HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/07/2000 CDC
MINUTES
THE COLONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
WORK SESSION
CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM
MARCH 7, 2000
Present: Susan King - President
Vicki Briggs - Treasurer
Sue Walden - Member
John Sanders - Member
Bunker Hill - Member
Absent: Richard Boyer - Member
Staff: Pam Nelson, Kathy Neal
Guests: Elise Knox - Aquatic Park Manager
Sam Fitzgerald - Lake Parks Manager
1. DISCUSSION OF AQUATIC FACILITY ALTERNATIVES.
The work session was called to order by President King at 5:15 p.m.
Ms. Nelson informed the board that the purpose of this meeting was to get more information about
aquatics from Elise. She wants Elise to discuss the Hunsaker Audit, which Dwayne Brinkley referred to
several times at the last meeting. Elise found the figures on the audit to be very inflated. The board was
presented with a $1.5 million facility at the previous meeting but was not given enough information
regarding that proposal. She wants the board to be better informed for the public hearing.
Elise informed the board that there is approximately 60,000 people who use the pool per year and half of
those people use the pool during the summer. The general public wants entertainment features. The
competitive people, or swim team people want training area a competitive venue that can bring in
outside teams and money. Then there is the obligation to public safety, because we live on the lake,
people want their kids to know how to swim. This gives you 3 different types of water - play water
which runs very shallow, training water for swim classes that runs 3 %2 - 4 % ft., and competitive water
that runs 5 %z - 6 ft. She has heard there will be a lot of swim team people at the public hearing and they
will have someone there from the school district to say the district wants to contribute money, but she has
not heard what that amount is. If the school district is willing to contribute money, it may effect what you
want to purchase. She believes that to build a facility the district would be interested in using would be
about $4 - $5 million. President King stated she was at a workshop where the school district said they
would contribute $500,000. Elise said that would not be enough. She said you put all the money possible
into the water and leave plans for design and other items as you grow. If we combine our money with the
school district money, we may have a more multi-purpose facility. She has been telling people the city
can't build a facility on their own. The newspaper article has not helped.
Elise said the board has been presented with a stand-alone facility at the previous meeting and she
strongly urges against doing a stand-alone facility. Member Hill stated everyone has said they want
aquatics by the Rec. Center. There are advantages to having an attached facility to a new community
center - you can share the parking lot, janitorial services, supervisory services and there is a better safety
ratio. President King said both the Park Board and 4B Board want the facility connected.
The board was given a copy of the Hunsaker Audit done on the Aquatic Park. Elise said she has put out a
request to get bids to have renovations done on the outdoor lagoon. She said the Hunsaker Audit was
very thorough; they looked at every crack and crevice and they also went through our state codes, which
are brand new and did a relationship between what we have. Elise is currently getting a bid to have the
outdoor lagoon pool interior stripped down, harnmered out, hand ground and prepared for a fiberglass
finish raising 3 of the skimmers. The pool has shifted over the years and as the shift happened, it tore
away the tile around the upper edge. The movement happened within the first few months after the pool
was built. Because the pool has shifted, it has squished the niches that hold the underwater lights, so
some of those will have to be replaced. She has gotten estimates, not bids, of $40,000 from people she
has dealt with and trusts.
Elise said a lot of the items in the Hunsaker Audit she believes came from his personal preferences and
are items that we do not need. Many of the items on the audit are things that we already plan on buying
and are getting them at a lower cost. There are many items on the audit that we do not need. The items
Elise has identified on the audit that she needs costs $60,600, the city has budgeted $40,000. She is not
asking for anything now, everything is coming out of her operational budget.
Member Briggs said she is concerned about putting everything on HWY 121. I t would be beneficial to
have a major attraction in the middle of town for the residents. If we can do some of the suggestions now,
it would enhance the current facility.
Ms. Nelson informed the board there is $250,000 on the CIP to put water features in at the aquatic park.
Elise said she would like to have renovations to the outdoor lagoon completed by Spring.
President King confirmed that the consensus of the board is that everyone would like to help the existing
pool facility in some way as opposed to spending any money on the community complex for water
features at this time. She also confirmed the consensus of the board that the money we're going out for in
bonding will be kept separate and we will see what amount of money we have on hand now to help Elise
and keep the 1.5 for later.
President King urged Elise to work with the Park Board because they will be making a formal
presentation to 4B as to what they want to see in the first, second and third phases. She felt all the board
members were comfortable with everything Elise discussed tonight.
Elise said the school district wants a gutter system installed in the existing facility. She asked the board if
they would be open to the school district contributing money for renovations to the existing facility. Ms.
Nelson said the money would be better spent in a new facility. She said we want the school district to do
planning that would allow them to provide more funding than $500,000. They need to be involved in the
planning and design if they want to participate financially; they will have to contribute a bigger portion.
President King adjourned the meeting at 6:15 p.m.
Kathy Neal, ecording Secretary Susan King, President