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Council committee advances $100,000 request after sprinkler requirement increases Clearview Park costs
Summary
Councilors voted to send to the full council a request to appropriate an additional $100,000 for Clearview Park after new building‑code requirements forced the addition of a sprinkler system and other unplanned costs.
City staff asked the committee April 8 to forward a request for an additional $100,000 in funding for Clearview Park, citing an unplanned cost increase after the city updated its building code.
Jacob Cherry of Wold (project engineer) told the committee that after the city adopted new 2024 building‑code amendments the project moved from not requiring sprinklers to a threshold that now triggers a fire‑suppression system. Cherry presented a contractor change‑order estimate totaling about $209,000 for the sprinkler…
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