The City Council authorized the public works director (or designee) to approve and sign Washington State Department of Transportation Supplemental Agreement No. 05, increasing Apex (formerly PBS) design costs by $49,258 and bringing the total design contract to $861,923.63 for the Marjona Road project.

Public Works staff said Apex completed design work but encountered additional right‑of‑way negotiation changes that required minor engineering adjustments. The right‑of‑way acquisition and negotiations took longer than anticipated, exhausting the firm’s design-budget allowance; staff recommended the supplemental agreement to cover the remaining design work.

City staff said negotiations have resolved most parcels and that, by week’s end, only one property remained in right‑of‑way negotiations. Council members had no substantive questions and moved to authorize the public works director to sign the WSDOT supplemental agreement. The motion passed with no recorded opposition.

The supplemental authorization allows staff to finalize design changes needed to complete right‑of‑way documents and move the project toward construction readiness and WSDOT certification.