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Page Park pergola has no foundations; council reviews $49,500 repair estimate and alternate redesigns
Summary
The village’s Page Park pergola was built without required foundations, and a contractor estimate to remove, install proper footings and reinstall the structure is $49,500, project manager Jim Wilson told the council.
Project manager Jim Wilson reported the permits for Page Park are under county review and described three options after discovering the existing pergola had no foundations: remove and reinstall with required footings, redesign the area as a raised lawn with protective fencing, or convert the pergola footprint to a planted, non‑occupied landscape that would avoid a fence.
Wilson said the contractor’s price to take the pergola down, dig and pour footings, have inspections and put everything back was $49,500. "So that's the cost of taking it all down, putting it aside, digging the footings, getting everything inspected, and to put it back," he said. He told the council he had asked the design team to provide renderings of alternative treatments and that staff would post those renderings on the village website and solicit public input.
Staff and council members noted that the project is constrained by county approvals: in addition to the building permit for the pergola, a sediment/erosion-control permit is required for disturbing more than 500 square feet, and ADA compliance on site paths affects whether the park can be opened early. Julian said that because ADA issues and stormwater basins are intertwined with site-work, the village likely could not open the park before the sediment control and ADA work are complete.
Wilson said sediment/erosion control work is expected to start in March and take roughly one to two months; with typical weather-related variability, he estimated the park could be finished in late spring (May–June) if the schedule holds.
The council asked about cost differences between rebuilding the pergola and the alternative plans; Wilson estimated the other two options would likely fall in a $10,000–$15,000 ballpark range and that savings from not reinstalling the pergola could offset much of those alternatives’ costs.
Renderings will be posted online when available and the village will solicit public comment before the December council meeting.
