Bothell Sound

Infrastructure · Apr 15, 2025

Blyth Creek erosion-control contract was on the April 15 agenda

The April 15, 2025 Bothell City Council agenda included a recommended action to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign a $498,410.25 construction contract with OMA Construction Inc. for Blyth Creek Erosion Control 1.

What the records say

In materials posted ahead of the April 15, 2025 meeting, the agenda listed a recommended action for the Blyth Creek Erosion Control contract under the consent agenda, item AB # 25-069 1. The recommended action was to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign a construction contract with OMA Construction Inc. for the construction of Blyth Creek Erosion Control, in the amount of $498,410.25 1. The same packet included a separate consent-agenda item, AB # 25-070, to authorize the City Manager to execute a Temporary Construction Easement for the Blyth Creek Erosion Control Project 1. The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.

  • The April 15, 2025 agenda included AB # 25-069, Blyth Creek Erosion Control Contract, as a consent-agenda item 1.
  • The recommended action was to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign a construction contract with OMA Construction Inc. 1.
  • The contract amount listed was $498,410.25; the agenda bill notes seven bids were received March 20, 2025, with OMA the low bidder against an engineer's estimate of $482,000 1.
  • A separate consent-agenda item, AB # 25-070, would authorize a Temporary Construction Easement for the same project 1.

Why it matters

Consent-agenda items are passed with a single motion and vote unless a councilmember pulls them for separate discussion, so this contract could be approved without individual debate 1. The agenda bill ties the project to reducing stormwater runoff into the Sammamish River, and the project was budgeted in the 2025-2031 Capital Facilities Plan with a $558,000 construction budget 1. The available records do not establish whether the contract was approved or when construction would start 1.

What changed / what's next

  • The April 15, 2025 agenda listed a recommended action to adopt a resolution authorizing a $498,410.25 construction contract for Blyth Creek Erosion Control with OMA Construction Inc. 1.
  • The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome 1.
  • No construction start date or timeline was included in the supplied record 1.