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Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> · Vol. 127, No. 47 - 75¢ · <br /> · 763-441-3500 · <br /> www. erstarnews.com <br /> · November 20, 2002 <br /> <br />City, county will discuss <br />YMCA proposal Nov. 25 <br /> <br />by Joni Astrup Board begins at 6 p.m. at are expected to discuss the <br />Associate editor Elk River City Hall. proposal in more detail <br /> City and county officials Sherburne County Sheriff during the Nov. 25 meeting. <br /> <br />will meet Monday, Nov. 25, <br />to discuss the possibility of <br />building a YMCA in Elk <br />River. <br />The meeting between the <br />Elk River City Council and <br />she Sherburne County <br /> <br />Bruce Anderson had earlier <br />proposed a plan to partner <br />with the city of Elk River to <br />build a ¥, with the county <br />putting jail profits into the <br />deal. <br /> City and county officials <br /> <br />Meanwhile. at a YMCA <br />Committee meeting <br />Thursday, tentative plans <br />for the facility were shown. <br />The estimated project <br /> <br />YMCA cont'd to page 15 <br /> <br /> Gym/ ' <br />fie dhouse <br /> <br /> Fitness <br />(2nd level) <br /> <br />This is the conceptual site plan for the proposed YMCA. <br /> <br />· Wednesday, November 20, 2002/Elk River Star News / 15 <br /> <br />YMCA: <br />Continued from page 1 <br />cost, excluding land, is <br />$13.365,000. <br />"That number could go up <br />or down, according to what <br />is affordable as well as <br />what goes into the build- <br />ing,'' said Chad Lanners of <br />the YMCA. <br /> While still subject to <br /> change, here's how space in <br /> the facility could shake out: <br /> · Fitness: 30,000 square <br /> feet. This could include a <br /> full gyroJfieldhouse, fitness <br /> center, track, aerobics <br /> rooms and kids' gym. <br /> · Aquatics: 16,000 square <br /> feet. This could include an <br /> indoor lap pool, leisure <br /> pool, slide, whirlpool and <br /> sauna as well as an outdoor <br /> youth pool with water fea- <br /> tures. <br /> "We would like to go with <br /> both (indoor and outdoor <br /> aquatic facilities), however <br /> it's still conceptual," <br /> Lanners said. "We think it <br /> would be effective. It would <br /> be the first one of any of the <br /> Minneapolis association <br /> YMCAs to have an outdoor <br /> pool so we're looking at the <br /> pros and cons of it." <br /> · Public space: 8,000 <br /> square feet. This could <br /> include things such as a <br /> <br />Preliminary plans shown <br /> family lounge, community <br /> multi-purpose meeting <br /> room and teen center. <br /> · Locker rooms: 5,500 <br /> <br />square feet. <br />· Building support spaces: <br />4,700 square feet. <br />· Administrative offices: <br />2,200 square feet. <br />Other options not includ- <br />ed in preliminary plans at <br /> this point include <br /> arts/crafts studios, special- <br /> ized classrooms, an audito- <br /> rium and a daycare. <br /> The Y would need an esti- <br /> mated 11.5 acres of land, <br /> according to prelimin, ary <br /> estimates. <br /> The' sheriff's preferred <br /> site for the Y is just west of <br /> the Sherburne County <br /> Government Center, off <br /> Highway 10 in western Elk <br /> River. <br /> Anderson has proposed <br /> using profits from housing <br /> federal prisoners in the <br /> county jail to help build a .Y. <br /> Sherburne County ~s <br /> under contract to house <br /> 162 federal, inmates at $75 <br /> each per day. The county <br /> has been housing about 220 <br /> to 230 federal inmates and <br /> federal officials have <br /> expressed interest in send- <br /> ing even more prisoners to <br /> the jail. <br /> <br /> <br />