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Council approves Lakeside Park shoreline repairs and a temporary bituminous trail, salvaging memorial pavers
Summary
Council approved repairs to Lakeside Park after winter ice heaving, awarding a contract to Forest Lake Contracting with a base bid for shoreline reset and an alternate to remove personalized pavers and replace them with a 10‑foot bituminous trail (alternate cost cited at about $45,000). Staff will pursue insurance and DNR coordination for longer‑term shoreline stabilization.
The City Council authorized repairs at Lakeside Park to address winter ice heaving and make the park usable for summer.
Public works staff summarized two contractor estimates and recommended proceeding with a base bid that covers bank resetting and riprap work while offering a bid alternate to remove the existing personalized pavers and install a 10‑foot bituminous trail. The base contract was reported in discussion as approximately $119,000 for core repairs, with the add‑on bituminous trail called out in the motion at roughly $45,000; staff also said the city is pursuing possible insurance recovery and an errors coverage inquiry with the League of Minnesota Cities for some of the riprap boulder costs.
Council members discussed salvaging donated memorial pavers and relocating them elsewhere in the park or to a future veterans memorial. They also examined longer‑term shoreline options and DNR feedback; staff said the DNR had reservations about some seawall approaches and that alternative natural stabilization designs would require further coordination.
Why it matters: Lakeside Park is a heavily used community amenity; the repairs aim to reopen the park for summer use while retaining options for a larger, longer‑term shoreline stabilization project.
Next steps: staff will finalize the contract with Forest Lake Contracting, salvage personalized pavers for potential relocation, continue insurance coordination and return with any DNR or design updates for the longer‑term stabilization project.
