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City staff outline CIP, tennis‑court GPR study, paving budget and energy costs ahead of infrastructure retreat
Summary
City Manager John Dissell updated the committee on CIP roof and renovation work, a planned ground‑penetrating radar survey for tennis‑court problems, a long asphalt RFP, a two‑year stormwater study RFP, and rising energy and street‑light costs that may require LED replacement or contracted kilowatt‑hour pricing.
City Manager John Dissell told the Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 21 that staff are advancing a package of capital and technical work: roof repairs and interior renovations, a forthcoming ground‑penetrating radar (GPR) survey for the tennis courts to diagnose subsurface causes of cracking, drafting a detailed asphalt RFP, and preparing an RFP for a two‑year stormwater study.
“We decided that through the capitol, we were gonna do a GPR, ground penetrating radar, to see what is underneath those tennis courts,” Dissell said, adding that the GPR results will go to a geologist for a report to guide any future repairs. Dissell said the city wants to expand the GPR area to the pool‑fence border if budget permits to avoid repairing surface symptoms without addressing subsurface causes.
Dissell also presented cost context for larger roadway options discussed by the committee: he cited roughly $300,000 to install a stoplight at one intersection and $3,000,000 for a roundabout as illustrative order‑of‑magnitude costs. He said about $1,400,000 had been set aside for paving work and that volatile petroleum prices could force prioritization when bids arrive.
On energy, Dissell described an audit showing most municipal electrical costs come from street lighting. He said the city currently pays for neighborhood street lights and is exploring options to retrofit LED heads, renegotiate per‑lamp charges (which staff estimated at about $11–$13 per lamp), and possibly hire an energy consultant to pursue a multi‑year kilowatt‑hour contract to stabilize costs.
Chair proposed creating an infrastructure retreat in January to flesh out priorities — sidewalks, streetscape, tree canopy protection ordinances, stormwater, multimodal transportation, climate resilience and historic preservation — and asked members to supply topic suggestions and experts to invite. Dissell and staff said they will prepare materials to present the retreat agenda to the full council.
