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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />Recreation Board Minutes <br />August 2. 1988 <br /> <br />The total cost for the project is the same as previously discussed. This <br />cost includes approximately $39.500.00 for the lights or five payments of <br />$9.650.00 per year. The poles would cost $12.000.00 and the installation <br />of the system would cost approximately $10.000.00. Since the last <br />meeting on July 19. 1988. the Staff and Dave Anderson have met to discuss <br />possible financing options for having lights installed before the 1989 <br />softball season. The most realistic financial option was for the City to <br />take the lead in this improvement project. The City would stop receiving <br />field maintenance money from the Softball organization (approximately <br />$5.100.00 per year) and absorb this cost. The City would then receive <br />$10.500.00 per year from the Softball organization until such a time as <br />the lights were totally paid off. At that time. the Softball <br />organization would again start paying the City for maintenance of the <br />Softball Complex. Additionally. the Softball organization would pay the <br />City $125.00 per team for any team above 45 in number that participated <br />in organized softball activities. This money would be used for field <br />maintenance. The Softball organization would also be looking for <br />assistance in having the installing cost for the lights reduced (maybe <br />UPA) and assistance in the purchase of the light poles from the Legion <br />organization. <br /> <br />City Administrator indicated that lighting in general had been endorsed <br />by the Recreation Board and that there was no great urgency for the <br />Recreation Board to endorse this specific proposal at this time. <br />Additional City issues with this proposed project include the amount of <br />money that had been put into the Softball Complex. plus the fact that <br />this project will be committing future recreation funds towards softball <br />that may be needed in other areas. Additionally. the Administrator <br />brought up the issue of the cost of the project versus the benefit in <br />terms of the amount of additional teams that could play in the organized <br />leagues. The City Administrator indicated that the City Council supports <br />softball. understands the need for additional fields and/or lights to <br />accommodate more league teams. but question whether or not this should be <br />undertaken and be installed prior to the 1989 season. The City <br />Administrator also indicated that extension of municipal sewer and water <br />into this area was possible in the future and that the City may consider <br />relocating the Softball Complex within five years. <br /> <br />The City Administrator stressed the need to look at this improvement in <br />relationship to the overall long term plans of the Recreation Board for <br />City-wide recreational opportunities. It was the consensus of the <br />Recreation Board that Staff and Dave Anderson should again meet in an <br />effort to reach a consensus on this issue and that the topic of Softball <br />Complex lighting should be placed on the 9/6/88 Recreation Board agenda. <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />Lion's Park and Winter Skating Update <br /> <br />Street/Park Superintendent. Phil Ha1s. updated the Recreation Board on <br />the Lion's Park winter skating plans. It is anticipated that both open <br />skating and hockey skating will be taking place in Lion's Park this <br />upcoming winter. The long term plan is for the hockey boards to remain <br />in place permanently. The cost of the boards is in the $3.000.00 to <br />$4.000.00 range. Mr. Ha1s indicated that the Lion's Club has offered to <br />donate labor for installation of the hockey boards. Since the cost for <br />