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<br /> It is the public policy of this State and all public
<br /> subdivisions and Local Governmental Units thereof, except in cases
<br /> of special emergency involving the health and safety of the people
<br /> or their property, to announce all requirements for architectural,
<br /> engineering, and surveying services, to select firms qualified to
<br /> provide such services on the basis of demonstrated competence and
<br /> qualification for the type of professional services required without
<br /> regard to fee other than unit price information at this state, and
<br /> thereafter to negotiate a contract for architectural, engineering,
<br /> or surveying services at a fair and reasonable fee with the best
<br /> qualified firm. If a contract cannot be negotiated with the best
<br /> qualified firm, negotiations with that firm shall be terminated and
<br /> initiated with the next best qualified firm.
<br /> 6. WHEREAS, sometime thereafter, Wilbur Smith & Associates completed said
<br /> study, report, recommendation and related work;
<br /> 7. WHEREAS, on February 27, 1989, the Board, upon motion, moved to employ
<br /> Talbert, Cox & Associates, Inc. (now Espey Huston Company by merger, but
<br /> hereinafter referred to as "Espey Huston"), one of the five original respondents
<br /> to the County Manager's June, 1985, invitation for airport study proposals, and
<br /> a firm which had conducted an airport feasibility study authorized by the Board
<br /> in 1979, to conduct an update of the Environmental Impact Report being prepared
<br /> for the proposed County airport by Wilbur Smith and Associates in order to
<br /> assist in addressing and curing concerns with regard to some aspects of the
<br />.Report and to insure that the Report was as accurate and complete as possible;
<br /> 8. WHEREAS, on July 13, 1989, the Board, upon motion, ratified its prior
<br /> selection of the Poplar Tent site but authorized the rotation of the runway on
<br /> the site by approximately seven degrees, and further requested the Federal
<br /> Aviation Administration to proceed with processing the Environmental Assessment
<br /> for the proposed airport with Espey Huston, to provide any updates to the
<br /> Environmental Assessment that may be required due to the rotation of the runway.
<br /> 9. WHEREAS, the refinement of studies or design for the proposed airport
<br /> has entailed increasing requirements for studies of economic and environmental
<br /> feasibility, and compliance with technical construction and operational
<br /> guidelines of North Carolina and federal aviation authorities; and WHEREAS, the
<br /> firm of Espey Huston has proved competent both to undertake directly such
<br /> studies/preliminary design and to assist Cabarrus County in their conduct; and
<br /> WHEREAS, Espey Huston has the advantage of experience with the Cabarrus County
<br /> airport study conducted in 1979;
<br /> 10. WHEREAS, all appropriations, obligations and disbursements for airport
<br /> studies or associated preliminary designs conducted by the firms of Wilbur Smith
<br /> & Associates and Espey Huston, or conducted by Cabarrus County upon the advice
<br /> of or with the assistance of those firms, have complied fully with the aviation
<br /> provisions of Chapter 63 of the General Statutes, and with the budgetary
<br /> accounting for appropriations provisions of Section 159-28 of the General
<br /> Statutes;
<br /> 11. WHEREAS, Section 143-64.32(b) of the General Statutes authorizes units
<br /> of local government to exempt in writing particular projects from the provisions
<br /> of Section 143-64.31 et seq. governing the procurement of architectural,
<br /> engineering, and surveying services, by stating the reasons therefore and the
<br /> circumstances attendant thereto;
<br /> 12. WHEREAS, upon motion, on February 27, 1989, the Board authorized the
<br /> employment of Espey Huston to conduct studies and provide assistance immediately
<br /> consecutive to studies performed by Wilbur Smith and Associates, as originally
<br /> authorized upon motion on September 16, 1985, and without again announcing
<br /> requirements to select firms qualified to provide such services, as thereafter
<br /> required by the State policy of Section 143-64.31 of the General Statutes
<br /> adopted April 27, 1987;
<br /> 13. WHEREAS, the Board now deems it appropriate to invoke in writing the
<br /> exemption authorized by Section 143-64.32(b) of the General Statutes by stating
<br /> and clarifying the reasons therefor and the circumstances attendant thereto:
<br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
<br /> 1. The circumstances attendant to the employment of the firm of Talbert,
<br /> Cox & Associates, Inc. (now Espey Huston Company) immediately consecutive to
<br /> work performed by Wilbur Smith and Associates in relation to airport studies,
<br /> without again announcing requirements to select firms qualified to provide such
<br /> services, are those stated in clauses one through ten above.
<br /> 2. The reasons for employing Talbert, Cox & Associates, Inc. (now Espey
<br /> Huston Company) without again announcing requirements to select firms are:
<br /> a. Talbert, Cox & Associates (now Espey Huston Company) was
<br /> among the five firms that responded to the invitation to submit
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