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City advances planning contract for Meadow Park Lake dam mitigation; staff outlines timeline and costs
Summary
City staff asked council to authorize contract development with Wofford for dam mitigation at Meadow Park Lake, estimating about $20,000 in near-term contract development costs and a total $100,000 budgeted; engineers said a mitigation plan could take six months and permitting roughly a year.
City of Crossville staff asked the council to authorize development of a contract with a proposer, Wofford, to begin mitigation planning for raising the Meadow Park Lake dam.
"We estimate that that will cost around $20,000 to do that portion of it," the city manager said, detailing an initial $20,000 for contract work plus about $10,000 for city attorney review and $10,000 for Wofford to develop documentation. The manager said the city has budgeted roughly $100,000 for the near-term effort.
Tim, the city engineer, said the mitigation plan itself will take months to prepare. "It's gonna take 6 months to develop the full plan with mitigation," he said, and added that staff expects the permitting and approval process to take about a year thereafter.
Council members pressed staff on when the city would be locked into larger construction commitments. The city manager and the engineer said the multi-million-dollar construction costs would not be required until well after the mitigation plan and permitting steps; staff estimated the city would be roughly 18 months from being bound to major expenditures if the contract proceeds as proposed.
Staff also said the next steps would include drafting a mitigation plan, moving under contract with the proposer to prepare application materials, and releasing those materials for public comment. The manager said the city would work with regional agencies during permitting; earlier meetings included preliminary conversations with the Army Corps of Engineers.
The council agreed to add the contract authorization to the agenda to allow the city attorney and proposer to complete the required documents and seek necessary approvals. The council did not take a final vote on construction funding during the work session.
The city has not yet signed a final contract; staff said more detailed cost estimates and the full mitigation plan will be presented in later meetings and subject to public review.
