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Staff presents change order No. 3 for 200 and Eleventh Place project to cover utility, archaeological work already completed
Summary
City staff requested council funding to cover seven change‑order items on the 200 and Eleventh Place improvement project, including additional contractor work supporting archaeological finds and utility issues; staff said much of the work is already complete and would need funding confirmation but the transcript records no formal council vote.
Jim Kelly presented change order No. 3 for the 200 and Eleventh Place improvement project and described seven items that increased the project cost, several tied to utilities and “additional contractor work to support the archaeological sites” encountered on the alignment.
Kelly told the council the archaeological work has already been completed and that funding is needed to cover the contractor’s change‑order proposals. Councilmember Heather Logan asked whether the work had already been completed; Kelly said yes and explained that construction cannot be stopped without inflating costs because contractors are paid by the day.
Kelly also described one item identified as COP‑09: water and sewer connection work at 60 Seventh Avenue. He said crews encountered water and sewer in poor condition and consequently extended connections to the new lines installed as part of the Phase 3 project rather than stopping short as originally planned.
When asked what would happen if the council declined to fund the work, Kelly said the city could cancel other parts of the project (for example, removing a planned signal at 60 Seventh) and reallocate that money to fund the change order, but he warned that stopping and starting work would quickly escalate costs. The transcript records discussion and questions; no motion or recorded vote on approval of the change order appears in the available text.
