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Legislature amends and approves $6.74 million design contract for Seneca Park Zoo exhibit
Summary
The Legislature amended and approved a contract authorizing the County Executive to contract with Cambridge Seven Associates Architects for Seneca Park Zoo Tropical Exhibit and Main Entry Plaza design services for $6,740,890, with a requirement that amendments of $1,000,000 or more return to the Legislature. The motion passed with several recorded negative votes.
Legislators amended Intro. No. 105 to authorize the County Executive, or designee, to execute a contract with Cambridge Seven Associates Architects, P.C. for professional design services for the Seneca Park Zoo Tropical Exhibit and Main Entry Plaza in the amount of $6,740,890. The amendment also requires that any contract amendment causing the total contract amount to exceed the original authorized amount by $1,000,000 or more must be authorized by the Legislature.
The main motion as amended carried; the minutes record negative votes by Legislators DiFlorio, Keller, McIntyre and Vazquez Simmons, among others listed in the roll call. The resolution includes a requirement that the County Executive provide quarterly reports to the Clerk of the Legislature on project progress and identifies capital funds 1774 and 2049 as sources of funding for the project.
