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Warr Acres tables dam and spillway decision after HOA asks for more review
Summary
Council recommended the lower-cost bentonite/aggregate alternate for the Warr Acres Pines East Lake dam and spillway but tabled final award to allow the homeowners association and city counsel three weeks to review designs and MOU language; state dam-safety permitting will also be required.
Council members discussed two design alternatives for the Pines East Lake dam and spillway rehabilitation and recommended the base bid with alternate 2 (a gravel and bentonite clay backfill behind the timber wall) as the preferred, lower-cost option, but they tabled final action to allow the homeowners association time to review the alternate design and a revised memorandum of understanding.
City staff explained they split the work into a base bid (the spillway) and alternates so the council could choose how to address the timber wall and behind-the-wall repairs. Staff recommended awarding the base bid with alternate 2, saying it was substantially cheaper than a concrete retaining wall. The staff presentation stated the award for the base bid plus alternate 2 was "in the amount…
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