EVANSTON — After a recent water main break and road damage from water main replacement, the City View water main project is costing nearly $139,000 more than expected.

The Evanston City Council met for just over half an hour on Tuesday, July 17, to take action on two ordinances and five resolutions. Only four members were present — Mayor Kent Williams, Tim Lynch, Mike Sellers and Evan Perkes, with the others excused — but with a quorum, they were able to conduct the meeting. All resolutions and ordinances passed unanimously on first reading.

Among the action items was Resolution 18-45, which approves Change Order No. 1 for the water main project on City View. The original contract price was $448,480, but labor for repairing the broken water main cost an additional $7,177.50, and the failing roadway (300 feet) will cost $131,723 to repair — an increase of 31 percent of the original contract. The contractors have also requested a two-week extension, pushing the estimated completion date to mid-August.

The roadway, according to an email from Tensar Corporation engineer Garrett Fountain, needs significant repair (including an 18- to 24-inch base layer).

“This is the first part of basically replacing the water main all the way up and repairing the road — redoing the road all the way up on City View,” engineering and planning director Dean Barker said. “Just having a bad deal with the water and the road section there.”

Lynch made the motion, and Perkes seconded the motion. The only other comments were from Barker, who said that Longhorn Construction has done a good job with the project and keeping the road open as much as possible. The council then approved the resolution.

The council also approved four other resolutions. Resolution 18-42 is a $610 contract with VFW Post 4280 to support the distribution of 30 American flags in the community, and Resolution 18-43 authorizes a $6,986 contract with HACH Company to perform this year’s calibration of the city’s water treatment plant.

Resolution 18-44 allows the Domino’s addition, to be located on a lot at 233 Front Street (next to Cash Advance and Verizon Wireless), to defer building three parking spots. According to city code, the restaurant would normally be required to have six parking spaces because of its square footage, but the city can defer up to 20 percent of that requirement.

The lot would not have room for those six spaces (plus the nine already existing for the other three suites), but because Domino’s is primarily a delivery and carry-out restaurant, the developer has asked for four spaces, which would fit. Associate planner DuWayne Jacobsen added that this would also open up the rest of the adjoining suites’ parking spaces from 9 feet wide (a tight fit) to 10 feet wide.

Resolution 18-46 authorizes a $133,925 contract with Intermountain Electric Service, Inc., to upgrade and repair the electrical components of the rec center pump room, including removing and replacing electrical equipment, lights, conduit, conductors and switches, as well as sandblasting and repainting a steel floor pan and installing a new exhaust fan and duct work. The contract is to be substantially completed by Sept. 28 and fully complete by Nov. 1.

Ordinance 18-03 is written to update Section 7-7 of the city code to adopt the 2018 International Building Code, the 2018 International Residential Code for One and Two Family Dwellings, the 2018 International Existing Building Code, the 2018 International Mechanical Code, the 2018 International Fuel Gas Code, the 2018 International Plumbing Code and the 2017 National Electric Code.

In response to Sellers’ question about what the changes entail, the council was told these change are typically small and that such updates come before the council every three years. The ordinance passed first reading.

The council then approved the first reading of Ordinance 18-04 to change the zoning of a plot of land. The property, comprising 11.3 acres west of County Road and north/northwest of the Bear River, is now zoned for Medium Density Residential-Established and Agricultural-Established. However, the property owners have asked for it to be changed to Rural Residential-1.

According to Jacobsen’s report, the owner intends to create two lots out of the property and build a new residence on one lot (a residential building already exists on the other part). The two lots measure 6.818 acres and 4.531 acres. The ordinance passed first reading.

During the course of the meeting, the council also approved the day’s agenda, the minutes for July 3 and 10, the bills and the revenue and expenditure report for May 2018. They also approved a catering permit for a Union Telephone event at the Roundhouse on Thursday, July 26 (which was explained as a backup in case the preferred location, Woody Ranch, does not work) and a limited malt beverage permit for the Uinta County Fair from 5-11 p.m. on Wednesday-Thursday, Aug. 1-2, and Saturday, Aug. 4.

Apart from official business, Williams commended the fire department officially for their work during the July 4 fire and mentioned the fire at the top of Wasatch on Monday night, which began after sparks from a train sparked what became an 80-acre fire before it was contained.

Sellers also reminded attendees that there is a car show this Saturday, commending Urban Renewal and Main Street Manager Jane Law and her group for their work. In the wake of a rash of accidents and emergencies, which have kept emergency personnel and law enforcement very busy, he recommended that everyone in the city offer their support.

Barker said there would be a pressure test on the splash pad plumbing on Wednesday, July 18, and Grenfell reminded those present about Saturday’s Brewfest, which helps pay for the summer concert series. With that, she said the farmer’s market continues every Thursday with a summer concert.