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Council approves $30,741 amendment to lift-station design; legal question on side sewers prompts attorney review
Summary
Council authorized a $30,741 amendment to Consort North America’s 30% design contract for the Beach Drive lift-station project to include side-sewer work for five affected homes, and the city attorney advised the work avoids potential takings claims.
The Lake Forest Park City Council authorized an amendment to its design contract with Consort North America to add $30,741 in scope for side sewer site visits, survey work and related 30% design tasks for the Beach Drive lift-station replacement project.
Why it matters: The additional design work addresses private side sewer connections for five homes adjacent to the project area. Council members raised legal questions about whether the city’s work on private laterals could be an improper gift of public funds; the city attorney advised that providing the work is meant to avoid potential takings claims because the city’s project would otherwise…
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