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Spectrum -Elk River Athletic Field & Dome <br />A Collaborative School-City Partnership <br />INITIAL PHASE: <br />Soccer -Athletic Field <br />Spectrum High School is interested to lease land from the City of Elk River (Economic <br />Development Commission) for the purpose of an additional athletic field. The field will be used <br />for physical education classes and athletic practices and/or competition. <br />Spectrum High School has been .approved by the Department of Education to add grades 6-8 this <br />fall and anticipates an enrollment of 400 students this fall (2011}. The additional field space will <br />enhance the overall education, recreation, and athletic experience of our students. <br />Completing this lease agreement with Spectrum will generate revenue to the city from property <br />that is not currently in use. It will also afford Elk River another option for an athletic field to use <br />when it is not scheduled by Spectrum. Parking will be available in the lot located on the school <br />property. Afoot path will extend to the athletic field from the school on city owned property <br />(see diagram). <br />The three acre field is very flat and will require very little grading. Any necessary <br />improvements, construction, and maintenance of the athletic field will be paid for by Spectrum <br />High School. <br />FINAL PHASE: <br />The hope of Spectrum High School is to enter into a collaborative partnership with the City of <br />Elk River to eventually install our inflatable dome on the site of the athletic field. This would <br />include an access road extending from our school property to a parking lot that would be <br />constructed adjacent to the dome. <br />Dome Information & Background <br />The dome is 350' long x 124' wide x 40' high. It was formerly-owned by LifeTime Fitness in St. <br />Louis Park as a tennis dome (7 courts). The dome includes 70 suspended light assemblies, exit <br />doors, two furnace inflation systems, and a revolving door. The dome was ten years old at the <br />time of the donation to Spectrum with a total life expectancy of 22-25 years. <br />The dome was donated to Spectrum High School nearly three years ago. At the time; the dome <br />was valued at $450,000. The intended purpose of the donation was for the dome to be used for <br />school purposes to enhance fitness, physical education, and athletics. <br />7/13/2011 <br />