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Council adopts $118,140 change order for Scout Park lift station after unforeseen sewer conflict
Summary
The council approved Resolution 73-R-2025-2026 to adopt Change Order No.1 for the Scout Park lift-station wastewater mitigation project, increasing project cost by $118,140 to redirect an unexpected 8-inch sanitary gravity line discovered during construction; staff cited FEMA funding deadlines that limited broader reconfiguration options.
City staff sought council approval for a change order to the Scout Park lift-station project after construction crews uncovered an unforeseen conflict between the new force main and an existing 8-inch sanitary gravity line.
Mr. Kobert introduced Resolution 73-R-2025-2026 and said the project will include a new 1,800-gallon-per-minute submersible triplex lift station; during construction crews found an existing clay 8-inch sanitary line in a position that conflicted with the planned 18-inch force main. The recommended remedy is a redirect and related work that increases the project cost by $118,140 but, according to staff, does not add time to the contract.
Council members asked how the conflict was missed in the records. Josh Pope of Bolton & Menk, the city infrastructure engineer, told the council that city records indicated a different alignment and that horizontal and vertical geometry differed from what was presumed, creating the unforeseen condition. Pope said crews found that the 8-inch run actually served only a lift-station restroom and that crews planned to plug and reconfigure connections so the new force main could be routed without tearing up the street. "All told, that's where I would say this is the very definition of an unforeseen circumstance," Pope said.
Staff added that FEMA is a primary funding source for parts of the work; pursuing a wider reconfiguration of nearby lines would trigger additional environmental review and threaten the current funding and schedule, so the limited change order was the practical path to preserve funding and finish the project on time.
Councilperson Reiner moved adoption of Resolution 73-R-2025-2026; Councilperson Ramos seconded. The council approved the resolution by roll-call vote (ayes recorded) and the change order was adopted.
Next steps: staff will execute the change order, plug the unneeded 8-inch connection at the specified manhole, and reconfigure the 4-inch services to tie into the revised alignment; the project will proceed under the revised budget authorization.
