Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Park Board has approved a Hillcrest Municipal Golf Course improvement plan.
The project is expected to cost about $550,000.
Improvements planned include:
Filling the fairway bunker and regrade the fairway on hole No. 10;
Constructing bunkers and reconstruct the tees on hole No. 13;
Reconstructing the tees on holes No. 16, 17 and 18;
Reconstructing and leveling the tees on holes No. 1, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 15;
Leveling the green and fairway and reconstruct the green surround and bunker for hole No. 17;
Regrading the fairway and tees on Hole No. 11, including work to improve the cart path and culverts.
The commission approved an addendum in the contract with the golf course designer Herfort Norby Golf Course Architects, LLC, of Chaska, Minnesota.
Norby receiving $6,400 more for designing the improvements:
The addendum includes an estimate of $90,000 to $110,000.
An estimate from Norby will be obtain for adding a second well to the golf course to improve the irrigation system.
Project funding will be discussed at the regular City Park Board meeting Monday, May 12, 2014.
