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~ity of <br /> <br />Item #3.4. <br /> <br />'ver <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City .~f~strator <br />July 13, 1998 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Park and Recreation Bond Referendum <br />Update and Consider Hiring an Aquatic <br />Center Consultant <br /> <br />The City Council received an update on the Park and Recreation Bond <br />Referendum proposal at its June 29, 1998, meeting. This discussion resulted <br />in the recent front page article in the Star News which indicated that the <br />"Council OKs $2.8 park vote, with pool". This headline is not correct, <br />although the article is fairly accurate. As I understood the discussion on <br />6/29, the Council acknowledged the goal of including a pool in the referendum <br />and the desire for the pool to be of a quality which matches the expectations <br />of the citizens. The estimate for the pool discussed on 6/29 was in the $1.8 <br />million range and the direction from the Council was to pin-point the pool <br />cost estimates. <br /> <br />In order to pin-point the cost estimates for a pool, the Commission felt that it <br />was appropriate to hire an aquatic center consultant to do some pre- <br />referendum work for the city. This pre-referendum work includes site <br />analysis, design concept, and cost analysis for the facility. To this end, the <br />Commission Pool Committee interviewed three aquatic firms over the past <br />two weeks. The firm selected by the Committee and endorsed by the Park <br />and Recreation Commission on July 8, 1998, is the Burbach Aquatics firm <br />out of Platteville, WI. The cost estimates from the three firms were <br />somewhat difficult to compare as we are not requesting the true full pre- <br />referendum services such as fund raising or public opinion polls, etc., but are <br />concentrating on the three components noted above. All three of the qUotes <br />for pre-referendum work were comparable. It is believed that we can obtain <br />the necessary services for under $8,000 and that the actual amount will be <br />negotiable based on the services requested. One of the unknowns at this time <br />(assuming that the project moves forward through referendum stage) is the <br />type, quality, and number of renderings of the aquatic center that will be <br />desired and needed. <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />