Lago Vista golf committee asks previous designer to rebid irrigation after 'sticker shock,' approves annual report

Larry, a member of the Lago Vista Golf Advisory Committee, told the committee on July 22 that City Council initially authorized using an existing qualified vendor, Heinz (subcontracted by Friese and Nichols), to prepare irrigation engineering work but that the engineering charge prompted “a bit of sticker shock.” He said Council agreed to ask Les Hill — who prepared an earlier, larger design — to update his plans with new input parameters and submit a bid for the work.

The committee heard that the redesign work has begun in discussion form and that staff expect a redesigned engineering scope to start in roughly January and take about six months to complete, putting construction-ready plans roughly next summer. “We had a good discussion with Mr. Hill … he now has the new input parameters, and he's gonna look at what he would charge the city to do that work,” Larry…