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Public Works committee hears multiple project updates, approves forwarding hazard-mitigation resolution and plans repairs
Summary
The committee reviewed multiple Public Works items — from McKnight repaving warranty work and a proposed $7,100 change order for 8829 Russell to a $150,000 recommended change order for Site 65 stabilization — and voted to forward the St. Louis Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan resolution to the Board of Aldermen.
The Brentwood Public Works Committee on Aug. 29 received updates on a suite of infrastructure projects, discussed contract change orders and voted to forward a regional hazard-mitigation resolution to the Board of Aldermen.
Public Works staff reported Gershenson completed most foundation work on the Russell Avenue STP/Deer Creek connector and that a signal component will not arrive until October. A localized rutting area on northbound McKnight Road was reported; staff said Gershenson will address the rutting under warranty.
Staff raised a slope/design issue adjacent to 8829 Russell where the contractor could not achieve the planned 3:1 slope; engineers proposed a roughly 18-inch feature with only six inches visible at the surface and estimated a change order of about $7,100 to meet the design intent. Aldermen questioned whether the contractor or designer should absorb the cost and asked staff to seek a legal and contractual review and negotiate cost-sharing with the designer or contractor.
For Site 65 — a Sycamore-trail-adjacent area with poor establishment and erosion — staff recommended a change order to the on-contract firm to relocate creek rock, apply fill, seed and perform stabilization work; the lowest on-contract quote cited in the discussion was $150,000 and staff recommended forwarding that change order to the Board of Aldermen as permitted under the existing contract.
The committee also discussed a Missouri Department of Conservation Community Forester grant to address 34 sidewalk slabs around six trees; staff said the grant covers 75% of project costs, with the city providing the remaining 25% in staff labor and material costs.
On a formal action, Alderman Parker Tice moved to forward Resolution 1518, adopting the St. Louis Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (2025–2030), to the full Board of Aldermen; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote with one recorded nay. Staff had prepared the questionnaire required for grant eligibility and told the committee they were ready to present the resolution at the Sept. 3 board meeting and that the questionnaire deadline was Sept. 12.
The meeting concluded with a motion approved to enter closed session under RSMO 610.021 to address ongoing legal matters and then adjourn into that session.
