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Stormwater engineering and water resources professional services study to provide pre-design and stormwater BMP infrastructure recommendations for the Spirit Mountain Recreation Area Purpose Spirit Mountain Recreation Area Authority (SMRAA) is seeking qualifications for professional engineering and water resource services to complete a stormwater vulnerability and feasibility analysis of the Spirit Mountain Recreation Area (Spirit) and develop a Stormwater Management Plan. 139 acres of the hillside were converted from forested lands to grassed alpine runs and approximately 13.5 acres converted to impervious parking lots and buildings during the development of Spirt. Snowmelt from the ski runs and stormwater runoff from the impervious surface at the top produce flashy flows without rate checks or water quality Best Management Practices (BMPs). Several creeks, including Knowlton Creek, a designated trout stream, flow through Spirt. The altered hydrograph results in substantial bank erosion and sediment deposition into the St. Louis River Estuary. Deliverables Stormwater Management Plan (Plan) with Best Management Practice (BMP) action items to reduce erosion and sedimentation into adjacent receiving waters, including the St. Louis River and Knowlton Creek. The Plan will provide schematic level, affordable and practical design solutions for each of the identified issues, including all impervious and natural features such as buildings, roads, parking, campground, trail and ski runs, creeks, culverts, ditches and the snowmaking/stormwater conveyance treatment system. The Plan will also guide the design of the stormwater BMPs for the new Upper Spirt Chalet and adjacent parking and circulation routes, which are under design development. The building will follow the Minnesota B3 new building construction requirements. Background SMRAA, in coordination with the City of Duluth, applied for and received a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program administered by the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM). Total project funding for this study is $150,000. TEAM PROPOSALS AND SUBCONTRACTORS It is permissible for multiple consultants to team on a response to this RFQ. If submitting a team response, specify the lead consultant (prime contractor) and assisting consultant (sub-contractor). In the event a consultant team is selected, the lead consultant will be the party to contract with SMRAA. The lead consultant will be responsible for the performance of the assisting consultant. There is no limit on the number of consultants that comprises a team. REJECTION OF PROPOSALS SMRAA reserves the right to reject any or all proposals submitted when deemed to be in the best interest of SMRAA.