins + Will is committed to a collaborative and inclusive process where all of the stakeholders participate in the refinement of the mixed-use build- ing program and subsequent design process. Additionally as you know from our working relationship on Government Center, we are receptive and responsive to the Mayor, City Commissioners and City Manager’s direction knowing that interaction results in an even better product for all. Chris: the mixed-use program for the new building is exactly the kind of hybrid building type in which we excel; a collection of uses that result in a dynamic and exciting Architectural statement important to the City of Sunny Isles Beach that is at the same time highly functional and respecting of budget and schedule. Regards, Lawrence Kline Principal, Managing Director