City ends contract in water level study
November 24, 2010
Consultant was personal friends with member of selection committee
New: Nov. 24, 2:42 p.m.
Measuring the average water level of Lake Sammamish for the benefit of hundreds of waterfront property owners just got quite a bit more expensive.
The city announced Nov. 17 that they would be halting work by an environmental contractor tasked with finding the “ordinary high water mark” for the lake due to concerns that the contractor was a friend of Senior Stormwater Program Engineer Eric LaFrance, who oversaw the project and took part in the selection process for the contract.
“We want to make sure this is squeaky clean,” Deputy City Manager Pete Butkus said. “It’s a very emotional issue for many people and we want to make sure it is technically correct and there’s not anything that would allow someone to question the results.” Read more
