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Home My WebLink About02-23-1998PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES FEBRUARY 23, 1998 EXECUTIVE SESSION- - 5:30 - 6:30 P.M.- Litigation I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Booth, Committee Chairman Rich Wagner, Council/Committee member Gene Cerino and Council/Committee member Fred Poe was excused, Council/Committee member Pete Lewis attended in his place. Staff in attendance were Public Works Director Frank A. Currie, City Engineer Dennis Dowdy, Senior Engineer Dennis Selle, Utilities Engineer Dwight Holobaugh, Traffic Engineer Steve Mullen, Finance Director Diane Supler, City Attomey Mike Reynolds, Utilities Engineer Carl Every and Public Works Secretary Laurie Scheder. Guests in attendance were City of Federal Way Public Works Director, Cary Roe, City Attorney Londi Lindell and Council member Mary Gates, and Cathy Carr of CCA, Inc. II. ISSUES NONE III. CONSENT A. PERMISSION TO AWARD CONTRACT NO. 98-08, TO HISEY CONSTRUCTION, INC. ON THEIR LOW BID OF $1,314,500.00 PLUS WA STATE SALES TAX FOR PR 613 AND PR 591 INTERTIE PUMP STATIONS The Public Works Committee recommended approval to City Council at their March 2, 1998 meeting. B. PERMISSION TO AWARD CONTRACT NO. 98-06, PR 631, FOR BRAUNWOOD SATELLITE SYSTEM STANDBY POWER TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER A general discussion was held. Being satisfied that the City has an appropriate method of securing the fair share of the homeowners in accordance with prior approvals by the Public Works Committee, the Public Works Committee recommended approval to City Council at their March 2, 1998 meeting. . PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES FEBRUARY 23, 1998 PAGE 2 OF 3 C. APPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE CONSULTANT AGREEMENT WITH W & H PACIFIC FOR THE AUBURN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT STORMWATER DETENTION ALTERNATIVE REVIEW (PR 625) NOT TO EXCEED $7,500 TO DEVELOP AN ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVE A general discussion was held regarding the alternatives under investigation. This additional work which appears to be acceptable to the FAA and has potential for significant cost savings should complete the evaluation of feasible altematives. Staff will followup with the committee when the alternatives comparison data is available. The Public Works Committee recommended to the City Council at their March 2, 1998 meeting. D. APPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE CONSULTANT AGREEMENT WITH CH2M HILL FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN WORK RELATED TO PR 609, INTERLOCAL #2 WATER LINES The Public Works Committee recommended approval to the City Council at their March 2, 1998 meeting. IV. INFORMATION OR DISCUSSION A. LAKEHAVEN UTILITY DISTRICT ASSUMPTION BY THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY (CARY ROE) The Public Works Director for the City of Federal Way, Cary Roe, made a presentation to the Public Works Committee. He discussed in detail the desire to secure Interlocal Agreements from the surrounding cities to support the City of Federal Way in their assumption of Lakehaven Utility District. City staff will be evaluating the proposed agreement and bring any changes back to the Public Works Committee prior to the City Council on March 16, 1998. B. WATER COST OF SERVICE STUDY Cathy Carr of CCA, Inc., made distribution of the updated 1998 Water Cost of Study. Overall the committee was pleased with the organization and presentation of the study data. A discussion was held regarding the surcharge and the administrative rates assessed to wholesale customers. Staff agreed to further research these matters and return with the additional data requested. The Public Works Committee to review and return at a later date. C. PORT LAND VALUE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES FEBRUARY 23, 1998 PAGE 3 OF 3 NOTE: CORRECTION TO ITEM C. SHOULD READ PORT OF SEATTLE LAND VALUE. City Engineer Dennis Dowdy stated that a letter is forthcoming from the Mayor in response to Councilmember Poe's request for information. Distribution will be made to the Public Works Committee members. City Engineer Dennis Dowdy explained the appraisal process used by the Port to establish the value used in the agreement. D. PACIFIC GROUNDWATER GROUP UPDATE Carl Every, Water Engineer spoke briefly about the extension of the consultant contract. The current contract ends in April and needs to be extended to complete the majority of technical investigation and modeling. Prior to authorizing additional work the Public Works Committee will be briefed on the management options that should be further studied to address the constraints imposed by the "One molecule" policy and ESA. E. CAPITAL PROJECTS STATUS REPORT Senior Engineer Dennis Selle updated and answered several questions from Staff and Public Works Committee members. Additional items discussed by the City Engineer were Goedecke Tanks discovered, and condemnation of property for PR 604, Velvet Home Site ( I Street sanitary sewer has an adverse slope for serving new plat) 3~ and "C" Street NW (reworking of the crossing). Staff will be preparing estimates for addressing the latter two unbudgeted emerging items. Chainnan Wagner also requested an estimated scope of work from KCM, for the Stormwater comprehensive plan to be presented at the next Public Works meeting. V. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Public Works Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 7.20 p.m. LS/bd REF. E:XMINUTES\98PW2-2 (H:XENGINEERXE98XE98-153)