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Council approves change order adding three local streets to North Shore Trail pavement project
Summary
Council approved Change Order No. 1 to add Irish Avenue, Jupiter Avenue and Jupiter Court to the North Shore Trail 2025 pavement project after favorable bids reduced overall costs; the added work is funded from Fund 211 and will not use bond proceeds, staff said.
Forest Lake City Council approved a change order to add three local streets to the North Shore Trail 2025 pavement maintenance project after bids came in lower than estimated.
Ryan (public works) told the council Change Order No. 1 would add Irish Avenue, Jupiter Avenue and Jupiter Court to the project. He said the additional streets will be paid from Fund 211 and not from bond money. Ryan reported the combined bids came in about $300,000 below the engineer's estimate, leaving roughly $750,000 available in the CIP for North Shore Trail, and that adding the three local streets will cost approximately $114,765 based on current pricing.
City Administrator Mark Stotts emphasized to council that change orders may carry negative connotations, but clarified this change order adds scope because of favorable bids rather than a contractor-driven cost increase. "This is not a contractor pulling fast one on us," he said, and explained that paving adjacent streets now avoids later repaving of new work.
Council voted to approve the change order by voice vote; the transcript records the motion and the council's approval but does not provide a roll-call tally.
Ryan said the city had discussed a separate neighborhood assessment request for Inman and 220 Fourth and that neighbors declined the assessment route after reviewing per-lot cost estimates in the $20,000'$30,000 range. City engineering staff explained the city's assessment policies: converting an existing gravel road to a new improved road is generally 100% assessable to adjacent property owners, while reconstruction projects have different assessment/participation ratios depending on the policy and the project type.
The change order approval authorizes staff to proceed with the added paving work and adjust project accounting within Fund 211 as described in the staff report.
