City Council Study Session Summary 2015 04 14

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City Council Study Session Summary April 14, 2015 Page 3 of 6 Director Stevens said the estimate of users per day is high. Difficulty is an outdoor season has higher usage for a 90 day period. It is a great opportunity to expand the facility and upgrade the existing facility. Construction costs are around $10 million for an outside pool. Double or 3x for indoor. Revenue generator for outdoor pool is food and beverage. If you build a central campus, it can be a destination. Mayor Muckle said there are other large scale projects citizens may be interested in over the next decade. Council member Stolzmann said the City needs to redefine the scope and define funding mechanisms. Council member Leh said the City has done a Parks and Recreation comprehensive master plan. That is a good start. Finance Director Watson said 2003 sales tax bonds are paid off. We have excess capacity. We could add sales tax bonds and it won't increase taxes. Also, could supplement a property tax bond with a sales tax bond. Council member Keany said people are requesting a pool but not sure it would be supported by a vote. Mayor Muckle said we need a survey. Council member Loo would like to see more work done on what we are asking people to pay for. There is not a lot of information in the non - aquatic community on what we are asking for. We need to ask public: if we do this, we can't do this or force a ranking of priorities. Success rate of capital projects tax is to define projects then spend the money on those projects. How much capacity is in sales tax bond? Finance Director Watson responded that a $10 million sales tax bond would cost approximately $750,000 annually. Discussion — Recreation and Senior Center Expansion and Aquatic Center Options Parks and Recreation Director Stevens led off a discussion about expanding the Recreation Center and Senior Center and a discussion about an Aquatics Center. Stevens distributed handouts about indoor vs. outdoor swimming pools. He states possible scenarios listed in the packet are just preliminary ideas. Facilities will bring in spectators as well as swimmers so there are a lot of things to consider. An outdoor pool is more efficient from an operating perspective than an indoor pool. Typically, 75% of revenue is generated from recreational swimmers. Council member Lipton said there is a lot of interest in expansion of the Rec Center and Senior Center. What we have is not serving us well. He believes the Senior Center would be an important item to consider. Seniors are very limited in their facility and we need to consider them.