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Item 1.
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| City Council Work Session | |
| Date: | 01/17/2023 |
| Title: | Billings Multi-generational Recreation Center Concept Design Phase Final Report |
| Presented by: | Mike Whitaker, Parks, Recreation & Public Lands Director |
| Department: | Parks/Rec/Public Lands |
| Presentation: | Yes |
| Legal Review | Not Applicable |
RECOMMENDATION
N/A
BACKGROUND (Consistency with Adopted Plans and Policies, if applicable)
The Concept Design Phase for the Billings Multi-generational Recreation Center is complete. The goal of this process has been to create a multi-generational recreation facility that best reflects the needs of our community, best practices for programming a recreation center, site design, and a defined budget.
Following the Council presentation in the fall of 2022, the core team has made several refinements to the design to ensure it captures the comprehensive vision for our community’s recreation center.
The consulting design team has worked in close collaboration with City Administration, Parks and Recreation and a Core Committee of community representatives for the last year to create this concept design. The process has been inclusive and collaborative to ensure that all ideas are explored and tested. The committee has defined the following primary objectives:
1. The facility must be visionary and make an impact on our community – if we’re going to build it, let’s build it right
2. The facility needs to create a balance of meeting the needs of our local residents while also attracting sports tourism opportunities.
3. The program spaces within the facility need to reflect what the residents will support and what they have defined as the essential unmet needs in our community.
4. The facility should seek to maximize revenue generation.
In order to ensure the process is inclusive and genuinely reflective of our community, the team has reached out to the Billings residents through community engagement, meetings, and a statistically valid public survey. The residents’ input has defined the vision for this recreation center. The statistically valid survey results indicate the most desired spaces with unmet needs in our community:
1. Indoor Family Leisure Activity Pool
2. Indoor Exercise / Lap Swimming Pool
3. Fitness Spaces (open fitness and group exercise studios)
4. Gymnasium – Court Sports
5. Indoor Walk/Jog track
6. Indoor Ice Skating Rink
The team has finalized the concept design and is ready for presentation to the City Council. Since the Council update, the following objectives have been completed:
1. Facility design, architectural character, and site configuration
2. Capital construction budget
3. Operational Pro Forma to define cost recovery estimates
On Jan 17th representatives from the Design Team and Core Team will present the final plan.
Following the Council presentation in the fall of 2022, the core team has made several refinements to the design to ensure it captures the comprehensive vision for our community’s recreation center.
The consulting design team has worked in close collaboration with City Administration, Parks and Recreation and a Core Committee of community representatives for the last year to create this concept design. The process has been inclusive and collaborative to ensure that all ideas are explored and tested. The committee has defined the following primary objectives:
1. The facility must be visionary and make an impact on our community – if we’re going to build it, let’s build it right
2. The facility needs to create a balance of meeting the needs of our local residents while also attracting sports tourism opportunities.
3. The program spaces within the facility need to reflect what the residents will support and what they have defined as the essential unmet needs in our community.
4. The facility should seek to maximize revenue generation.
In order to ensure the process is inclusive and genuinely reflective of our community, the team has reached out to the Billings residents through community engagement, meetings, and a statistically valid public survey. The residents’ input has defined the vision for this recreation center. The statistically valid survey results indicate the most desired spaces with unmet needs in our community:
1. Indoor Family Leisure Activity Pool
2. Indoor Exercise / Lap Swimming Pool
3. Fitness Spaces (open fitness and group exercise studios)
4. Gymnasium – Court Sports
5. Indoor Walk/Jog track
6. Indoor Ice Skating Rink
The team has finalized the concept design and is ready for presentation to the City Council. Since the Council update, the following objectives have been completed:
1. Facility design, architectural character, and site configuration
2. Capital construction budget
3. Operational Pro Forma to define cost recovery estimates
On Jan 17th representatives from the Design Team and Core Team will present the final plan.
ALTERNATIVES
N/A
FISCAL EFFECTS
Council will be updated on the preliminary estimate of the facility. Also, the Pro Forma for operations will be discussed.