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Laurelwood Golf Course <br />Irrigation System Evaluation and Contractor Priorities <br />(Summary of January 14, 2009 meeting with Laurelwood contractors) <br />The current contractors that are managing the course have identified one of their main <br />priorities that they see necessary to improve the course's quality and playability. Their <br />priority is to upgrade the old Buckner fairway sprinklers with new golf course grade <br />sprinklers. Currently the remaining Buckner heads are problematic, need constant <br />attention to keep them adjusted and for the most part do not perform the way they were <br />intended, due to their age and wear of internal head components. <br />The greens, tees and fairways are irrigated with approximately 430 sprinklers. Last <br />season, recreation purchased 135 new golf grade sprinklers with swing assemblies. The <br />contractor used these new sprinklers to replace the old Buckner heads around the greens <br />and tees. The tees and greens are now receiving adequate coverage with minimized <br />water waste. The next step is to target the fairways. <br />The contractors are asking the City to help facilitate this next renovation phase. With <br />rough estimates, this phase of renovation could cost the City over $30,000 in materials <br />alone. This cost does not take in account the installation of the new sprinklers. Labor <br />estimate for installing approximately 300 new sprinklers would run between $14k and <br />$19k. (Based on Park Specialist range of $40/hour) <br />Last fall, the City's irrigation specialist and Laurelwood contractors developed a punch <br />list of items that needed to be addressed. These identified problems fell within the scope <br />of the City's responsibilities as per contract. 35 problems were identified with this initial <br />punch list, while just recently, 4 more items have been added. To date, 34 out of the <br />original 35 issues have been resolved. Five items remain un- addressed the fifth being a <br />little grey in natural due to contract language. <br />1. Trouble shooting wet area on fairway 5 next to control valves. This area is most <br />likely wet do to a drainage issue, as opposed to a leaking valve or mainline. <br />(resolved by this next irrigation season) <br />2. Replace 4 mainline isolation valves. These valves are stuck open —the system is <br />functional, but with these valves not able to isolate, most of the system would <br />have to be shut down to deal with a mainline break. Each replaced valve is <br />estimated to cost approximately $1000 dollars in materials. (we plan to prioritize <br />these replacements; are hopes to get two valves replaced this season) <br />3. Missing quick couplers on greens #1, 3 and 8. These couplers are either buried <br />and can't be located by the contractor, or have been removed by the previous <br />contractor for some reason or another. (crew plans to take locating equipment <br />to locate couplers; if not located or deemed removed, crew plans to add) <br />4. Trouble -shoot pressure loss around green #5. This could be caused by a mainline <br />leak, faulty valve or obstructed sprinkler head. (crew will identify cause of <br />