Title
Waste Resources Carpenter Road Facility Update
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Discuss the status of the Waste Resources Carpenter Road Maintenance Facility.
Report
Issue:
Whether to discuss the status of the Waste Resources Carpenter Road Maintenance Facility.
Staff Contact:
Mark Russell, P.E., Director, Public Works Department, 360.753.8762
Presenter(s):
Mark Russell, P.E., Public Works Director
Ron Jones, Interim Waste Resources Director
Background and Analysis:
Existing Facility
Waste Resources staff are currently housed in the Public Works Maintenance Center at 1401 Eastside Street SE. While the site has served the City for almost 50 years, there are several constraints and site conditions that will require significant resources to address:
* Public Works Operations and Maintenance staff have outgrown the space.
* The building is no longer operationally efficient.
* Major systems and buildings are deficient or at the end of their useful life.
* Steep slopes and wetlands limit usable space.
* The building does not meet seismic requirements, which could impact the City's ability to deliver 24-hour service in the event of an earthquake.
Previous building condition assessments identified more than $15 million in deficiencies on the campus that require repair or replacement, including addressing environmental and stormwater concerns. A feasibility assessment completed in 2017 by Opsis Architecture concluded that the most cost-effective course of action for the City was to relocate Waste Resources operations to a new facility at the City-owned site on Carpenter Road. After that, build a new maintenance center to support the rest of Public Works operations at the existing site on Eastside Street.
The Carpenter Road Site
Since 2017, significant progress has been made toward a new Waste Resources facility at the Carpenter Road site:
* KPFF Consulting Engineers hired to complete 1...
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