Fort Lupton town hall agenda

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Work on the two trails around Community Center Park could begin as soon as April 10.

Recreation Center Manager

Doug Cook said Gerardo Concrete Co. of Fort Lupton submitted the lowest bid ($223,000) for work on those trails

“We’re looking at a potential start date of April 10 on the north loop and May 1 on the south loop after soccer wraps up,” Cook told the Fort Lupton City Council on Feb. 14 during its town hall meeting.

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Designs for the new splash pad could be in by the end of the month. DHM Design is the contractor. The plan is to break ground later this summer.

“Our GOCO grant is at the advisory level,” Cook told councilors. “A final decision is due March 10.”

Cook also recommended replacing the spa heater inside the recreation center. The cost is $20,000 plus installation, and the lead time between placing the order and installation is about three to four months.

“The sprinkler went off in the heating room,” Cook said. “We retrofitted it. It’s the original heater from 2003, and the part we need phased out at that time.”

“I don’t think it makes sense to keep repairing it,” said Mayor Zo Hubbard.

“Twenty years for the heater is pretty good,” Cook said.

Rec center expansion

Parks and Recreation Director

Monty Schuman recommended Adolphson and Peterson Construction as the general contractor/general manager for the recreation center expansion project.

The suggested winning contractor won a tie-breaking vote among members of a citizens’ committee. Its bid was $671,000. The second-lowest bid was from Pinkard Construction at $1 million. There was another bid from a firm in Fort Collins. But Schuman said the business “didn’t have a lot of pool or recreation center experience with the lead people they were using.”

Earlier this month, the council agreed to issue bonds for the expansion of the city’s recreation center. Voters approved a $10 million debt increase to fund the project. With interest payments and an annual payment rate of $608,000 per year over 30 years, the total repayment cost comes in at $18.2 million.

The bonds could be sold as early as March 22.