Project

Project Status: 

Engineering Design Phase

Project Budget

In the 2019 Bond Election, voters approved a total of $3,282,110 for Les Lacs Pond Improvements as follows:

Design: $736,100 (Westra Consultants, LLC)

• 100% schematic design
• Topographic and bathymetric surveys
• Environmental and drainage analysis services
• Construction document development
• Bidding and construction phase assistance
• Construction materials testing services

Construction: $2,546,010 (TBD)

• Replacement of pond liner with standard polyethylene membrane or HDPE (Base Bid)
• ADA Improvements (Base Bid)
• Lake edge that is a combination of natural (lawn), concrete and stone (Base Bid)
• Formal landscape beds (Base Bid)
• Retaining walls (Base Bid)
• Clay liner option in lieu of standard polyethylene membrane or HDPE (Alternate Bid)
• Fountains with lights and tree up-lights. (Alternate Bid)
• Waterfall lighting (Alternate Bid)
• Formal rain gardens and sidewalk crossings (Alternate Bid)
• Screening wall along Beltway (Alternate Bid)

Project Timeline

This project is currently in the design phase with Westra Consultants working in the beginning stages of construction document development. 

• Construction Document Development (Up to 12 weeks)
• Bidding Phase Assistance (Up to 8 weeks)
• Construction Phase Assistance and Testing (Up to 42 weeks)
• Construction by General Contractor (Up to 42 weeks)

Background

On May 23, 2017 Council awarded a contract to Westra Consultants in an amount not to exceed $56,730 for initial development of schematic design and stakeholder involvement for the replacement of the Les Lacs Pond liner, pond edge treatments and potential site enhancements. Westra Consultants developed a plan for a base project which recommended the minimum work that would need to be completed to replace the pond liner, address the failing pond edge, address ADA issues and correct erosion and maintenance concerns. Westra Consultants also developed an enhanced project. This option included all site and landscape enhancements that were recommended by the consultant. This option was developed to gather public feedback, and it was never anticipated that all of the recommended elements would be constructed. During the public feedback process, residents were asked to provide information related to pond edge conditions, planting enhancements, interactive amenities, site improvement amenities, environmental amenities and aesthetic improvements. The final recommended project and the associated budget were developed from community input.

At the June 14, 2022 City Council Meeting, Parks and Recreation staff gave the Council an overview of the Les Lacs Pond Improvement Project including background information, feedback gathered in the public input process, estimated construction cost impacts caused by the current economic climate, and staff's recommended approach for moving forward with the project. Following the update, Council approved a Professional Engineering Contract with Westra to to get the project started. The engineering design and project bidding segment of the project were estimated to take approximately one year. Once the bidding process is completed, the actual construction phase is anticipated to take another year to complete.