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MSD tunneling plan could close rec center parking; city and MSD negotiating compensation and staging
Summary
The committee reviewed a Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) tunneling plan that may require tunneling from the recreation complex side, which would cost the city about 20 parking spaces for 4'6 months. Staff said an agreement is being drafted to require MSD compensation and set maintenance responsibilities.
Brentwood staff told the Public Works Committee on Aug. 14 they are negotiating an agreement with the Metropolitan Sewer District about a planned MSD tunneling project that will run under Brentwood Boulevard and reach the recreation complex.
The issue matters because the proposed tunneling option would preserve the north entrance to the recreation complex but would remove about 20 parking spaces near the service drive for an estimated period of four to six months.
Eric, parks and recreation staff, said MSD engineers asked whether the city would allow tunneling to start on the recreation-complex side and tunnel east rather than open-cut from the dentist office on the opposite side of Brentwood Boulevard, which would have closed the north entrance. Eric said the tunnel would "open shaft, open tunnel all the way down to basically the end of that service drive on the north side of the building where our trash dumpsters are." He said the trade-off for preserving the entrance is the temporary loss of roughly 20 parking spaces for several months.
Eric said the city is drafting an MSD agreement modeled on prior agreements (for example, work on Russell) so that MSD would compensate the city if the city allows them to use the recreation-complex staging and to clarify staging, restoration and timing. "Dan's actually finishing up our MSC agreement," Eric said.
Committee members asked operational and scheduling questions and were told the MSD work was likely a 2026 or early-2027 project. Eric said the city has also discussed tunnel impacts on adjacent private parking at nearby businesses and that MSD is exploring multiple starting points because tunneling from the dentist-office side presents parking conflicts for that business.
No formal decision was made at the committee meeting; staff will bring the draft agreement back for committee review before the city executes any contract with MSD.
Background: the city's engineering and parks staff said the tunneling approach would likely require two separate contractors (one for tunneling and another for the open cut) and staging in the lower area west of the event lawn for other concurrent work such as erosion repair at Brentwood Park.
