Golf Manor committee debates two park master-plan bids, asks firms to return for clarification

Golf Manor Village committee members spent the bulk of their July 7 meeting debating two competing proposals to create a parks master plan, weighing a lower-cost engineering firm quote of about $15,000 against a roughly $36,000 design-led proposal and whether either would follow the village’s 02/2023 park survey as the priority.

The committee’s discussion centered on deliverables, cost and alignment with the community survey. Eric (committee member) summarized the practical difference: “we are getting two different levels of service,” and warned members to be sure they were comparing “apples to apples” before selecting a firm. Several other members said the higher-priced proposal appeared to offer more iterative design work, illustrative concept plans and a preliminary planning-level budget, while the lower-cost engineering proposal proposed conceptual plans and a summary memo.

Members repeatedly said…