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City Council Minutes Page 5 <br /> July 2,2018 <br /> ----------------------------- <br /> 10.2 Athletic Complex and Recreation Project Financing <br /> 10.3 Direct Staff to Prepare Local Option Sales Tax Referendum <br /> Resolution <br /> Mayor Dietz stated tonight Council will be discussing what projects will go on the <br /> local sales tax referendum. He requested this item then come back to Council on July <br /> 16 for a formal vote with ballot language determined at the special meeting <br /> scheduled July 23. <br /> Councilmember Wagner noted costs reviewed at a previous Council meeting for <br /> high priority trail connections only included actual trail construction costs and not <br /> right-of-way acquisition costs. She requested this information be spelled our more <br /> clearly for future projects. <br /> Mr. Sevcik noted it would be a challenge to know or determine right-of-way costs. <br /> He noted the trails may not all be completed at once and sometimes can be based on <br /> future available opportunities, such as part of a county project. <br /> Councilmember Ovall noted he requested an apples to apples breakdown of the <br /> options because the Ballard*King analysis was incorrect. <br /> Mr. Portner stated an apples to apples comparison can't be done because no other <br /> community has a field house that compares to the current one in the architectural <br /> plans. He stated the one most similar is with the City of Andover. He discussed the <br /> many differences and noted Elk River's project is a 30,000 square foot building while <br /> Andover's is 20,000 square foot. He stated Andover's revenue in 2017 was $231,436, <br /> which is consistent with what Ballard*King projected for Elk River. He discussed the <br /> many differences between Elk River and the City of Plymouth. He stated Plymouth's <br /> revenue was $413,400. <br /> Councilmember Ovall stated he was talking about the economies of scale and <br /> efficiencies you would have if the building was a community center. He questioned if <br /> this option was off the table. He stated Council had talked about the community <br /> center option and, for him,what wasn't presented in that proposal was an apples to <br /> apples comparison of the efficiencies you would gain by having all the staffing and <br /> programming done under one roof because there wouldn't be the expense of <br /> running separate facilities. <br /> Mr. Portner stated the single facility in the Ballard*King analysis did include the <br /> percentage of revenue over expense. <br /> Mayor Dietz stated the analysis projected a negative number. <br /> Councilmember Ovall stated it wasn't an apples to apples comparison because we <br /> did not have the expenses for the senior center. <br /> UREJ <br />