Council briefed on water, Main Street and pedestrian-plaza contracts; staff to bring award/approvals on consent

Several public-works and parks projects were presented to Mountlake Terrace council on May 28 as staff prepared items for consent-calendar approval in subsequent meetings.

Public Works Director Gary Sheimck summarized the Westside Water Main Phase 2 project (near 226th and 68th). The apparent low responsive bidder was Eden Prairie Construction with a bid of $2,394,855; staff estimated total project costs near $2.9 million (including permits and design) and said construction would likely begin mid-June with a roughly six-month schedule. Staff recommended placing the award on the consent calendar and noted a low-interest public-works loan (about 2% interest) as a funding source.

Traffic Engineer John Merrick described Supplement 7 to the city's Main Street Phase 2/3 agreement to add construction-management services. The proposed $1.2 million supplement would raise the total contract to about $4.5 million and cover construction observation, inspection/recordkeeping, utility coordination, emergent design support and geotechnical/materials testing. Merrick said Washington State DOT review and right-of-way certification are underway and that the supplement is within the project budget.

Parks project staff presented the pedestrian plaza (Transit Connection Corridor phase two) planned at the intersection of 236th and Van Ry. Two bids were received and Always Active Services LLC was the apparent low responsive bidder at approximately $1.93 million; staff recommended a construction budget not to exceed $2.12 million including a 10% contingency. Because the project uses federal funds, staff also recommended awarding a construction-management professional-services contract to Consor North America (RFQ-selected) with a not-to-exceed budget of about $320,000 to cover detailed documentation and inspection.

In discussion, council asked for clearer funding lines in written staff reports (one staff report had funding rows truncated in the distributed PDF) and confirmed staff would correct the formatting before the consent packet. No formal contract awards were recorded at the meeting; staff said they planned to place the items on a future consent agenda for formal council action.