Recreation Center Renovation and Expansion Project
Facility Updates
Aquatic and racquetball activities are cancelled while the Recreation Center is closed for renovation. Click here for a list of alternative facilities.
Project Features
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- New Leisure Pool
- New Fitness/Weight Room
- New Water Slide
- New Family Locker Room
- New Group Exercise Space
- New Wellness Pool
- Renovated Locker Rooms
- New Partially Retractable Pool Roof
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Anticipated Project Schedule
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| December 2009 |
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Recreation Center Closed |
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February 2010 |
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Construction Began |
| March 2011 |
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Construction Completed/Staff Moves in to Recreation Center |
| April 2011 |
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Recreation Center Reopens! |
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Recreation Programs and Temporary Facilities
- All aquatics programs will be cancelled during Rec Center construction closure in 2010.
- All racquetball activities will be cancelled.
- Cardio/weight room will be relocated to the North Administration Building (NAB) next door to Recreation Center to the south. No showers available.
- Preschool will be relocated to the NAB.
- Other recreation activities will be held at the Lynnwood Senior Center or the NAB.
- Some activities may be cancelled, postponed or class times revised.
- The recreation brochure and City website will provide details and updates.
Customer parking for the North Admin Building is available in the City Hall lot just south of the building. Overflow parking is available in the Library parking lot. There is ample public parking in the Scriber Square lot at the Senior Center.
Design/Construction Highlights
What’s happening now? ~ March 4, 2010
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Project continues on schedule and on budget.
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The site is actively under construction. You will see heavy equipment moving around the site, including trucks hauling dirt, dumpsters delivered, and erosion fencing put in place. A number of trees on the site have been removed to provide for the expanded building footprint. Portions of the structure have been removed. Structural demolition will continue through March.
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Trucks and construction vehicles will continue to enter the site primarily from 188th Street.
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Demolition and earthwork activities will continue through March.
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Utilities, including storm water, sanitary sewer, and water, will be installed.
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The site is fenced, with construction only access. No public access will be allowed during construction.
What's happening next?
The contractor will be excavating for the foundation of the new leisure pool building.
All of the subcontractor bid packages will be awarded by the end of March.
Weather permitting, work on the parking lot on 44th Avenue West, across the street from the Recreation Center, will begin in April. This will include site earthwork, installation of erosion fencing and tree removal.
Click here to view archived project updates.
Project Financing
On November 24, 2008, City Council voted to fund the Recreation Center renovation and expansion. The Council adopted two ordinances, including the financial plan and funding summary and the legal authority to increase the City's utility taxes to fund the project. The Council also approved the professional services contract for NAC|Architecture, the principal architect for the project.
The design and construction costs, estimated to between $22 million and $25.5 million, will be financed initially with bond anticipation notes (similar to a construction loan for private or residential capital projects). Upon completion of the project, the notes will be retired by the proceeds of permanent financing in the form of Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds amortized over a 20-year period.
Links
Project History
Project Team
Frequently Asked Questions
Newsletter Archives
August 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010
Contact Us
For more information:
425-670-5533
RecCenterProject@ci.lynnwood.wa.us
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