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I I I Council Meeting Minutes February 11, 1992 Page 4 CounGil Business, continued The four courts have deteriorated to a point where they are unplayable. One of the courts was removed five years ago and the remaining were abandoned last fall. The Park Board and residents met to discuss whether to build new courts at Hansen or relocate the courts to Driftwood Park. The consensus was to build new courts at Hansen. The Park Board supports the idea, even though, the costs will be higher due to the park's poor soil conditions. The Engineering Department prepared plans to locate the new courts on the site of the existing free skating area. The free skating area will be relocated to the old tennis court site. While soils are poor in most of the park, this configuration helps keep soil correction to a minimum and functions well with other park facilities. The fill from the existing courts cannot be used for the new courts due to the soil borings revealing frost susceptibility. There will be opportunity to evaluate fill alternatives before the bid is awarded. Anderson feels two courts will be sufficient. If there appears a need for additional courts, new courts could be built at Driftwood or the Highview courts could be upgraded in conjunction with the school district. Anderson said the peat will be removed and replaced with clean granular fill. The court's shallowest point will require about one foot of fill, and the deepest point on the easterly edge would require about six feet. Gunderman asked if the addition of new fill will reduce the chance of a similar problem occurring. Engineering has done careful studies of the soil borings and are convinced it is not a terrible situation to remediate and is a good foundation to build on. Les Proper, City Engineer, said the area requires a more complicated construction procedure. Soil engineers will verify that all the poor material is removed and proper compaction of fill is used. The cost for building two new courts is estimated at $105,000. The Capital Improvement Plan contains $65,000 for the project. The additional costs are due to the fill needed at the new location. Gunderman asked if the contingency plan will provide the needed additional cost. Anderson said the budget decision will be made by Council at the time the bid is awarded. He noted that other park projects will be deferred in order to provide for the project. Motion by Benke, seconded by Larson, to APPROVE PLAN FOR RELOCATING HANSEN PARK TENNIS COURTS AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PERFORM FINAL PLAN AND ADVERTISE FOR BIDS. 5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried. Council Business Hansen Park Tennis Courts Report 92-043