Title
Acceptance of the Dow Park Pavilion concept conducted by Halff Associates.
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Summary:
On February 16, 2016 the City Council Approved Task Order #2 with Halff Associates for the Dow Park Pavilion. Since that time the Parks and Recreation Department and the Dow Park pavilion Ad-Hoc Committee have been working with Halff Associates on the concept for the Pavilion. On May 23rd, Halff Associates presented two concepts to the Ad-Hoc Committee for their review and discussion and the Ad-Hoc Committee agreed to present both concepts to the public. On June 9th, 2016 Halff Associates conducted a public input meeting at Dow Park to obtain citizen input on the two concepts for the pavilion. In addition to the public meeting, both concepts and the forms were made available on the City Website as well as the Community Center for an additional week after the public input meeting to collect as much input as possible. On June 30th Halff Associates met with the Ad-Hoc Committee and agreed to present the concept to both the Deer Park Community Development Corporation, for their recommendation, and to the City Council, for their acceptance. On July 25, 2016 the Corporation recommended to City Council to accept the Dow Park Pavilion concept.
Fiscal/Budgetary Impact:
Funding will come from the dedicated one half of one percent sales and use tax for Type B projects, the Dow Park Pavilion has been appropriated $1,500,000 of the dedicated funds.
Recommended action
Recommend acceptance of the Dow Park Pavilion concept conducted by Halff Associates to City Council.