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Board approves expanded Memorial Park pickleball reconstruction after unsuitable soils raise costs
Summary
Lebanon Board of Works approved a change order March 24 to expand and rebuild Memorial Park pickleball courts after crews found unsuitable soils. The contract value for the Memorial Park work was increased to about $530,400, funded within existing contingencies, the board was told.
The Lebanon Board of Works on March 24 approved a change order to expand and reconstruct the Memorial Park pickleball courts after contractors found unsuitable soils beneath the old courts.
City engineering staff told the board excavation uncovered poor base material under two courts; the contractor removed 18 additional inches of material, installed geogrid and replaced the base with number-53 stone. Engineering Director Kevin Kralik said the work and the court expansion raised the Memorial Park contract from roughly $263,250 to about $530,400. "It's eaten up about all of our contingency, but there's no additional appropriation that's needed there for this," Kralik said.
The board was told the original Memorial Park contract was about $262,250 and that an expansion of the court area added $46,910. Kralik described the unsuitable soils remediation line item at roughly $220,240; together those changes produced the higher total. He said the contract change is a time-and-materials not-to-exceed order and that the city will monitor contingency use and return to council if additional appropriation becomes necessary.
Parks and Recreation Director John Messenger told the board the department expects the Memorial Park courts to be playable sooner than earlier estimates for coatings: once asphalt is placed, crews can begin coatings in about two weeks. Messenger and Kralik said the work on Memorial Park courts will be completed before work begins on Abner Longley so the city maintains playable courts during the season.
The board made and seconded the motion to approve the change order; the motion passed on a voice vote with all members present voting in the affirmative.
Kralik and other staff cautioned that the city will evaluate soil conditions at Abner Longley before moving forward there and, if unsuitable soils are found, will bring a funding request back to council.
The change order covers reconstruction, an expanded court layout with additional fencing between courts, and base remediation to address cracking and subgrade failure that staff said resulted from the old layered asphalt and poor soils.
No dollar amounts beyond those discussed in the meeting packet and at the podium were added by staff during discussion. The board approved the change order as presented.
