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Show School Board Withholds Landscaping Funds at P. Park while playing out there?" worries Freeman. He's also worried about the efects on the district's "good neighbor" policy. A number "of condominiums have been built alongside the gutter and the playing field with the water collection causing a problem at the entrance to one of the development's driveways. School officials had hoped to have the problems solved before the snow hit the area. They have been informed that the sod and trees can still be planted without any serious difficulties but that it should be done relatively soon. If Greek Gardens can't make good on its contract and correct the problems cited by the district, Good-worth Good-worth said they would have to bring in another landsca-per landsca-per as soon as possible. Whatever happens, Freeman Free-man is hoping something is done soon. He's apparently not looking forward to keeping students off the playing field until spring. .. ... i x ... ..... ' - - -- i ! E ' " " - t ' " x. I - - " ' "X" ' I " , . ' ''.:....'."" ":- ' ' '-" . . i:. " ' . .k.,0;:" : . v , ' v. . ' . ; '-': ,..' 'V . ;': j" ' - : ' I "" Feelings of "frustration" have prompted the school board to take action against the landscaper of Parley's Park school. Acting on directions from the Park City school board, school superintendent superin-tendent Richard Goodworth is withholding $26,527 in final payments for the landscaping of the district's new elementary school. The Logan landscaping firm, Greek Gardens, was awarded the $81,640 contract i several months ago with the ; landscaping scheduled for i completion by October 30. As of last week, school board members cited a number of i unfinished problems and poor workmanship causing ! board members to withhold payment of the unpaid balance of the original contract until the problems are corrected. Board member Ralph Hale i termed the situation at the school "bad news" and urged the board to look into legal action if contacts with the landscaper fail to achieve positive results. Goodworth told the Record he would be meting with Greek Gardens representatives one more time to resolve the situation. He said he'd met with them several times but apparently i to no avail. The district has already paid $55,113 on the contract. Goodworth said the district would jprefer to work it out with the landscaper first but if that doesn't work they will seek legal action to recover funds paid for unsatisfactory work in addition addit-ion to non-payment of the remaining balance. The major problem appears to be the uneven sod layed in the school's playing field. School principal Rob Freeman Free-man said the sod should have been layed flush on level ground but the sod "Squares" have as much as several inches between them with sudden "drops" in field areas where the ground should have been leveled. Freeman told the Record large areas of the newly sodded field are relatively unuseable by students calling call-ing it "unsafe". "There are edges on the sod where a child can be running along the field and his foot will drop off on the side. He could twist an ankle, or crack an ankle or possibly even break it," said Freeman. The problem with completing complet-ing the landscaping appears to have been one of "follow-through", according to Freeman. "I think there has been a turnover with the company in their foreman. One man that I knew worked for a couple of weeks and then he left. I really don't think there was any follow-through. follow-through. No one seemed to be in charge," observed Freeman. Goodworth said the district contract called for the sod to be layed the same day it was delivered. "In some instances, instan-ces, the sod was at the school three or four weeks before it was layed," noted Good-worth. Good-worth. In addition, portions of the sprinkler system have yet to be installed and Goodworth said the system has yet to be tested to see if it works. The district is questioning workmanship in most of the areas at issue. Some of the trees were planted crooked and, as of last week, had yet to be staked. And there's a serious drainage problem developing along the fence line of the main playing field. An uninvited stream has developed sending water alongside the established drain instead of within it. The water is causing soil and sod erosion in its path which Freeman blames on poor leveling of the field. "Can you imagine what would happen if some of my students discvoered this A possible twisted ankle, an unwanted creek and a crooked tree - all problems at Parley's Park school. I, 71 |