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Council approves design services contract for Second Street–Isaac Walton sanitary interceptor
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Summary
Seward City Council approved a professional services agreement with Shemer Associates for conceptual design of a sanitary interceptor sewer to relieve capacity constraints and serve the south side and rail campus; the contract estimate is $89,116.20 and staff said multiple amendments are expected.
The Seward City Council approved a professional services agreement with Shemer Associates to produce conceptual engineering for a Second Street and Isaac Walton Road sanitary interceptor project.
City staff described the interceptor as a higher-capacity sewer line intended to parallel and relieve overloaded trunk sewers and to simplify construction by avoiding excessive bypass pumping. The first construction segment under consideration would run from the Second Street lift station south to Isaac Walton and then west, eventually serving the rail campus and commercial areas to the south.
Mike (city staff) said the contract outlines a level of effort of roughly 538 hours and an estimated fee of $89,116.20; he added the city would only be billed for hours used and that the project will likely proceed through multiple amendments as alignment, sizing and materials are defined. Mike noted a 2018 sewer study that identified the east–west portion along Isaac Walton as size-deficient under certain extreme-storm conditions and that new development (including the rail campus and dairy processing) increases the urgency.
Council action: The council moved and seconded approval; the vote was recorded as 7–0.
What comes next: Shemer Associates will begin conceptual work to define alignment, size and materials; staff said future amendments and final design contracts will follow as the project moves from planning toward construction.
