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EOty1� ,.,�� Request for Action <br /> River <br /> To Item Number <br /> Mayor and City Council 9.4 <br /> Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> Work Session Aril 17, 2017 Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> Item Description Reviewed by <br /> Recreation Facilities Plans and Cost Estimates Michael Hecker, Parks and Recreation Director <br /> Reviewed by <br /> Action Requested <br /> Receive information, discuss, and provide direction. <br /> Background/Discussion <br /> The Elk River City Council initiated a task force to comprehensively review aging and deteriorating parks <br /> and recreation facilities, namely the Ice Arena, Lions Park Center, and Activity (55+) Center and to <br /> recommend possible solutions. <br /> The task force worked with JLG Architects and other consultants to identify facility concerns, <br /> improvement options, community and stakeholder needs, and potential costs. <br /> The result was a recommendation to construct one multipurpose facility to replace existing uses, decrease <br /> operational costs,increase revenue potential, accommodate future growth, and minimize short-term <br /> impacts. The Council elected to add a ballot measure for a citywide referendum,which occurred in <br /> November of 2016. The Council was in unanimous agreement that each of the existing facilities were in <br /> need of substantial improvements and investments regardless of the ballot outcome. The initiative failed <br /> by roughly 800 votes. <br /> The task force's second recommendation was to improve the existing facilities,which coincided with a <br /> 2012 architectural study on the Ice Arena by 292 Design Group. <br /> Staff worked with 292 Design Group,Wold Architects who are working with ISD#728 on their athletic <br /> facility improvements, and JLG Architects to develop alternatives consistent with City Council direction. <br /> Further, at the request of Council Member Wagner and Sherburne County Commissioner Tim Dolan, <br /> who serves on the Elk River YMCA Board of Directors, the Mayor and staff met with YMCA officials to <br /> discuss the potential of moving senior services to the YMCA. <br /> Reconstruction of the Ice Arena and providing for future growth encumbers a portion of the high school <br /> fastpitch softball field,which would need to be relocated. The district intends to move the tennis courts <br /> as a part of their improvements. <br /> POWERED 6T <br /> A IR <br />