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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 2001Zoos YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis Association Services 30 South Ninth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-371-8700 Pax: 612-371-8716 To: Mayor Gary Peterson From: Anita Lalzcello Bydlon and Yvonne Anderson Re: Market Study April 18, 2007 YMCR ~ Y61t89d~01li980800Nf ~~ BIIILUIN6 COM~IUNtTY Per our discussion the YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis agrees to partner with the City of Columbia I-ieights in a Market Study sharing 50 % of the casts. The market study may begin as early as the first week of May 2007 and will take approximately three months to complete with a maximum fee of $25,000. CITY COUNCIL LETTER Meeting of: Anri123, 2007 AGENDA SECTION: Consent ORIGINATING DEPT.: CITY MANAGER NO: Community Development APPROVAL ~~ ITEM: YMCA Market Study for Activity Center BY: Kirsten Partenhe e BY: DATE: April 18, 2007 Background: The YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis has expressed interest in partnering with the City of Columbia Heights on an activity center. The City Council invited the YMCA to a work session on April 16, 2007, at which YMCA staff members presented the orga~uzation's nussion, the programs it offers aid past relationships with cities in order to help .the Council decide whether the potential for a partnershp exists. The YMCA has also been closely following the public participation process iutiated by the Council for an activity center. Council members were receptive to investigating a partnership. The YMCA indicated that the next step in the process of fanning a partnership is to complete a market study. Participating in the market study does not commit the city to partnering with the organization on an activity center. The YMCA finds a market study necessary to determine what recreational needs exist in a commluuty, how much people are willing to pay and where the optimal location for a facility would be. The information would be equally valuable to the Activity Center Advisory Colnlnittee (ACAC), which is trying to "right-size" the ameiuties included in the alternatives it plans to bring to the next public open house. The YMCA will work with the company Aliderson, Niebuhr and Associates, Inc. and the cost of the study is approximately $25,000. If the City Council chooses to partner with the YMCA on the study, the city would contribute up to 50% of the total cost, or $12,500, whichever is less. The study will take 60 - 90 days to complete and will begin promptly. Recommendation: Staff reconunends the Council authorize contributing to the cast of a joist market study with the YMCA at a cost to the city of up to 50% of the total study cost, or $12,500, whichever is less, to be paid from Fund 418. Recommended Motion: Move to authorize contributing to the cost of a joint market study with the YMCA at a cost to the city of up to 50% of tl~e total study cost, or $12,500, whichever is less, to be paid from Fund 418. COUNCIL ACTION: