Lansing City Council advances Main Street project engineering work, discusses bridge opening and fall activities that include October 22 large-item pick-up event
by Joshua Sharpe
The Lansing City Council moved several infrastructure and community matters forward at its Monday, September 21 regular meeting, with much of the discussion centered on the upcoming Main Street reconstruction project and utility work, access to Mt. Hosmer, the upcoming opening of the new Mississippi River bridge, and clarification of planned Halloween activities. The council also established annual operating dates for the splash pad, approved a three-percent increase in marina winter storage rates, and heard updates from PeopleService and the Lansing Police Department.
MAIN STREET ENGINEERING AMENDMENT
The council approved Amendment No. 1 to its engineering agreement with Davy Engineering as preparations continue for Lansing’s Main Street reconstruction project. Alex Cronk with Davy Engineering explained that much of the amendment was needed to align the city’s engineering agreement with requirements connected to Economic Development Administration (EDA) funding and to make figures in the engineering agreement consistent with those previously submitted as part of the project’s cost estimates.
“To make the cost estimate for the EDA and the engineering agreement match, I had to add this number in. If I left it out, the city would be eligible for less money,” Cronk explained. The amendment includes additional construction administration and project-representative services and incorporates scheduling information as the project moves further into its engineering and construction-document phases.
Lansing Mayor Mike Verdon said additional administrative questions have surfaced about how different portions of the project will be handled among the city, Davy Engineering, the Iowa Department of Transportation, and the federal funding process. He said it’s better to address them now than to discover them once construction is much further along.
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