Cedarcrest irrigation emergency repair contract worth about $1.2 million was to be considered March 9

What the records say

The March 9, 2026 City Council agenda included a proposed contract with Verde Sports Construction LLC for emergency repairs to the irrigation system on holes 8 and 9 at Cedarcrest Golf Course. The contract amount was $1,089,000, with a $108,900 management reserve, for a total allocation of $1,197,900 ¹. The item was paired with a mayoral emergency declaration waiving competitive bidding, which states that irrigation work performed during fall and winter 2025-26 left the system for holes 8 and 9 inoperable, that the city terminated the contractor who performed that work on February 6, 2026, and that competitive bidding for a permanent replacement could take weeks or months ¹. The agenda summary said work would start on or about March 18 and be completed within 90 days to have an operational system before summer and tournament play ¹. The contract document shows the contractor's bid was dated March 4, 2026 ¹.

• The March 9 agenda listed a contract with Verde Sports Construction LLC for $1,089,000, plus a $108,900 management reserve, for a total allocation of $1,197,900 ¹.
• The item was placed under the Consent section of the agenda, alongside a separate mayoral emergency declaration waiving competitive bidding for the Cedarcrest irrigation repairs ¹.
• The emergency declaration states the prior contractor's work left irrigation for holes 8 and 9 inoperable and that the city terminated that contract on February 6, 2026 ¹.
• The agenda summary said work would start on or about March 18 and be completed within 90 days, ahead of summer and tournament play ¹.
• The contract document shows the contractor's bid was dated March 4, 2026, and the contract requires completion no later than 90 working days after Notice to Proceed ¹.

Why it matters

The emergency label and the no-bid waiver mean residents are funding a roughly $1.2 million repair without a competitive process, on a city-owned golf course that the declaration says cannot stay open for play without it. The packet contains the agenda and contract but no minutes, so whether the council approved the contract is not established by these records ¹.

What changed / what's next

• The proposed change was a roughly $1.2 million emergency repair contract for the Cedarcrest Golf Course irrigation system, with Verde Sports Construction LLC as the contractor and competitive bidding waived by mayoral emergency declaration ¹.
• The packet contains the agenda and contract but no minutes, so whether the council approved, amended, or rejected the contract is not shown ¹.
• The contract's Exhibit A scope of work pages are blank in the record, so the detailed repair specifications are not available ¹.
• The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.