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~8/08i97 11:48 ~503 588 0209 SALEM TRANSIT [~ 002/U0~ August 8, 1997 N'ick Hackens Graat Representative Federal 'Transit Administ~'aricn, Regian 10 3142 7eckson Fe~eral Building 915 Second Ave_ Seattle, WA 98174 riear Nfck, Ft~llowing up on our telepho~e conversauon, Y am writing to foimally request tbe FTA' S revi~w aud ~pp~oval of what we believe regresents a contract amendment, to include extra work in our demolition contract for ~ourthause Squa~re. The County has a$518,597 com~raet with ~taton Conswctio~ for the demalition of buileiings and removal of rubble au the Senaior block. 'T1~e contract calls for basements to be slope-Slled with rubble far site safetY P~Poses, pending a subsequent bid/convacting far site r~xxcavation. Under the origin~l develapnlent plans, the sito was to h~ve been e~coavated down to approximately 25' below gr~tde, for construction of a two-floos parking garage• Our de~velopmeat team has refined the project desi,g~n to climinate a large number of parking spaces, with the result that a single-flaar parldng SaraBe will suffice. We see tbis as a very positive c,l~ange' with the Potent~al to ssve si~c~nt1Y ~n project costs_ The plan aow is to exa~vate to a depth of only 12' - It make$ mu~h more senSe for us to have Staton Construction chan,ge their work to tear dawn basemern walls and remove all rubble from the site, rather than slopo-511 the basem~nts and lcave walls intact. A good portion of the black is in basements, and hy dernolisliiaS these naw and removing ~11 rubblo, we will be much clt-ser to acco~mplishing tha pccavation of the site and preparing for construction. We can savc both time and money in the process_ If Stato~ follaws the enginal contraCt, the5- will be filling in holes and leavin$ up walls tlu~t the eaccavation contractor will then have to comc in and excavate_ This see~ms very w~stefi~l to ow team. A cost estimate from Staton to go s~head now and demolish the basement walls and removt all rubble is $50,OQ0 to $80,000. 'We btlie~re this should be cansidered extra work, and t~te contract should be amcnded to accomplish this chan8e• Oa behalf of our developrnent team, we are seeku-S F"TA's cancurrence with this amendm~.