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Water Resources Board approves easement payments, design amendments and contract changes totaling multiple hundreds of thousands
Summary
The board approved consent items and multiple contract amendments: additional easement funds for Thompson/Wayne Thompson Lane, an SSR amendment for Headworks recommissioning (~$402,000), SSR pump-station design addition (~$163,000), a pump-station design contract (~$148,000) and a final deductive change order for Salem Barfield (~$490,652).
At its Aug. 26 meeting the Water Resources Board approved a series of consent items and contract amendments affecting right-of-way acquisition, plant design and pump-station work.
Motions carried by voice vote; minutes recorded repeated "all those in favor say aye" and "motion carries," but the transcript did not record individual roll-call tallies.
Key approvals and motions included:
- Thompson/Wayne Thompson Lane revised easement offers: Staff asked for approval of an additional $191,000 in easement funds tied to counteroffers, bringing the total requested to $880,644. The presenter explained the board had originally approved $689,000 and that new counteroffers — led by a large parcel owned by Swanson Development — increased the request. Legal will review and city council will be notified before grants of counteroffers or any…
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