Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 09/12/2013

Home

Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Olsen, Commissioners Mobry, Barr, Bennett, Chubb, Fyten, and Mobry. No: None. Absent: Commissioner Minke. 5. COMMISSION BUSINESS 5.01: Recommend Approval for Elmcrest Park's Community Building Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood reviewed for the past five months, the City Council, the Commission, Anoka Ramsey Athletic Association, Northern Lights Traveling Soccer, Staff and the Community have been planning for the park building at Elmcrest Park. The purpose of this case is to recommend to City Council a not -to- exceed amount from the Park Trust Fund to authorize construction of the park building. Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood provided an elevation rendering, August cost estimate and update from Studio 55 Architects and Preliminary Plan Sheets (five). He distributed additional information at the meeting. Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood noted if this project is approved at the City Council's September 24 meeting, the intention would be to have the footings and concrete done yet this fall, such that walls and roofing could immediately follow — with construction continuing throughout the winter. Ideally, the building would be functionally complete for the 2014 spring athletic season. The funding would be from the Park Trust Fund, which had a 2013 beginning -year balance of approximately $2.6 Million dollars. The project costs at this time appears to be: Construction cost + construction manager + architectural fees $636,650 Septic 20,000 Watermain, repaving and curb and gutter 20,000 Engineering and surveying (if not performed in- house) 8,000 Staff recommends proceeding with the building construction by recommending Commission and City Council approvals at a not -to- exceed cost of $685,000. Mr. Bruce Bissonnette, Studio 55 Architects, was present at the meeting. Commissioner Barr thanked Mr. Bissonnette for listening to the Commission's suggestions when completing the plan. Motion by Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Barr, to recommend to the City Council approval of a not -to- exceed amount of $685,000 from the Park Trust Fund for Elmcrest Park's Community Building. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Olsen, Commissioners Bennett, Barr, Chub, Fyten, and Mobry. No: None. Absent: Commissioner Minke. Park and Recreation Commission / September 9, 2013 Page 2 of 3