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<br />rC I ----\) <br />( )j <br />Ell< <br /> <br />Item #4.10. <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor & City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City Admin~ <br />June 29, 1998 ~' <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Bond Referendum Update <br /> <br />A bond referendum committee from the Park and Recreation Commission <br />met with two consultants that specialize in outdoor pools and family aquatic <br />centers. A third consultant is scheduled to be interviewed next week. If a <br />bond proposal moves forward and includes an outdoor pool of some type, then <br />a consultant will need to be hired, in a limited capacity, to help in compiling <br />pool information and sketches for the bond referendum. <br /> <br />Three members of the City Council were present at the June 3 special Park <br />and Recreation Commission meeting where the community survey results <br />were discussed with Decision Resources (see attached draft minutes). The <br />news from Decision Resources was not as positive as everyone had hoped for, <br />but did provide some positive information for a possible successful bond <br />referendum. It was a clear conclusion that if a proposal moves forward it <br />must include a pool, but concerns were expressed over the total cost of a <br />project that is submitted to the voters. <br /> <br />Last year a proposal for about $2.2 million for outdoor recreation facilities <br />was presented to the public and was defeated. At the June 10, 1998, Park <br />and Recreation Commission meeting this $2.2 million proposal was generally <br />reduced by $1 million. The Commission felt that it would be difficult to <br />reduce the outdoor recreation components of the proposal to less than $1.2 <br />million and really receive anything of substance for either the trail system or <br />the neighborhood park system and for all of the work involved in a <br />referendum. <br /> <br />In looking at the Decision Resources comments on the public "feeling" for a <br />bond proposal, it was thought that we should keep the total amount in the <br />$2.25 million range. Additionally it was generally thought that about half <br />this amount would go toward outdoor recreation and the other half would go <br />toward an outdoor pool. The big concern with this approach was whether or <br />not we could produce the outdoor pool people envisioned for $1.1 million. <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway. P.O. Box 490. Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420. Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />