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APPENDIX 6 
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT 
REsoLuTION ADOPTED AprRIL 28, 1916, APPROVING Form oF Pro- 
POSED PRELIMINARY AND FINAL CONTRACTS FOR 
ARCHITECTS’ SERVICES 
Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn—Approval of Con- 
tracts for Architectural Services (Cal. No. 86) 
The Secretary presented a communication dated March 11, 
1916, from the Commissioner of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, 
transmitting preliminary and final contracts for architectural 
services in connection with construction of Children’s Garden 
House in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden; and the following report 
of the Bureau of Contract Supervision, recommending approval 
thereof : 
APRIL 22, IQI6. 
To THE Boarp or EstIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT: 
Gentlemen: On March 14, 1916, you referred to the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision a communication from the Commissioner of Parks, Borough 
of Brooklyn, dated March 11, 1916, requesting wee of proposed pre- 
liminary and final contracts ih McKim, Mead and White, architects, for 
architectural services in connection with the cnetnicite A the Children’s 
Garden House in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
The work, in connection with which these architectural services will be 
required, was authorized by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on 
April 7, 1916, to the extent of $6,550. 
The proposed final contract provides for a flat rate of is per cent. 
(5%) as total compensation to the architects for the preparation of plans, 
specifications and estimates of cost, together with the Tis of all of 
the work; said 5 per cent. to be based on the final completed cost of con- 
struction work. The preliminary contract provides for a payment to the 
architects of the sum of $70 on the acceptance of preliminary plans by the 
department, such Baymcae being approximately one per cent. of the pre- 
liminary estimate of cost; said amount to be deducted from the five per 
cent. to be paid on the fact contract. 
The cost of these contracts is to be charged equally against the fol- 
lowing funds: “C.D.P. 200-M. rovement of Botanic Garden” and 
“S-566. Suspense Account, Coa ipa for Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
Improvement Fund,” in which there are sufficient unencumbered balances 
to meet this cost. The forms of both contracts are satisfactory, and the 
rate of compensation is reasonable 
