Council authorizes $642,444 contract to stabilize Azalea City Golf Course and curb sedimentation into 12 Mile Creek

The Mobile City Council authorized a $642,444 contract with James H. Adams and Sons Construction to repair and stabilize eroding sections at Azalea City Golf Course that staff identified as contributing sand and sediment to 12 Mile Creek and Langan Lake.

Public services staff and project leads said the work responds to observed sedimentation after prior creek restoration work; sand entering the creek was filling basins and increasing maintenance needs. The stabilization work will renovate the hill and drainage features near the lower holes, replace or modify inlets so water enters drainage features rather than sheeting over turf, construct a top-of-hill berm to redirect runoff into engineered channels, and establish a routine maintenance plan for the golf course to minimize future erosion.

Staff said the golf course will remain open during the project and that the work will be coordinated with the golf-course superintendent to limit disruption to play. The contract was presented with the stated purpose of reducing sand flows into downstream basins and the lake; staff also said they will maintain the basin after work to dredge and manage accumulated material.

Council members praised landscaping improvements already completed and suggested the city consider a larger renovation fund or capital set-aside in future years to support long-term upgrades to the facility as a public golf course. Staff also noted related sediment-control efforts are underway in the 3 Mile Creek/12 Mile Creek watershed, some conducted in partnership with South Alabama and Mobile Bay NEP, to address headwater channels that feed the system.

The transcript records the contract authorization and discussion of the restoration work and does not indicate litigation, contract protests or a roll-call vote in the excerpt provided.