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Council approves funding to stabilize Hickey White Park paving after poor backfill discovered
Summary
City Administrator reported unstable backfill and buried material at Hickey White Park that required removal and engineered rock fill; council approved paying an overage to stabilize the site and finish park paving, citing the project budget and stormwater/parks funds.
City Administrator Jason Eisen told the Crystal City Council on June 24 that paving work at Hickey White Park encountered unexpectedly poor backfill — historic sandbags and buried foundations — which made the initial paving contract inadequate. The recommended remediation is to excavate the poor material, place 4-inch clean rock in lifts and compact it to create a stable base before finishing the pavement.
Eisen said the original paving contract with Joker Paving was cited at $251,000 and that the city expects to cover the additional stabilization costs from the stormwater and parks fund; he referenced an original park budget figure of about $300,000. Council debated whether to fix the site now to ensure long-term stability and avoid having Joker Paving place their name on incomplete work.
A motion to approve the expenditure to pay the contractor's overage and proceed with the geotechnical remediation was made, seconded and approved unanimously. The transcript contains an unclear numeric rendering for the additional amount (the phrase in the record is garbled), so the council-approved overage dollar figure is not specified in the transcript.
Eisen said the work will involve additional geotech items and hauling rock (over 100 loads referenced in the discussion) and that once the stabilization is completed the park project should be able to proceed to finish. Council members confirmed funds would come from stormwater and parks accounts.
The council voted to authorize the contractor overage so work can proceed; no formal amendment to the project budget beyond the authorization was detailed in the meeting minutes recorded in the transcript.
