Dickinson EDC authorizes director to proceed on Picnic Grounds if guaranteed maximum price stays at $2.2 million or less
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The Dickinson Economic Development Corporation voted to authorize its executive director to issue a notice to proceed to the picnic grounds contractor if the guaranteed maximum price (GMP) is at or below $2,200,000; the board approved a reduced-scope design intended to bring the project within that budget.
The Dickinson Economic Development Corporation on a unanimous voice vote approved a motion authorizing Executive Director David Funk to issue a notice to proceed to Structure Tone Southwest if the contractor’s guaranteed maximum price is $2,200,000 or less.
The vote came after Funk and board members described a reduced-scope redesign to bring the Dickinson Picnic Grounds within the previously approved budget. Funk said the project team removed a planned 4,400-square-foot event building and reduced site work to lower costs, and that civil and landscape drawings remain under revision. "So what we're asking for tonight is simply if that GMP comes in at or below budget, that I may give them a notice to proceed to start construction immediately," Funk said.
Board members and members of the public asked for details about what would remain in the scaled-back plan. Funk said the revised project will retain a pavilion and restrooms, maintain a children's playground and pickleball courts, and preserve electrical service for a temporary stage. The design team plans to raise the pavilion area 18 inches in the design so a permanent event building could be added later if funding allows, but Funk said that elevation would be omitted if it caused the price to exceed the GMP.
Members of the public and the board also discussed amenities and alternatives the redesign could include if funds allow. Funk said lighting had not been part of the early budget but that solar-powered light poles could be examined as an alternate. The board discussed fundraising for park benches and a tree-sponsorship program to offset landscaping costs.
Funk told the board the current construction estimate given to staff was about $2.235 million and that the design/price review expected to reduce that figure "below the $2.2" million threshold before the final GMP is submitted. He estimated the redesign work would take two to three weeks before subcontractor repricing is complete.
Motion and vote: The board’s motion authorized Funk to provide a notice to proceed if the GMP is at or below $2,200,000; the motion was moved and seconded and the board approved it by voice vote.
The board did not set specific contract language in this meeting; Funk said a formal contract-signing motion would follow if and when the GMP is finalized at or below the authorized amount.
