Why No Legal Review ??
Why No Legal Review October 30, 2013 10:12 PM
From: “Ted Noftall” <Ted@TedNoftall.com>
To: “Greg Kisela” <gkisela@port-orange.org>
Thank you Greg,
Who prepared the original schematic design for the YMCA and why wasn’t that design signed and sealed at that time ?.
Did the Architect retained by the YMCA subsequently sign and seal his original design, and the rest of the RFP in an attempt to bring it into compliance, OR was a different Architect retained for that purpose and if so why, and who was that Architect ??.
I am having a hard time understanding why legal would not have reviewed the YMCA RFP prior to its release, and would ask what do you mean “you assumed that the City Attorney had reviewed the package prior to its release and she had not done that “
Was she tasked by anyone to your knowledge with conducting such a review ?
Should she have known on her own to review any RFQ with an estimated budget of $ 1.3 million ??
Are you meaning to suggest she was somehow negligent in failing to conduct a legal review of this RFP ???
Ted Noftall
Ted:
The YMCA’s architect was RS&H. They prepared the schematic design. Since we were not in privity with RS&H we hired Graham Gilchrist to review and sign and seal the RFP package.
The City Attorney’s office was involved in several meetings as the RFP package was being developed and provided input. I have not suggested that the City Attorney’s office was negligent or didn’t do her job.
Greg Kisela
City Manager