Part of the city of Airway Heights project to repaint its water tower at Sunset Park is to paint the logo of nearby Sunset Elementary School on the south side.
At the June 18 Airway Heights City Council meeting, the board approved a bid to recoat the Sunset Park water tank.
In 2016, this project was advertised and since the bids were way higher than the city's budget, tit was rejected. Coming into this year, the Public Works Department budgeted $360,000 for the project and re-advertised.
The project was opened on June 7 and the lowest bidder was Extreme Coatings, Inc. (ECI Services) at $366,458, about 7 percent higher than the engineer's estimate.
The expected total project cost, which would include the effort to rebid the project, coating application contract and a future construction management services contract is approximately $410,000.
The department plans on covering this cost because the overall water/sewer capital project is still below budget, due to the lower than expected bids for the recreation center utilities project. The 2018 Capital Project budget was set at $21.11 million and with this recoat project, costs are expected to still be below budget at $2.03 million.
Public Works Director Kevin Anderson explained to the council that they plan on painting the Sunset Elementary School logo on the south side of the water tower and it will be themed around their school colors.
"We don't have to do that because it is technically our water tower," Anderson said. "But we think it will look good with the school colors."
As of now, the project will begin in September because the weather will be the best. It will also remove the lead base paint.
In resolutions, the council officially adopted the six-year transportation improvement plan. The plan will covers 2019-2024 and will plan, develop and maintain a balanced transportation system of automobiles, public transit and non-motorized modes to provide efficient mobility and access of people, goods and services with the community.
The 2018 projects that are supposed to be completed beforehand will be the second phase of the Garfield, Russel and Sprague project, the 14th Avenue rehabilitation and the ADA curb ramp replacement.
Two projects were also added to the year 2023, including 21st Avenue and Highway 2 congestion relief with help from Garfield to Hayford and the Russell Street chip seal.
City funding sources for the project would most likely be from Transportation Benefit District dollars and grant funding for eligible projects.
In another resolution, the council discussed more about the updating the water rate resolution to allow for reductions in general facility connection costs in Highland Village. The request comes from the developers at Community Framework because it will help with future funding of the development.
Highland Village is supposed to be an alternate place for currently people living within the accident potential zone (APZ) in the future. It will be marketed to that group of citizens and people have to be at 50 percent median income or less to qualify.
The council approved of the resolution so that Anderson could give some real data numbers at the next study session to discuss. The application for the developer is due on June 27 and it will depend on the council's decision.
Grace Pohl can be reached at grace@cheneyfreepress.com.
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