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ELK RIVER COMMUNITY CENTER CONCEPTUAL SOLUTIONS SITE OPTION 5. .. ORONO PARK - DAVE ANDERSON ATHLETIC COMPLEX (cont. The Orono Park site, although having a wealth of support for being the preferred site of a potential new facility, does have one primary drawback. This drawback however can be viewed as an additional opportunity for the city and community of Elk River. Currently the Orono Park is home to the Dave Anderson Softball Field complex, which is an array of 4 softball fields complete with lighting, bleacher seating, support buildings and a gravel parking lot. If the Orono Park site were selected to be the future home of a new Community Center facility this complex would need to be relocated. Preliminary budget estimates determined a cost of approximately$1.2 million*to recreate the existing fields at a new site. The proposed location for the Dave Anderson complex to move would be the current Youth Athletic Complex (YAC) located in the southeast portion of the city. Relocating the complex would provide a new opportunity for the community to have access to newer, larger, better constructed fields, dugouts, and support buildings. The YAC site also provides opportunity to create an additional fifth field to better serve the community and accommodate larger tournament and competitive events. Additional upgrades to the softball fields at the YAC site could include a paved access road, a paved parking lot and support buildings as required. Relocating the existing Dave Anderson softball fields to the YAC site not only provides immediate opportunity for improved community field space, but would be another piece in the overall development of the YAC site in becoming one of the premiere outdoor athletic complexes in the region. Proposed cost figure is based on the cost to reconstruct ballfields only of similar size and scope,on a new green field site that is fairly level and ready to develop for this purpose. The proposed cost does not include any land acquisition or asset transfer costs,or the costs for addiional site upgrades. These costs could be determined in the future when additional project scope can be defined. SITE ANALYSIS SUMMARY Through the process of analyzing and studying conceptual layouts at each site option and at-length discussion with the Steering Committee, it is recommended that the best site for a future potential Community Center facility be the Orono Park/Dave Anderson Athletic Complex site. The Oak Knoll site and the Pinewood site would both accommodate a new facility adequately, however both these sites have limited opportunity based on location, site surrounding character, and limited building/site layout opportunity. The Lion's Park site, the Elk River Golf Club site, and the Orono Park site all have strong support as options for housing a future facility, including site access, site surroundings and character, and layout opportunities. The lack of infrastructue and required downsizing of the golf course make the Golf Club site a non-viable option. The biggest issue with the Lion's Park site is the inadequate soils and poor subsurface water conditions,and the associated costs to remediate them. Due to the large up-front cost of soils corrections,and the unpredictability of how soil corrections would perform over time, the risk of investing a large sum of money on a new facility at this site is too great. The Orono Park site is therefore the location with the most opportunity for a long-term successful building project,with great site access and surrounding amenities,and would be a step in developing a strong complex of community buildings and park space in this part of the city. The relocation of the Dave Anderson fields also becomes a new opportunity to provide an additional asset to the community in new and improved ball fields,and further develop the Youth Athletic Complex. C 42 SITE ANALYSIS