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Approving the use of the Internal Loan Fund for the Department of Parks and Recreation's Como Pool Project Initiative for costs incurred to address unstable soil conditions in the Como Pool Project.
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WHEREAS, the City closed the Como Regional Park Pool when maintenance and operation costs began to outweigh cost effective and suitable operation of the pool; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council approved the Como Pool Replacement project as part of the 2010 Adopted Capital Improvement Budget (CF: 09-1368); and
WHEREAS, the City Council also approved the Como Pool finance plan in preparation for the 2010 bond sale (CF 10-776); and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to providing an aquatics facility at Como Regional Park; and,
WHEREAS, a public design process was held to develop a master plan for the Pool facility; and,
WHEREAS, an aquatics consultant was hired to develop a pool facility based on the outcome of the public design process and prepare construction documents for construction; and
WHEREAS, the construction of the pool project is currently underway through October 2011 with an opening of the pool scheduled for spring of 2012; and,
WHEREAS, during excavation for the pool and support facility, severely unstable soil conditions were found to a depth of 30 feet including the remnants of an old building structure. These soils had to be removed and replaced with stable soil suitable for building and pool foundations; and,
WHEREAS, the soil issue necessitates a change in the capital budget for Como Pool; and,
WHEREAS, in addition to soil issues, contracts for the east parking lot, parking lot lighting and a trail to Horton Ave were not included in the original contract award due to insufficient funding, and
WHEREAS, Parks and Recreation had an original budget including a solar grant for Como Pool construction of $7,530,207.66; and,
WHEREAS, Parks and Recreation requested and was granted from the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission approv...
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