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Lacey briefs council on parks, roads, wells, lift stations and police station timeline
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Summary
Engineering staff reported completion of 10 recent projects, progress on College Street NE and Greg Cuyo Park, lift‑station and well upgrades, sidewalk repairs and that the new police station should reach substantial completion in April with a likely summer move‑in.
City engineering staff gave a broad construction update at the March 24 work session covering recent completions, ongoing punch‑list work and projects slated for bidding in 2026.
Deandra Buchanan, the engineering construction manager, said the construction division completed 10 city projects in the past six months and summarized work including Ridgeview Drive pavement repair, 300 linear feet each of sewer and water main at Lakeview Meadows, traffic signal equipment upgrades on Marvin Road, installation of six charging stations for the city electric fleet, and punch‑list work at Greg Cuyo Park.
On Greg Cuyo Park, staff said the project is in the punch‑list stage and includes a gated entrance, parking lot, picnic shelter, an 18‑hole disc golf course, ADA‑compliant playground and both soft and hard surface trails. "The shelter is completed with the tables, and the playground is ADA compliant," Buchanan said, noting remaining grading and hydroseeding are weather dependent.
Buchanan described wastewater and well projects: new wet wells (10–12 foot diameters), upsized force mains, new mechanical pumps and stormwater improvements. She said Lift Station 23 is temporarily suspended awaiting parts but is anticipated to be complete in 2026 depending on generator deliveries. Regarding potable water infrastructure, staff reported three production well projects (Marvin Road, Meridian Campus, Source 6) intended to meet future development demands and preserve authorized fire flows.
Aubrey Collier, the city engineer, updated the council on the new police station, saying the project is estimated to reach substantial completion in April and will then enter a punch‑list phase. "We don't anticipate a move‑in date until sometime this summer likely," Collier said, adding the schedule depends on the number and nature of punch‑list items and prior material delays.
Staff also provided programmatic updates: the 2025 sidewalk repair program has replaced roughly 20,000 of 45,000 identified square feet of lifted panels, 128 of 260 removed trees have been replanted so far, and 8 of 10 ADA curb ramps are installed. Buchanan noted these figures and that several projects remain in suspension while awaiting parts. (Transcript lists a project start date and anticipated completion timeframe; the transcript’s year for the start date appears inconsistent with the meeting date—see audit.)
Looking ahead, staff outlined multiple projects expected to bid in spring for summer/fall construction, including additional lift station work, Madrona water‑main replacements, Veterans Hub accessibility improvements, Lakes Elementary water main looping to improve fire flow, and rehabilitation of the Hawkesbury Reservoir (a 4,000,000‑gallon welded steel tank built in 1995 that staff say requires interior coating replacement and bearing plate repairs).
