Title
Update; Mansfield Sports Complex Improvements
Requested Action
Project Update
Recommendation
Project Update
Description/History
In the spring of 2013, Staff met with all the youth sports associations in reference to facility improvements. Each youth association prioritized their requested improvements. Mansfield Soccer Association (MSA) requested a second referee shelter located at the southern end of the complex. Mansfield Youth Baseball Association (MYBA) requested a restroom facility for fields 7, 8 and 9 and to relocate the storage from the back location to a location up front and in a permanent facility instead of a temporary storage container.
MPFDC approved these facility improvements in the current FY 2013-14 budget.
May - Staff is presently looking at options to procure and install a restroom building, storage facility and referee shelter. Staff will continue to work with the associations to determine what the needs are for the buildings and what will provide the best end solution that satisfies the associations and city requirements and meets the budget and time schedules.
June - Staff is finalizing the restroom building design for fields 7, 8 and 9 and is presenting it to the association. Staff will be requesting funding approval at a special meeting to proceed to order the restroom building from the Public Restroom Building Company for a turn-key project purchased off Buy Board. The storage building location has been set. Staff will begin ordering shelters for the roof as soon as the pricing is finalized for the restroom.
Justification
The MPFDC allocated funds for the Sports Complex improvements in the 2013-2014 year’s budget. These improvements will provide a higher level of service. The younger baseball players will have a restroom closer to their fields, the soccer referees will be able to stay close the fields and get out of the elements and MYBA will have a better managed storage area. All of these facilities will...
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