Park Commission

Agenda Parks Commission Sales Tax Sub-Committee January 4, 2021 8:30 a.m. The meeting will be held Monday, January 4, 2021 at 8:30am virtually. There will be no in-person option for this meeting. Join the meeting via this link https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2040709386290638093 Webinar ID: 608- 658-443. 1) Call to Order 2) Continuing discussion of Sales Tax Renewal 3) Adjournment Posted Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at City Hall, 903 W Main Street, Blue Springs, MO and on the City’s website. A quorum of the City Council may be in attendance; however no City Council votes will be taken. TO: Park Commission – Sales Tax Sub-committee FROM: Dennis Dovel, Director Parks, Recreation, Buildings and Grounds Department SUBJECT: Park Sales Tax – Potential Renewal Issues DATE: December 30, 2020 As we begin to prepare a recommendation for the entire Park Commission to consider and ultimately the full City Council, I wanted to provide you with item of consideration. The hope is that this memo will provide you what staff believes to be the hot topics and to provide you and opportunity to think of other items you may have heard from residents regarding park improvements or thoughts you may have. Currently the Park Sales Tax is averaging over the last three years $4.2 million annually. The collections for the first three months of this year are tracking to bring around $4.5 million. For the sake of planning purposes, we would assume a collection rate average of $4 million annual each year the tax is proposed to be in place. Below is a table that demonstrates how much revenue we could budget for Park projects over the life of the tax: Tax Length in Years Budgeted Amount Collected 1 – Year $4,000,000 5 – Year $20,000,000 10 – Year $40,000,000 15 – Year $60,000,000 20 - Year $80,000,000 As discussion’s evolve around the length of time to propose the tax be in place, it must first be decided what are the important improvements that need to be made within the park system. The intentions here is to provided topics with budgeted cost for consideration. These are only discussion topics and not intended to be a list of items that must be included, just topics to consider. There may be others that you may want to consider, but these are items staff has identified a need to address along with comments from Park Commission, City Council and residents. The following is a list of projects, maintenance items, operation issues and other consideration along with budget numbers: PROJECT NAME BUDGET COMMENTS Roscoe Righter Park $43,200,000 Full build out and can be phased to reduce cost. Grant funding can also be an additional source of revenue to 2425 NE Mock Ave. * Blue Springs, MO 64014 * 816-228-0137 * www.bluespringsgov.com  provide a more complete construction process beyond sales tax dollars. Can allocate a portion of dollars for phased approach. Southwest Park $29,700,000 Full build out and can be phased to reduce cost. Grant funding can also be an additional source of revenue to provide a more complete construction process beyond sales tax dollars. Can allocate a portion of dollars for phased approach. Aquatics Center $23,000,000 This is the full cost to construct. Phase may be possible but much more difficult. Grant funding may be available here as well. Park Maintenance – $1,500,000 - Would allocate a percentage of the funds collected to Park Improvements $2,000,000 address these improvements. Allocation of 40% - 55%). Annually Adams Pointe Golf Would include This could fall under the Park Maintenance Improvements Club Maintenance in the Park like it was in the current Sales Tax program. Approximately Maintenance $2,000,000 was spent out of the current sales tax on this Improvements facility for improvements. Vesper Hall Would include This could fall under the Park Maintenance Improvements Maintenance in the Park like it was in the current Sales Tax program. Approximately Maintenance $1,000,000 was spent out of the current sales tax on this Improvements facility for improvements. Fieldhouse Roof $1,500,000 While not included in the current Sales Tax program, it is a Would include very heavily used facility. Much of the maintenance is paid in the Park for by the revenues generated at the facility, but roof cost Maintenance exceeds the reserves significantly and leaks are extreme. Improvements Roofing companies have said it needs replaced multiple or with Aquatic times. Could be potentially wrapped into the Aquatic Center Center if included. Fieldhouse Siding Unknown While not included in the current Sales Tax program, it is a Would include very heavily used facility. Much of the maintenance is paid in the Park for by the revenues generated at the facility, but roof cost Maintenance exceeds the reserves significantly and leaks are extreme. Improvements Roofing companies have said it needs replaced multiple or with Aquatic times. Could be potentially wrapped into the Aquatic Center Center if included. Siding is delaminating and creating issues. Water is coming through the walls when rain occurs. Aquatic Center $100,000 - Could need to have a potential placeholder for operation Operation Subsidy $150,000 subsidy for the aquatic’s facility due to the unknown of Annually if what membership will look like after Covid-19. WE do not needed. believe this will be required, but we should have a back-up in-case it does occur. This would be a percentage not to exceed (i.e. 5% - 19%of total collections). Park Maintenance $150,000 - With additional parkland and facilities, the need for Operation Subsidy $250,000 additional staff and maintenance materials are needed. Annually if The Park Sales Tax could pay for these additional expenses. needed. This would be a percentage not to exceed (i.e. 5% - 19%of total collections). 2425 NE Mock Ave. * Blue Springs, MO 64014 * 816-228-0137 * www.bluespringsgov.com As discussions evolve there may be other items to consider, but the intent is to get you thinking about what should be included, funding levels and how long the tax needs to be in place to fund all the items included in the renewal. 2425 NE Mock Ave. * Blue Springs, MO 64014 * 816-228-0137 * www.bluespringsgov.com