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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item - 2020-03-03 - Number 6.2 - Community Recreation and Aquatics Center 503.635.0215 380 A Avenue PO BOX 369 Lake Oswego, OR 97034 www.lakeoswego.city Subject: Community Recreation and Aquatics Center Meeting Date: March 3, 2020 Staff Member: Ivan Anderholm, Director Department: Parks and Recreation Action Required Advisory Board/Commission Recommendation ☐ Motion ☐ Approval ☐ Public Hearing ☐ Denial ☐ Ordinance ☐ None Forwarded ☐ Resolution ☐ Not Applicable ☒ Information Only Comments: ☐ Council Direction ☐ Consent Agenda Recommended Language for Motion: Not applicable. Project / Issue Relates To: ☒Council Goals/Priorities ☐Adopted Master Plan(s) ☐Not Applicable ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL Information from the work of the Recreation Center/Pool Task Force will be presented by staff for Council discussion. BACKGROUND Representatives of the City Council, Lake Oswego School Board, city staff and LOSD staff have been meeting as a task force to evaluate the potential of a partnership between the City and LOSD to build and operate a combined Recreation and Aquatic Center. LOSD has contracted with Opsis Architecture to guide the process, provide technical information and lead public engagement regarding the potential partnership. Opsis was charged with building upon the Superintendents Pool Task Force work that defined the need and capacity demand for a 6.2 Page 2 503.635.0215 380 A Avenue PO BOX 369 Lake Oswego, OR 97034 www.lakeoswego.city competitive pool and the Golf Course and Community Recreation Center Concept Design Study that identified likely recreation programming needs. During the process four different sites were evaluated as possible sites for a combined facility; Lake Oswego High School, Lakeridge Middle School, Rassekh Property and the Municipal Golf Course. The sites were evaluated based on space, future needs for the property, initial traf fic impressions, ingress/egress, and site compatibility with other existing uses. The Municipal Golf Course Site was selected as the best site. Opsis and subconsultants, Ballard/King and Councilman Hunsaker, dove into the differences between a single facility and two separate facilities and the effect on capital costs and operational costs. It was concluded that combining facilities increased efficiencies in both construction and operations. The projected capital costs were projects to save between $4 -6M building a combined facility as opposed to building a separate pool and separate dryland facility. Operationally, the projections for separate facilities have a combined annual subsidy of $676,000 while a combined facility projection is $404,000. A combined facility will cost less to build and less to run. DISCUSSION Should the City and LOSD partner to provide a Recreation and Aquatic Center for the community? What other information does City Council need in order to make an informed decision? The issue will be discussed as an action item at a March 16, 2020 joint Lake Oswego School Board and City Council meeting, which will take place at noon.