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ELK RIVER COMMUNITY CENTER CONCEPTUAL SOLUTIONS SITE OPTION 3: ELK RIVER GOLF CLUB The Elk River Golf Club/Woodland Trails site was considered because of its location within the city, and for the fact the additional land at the golf course could be purchased for a reasonable price (much less than other potential site refinement costs such as relocating ball fields or soils corrections). This land is also adjacent to the already city owned Woodland Trails park. At first glance this site seems to have many opportunities: it's location is fairly close to the existing schools and arena, additional park functions such as an interpretive center could be a part of the project,and the golf course could be run by the city with management taking place on the same site as a new community center. Additional support for this site as a new home for a community center include the fact that the new banquet space would be located to the already existing banquet space at the country club facility. Locating the project here could also lead to some synergies between the two sites in terms of parking, storage, and maintenance. Although there are numerous positives to locating a new project on this site, there are also some important arguments against this site. The first challenge for locating a project on this site is the lack of city services and infrastructure. Currently city services do not reach this far out from the existing municipal facilities. Furthermore, the services that head from the city toward this site are not sized appropriately to accommodate a new facility of this size, thus all new service lines would need to be run from this site back to the main distribution locations. This would be a very costly and disruptive undertaking for the city. The second challenging aspect to this site is that it is not conducive to the potential size of the new project. Although the site boasts a large amount of land, locating a new community center with all potential phases on it would mean that some space would need to be sacrificed either in the park or the golf course, or potentially both. The golf course would ultimately give up their existing driving range and likely 2-3 holes, meaning the course would likely have to operate as a 9-hole course. The steering committee was in agreement that if the Golf Club course would be reduced to only 9 holes, it would be a great detriment to the city and this already highly successful 18-hole course. It is for these two primary challenges at this site that it would not be considered a viable site option for the project. 36 SITE ANALYSIS