Engineering Services Resolution (B&L) 9-23 — Engineering-Services-Selection-Resolution-9-14-23.pdf

RESOLUTION
A regular meeting of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency was convened
in public session on September 14, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., local time, at 335 Montgomery Street, gnd
Floor, Syracuse, New York.
The meeting was called to order by the (Vice) Chairman of the Agency and, upon roll being
called, the following members of the Agency were:
PRESENT: Patrick Hogan
Janice Herzog
Fanny Villarreal
Cydney Johnson
Elizabeth Dreyfuss
ABSENT: Susan Stanczyk
Kevin Ryan
ALSO PRESENT: Robert M. Petrovich, Executive Director
Jeffrey W. Davis, Esq., Agency Counsel |
Amanda M. Fitzgerald, Esq., Agency Counsel
The following resolution was offered by Janice Herzog, seconded by Fanny Villarreal, to
wit:

RESOLUTION SELECTING A FIRM TO ASSIST WITH
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
WHEREAS, Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) is
authorized and empowered by the provisions of Chapter 1030 of the 1969 Laws of New York, :
constituting Title 1 of Article 18-A of the General Municipal Law, Chapter 24 of the Consolidated
Laws of New York, as amended (the “Enabling Act”) and Chapter 435 of the Laws of 1970 of the :
State of New York and Chapter 676 of the Laws of 1975, as amended, constituting Section 895 of :
said General Municipal Law (said Chapter and the Enabling Act being hereinafter collectively i
referred to as the “Act”) to promote, develop, encourage and assist in the acquiring, constructing, :
reconstructing, improving, maintaining, equipping and furnishing of manufacturing, warehousing,
research, commercial and industrial facilities, among others, for the purpose of promoting,
attracting and developing economically sound commerce and industry to advance the job
opportunities, health, general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of the State of New
York (the “State”), to improve their prosperity and standard of living, and to prevent
unemployment and economic deterioration; and

WHEREAS, the Agency issued a request for proposals (the “RFP”) from qualified
contractors to provide professional engineering services to the Agency, including but not limited
to advice and assistance to the Agency regarding site development, engineering needs of
prospective companies seeking to locate in Onondaga County, environmental engineering relating
to site investigation and remediation, SEQRA, traffic studies, site selection, permitting, and
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representing the Agency in related project development matters, and related and similar services
(collectively, the “Engineering Services”); and
WHEREAS, the Agency received proposals from Arcadis of NY, Inc., Barton &
Loguidice, D.P.C., C&S Companies, CHA Consulting, Inc., JMT of New York, Inc. and Ramboll
Group (collectively, the “Responding Firms”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Agency on February 9, 2023, the
Agency awarded the Responding Firms retainer agreements to provide Engineering Services to
the Agency on an as-needed basis (each an “Engineering Services Retainer”); and
WHEREAS, the Agency entered into an Engineering Services Retainer with Barton &
Loguidice, D.P.C. (“B&L”) with an effective date of March 17, 2023 (the “B&L Retainer”); and

WHEREAS, the Executive Director has recommended to the members of the Agency that,
pursuant to the B&L Retainer, the Agency engage B&L for Engineering Services in an amount
not to exceed $10,000.00 (the “B&L Caughdenoy Contract”) to assist the Agency with preliminary
engineering services necessary to move the proposed business park on Caughdenoy Road towards
shovel readiness, including planning for the extension of public water and sewer service to the site;
and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the requirements of Article 8 of the Environmental
Conservation Law, Chapter 43-B of the Consolidated Laws of New York as amended (the “SEQR
Act”) and the regulations (the “Regulations”) adopted pursuant thereto by the Department of
Environmental Conservation of the State of New York being 6 NYCRR Part 617, as amended (the
“Regulations collectively with the SEQR Act, “SEQRA”), the Agency has reviewed executing and
delivering the B&L Caughdenoy Contract (the “Transaction”) with respect to the Type II criteria
set forth in 6 NYCRR Part 617.5(c).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONONDAGA
COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Transaction is a Type II action under 6 NYCRR Part 617(c) such that
no further review of the Transaction is required under SEQRA.
Section 2. The Executive Director of the Agency is hereby authorized, on behalf of the
Agency and upon the advice of the Agency’s counsel, to execute and deliver the B&L Caughdenoy
Contract, in a form or forms to be approved by the Executive Director, upon the advice of Agency
counsel, the execution thereof to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
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The question of the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call, which
resulted as follows:

AYE NAY ABSENT
Patrick Hogan Xx
Janice Herzog x
Cydney Johnson xX
Elizabeth Dreyfuss x
Susan Stanezyk x
Kevin Ryan x
Fanny Villarreal x
The Resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted.
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
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COUNTY OF ONONDAGA i)
I, the undersigned Secretary of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that I have compared the foregoing extract of the minutes of the meeting of
the members of the Agency, including the Resolution contained therein, held September 14, 2023,
with the original thereof on file in my office, and that the same is a true and correct copy of such
proceedings of the Agency and of such Resolution set forth therein and of the whole of said original
so far as the same relates to the subject matter therein referred to.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that (A) all members of the Agency had due notice of said meeting,
(B) said meeting was in all respects duly held, (C) pursuant to Article 7 of the Public Officers Law
(the “Open Meetings Law”), said meeting was open to the general public and due notice of the
time and place of said meeting was duly given in accordance with such Open Meetings Law, and
(D) there was a quorum of the members of the Agency present throughout said meeting.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that as of the date hereof, the attached Resolution is in full force
and effect and has not been amended, repealed, or rescinded.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this Ly day of September,
2023.
Be
(SEAL) Secretary
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