Engineering Firm Services Resolution 2-23 — Engineering-Firm-Services-Resolution-2-23.pdf

RESOLUTION
A regular meeting of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (the
“Agency”) was convened in public session on February 9, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., local time, at 335
Montgomery Street, 2" Floor, Syracuse, New York.
The meeting was called to order the (Vice) Chairman of the Agency and, upon roll being
called, the following members of the Agency were:
PRESENT: Patrick Hogan
Janice Herzog
Susan Stanczyk
Kevin Ryan
ABSENT: _ Victor Ianno
Steve Morgan
Fanny Villarreal
ALSO PRESENT: Robert M. Petrovich, Executive Director
Jeffrey W. Davis, Esq., Agency Counsel
The following resolution was offered by Janice Herzog, seconded by Susan Stanczyk, to
wit:

RESOLUTION SELECTING FIRMS TO ASSIST WITH 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”), Chapter 435 of the Laws of 1970 of the State
of New York and Chapter 676 of the Laws of 1975 of the State of New York, as amended,
constituting Section 895 of said General Municipal Law (said Chapter and the Enabling Act being
hereinafter collectively 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, to improve their prosperity and standard of living, and to prevent
unemployment and economic deterioration; and

WHEREAS, the Agency desires to engage 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 representing the Agency in related project
development matters, and related and similar services (collectively, the “Engineering Services”);
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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
representing the Agency in related project development matters, and related and similar services
(collectively, the “Engineering Services”); and
WHEREAS, the Agency received proposals (the “Proposals”) from Arcadis of NY, Inc.,
Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C., C&S Companies, CHA Consulting, Inc., JMT, Inc. and Ramboll
Group (collectively, the “Responding Firms”); and

WHEREAS, the Executive Director and Agency staff have reviewed the Proposal and have
recommended to the members of the Agency that the Responding Firms be issued contract awards
to provide Engineering Services to the Agency;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONONDAGA
COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Agency hereby selects the Responding Firms to provide Engineering
Services to the Agency. The Executive Director is authorized to enter into a retainer agreement
with each Responding Firm pursuant to which the Responding Firm will provide Engineering
Services on an as-needed basis for a three (3) year term, with automatic one-year extensions, each
subject to termination upon sixty days’ notice, up to a total retainer agreement term not to exceed
six (6) years.
Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to vote on a roll call, which
resulted as follows:

AYE NAY ABSENT
Patrick Hogan x
Janice Herzog Xx
Victor Ianno Xx
Steve Morgan x
Susan Stancezyk x
Kevin Ryan x
Fanny Villarreal Xx
The foregoing resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted.
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ONONDAGA )
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 on February 9, 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 q_ day of February, 2023.
Sheet, A town,
(SEAL) Secretary / ?
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