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Federal Way delays community-center locker room reopening; repairs and temporary facilities add $208,000
Summary
City staff reported April 15 that Federal Way Community Center locker room renovations are now projected to finish in July 2025 after additional structural repairs were uncovered. Staff proposed using parks mitigation funds to cover an estimated $208,000 cost to continue temporary locker-room trailers and tenting for the remainder of the project.
City staff told the Federal Way City Council April 15 that the Federal Way Community Center locker-room renovation is now projected for completion in July 2025 and will require additional funding to maintain temporary locker-room facilities while repairs continue.
Autumn Gressick, a city staff presenter, gave an update saying framing repairs, plumbing, concrete topping slab and trench drains are complete and that environmental testing from February cleared on April 4. She said an unexpected condition — corrosion and water damage behind a leisure-pool wall adjacent to the sauna — required additional structural repairs once that wall was opened during construction.
Staff summarized the project budget: the temporary locker-room setup was originally budgeted at about $560,000; the overall project costs presented totaled roughly $3,300,000. Council previously approved a contingency of $268,000 in January; Gressick said about $115,000 remains from that contingency. Staff proposed an additional $208,000 to pay for keeping temporary trailers and tenting open through the extended construction schedule and recommended that the money come from the Parks Mitigation Fund (fee-in-lieu mitigation fund) via a quarterly (Q1) budget adjustment.
Council members asked for details about the temporary facilities and funding tradeoffs. Council Member Mercangel asked whether the temporary locker rooms were the trailers and tenting; staff confirmed both are in use. A council member asked whether the $208,000 would reduce other maintenance priorities; staff said the Parks Mitigation Fund money being proposed had not been allocated and that the city maintains a backlog of maintenance priorities that could be reprioritized. Staff also invited council members to tour the construction site to see the repairs.
Gressick said the extra work was discovered only after construction progressed and those conditions are now repaired, and she invited council members to inspect progress in the coming days. Staff indicated the full building assessment, architectural and project-management costs are included in the approximately $3.3 million total and that the $208,000 is specific to extending and operating the temporary locker-room infrastructure.
Ending: Staff will propose a Q1 budget adjustment to cover the $208,000 from parks mitigation funds; the council asked staff to schedule a site tour and to return with any required budget amendment paperwork.
