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Homewood Suites Completion Date MANAGERS D OFFICE` OCT 25 RECO October 15, 2019 Mike Schrage City Manager City of Salina City-County Building 300 W. Ash St. Salina, KS 67401 RE: Salina Homewood Suites Completion Date Mike, Per the emails from mid-July between you, n_ and Trace, the challenging weather that began late last year and continued through August 2019 has delayed the hotel project to the point that we cannot meet the completion date in our transferee agreement of November 1, 2019. We experienced extremely difficult weather at two important points in the critical path of our construction schedule that caused delays beyond our control. The first issue occurred early this year when we were attempting to pour concrete on top of the first floor. The contractor was able to pour the west half in January but unusually cold and wet weather forced them to delay pouring the east half until early April. The wood framing on the east half of the building could not begin until late April which then delayed topping out the building and installing the roof. The second major challenge occurred this summer when we were attempting to install the roof membrane. Obviously we had an extremely wet summer that began in May and continued through August which caused the roof installation to take far longer than it typically would have. As I mentioned in my July email,even a small amount of rain would require time to allow the plywood roof deck to dry out before we could proceed with membrane installation. Frequent rain that was occurring every few days meant that the contractor had several weeks where they could make virtually no progress on the roof. Obviously this limited how much could occur inside the building as well. These two setbacks to our construction schedule at such critical points mean that making up the lost time is unrealistic. Now that the building is dried in we are making great progress, although the one caveat I would add is masonry. While our masonry subcontractor is doing a great job, the supplier, US Stone, was over one month late with their first delivery of limestone and they continue to be behind on their delivery schedule. Right now we are waiting on 210 pieces that are preventing further progress. This shipment should have arrived months ago and is scheduled to be delivered Thursday, October 17th. We continue to push US Stone as hard as possible, unfortunately with an order of this size a different supplier isn't an option. 500 Graves Boulevard Post Office Box 856 a Salina, Kansas 67402 LIGHTKou5E (785)826-8210 FAX(785)822-3746 PROPERTIES Our current critical path indicates a completion date of April 1, 2020, I have attached a draft amendment to the Transferee Agreement making this modification. Please let us know if you have any questions or would like to discuss further before proceeding to the City Commission. Thanks, Guy Walker Vice resident of Real Estate and Construction Lighthouse Properties III, Inc. A. 500 Graves Boulevard Post Office Box 856 ® • Salina, Kansas 67402 (785) 8210 LIGHTHOUSE FAX(85)822 3746 PROPERTIES