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Manager: Cottonwood Creek water-main repair under budget but BNSF requires permitting for parallel line
Summary
City manager told council the Cottonwood Creek water-main crossing project bid totals are below the previously authorized $600,000 ceiling; he also reported BNSF requires permitting or relocation for an unpermitted water main running parallel to the railroad.
City staff told the Guthrie City Council on June 17 that bids and engineering costs for the Cottonwood Creek water-main crossing are below the council’s prior authorization and that a separate, previously unpermitted water main near the railroad will require coordination with BNSF.
“Council authorized staff to execute contracts, in an amount not to exceed $600,000,” the city manager told the council during his report. He said bids and engineering/permitting fees add up to about $476,000, which is below the $600,000 authorization but that construction had not yet started.
The manager also said staff identified a water main that runs parallel to the BNSF railroad from approximately East Warner to College that “has never been permitted.” BNSF informed staff that the city must either permit that line or move it; the manager said BNSF had been receptive to phasing the work but would not allow indefinite delay.
Staff asked the council to note that the Cottonwood permit work and the unpermitted parallel line would both require coordination with BNSF and with permitting authorities and that the city would explore phasing options to address the rail-adjacent main in the coming months.
The manager said staff will bring detailed contracting documents and engineering task orders to council for final approval and that the city is prioritizing west-side water access as an immediate operational need.
