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Council reviews additional $538,000 for East Adams/Fifteenth Ward preliminary design and $712,000 CNS engineering contract
Summary
City staff asked the Syracuse City Council to amend bond authorizations to add $538,000 for preliminary design work on East Adams Street and the Fifteenth Ward, and to enter a contract with CNS Engineering not to exceed $712,000 for that work. The requests tie to the 2024–25 capital improvement plan and larger federal grant strategies.
Syracuse City officials asked the City Council on Monday to add $538,000 to existing bond authorizations for preliminary design work on the East Adams Street and Fifteenth Ward projects and to approve a design contract with CNS Engineering with a fee not to exceed $712,000.
The requests, presented by Department of Engineering staff and by Michelle Cepanski, Deputy Commissioner of Neighborhood Development, are part of work on phases 4, 5, 6 and 8 of the Fifteenth Ward plan. Cepanski said the dollars were included in the city’s 2024–25 capital improvement plan to help leverage additional funds through the Reconnecting Communities program and the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative grant.
City staff described the $538,000 as an amendment to existing bond authorizations to cover the preliminary design phase and asked the council to enter into a reimbursement agreement with the Syracuse Housing Authority (SHA) for right-of-way improvements related to East Adams. Cepanski said the reimbursement agreement spells out the right-of-way expenses SHA will carry out and that an access agreement would allow the city to inspect and sign off on the work.
Engineering staff also asked the council to enter an agreement with CNS Engineering for preliminary design work with a total fee not to exceed $712,000. Staff said the funds were budgeted as part of the CIP and are intended to position the projects to compete for or match federal grant funds.
Councilors asked routine clarifying questions; no formal vote or final action was recorded on the requests during the segment of the meeting covered in the transcript.
If approved in a subsequent action, the funding would support early design and right-of-way improvements intended to be coordinated with federal grant applications and with the Syracuse Housing Authority.
