Rock Creek Golf Course moves forward with irrigation project, City hires new IT firm

The new Rock Creek Golf Course irrigation project has been discussed at several meetings in the last month, most recently at last week’s City Council meeting. The initial bid has already been approved, but Golf Course Manager David McBride submitted a change orders, which both added and deducted alternate features. The net increase in cost was $22,250 for a total project cost of $790,788, which is still well under budget. 

The first alternate was for 2″ High-density polyethylene pipe (HDPE) to replace all existing 2″ and smaller piping. At City Council, McBride said that the “golf course is good, but it will be better after this project.” He reported that the existing “2” pipe is damaged—there are leaks everywhere, where the electrical work split [during the last big storm]. This is the best piping we can use to prevent more electrical issues. Storms will no longer short-circuit the system.” He said that with this setup, the “sprinkler head itself takes the hit instead of ruining the whole system.”