Agenda - Public Works Committee - 05/21/2024

Home

5.01: Consider Recommendation to City Council to Approve Cooperative Construction Agreement No. 1056358, Approve Plans, and Authorize Advertisements for Bids for Improvement Project #22-17, Ramsey Villas North Sound Wall Improvements City Engineer/Public Works Director Westby presented the staff report and the recommendation to recommend City Council approval of plans and the Cooperative Construction Agreement and authorization to advertise bids for the improvement project, if the Committee supports construction of the sound wall. Councilmember Olson asked how the plan for the new wall would compare to the existing wall. City Engineer/Public Works Director Westby replied that this would be exactly the same detail as the existing wall further to the north. Councilmember Olson asked if the wall would go over sanitaiy sewer lines. City Engineer/Public Works Director Westby confirmed that would be accurate. He commented that it is a deep line and therefore it will not be impacted. Councilmember Howell commented she is pleased to see this moving forward for the residents. Mr. Ted Blakley, 5041 Xkimo Court NW, commented that he is grateful to have forward motion on this as it has taken much longer than they anticipated. Mrs. Blakley asked for the timing of things, should the group choose to proceed. Mr. Richard Bailey, 5021 Xkimo Court NW, stated that he also has questions related to the timing as they are anxiously awaiting to have this completed and have some noise reduction in the neighborhood. Chairperson Musgrove asked for details on the anticipated start and completion dates, should this be approved. City Engineer/Public Works Director Westby replied that if the recommendation is provided to move forward, this would go forward to the City Council at its first meeting in May. He provided details on the bidding timeline noting that construction would most likely begin in July or August, noting that the wall construction is fairly quick. He estimated a maximum of two weeks for the actual construction of the wall. He stated that restrictions can be placed upon the construction timeline but that could increase the cost. Chairperson Musgrove stated that she would like to see it completed this year and would not want to increase the cost of the project by placing additional time constraints. Assistant City Engineer Feriancek stated that the Xkimo Street project has a substantial completion date of August 3 1 " and perhaps this should be timed to not occur after that date. Public Works Committee / April 16, 2024 Page 2 of 6