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Resident complains main-street sod failed after city project; staff cites 30-day contractor warranty
Summary
A Main Street property owner, Leroy Jackson, told the Isanti committee that sod installed during recent street work failed because contractors backfilled with subsoil rather than topsoil; staff said the city’s specification requires contractors to maintain sod for 30 days and that the project’s warranty has expired, but agreed to pursue options and contact the contractor.
Resident Leroy Jackson told the Committee of the Whole that sod laid along Main Street after a street construction project did not take root because contractors backfilled with subsoil rather than adequate topsoil.
Jackson (510 Main Street West) described strips of sod that can be lifted by hand and said irrigation lines damaged during construction were repaired but then backfilled with poor material. "I'll guarantee you, you could lift that strip of sod up that…
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