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Fenton advances park projects: grant-extension request for Stonegate/Bud Weil, Cochran supplemental agreement, low bid for Fabick Preserve paving
Summary
A committee meeting on June 4 moved forward a six-month extension request for the Municipal Park Grant for Bud Weil/Stonegate Park, a supplemental engineering agreement with Cochran for water and sewer work ($24,121.83 in listed engineering fees; $130,151.83 estimated overall connection cost), and recommended awarding the Fabick Nature Preserve paving contract to Spencer Contracting after receiving the low bid of $107,017.30.
FENTON, Mo. — The Board of Aldermen Committee on June 4 advanced several capital and park projects, including a request for a six-month extension of a Municipal Park Grant for the Bud Weil Annex (now Stonegate Park), a supplemental engineering agreement with Cochran for water and sewer connections, and a low-bid recommendation for paving at the Fabick Nature Preserve.
City Administrator Andrea N. Finkbiner told the Committee the City combined the previously separate Bud Weil Annex Phase 1 and Phase 2 work into a single bid package to save mobilization costs. Phase 1’s total project cost was previously estimated at $720,071.14, with the Municipal Park Grant awarding $350,000. Because engineering plans remain under Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) review, the City requested a six-month extension to the Municipal Park Grant Commission agreement (the maximum extension available at one time) to allow time for MSD approval and to proceed to bidding.
Separately, staff presented a supplemental agreement with the City’s engineering firm, Cochran, to design and provide construction oversight for the water and sanitary sewer connections to Stonegate Park. The minutes list Cochran fees of $13,783.90 for design and $10,337.93 for construction oversight; the overall estimated connection cost, including testing, was listed at $130,151.83. Finkbiner said, if the Board proceeds, an ordinance will be required and costs will be added to the 2026 Capital Plan at mid-year.
On paving, Public Works Director Dan Howard reported the City received five bids for the 2026 Fabick Nature Preserve Asphalt Project. Spencer Contracting submitted the low and most responsive bid at $107,017.30; E. Meier Contracting was second at $119,451.00. The project would pave gravel drives, parking areas and pull-offs in the preserve. Committee members discussed adding speed humps to slow traffic; the Committee voted to forward the Spencer Contracting bid to the June Board with speed humps added.
The Committee also considered multiple quotes from Elite Properties and Landscape Construction for clearing and invasive-species removal at Fenton City Park and the Fenton Sports Complex; several individual line-item quotes were presented (the largest listed was $7,500 for clearing Yarnell Creek bank). The Committee and then the Board approved the quotes as presented, to be charged to the 2026 Capital Plan. Separately, staff presented a native-planting proposal from Missouri Native Stewardship Services for several islands in Westside Park; after discussion about deer resistance and trial areas, the Board approved planting Areas A and B now and postponing Areas C–E until after a budgeted retaining-wall project.
On facilities maintenance, DEKA reported during an HVAC inspection that a City Hall blower motor bearing was beginning to fail and recommended proactively replacing the blower at an estimated cost of $15,370.96; the Committee continued that item to the July meeting and noted the mayor wanted the City to raise installation questions with Trane.
What happens next: several items were forwarded to the June Board meeting for ordinance consideration and budget mid-year amendments; the Cochran supplemental agreement and any subsequent ordinance would be brought to the Board for formal approval before funds are added to the capital plan.
