Fitness Center renovation

Every hearing and vote

1. February 11, 2021 · City Council work session

   5-10-20 year resource outlook and department needs

   Discussed

   Population was projected at 42,700 in five years, 54,000 in ten and 64,500 in twenty, requiring roughly 474 full-time employees versus 258 now. Department heads described needs: fire (more staff, land for Station 53), police (110 officers in 20 years, office and evidence space, possible mental health advocate), public works (expansion of a 50-year-old shop, possibly buying adjacent homes), fitness center (outgrown; 48% of members are nonresidents; a possible school district partnership to convert five junior high tennis courts into 16-18 pickleball courts), parks (4.4 acres per 1,000 residents against a 6.25 goal), cemetery (about 20 years of space left), planning, IT and administration.

2. March 16, 2021 · City Council work session

   Fiscal 2022 Fitness Center, broadband, IT and perpetual care funds

   Discussed

   Finance Officer Anna Montoya said the Fitness Center will budget for full operations with a 32% general fund subsidy (ten-year average 25%) and capital items including a revolving door, pool deck resurfacing and an expansion feasibility study. The broadband fund runs about a $228,000 deficit covered by the general fund. Cemetery perpetual care expects about 110 lot sales ($22,000) and a $27,500 loan repayment on a $403,009 balance; about 10% of lots remain. Soccer registrations hit 1,290.

3. June 1, 2021 · City Council work session

   Fiscal 2022 budget book review

   Discussed

   Finance Officer Anna Montoya presented the tentative fiscal 2022 budget: $74 million in combined revenue and $103 million in spending, with fund balances drawn down for utility and water capital projects; a $26.33 million balanced general fund; and 18.5 new positions, mostly public safety (police: three officers/detectives). The ending general fund balance is projected at $10.1 million after the state raised the cap to 35% of revenue; Councilmember Shelton wanted about $600,000 above the cap moved to roads, and staff said excess goes to the capital improvements fund after the audit. The council debated a part-time recreation position to rent fields and sell sponsorships, a Fitness Center expansion study, and a property tax increase: Mayor Frost and most members favored waiting a year, while Councilmember Shelton urged a plan, noting 65% of general fund revenue comes from sales tax. Council members discussed asking the PARC board to help cover operating costs, and staff said the city hit $3 million for roads this year.

   • Combined revenue: $74 million; expenditures: $103 million
   • General fund: $26.33 million
   • Projected ending general fund balance: $10.1 million
   • New positions: 18.5 FTE

4. July 19, 2022 · City Council work session

   Fitness Center options

   Discussed

   Brent of VCBO Architecture said the Fitness Center is past its useful life, energy-inefficient and limited by permanent racquetball walls. Concept: community center addition on the north with multipurpose room, stage and kitchen; outdoor pools kept with a 50-meter by 25-yard pool; playground along 400 North; parking on the softball field; elevated track. Cost $427-$479 per square foot, $50 million-$60 million total, about 18 months of construction. The mayor said a GO bond election would be required; Carroll questioned timing alongside a tax increase and fiber.

   • Architect: VCBO Architecture
   • Estimate: $50M-$60M
   • Would require general obligation bond election

5. February 20, 2025 · City Council work session

   FY2026 budget and capital outlook and strategic goals

   Discussed

   Capital requests exceeded $30 million; expenditures outpacing revenue; residents prefer small, regular property tax increases. FY2026 goals: roads (maintenance, communication, connectivity: Lakeshore Drive to 1500 South, 700 North 100 East-200 East, 620 South, 700 West, 200 South expansion); fiber; economic development (downtown, south-side businesses); public facilities (public works, fitness center, Fire Station 53, Station 51 remodel, police third floor, evidence at Station 52).

   • Capital requests: over $30 million

6. March 4, 2025 · City Council work session

   FY2026 perpetual care, IT, broadband, Fitness Center and RDA funds

   Discussed

   Fitness Center: general fund subsidizes about 30% of operations and 100% of capital; FY2026 requests led by locker room renovation (gender-neutral changing areas) and competition pool resurfacing, about $3.6 million over five years. Broadband subsidized 45%. IT: $200,000 finance software carried forward. Cemetery has about 44 years of plots left. Egg Farm EDA has 1100 South, 1500 South (not fully funded) and storm water projects left; TOD CRA bond proceeds and fund balance dedicated to 200 South, plus low/moderate housing and down payment assistance set-asides.

   • Fitness Center 5-yr needs: about $3.6 million

7. February 19, 2026 · City Council work session

   Fiscal 2027 project proposals and priorities

   Discussed

   Fitness Center options from a 2022 VCBO study: 'must do' facelift with a 20,000-square-foot addition, a 90,000-square-foot 'better' option, or a 120,000-square-foot 'best' option with an indoor pool. Lakeview Park on 620 South: trail, restroom, pavilion, playground, pickleball/padel courts, dog park and parking, $3-4 million, partly impact fees. Slough Trail from Monarch Park south: $600,000-700,000. Lakeshore Drive to 1500 South: a three-lane collector just over a mile; first phase 26 feet of asphalt for about $3.1 million while TSSD installs sewer lines; the city is working with a church to obtain the last piece. 200 South interim improvements estimated at $24.7 million in 2022, with $8 million more for full build. 2026 road maintenance plan: $2.7 million. Pony Express Parkway: Phase 1 with $14.9 million in MAG funding; Phase 2 with $17.97 million to connect 700 West to 500 East and 1500 South, likely 2030-31. 700 West: a MAG request to connect Pony Express Parkway to 200 South as a TOD major arterial, about $5.05 million including right-of-way. Dixie Well: about $5.65 million on two city parcels, one for the pump house and one for staging then sale as a home lot, with 24-hour drilling for about two weeks. Station 53: possible bond vote in 2028 after a Fitness Center bond vote. Other priorities: in-house legal counsel, an I-15 flyover study with MAG, a CRA-funded 1100 South roundabout, a transportation utility fee and 100 East widening south of I-15.

   • Pony Express Parkway MAG funding: Phase 1 $14.9M; Phase 2 $17.97M
   • 700 West (Pony Express to 200 South): about $5.05M
   • Lakeshore Drive Phase 1: about $3.1M
   • 200 South interim: $24.7M (2022 estimate)
   • Dixie Well: about $5.65M
   • Lakeview Park: $3-4M
   • Slough Trail: $600,000-700,000

8. April 28, 2026 · City Council work session

   Fiscal 2027 general fund, capital projects, fleet and Fitness Center budgets

   Discussed

   Street operations move to a new general fund roads fund. About $3.4 million is programmed for road capital work (overlays, crack seal, microsurfacing, slurry, 100 West, parts of Water Road, 100 East, and King Street), with total road spending about $6.5 million excluding impact fees, plus a new traffic study. $4 million is earmarked for Fitness Center improvements; its general fund subsidy stays about 35% of operating costs. Community Services capital totals about $4.9 million, including about $120,000 for playgrounds, Art Dye Park fencing and shade sails, a cremation niche project and the annual Fox Hollow contribution. Public safety equipment about $140,000; a boom lift and trailer about $90,000. Fleet: eight police vehicles (two for new officers), $500,000 to start a fire apparatus replacement program, and a shift from leasing to buying with cash. A long-dormant electronic billboard earmark is still carried forward. Members debated whether to raise property taxes amid residents' cost pressures.

   • Road capital: about $3.4 million; total roads about $6.5 million
   • Fitness Center improvements: $4 million
   • Community Services capital: about $4.9 million
   • Fire fleet replacement start: $500,000
   • 2020 ladder truck lease retires FY2028

9. May 19, 2026 · City Council work session

   Fitness Center project scope

   Discussed

   Community Services Director Derric Rykert presented two options capped at about $4 million. Option A swaps the gym and moves a reduced gymnastics program downstairs to expand fitness space, with private gyms expected to absorb competitive gymnasts; it does not address major pool needs. Option B also swaps the gym but keeps or reshapes gymnastics toward introductory tumbling and funds pool rehabilitation (replastering the competition pool, leisure pool repairs, bubble liner, deck concrete). Gymnastics revenue has ranged $130,000-$175,000 a year but trended down. Councilmembers Carroll and Holley leaned toward Option B; Holley questioned the lower ceilings downstairs for gymnastics.

   • Budget: about $4 million from general fund balance
   • Gymnastics revenue: $130,000-$175,000/yr

10. August 18, 2026 · City Council work session

    Fitness Center programs, locker rooms and pool upgrades

    Discussed

    Community Services Director Derric Rykert and Fitness Center Superintendent Joey Byington proposed gender-neutral locker rooms with private lockable changing/shower/toilet rooms (about $465 per square foot), replacing competition-pool plaster, coping and 2007 sand filters, refurbishing the pool bubble liner, replacing 2006 leisure-pool pumps and repairing the leisure-pool liner at about $40,000 a year over five years rather than $400,000+ at once. Work would mostly happen in spring 2027 with a roughly six-week locker room closure. Three options to move the weight room into the gym or racquetball courts were presented; gymnastics revenue fell from about $240,000 in 2022 to $196,000 in 2025. Council members asked for racquetball and gym usage data, cost-per-option figures and a work session at the Fitness Center; staff will try to grow gym programming through December.

    • Locker room estimate: ~$465/sq. ft.
    • Leisure pool liner: ~$40,000/year for 5 years
    • Target: spring 2027