{"id":22925,"date":"2020-05-15T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/grand-lake-oks-1-65m-streetscape-contract\/"},"modified":"2020-05-15T11:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:13:00","slug":"grand-lake-oks-1-65m-streetscape-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/grand-lake-oks-1-65m-streetscape-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Lake OKs $1.65M streetscape contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/GLStreetScape-shn-051520-1-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/GLStreetScape-shn-051520-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/GLStreetScape-shn-051520-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/GLStreetScape-shn-051520-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/GLStreetScape-shn-051520-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/GLStreetScape-shn-051520-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>The sun shines on Grand Lake Town Hall. The town&#8217;s board of trustees approved entering a $1.65 million contract to complete phase three of the town&#8217;s streetscape project, a massive undertaking on Park Avenue.<\/strong><br \/><em>Robert Mendoza \/ Sky-Hi News<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Facing the prospect of not being able do anything for a very long time, the Grand Lake Board of Trustees moved forward with an imperfect streetscape plan on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Phase three of the streetscape plan includes extensive work along Park Avenue for a project that\u2019s billed as one of the most transformative \u2014 and expensive \u2014 in town history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The work calls for installing drainage infrastructure from Vine Street to Hancock Street, adding curb and formal parking along that stretch, repaving the road, some landscaping and landscaping infrastructure, building a pedestrian walkway along the south side of the road, and new drainage and repaving for the parking lot between Pitkin and Hancock Streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ultimately, the board voted 6-1 to allow town staff to enter a contract with United Companies for up to $1.65 million, the lowest bid Grand Lake received after putting the project up for proposals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The next closest bid came in at $2.3 million from American Civil Constructors, which Town Manager John Crone told the board was well out of Grand Lake\u2019s price range. Timing and price were two driving forces behind Monday\u2019s contract approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Town staff and board members all agreed they would prefer the designs come with diagonal parking instead of straight in parking, but the plan will serve the town\u2019s needs and redoing them at this point would push the project into next year at the earliest, Crone explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Additionally, there are cost savings with the low bid that won\u2019t likely be available next summer. Considering the second lowest bid was so far out of Grand Lake\u2019s price range, there is no guarantee the town would get another affordable bid if Grand Lake waits to act, Crone said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The town has also secured about $700,000 in grant funding from the Department of Local Affairs that\u2019s pushing on the project. The grant money sunsets after next year, meaning that if Grand Lake can\u2019t secure a bid to start work by that time, the town would forfeit $700,000 for the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With that money gone, Crone told the board there\u2019s no telling when Grand Lake might be able to revisit the streetscape project again. He added that Grand Lake could look to redo some of the perceived design flaws when the town needs to repave the road in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The decision wasn\u2019t unanimous with Trustee Cindy Southway worried about the town\u2019s ability to cover costs if the project runs over budget, and she voted against approving the contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe plans are very good plans and they will serve our needs,\u201d Crone said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In other business:<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2022 The board approved a $10,000 donation to the Grand County Small Business Assistance Fund administered by the Grand Foundation. The board expressed concerns about the town\u2019s finances following Grand Lake\u2019s $25,000 contribution on April 6 but agreed that supporting local businesses right now is critical. Mayor Steve Kudron recused himself from the discussion because his business has received aid through the fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2022 The board formally created the office of financial trustee and appointed Southway, who\u2019s been serving in that role, to the job. By codifying the position, it ensures future boards will have to appoint someone into the role or change town code. Before the vote, Southway said understanding town finances is one of the board\u2019s most important functions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2022 With board consent, Mayor Kudron created an executive committee consisting of the mayor, mayor pro tem, financial officer and town manager to help ensure a good connection between the board and town staff when crafting meeting agendas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2022 The board granted a waiver so the town clerk\u2019s son can fill a seasonal position at Headwaters Marina. Town rules prohibit the direct hiring of a town employee\u2019s family into full-time jobs. The board granted the waiver on a few considerations, including the seasonal nature of the position, there would be no direct oversight by the clerk, and there have been a limited number of potential marina employees with the J1 visa program suspended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2022 The board took care of a housekeeping item regarding who can sign town issued checks following the April election ushering in a new mayor. Town policy requires two signers on all checks, and town policy sets who\u2019s allowed to sign them.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/grand-lake-oks-1-65m-streetscape-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun shines on Grand Lake Town Hall. The town&#8217;s board of trustees approved entering a $1.65 million contract to complete phase three of the town&#8217;s streetscape project, a massive undertaking on Park Avenue.Robert Mendoza \/ Sky-Hi News Facing the prospect of not being able do anything for a very long time, the Grand Lake [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 04:15:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}