Community Center/Ice Arena Update

Staff is choosing the final touches! We have been busy finalizing wall colors, making small changes for functionality, picking furniture and getting ready to buy supplies.

The leisure pool has been poured! The pool company will be working on installing the slide and getting ready to dig out the rest of the lap pool. The locker rooms are being tiled and the storefronts have been installed.

Contractors are working diligently on the upper level. The plan is to turn over the upper level to the city at the beginning of May. Flooring will be installed in the fitness studios starting the week of April 11th, the ceiling grids and tiles are almost completed and the painting has begun. Once the upper level is completed the new fitness equipment will move to its new and final home. The indoor playground will then be installed.

The entire project is still on schedule and on budget. The planned completion date is June 30, 2017.

Park Development Update

Quarry Lake Park

The Parks Department is working on a design for the gazebo and assembling the docks.  Staff did apply for an Outdoor Recreation Grant for additional docks and a small shelter at Quarry Lake. The grant awards will be announced in July of this year.

Fun For All Inclusive Playground

Staff will be meeting with the playground taskforce on April 12.The goal is to finalize the design of the sign. The donors will then be placed on the sign prior to the final design approval.  We hope to have the design finalized in April and have the grand opening in May.

The playground was also chosen to receive an Award of Excellence through the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association for all of the volunteer work that helped make the playground a reality. The award will be presented to the City Council at a future meeting.

Tahpah Park West

Bids were received for an additional baseball field at Tahpah Park on March 28th. The bids came in favorable. Staff is getting funding confirmation from the partners in the project. It is anticipated that the City Council will  award the contract on April 18th. Substantial completion is scheduled for June 16th.

Lions Park Warming House/Shelter

The revised project is currently out for bid. Bids are due back on April 11th. It is anticipated that the City Council will award the bid contract on April 18th. Substantial complete is scheduled for the beginning of September, 2017.