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Committee approves landscape and job-order modifications, including asbestos remediation work
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The finance committee approved (a) a Yellowstone Landscape contract modification for Lake County facility grounds and retention‑pond maintenance and (b) a job‑order contract increase to address unforeseen asbestos in a basement renovation, mobilizing remediation work now instead of next year.
The Lake County Finance & Administrative Committee approved two facilities contracting actions Wednesday: a contract modification with Yellowstone Landscape for grounds and retention‑pond maintenance and a job‑order contract modification to address unforeseen asbestos discovered during basement renovations.
Facilities Director Carl Carr explained that the Yellowstone modification adds maintenance for landscaping and an enlarged retention pond created by the ROCK project; initial herbicide treatments will be followed by native plantings and routine maintenance, with a separate campus landscaping design scheduled for next year. The committee approved the Yellowstone modification by voice vote.
Carr also described the third phase of a multi‑phase basement renovation that turned up asbestos in piping and fittings during demolition of the locker room and adjacent print shop. Rather than delay remediation, staff proposed mobilizing an asbestos contractor immediately and expanding the contract scope to finish associated HVAC, lighting, ceiling and hallway refresh work. The modification increases the job order by $365,000 to a not‑to‑exceed $1,165,000 amount, funded from facilities capital assessment within the capital budget; committee approved the action by voice vote.
Carr told the committee funding for the extra work will be offset by other capital projects expected to come in under budget, and he said the modification avoids a later, separate emergency remediation action.
