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City of <br />Elk. <br />River <br />Request for Action <br />To <br />Item Number <br />Parks and Recreation Commission <br />6.3 <br />Agenda Section <br />Meeting Date <br />Prepared by <br />Discussion Items <br />September 11, 2013 <br />Michael Hecker, Parks and Recreation Director <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />Football /Lacrosse Field Use <br />Reviewed by <br />Action Requested <br />No action is being requested at this time. <br />Background /Discussion <br />Youth Football Association member Todd Raymakers, and Youth Lacrosse Association member Jeff <br />Hendricks, both of Elk River presented at the June and August Commission meetings their organizations <br />desire to donate financiallyto build a 100 yard football field. They both stressed the need in Elk River <br />for an additional field. The Associations are offering to pay the City $33,000 as an initial contribution <br />towards the city costs to construct a second football field at YAC. Then they agree to make additional <br />contributions in the amount of $40,000 to be paid in four annual payments. The total donation amount <br />offered to the City is $73,000. <br />At the August 14 Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, staff were directed to research the <br />feasibility of re- purposing one of the soccer fields at Oak Knoll to be used for football and lacrosse. The <br />estimated costs to add an additional football field at YAC initially seem cost prohibitive. <br />It was determined that the Oak Knoll field to the West would be the better candidate due to its <br />dimensions. Following are a list of estimated costs that would be associated with the project: <br />Lights <br />$100,000 <br />Scoreboard <br />20,000 (scoreboard and electric) <br />Goal Posts <br />10,000 <br />Fencing /Netting <br />10,000 <br />Irrigation Upgrade <br />5,000 <br />Total: <br />$145,000 <br />Staff discussed the proposal with the Three Rivers Soccer Association (TRSA) who have used the Oak <br />Knoll facility in the past. Overall TRSA is in support of the project. Following is an overview of how <br />the fields at Oak Knoll and YAC could be allocated: <br />• East Oak Knoll field still be available to soccer in the spring /summer as it has in the past <br />• West Oak Knoll field be used by lacrosse in the spring/ summer and football in the fall <br />• YAC field be used by soccer in the spring/ summer and football in the fall <br />P 0 W I R E 0 8Y <br />ATURd <br />