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Date: June 10, 2019
To: John Griffin, CFO; Daniel Kooken, Purchasing Manager
From: Sarah Marchant, Community Development Division Director
Re: Sole Source Otterbine River Fountains
The Community Development Division in partnership with Public Works has been working to
replace the now defunct fountain in the Nashua River with a new fountain and two additional
fountains over the past couple of years. As part of the Downtown Riverfront Master Plan the
City determined fountains with light would be an excellent way to help attract pedestrians and
boaters to our riverfront and help highlight its role in our downtown.
The City put out two separate bids for electrical upgrades and river fountains (RFP0365-013018
and RFP0365-111918) in 2018. Neither bid resulted in acceptable responses. To move the
project along Parks and Recreation hired Johnson Electric to install electrical upgrades on both
sides of the river to support the new fountain and additional fountains proposed by the riverfront
plan between the Cotton Mill and Main Street bridges.
In working with Lumen Studio, Inc the City’s Riverfront Lighting Designer and Halvorson
Design Partnership the firm that supported the creation of the Downtown Riverfront Plan, the
City is requesting to install up to three 5 HP Otterbine Fountains at a cost of $52,103.70. These
fountains will have a 4-light LED set and wind control, and we hope to have them installed by
early August.
