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Minnesota Zoo asks state for bonding for new veterinary hospital and deferred maintenance
Summary
The Minnesota Zoo asked the Capital Investment Committee for state bonding to build a new veterinary hospital and to fund campus asset preservation, citing an aging 1975 facility, ventilation problems, and the need to serve statewide partners.
John Frawley, director of the Minnesota Zoo, and Dr. Rivas, head of veterinary programs, told the Capital Investment Committee on Feb. 25 that the zoo needs a new veterinary hospital and additional asset-preservation funding to meet industry standards and serve partner veterinarians across Minnesota.
The zoo presented a bonding request of $17.675 million for the new hospital project and an asset-preservation request of about $3.8 million; the presenters said the full hospital project is estimated to cost roughly $30 million and that the zoo has privately raised about $9 million toward that total. John Frawley said the project has been under development for roughly five years and that state design funds previously covered initial work.
Dr. Rivas described the current veterinary building, first built in 1975, as…
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