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Memo to the Mayor and City Council <br />Park and Recreation Update <br />January 2 I, 2003 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />Staff has identified the following costs associated with the development of a skate park: <br /> <br />Peat Removal: <br /> <br />Fill Material hauling: <br /> <br />Fill Material purchase: <br />Concrete Paving: <br />Hockey Boards: <br />Skate Park Equipment: <br />Contingency: <br />Total <br /> <br />Total Minus City Labor: <br /> <br />$18,000 (use of private contractor with <br />backhoe & dozer) <br />$24,000 (City contribution, labor & <br />equipment, possible material source Tyler <br />Street excess) <br />$ 8,000 <br />$31,500 (City contributes $8,000 in labor) <br />$ 8,000 <br />$35,000 <br />$12,000 <br />$128,500 not including the purchase of fill <br /> material <br />$96,500 <br /> <br />Of the $128,500 identified as costs, $32,000 would be in-kind costs contributed by the City <br />from the Public Works Department for labor in relocating fill material. The Council may <br />note that staff has estimated approximately $35,000 in equipment for the skate park which <br />would be the responsibility of the skate boarders to acquire. <br /> <br />The Commission did not identify an amount that the City should contribute from the Park <br />Dedication Fund for this activity. This will occur at their February 12 meeting where they <br />will finalize the 2003 CIP activities and will then be forwarded to the Council as part of the <br />February update. <br /> <br />Michele Bergh has facilitated one meeting with local skate boarders that occurred on January <br />2, 2003. Not only youth attended, but also parents, including Park and Recreation <br />Commission Chair Peterson and former Mayor Jim Tralle. The next meeting of the skate <br />boarders will occur on January 16th and a verbal update regarding the results of that meeting <br />will be provided to the City Council on January 21sL <br /> <br />Staff requests that the City Council approve the Master Plan for Lions Park and allow staff to continue to <br />work with the Lions and the local skating community on the development of a skate park for Lions Park. <br /> <br />Staff also requests authorization to begin movingfill material from the Twin Lakes Road stockpile to Lions <br />Park in anticipation of the skate park development. <br /> <br /> <br />