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CITY OF MOORPARK
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA RE
The Honorable City Council
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Citv Cnnncil Meeting
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Mary K. Lindley, Director of Community Servicesf
April 11, 2002 (May 1, 2002)
Consider Recommendation of the Aquatic Facility
Ad Hoc Committee to Postpone the Project
The Aquatic Facility Ad Hoc Committee (City Councilmembers
Harper and Millhouse, and MUSD Board Members Barker and
Cabriales) met to finalize discussions regarding the
District's financial participation in the construction and
maintenance of the aquatic project. The Committee is
recommending to their respective agencies that the
construction of the Aquatic Facility at Arroyo Vista
Community Park (AVCP) be postponed to allow the City and
the District time to explore other alternatives available
for a public aquatic facility in Moorpark.
BACKGROUND
The City Council has long envisioned an aquatic facility at
AVCP. In fact, the original master plan for the Park
included an aquatic facility and the Council identified the
design and construction of the facility as one of its
objectives in FY 01/02. To that end, the City hired an
architect in July 2001, and performed a number of soils and
hydrology tests. The stated completion date was June 2003.
The City's vision was to construct a facility that would
provide for the recreational needs of the community,
including unstructured swim time, swim lessons, and swim
fitness classes, as well as to accommodate the needs of
Moorpark High School by providing a competitive swim area
for the swim and water polo teams. The initial cost
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estimate for the project was between $2.6 million and $3
million. The estimated annual cost of maintaining the
facility was between $175,000 and $200,000.
It was the City's hope that the District would partner with
the City on the project by providing a proportional share
of the design and construction cost, as well as on -going
maintenance costs. The District's use of the facility was
estimated to be approximately one third of the available
time. Based on this use estimate, the City Council directed
its Ad Hoc Committee members to ask the District to
contribute one -third of the cost, not to exceed $1 million.
If the project cost exceeded $3 million, the City would
bear the additional cost.
The District initially indicated that it would be willing
to contribute $300,000 and donate mechanical equipment (a
value of between $150,000 - $200,000). However, it was not
in a position to consider a higher contribution until the
result of the March 5 School Bond election was known.
DISCUSSION
The Ad Hoc Committee met on April 10, 2002, to discuss the
District's financial participation. Even with the passage
of the School Bond, the District does not feel that it is
in a financial position to contribute the requested $1
million and to be responsible for a proportionate share of
the annual maintenance cost.
The School Board representatives indicated that the
District was only in a position to offer $400,000 and
donated mechanical equipment for its share of design and
construction, if in turn, the City did not charge them for
maintenance for the first three to four years (a value of
between $198,000 to $264,000). The uncertainty of future
aquatic facility maintenance costs and the obligation for a
number of capital projects were cited as reasons why the
District is not able to participate at a higher level.
Both the City and the District representatives expressed
concerns about the outcome of the State's budget and the
impacts it could have on their respective budgets. It is
the feeling of Council's Ad Hoc Committee (Councilmembers
Harper and Millhouse) that it would not be desirable for
the City to proceed with the facility, as it is currently
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envisioned, alone. The City has a number of other needs
that would benefit from the $3 million it would take to
build the facility and the estimated $200,000 annual cost
to maintain it.
The Ad Hoc Committee expressed its desire to see a public
pool built in the City and acknowledge the benefits it
would bring the Community. The Committee discussed the
feasibility of approaching Moorpark College as a potential
third partner. The College has an aquatic facility
identified in its master plan. If such a facility were
undertaken in the near future, and agreements could be
secured, the City would hope to receive an allocation of
time for unstructured recreational swim in the summer and
possibly time to conduct swim lessons. The District would
want practice time for their swim and water polo teams and
possibly the ability to hold CIF meets.
The Ad Hoc Committee is requesting that plans to proceed
with the aquatic facility be postponed to allow time to
explore a partnership with Moorpark College. The impact of
this action would be to postpone the current completion
date of June 2003 for the project's completion date.
RE CODMENDAT I ON
Accept the Aquatic Facility Ad Hoc Committee's
recommendation to postpone future action on the design of
the Community Aquatic Facility.
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