City staff gave the Forster Development Corporation an update on the Harris Street capital improvement project on Oct. 13, reporting that major paving operations for phase 1 are complete but that the contractor has requested additional time.

Staff reported that asphalt transitions at First Street and FM 1093 remain in progress and that work at the Second Street intersection and pedestrian ramps, sidewalks and crosswalks is underway. Staff said an insert valve for a 10‑inch water line will be installed the following day to allow work near the detention pond and the adjacent pump station. The sanitary sewer segment from Fifth to Fourth streets is complete; staff said the remaining sanitary installation to the JTM construction driveway will follow roadway completion between Fourth and Fifth.

On schedule and percent complete, staff gave two close figures. One update said the project was about 37 or 38% complete based on amounts expensed; another comment during the meeting reported 40% complete as the work moved into phase 2. Staff also said the contractor is about “91% complete on days” but has submitted a change order requesting additional days. “That discrepancy will…push that expected completion from November to December as of now,” a staff presenter said.

Board members asked whether work would continue through Christmas; staff said crews typically observe particular holidays but that the contractor “indicated they want to move as fast as they can” and that staff has been pushing the contractor to accelerate where feasible.

Staff said they are coordinating overlapping activities and that the intent is to finish remaining phase 1 paving before moving full crews to phase 2, which will include the roadway segment from Fifth to the construction driveway south of Fourth at JTM Construction. A percentage-completion figure in the discussion was cited at about 40% to reflect recent movement into phase 2.

No formal action was taken on the CIP update; the item was provided as an informational report to the board.