Ior Immed|ate ke|ease november 13 2011

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Lrlch WeyanL (LCPuC) | eweyanL[emplresLaLenyus | 7168468238

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1he board of dlrecLors of Lhe Lrle Canal Parbor uevelopmenL CorporaLlon (LCPuC) Loday
provlded auLhorlzaLlon Lo enLer lnLo an agreemenL wlLh Ll8o Lnglneers lnc Lo deLermlne Lhe
approprlaLe remedlaLlon measures necessary Lo make an area on Lhe CuLer Parbor shovel
ready and accesslble Lo Lhe publlc 1he area whlch lncludes a parcel formerly owned by Carglll
lnc and Lhe former sLorage slLe for Lhe new ?ork ower AuLhorlLy's lce boom has
envlronmenLal lssues due Lo Lhe maLerlal LhaL was orlglnally used Lo reclalm Lhe parcels
lncludlng harbor dredglng consLrucLlon and demollLlon debrls lL ls LCPuC's lnLenL Lo ulLlmaLely
comblne Lhe parcels and promoLe Lhelr redevelopmenL for nonlndusLrlal uses

We are exclLed Lo be movlng forward on Lhe CuLer Parbor" sald LCPuC Chalrman !ordan
Levy We hope Lo dupllcaLe Lhe successes LhaL we have already achleved on Lhe lnner Parbor
wlLh Canalslde and Lo open up new waLerfronL access Lo Lhe publlc"

Cn SepLember 19 2011 LCPuC lssued a 8equesL for roposals (8l") seeklng Lo reLaln an
archlLecLural englneerlng flrm or Leam wlLh speclflc experlence ln archlLecLure and englneerlng
A LoLal of Lhree blds were recelved by Lhe CcLober 11 2011 submlsslon daLe and a selecLlon
commlLLee conslsLlng of LCPuC employees revlewed Lhe proposals based upon Lhe followlng
facLors

uemonsLraLed experlence ln compleLlng pro[ecLs of a slmllar naLure
AblllLy Lo successfully compleLe pro[ecLs of Lhls Lype on schedule and wlLhln budgeL
CosL of consulLanL servlces
8eferences

Ll8o Lnglneers lnc was deLermlned Lo have meL all of Lhe crlLerla and wlll recelve an amounL
noL Lo exceed $272312 plus a 20 percenL conLlngency for deslgn and englneerlng servlces wlLh
respecL Lo Lhe ouLer harbor properLy

LCPuC requlres conLracLors Lo use good falLh efforL Lo achleve a MlnorlLy Cwned 8uslness
LnLerprlse parLlclpaLlon goal of 20 percenL and a Women Cwned 8uslness LnLerprlse
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8uffalo n? 14203
(716) 8468200
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wwwerlecanalharborcom

parLlclpaLlon goal of 3 percenL 1hese conLracL goals wlll be a percenLage of LoLal expendlLures
made pursuanL Lo Lhls conLracL lncludlng buL noL llmlLed Lo purchase orders lnvolces and
oLher paymenLs made ln Lhe performance of Lhls conLracL

LSu sLaff has deLermlned LhaL Lhe acLlon whlch lnvolves englneerlng deslgn LhaL does noL
commlL Lhe CorporaLlon Lo underLake any pro[ecL consLlLuLes a 1ype ll acLlon as deflned by Lhe
new ?ork SLaLe LnvlronmenLal CuallLy 8evlew AcL (SLC8A") and Lhe lmplemenLlng regulaLlons
for Lhe new ?ork SLaLe ueparLmenL of LnvlronmenLal ConservaLlon (uLC) ConsequenLly no
furLher envlronmenLal revlew ls requlred ln connecLlon wlLh Lhe pro[ecL

ln oLher news Lhe LCPuC ubllc ArL Advlsory Croup Loday announced LhaL lL wlll reopen Lhe
procuremenL process for publlc arL ln order Lo generaLe submlsslons for an lconlc arLwork LhaL
wlll grace Lhe new publlc spaces belng developed on Lhe Aud 8lock" (former locaLlon of Lhe
8uffalo Memorlal AudlLorlum) on 8uffalo's hlsLorlc waLerfronL

CreaL publlc arL can be as lmporLanL Lo shaplng Lhe ldenLlLy of a place as Lhe landscape or Lhe
archlLecLure" sald Louls Crachos chalr of Lhe ubllc ArL Advlsory Croup And we felL LhaL by
broadenlng Lhe scope we lncrease Lhe llkellhood LhaL our waLerfronL wlll be ldenLlfled wlLh a
worldclass work LhaL vlslLors wlll seek ouL when Lhey vlslL 8uffalo"

8ased on Lhe change of scope of Lhe pro[ecL LCPuC wlll reopen Lhe procuremenL process Lo
Lhe publlc ln Lhe near fuLure 1he process wlll be slmllar Lo Lhe one LhaL was lnlLlaLed ln
SepLember Lhree Lo flve arLlsLs wlll be shorLllsLed based on Lhelr submlLLed quallflcaLlons and
wlll recelve a $10000 sLlpend Lo develop a proposal for Lhe new proposed locaLlons 1he goal
of Lhe procuremenL ls Lo aLLracL arLlsLs of lnLernaLlonal crlLlcal acclalm who have demonsLraLed
Lhe ablllLy Lo deslgn and lmplemenL large scale complex publlc arL commlsslons 1he offlclal
process wlll be announced ln Lhe upcomlng monLhs ArLlsLs who are lnLeresLed ln submlLLlng
quallflcaLlons for Lhe revlsed pro[ecL wlll be asked Lo submlL Lhelr quallflcaLlons

1he Canalslde ArL Advlsory CommlLLee members lnclude Louls Crachos dlrecLor AlbrlghL knox
ArL Callery 8uffalo Molly uonovan curaLor naLlonal Callery of ArL WashlngLon Sandra C
llrmln curaLor unlverslLy of 8uffalo ArL Callery collecLor Mlchael !oseph and !ordan Levy
chalrman of LCPuC

Lrle Canal Parbor uevelopmenL CorporaLlon ls a subsldlary agency of Lmplre SLaLe
uevelopmenL CorporaLlon whose vlslon ls Lo revlLallze WesLern new ?ork's waLerfronL and
resLore economlc growLh Lo 8uffalo based on Lhe reglon's legacy of prlde urban slgnlflcance
and naLural beauLy

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