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Parks committee recommends hiring consultant to design Colburn Park shelter and consolidated concession stand
Summary
The Green Bay parks committee voted to recommend hiring a consultant (identified in the transcript as "Grama") to design a new, ADA‑compliant shelter and consolidated concession stand at Colburn Park and will forward the recommendation to common counsel for final approval.
The Green Bay parks committee voted to recommend hiring an architectural/engineering consultant to design a new shelter and consolidated concession stand at Colburn Park, approving a staff recommendation for a firm identified in the meeting as "Grama" at a proposed cost of $123,000.
The recommendation follows staff concerns that the existing enclosed shelter is not ADA compliant, the nearby concession stand lacks running water and sewer, and its location puts it too close to ball fields, creating safety issues from foul balls. Staff told the committee design work would include the building, site work, playground layout and stormwater management, with construction funding to be requested in a future bond year after design defines costs.
"The shelter is not ADA compliant and it would cost a lot of money to make the restrooms ADA compliant," said the director, explaining why staff proposed replacing and consolidating the two existing structures into a single new building that would serve both functions and be sited away from the playing area.
The director said the city set aside $100,000 in the 2026 bond request for architectural design and related site work. Staff solicited proposals from eight firms and received four responses: ISG submitted a $31,080 proposal limited to conceptual design; Grease Architectural Group Inc. submitted a $110,800 bid but did not include site work, stormwater or playground design; and the firm referred to in the transcript as "Grama" submitted a comprehensive proposal for $123,000 that covered the full scope requested and has done prior work for the city.
A committee member who cited the firm’s prior work on the JBS property said, "they did a really good job," and moved to accept staff’s recommendation. The motion was seconded, members voted in favor and the motion carried. Committee leadership said the approved item will be forwarded to common counsel for final approval.
The director told the committee the city’s five‑year capital improvement plan is structured to request construction funding in a future bond year (staff referenced 2027 or 2028 as possible construction years) once the design establishes a definitive cost. The common counsel meeting to consider the recommendation was listed as Tuesday, May 5; the parks committee’s next meeting is scheduled for May 13.
