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Commission approves up to $89,610 to stabilize Crampton Park courts, transfers $80,000 from disc‑golf fund
Summary
After discovering unstable ground under removed tennis courts at Crampton Park, the commission authorized a not‑to‑exceed $89,610 repair (aggregate undercut and geogrid) and approved transferring $80,000 budgeted for a disc‑golf course to the pickleball project; commissioners debated floodplain risk, bidding and mobilization costs.
Staff told the commission that a field stability test on the former tennis courts at Crampton Park showed the substrate had settled and was not sufficiently supportive for the planned conversion to pickleball courts. Engineers and the asphalt contractor gave two repair options: a traditional undercut with 1x3 aggregate and geogrid (the staff‑preferred method, estimated at up to $89,610) or a cheaper cement‑stabilization approach with mixed results.
City Manager Womack recommended approving a not‑to‑exceed $89,610 contract for the undercut/aggregate method and transferring $80,000 that had been budgeted for an 18‑hole disc‑golf course (marijuana fund/TIFA allocation) to the pickleball project so staff would have funds available to mobilize the contractor. “We have a couple of options…we’re hoping 80 (thousand), which coincidentally is the money that we were able to scrounge up,” Womack said.
Commissioners asked about floodplain impacts, long‑term durability and bidding. Commissioner Petrie and others voiced frustration that the site is in a known floodplain and said they wished more due diligence had occurred at the design stage. Staff and several commissioners responded that the property is in a floodplain but that replacing an existing footprint is permissible under regulatory constraints (and that moving the courts would create permitting and siting complications). Staff said the traditional undercut approach is standard for such repairs and that waiting to let the ground dry might reduce cost but could increase mobilization fees.
Commissioner Glisman moved to approve the undercut plus geogrid option at a cost not to exceed $89,610, authorize the parks director to sign necessary documents and transfer the $80,000 budgeted for disc golf to this project; Commissioner McCarthy seconded. Following discussion and recorded roll call, the motion carried.
The commission instructed staff to continue work with the engineers to lower costs if possible and to report back with final contract language and mobilization timing that minimizes expense.
