{"id":1314440,"date":"2019-09-09T18:17:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T00:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=987369"},"modified":"2019-09-10T10:19:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T16:19:49","slug":"glenwood-city-council-agrees-to-spending-over-689000-on-sixth-and-laurel-landscaping-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/glenwood-city-council-agrees-to-spending-over-689000-on-sixth-and-laurel-landscaping-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood City Council agrees to spending over $689,000 on Sixth and Laurel landscaping project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The roundabout located at exit 116 and the intersection of Sixth and Laurel streets.<\/strong>
\nChelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The wooden bison herd will need to migrate as the Glenwood Springs City Council has awarded Gould Construction the Sixth and Laurel streets roundabout landscaping project.<\/p>\n

At its regularly scheduled Aug. 15 meeting, council directed city staff to negotiate with the local contractor in an attempt to bring the project\u2019s price tag down to a palatable amount.<\/p>\n

Previously, Gould Construction \u2013 the project\u2019s only bidder \u2013 had bid $1.1 million for the work. However, following value engineering that cost dropped to a little over $647,000. The addition of electrical hardwiring brought that total to $689,143, a price city council unanimously approved at its Sept. 5 meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t do a real thorough comparison between the before and after,\u201d said Mayor Pro Tem Shelley Kaup. \u201cWe kind of trusted staff to make some decisions on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The final plan calls for the installation of red twig dogwoods, perennial flowers, blue avena grass and Colorado buff boulders into the central roundabout. The project also includes the addition of elm, maple, oak and hackberry trees as well as Colorado spruce, dwarf Montgomery spruce, Japanese lilac trees and sod into the roundabout\u2019s nearby islands.<\/p>\n

Currently, mulch and a bison herd constructed from recycled wooden pallets inhabit the Sixth and Laurel roundabout area; an area many refer to as \u201cthe entrance to Glenwood.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t look good,\u201d said Councilor Tony Hershey. \u201cWe have to do something there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although no official start date has been finalized, Gould Construction may begin work on the landscaping project as early as next week according to City Engineer Terri Partch.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Gould] will try and go through mid-November and then will probably be back out there as early in the spring as the snow allows,\u201d Partch said of the project\u2019s timeline.<\/p>\n

Partch estimated the spring work to take less than a month and said the entire project would \u201cdefinitely\u201d see completion before next summer.<\/p>\n

One significant line item in the original $1.1 million dollar plan that was omitted in the updated proposal included over $100,000 worth of lighting installation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did have a public comment about using solar installation for a source of electricity,\u201d said Councilor Paula Stepp. \u201cIt would\u2019ve been a great opportunity for us to have looked at that ahead of time but at this point I am just glad the number went down closer to what was budgeted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the original lighting schematics were excluded from the final plan, Partch said holiday lighting would remain intact.<\/p>\n

According to a staff report, the project\u2019s cost does fall within the city\u2019s budgeted amount for the landscaping project. Additionally, the city\u2019s Acquisitions and Improvements (A&I) account will serve as the project\u2019s primary funding source.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are spending money but those funds really pay for themselves in sales tax revenue over time,\u201d said Councilor Charlie Willman. \u201cI don\u2019t see this as an expenditure, I see this as an investment into the future of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

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