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Committee approves Sanborn Head and GZA amendments; city says MSBA funding agreement executed and bidding continues
Summary
The committee approved contract amendments and budget revisions to fund additional geotechnical and environmental pre‑characterization services and heard updates that a state funding agreement was executed and key environmental permits were completed.
The committee approved two contract amendments and associated budget revision requests to fund additional site‑characterization and geotechnical services for the project, and staff reported recent permitting milestones and bidding progress for building trades.
Committee members voted to approve a Sanborn Head proposal for $79,970 to perform soil pre‑characterization and DEP‑related planning; because an existing allowance in the OPM contract held $47,700, the committee approved a budget revision request to move $32,270 from the project soft‑cost contingency into the OPM contract to fully fund the proposal. The committee also approved a Perkins Eastman contract amendment (and associated budget revision request) to fund additional GZA geotechnical services in the amount of $151,250. Project staff said both measures passed on roll call votes.
Project status: Staff reported that the project has cleared several permitting steps: the project team received…
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