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"ity of <br /> <br />iver <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item # 5.1. <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br /> Pat Klaers, City Administrato"~r~ <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />September 14, 1998 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Bond Referendum <br /> <br />The City Council needs to approve the bond referendum question at its <br />September 14, 1998, meeting. The city is required to get the City Council <br />approved question to the County by September 18th in order to get this issue <br />on the November 3, 1998, ballot. The question is being prepared by James <br />O'Meara from Briggs & Morgan on behalf of the city and will be distributed <br />at the September 14th meeting. The question will include an outdoor family <br />aquatic center and park and recreation improvements in the amount of $3.95 <br />million. <br /> <br />In the fall of 1997, a $2 million recreation referendum was defeated. <br />Following this off-year election defeat, the Park & Recreation Commission <br />decided to pursue another referendum in November 1998 when a significant <br />voter turn-out was certain. In February/March, the Commission discussed <br />the need for more information from the citizens on the contents of a <br />referendum question and specifically, if a pool needs to be added to the issue. <br />A brief follow-up community survey was conducted by Decision Resources, <br />Inc. in April 1998. Ever since the results of that survey became known in <br />May, the city has decided to pursue a 1998 referendum that included an <br />outdoor family aquatic center along with park and recreation improvements. <br />The major concern for the city was the cost to the property owners for the <br />proposal and the uncertainty of a successful referendum if the total cost got <br />too high. <br /> <br />In June, the Commission interviewed pool consultants and in July, the City <br />Council hired Burbach Aquatics to complete a feasibility study for an outdoor <br />family aquatic center. This report was presented on September 2, 1998. The <br />only surprise in the report was the total cost of the facility. The city had been <br />working on the assumption that a complete facility which matched the <br />citizens' expectations could be accomplished for under $2 million. The facility <br />in the proposal is estimated to cost $2,835,500, excluding some <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 />