– Addenbrooke Park in Lakewood, Colorado located at 600 S. Kipling Parkway, should be reviewed as a location for a new, regional recreation center according to a majority vote of city council.
– The city should explore how to reduce the cost burden associated with operating older recreation facilities. One recommendation is to eliminate several centers in the city’s portfolio and replace them with one destination recreation center that provides most of the amenities the community desires in one central location. (Adopted by City Council)
– Staff proposes hiring a consultant to conduct a feasibility study of the Addenbrooke Park location (Adopted by City Council)
– Elements of the study should focus on cost savings associated with closing facilities… (Adopted by City Council)
– Once the results are provided, an informed decision could be made on whether a new regional facility is worth pursuing. (Adopted by City Council)
– Reducing the number of facilities will reduce both the operating costs and the maintenance demands and will reduce expenses for the city. (Adopted by City Council)
– With the city set to invest just under $40 million in recreation facility maintenance over the next 20 years, an argument can be made that investing in a new state of the art recreation center is a better use of funds. (Adopted by City Council)
– The goals and recommendations of the plan will be pursued by delegating each plan action to a staff representative along with a timeline for completion. (Adopted by City Council)
These bullet points have all been adopted by a vote of city council. City council is trying to hide from their votes. According to the language approved, they are required to assign a staff member to each action item. They are required to provide a timeline for completion. Have they done the feasibility study of a mega rec center at Addenbrooke?
City council adopted all of this on May 22, 2023 as part of the Imagine Tomorrow Master Plan.
Appendix G contains the additional details regarding the proposed closing of recreation centers and the possible cost savings, etc. and a link to it is provided below.
This is the truth. Not rumors. This is simply what they have voted on and approved and now some people just want relevant answers. Nobody knows where the city stands on assigning the REQUIRED staff members and producing the REQUIRED timeline(s).
So far, the city won’t say anything explaining the status of the Appendix G requirements they approved other than they have ‘no plans’ to close rec centers.
They are currently hiding from their own official actions by avoiding the concerns and saying no rec center closures are planned. But they have no answers to the current status of the specific requirements that they approved. It would be very easy to provide a relevant status report to the public on this naming the staff members assigned and the timelines and an update on the consultant’s review. Why are they hiding from their own votes? What are they hiding? https://savebelmarpark.com/download/appendixGreccenters.pdf
