Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with DLZ Ohio to provide architectural and engineering services for the Kilbourne Run Sports Park Improvements Project. The contract amount is $577,109.00, with a contingency of $100,000.00, for a total of $677,109.00 being authorized by this ordinance.
Kilbourne Run Sports Park, located at 4625 Westerville Road, is a soccer-specific facility that stretches over 62 acres. 35 of these acres are dedicated to athletic field space. The park currently contains 16 fields of various sizes, gravel parking lots, an existing shelter, a two story vacant commercial building, as well as a building used for concessions and storage. Over 81,000 residents live within a 10 minute drive from the park.
Columbus Recreation and Parks acquired the soccer complex in 2014 and acquired an adjacent seven acre parcel with frontage along Westerville Road in 2017. The sports park has become one of the Columbus’ busiest soccer facilities with over 38,000 youth and adult participants on average per year. While some improvements have been completed, the sports park remains mostly in its original layout. This project is seeking to renovate this park into one of the most premier sports parks in the region. Columbus Recreation and Parks is proposing to redesign Kilbourne Run Sports Park to deliver highly maintained prime fields and facilities that will increase access to soccer and other field sports for the Columbus community. These improvements will also position Columbus and this location as a destination for regional tournaments.
The Department has identified preliminary programming to aid in park design. Preliminary programming shows the updated park will conceptually feature a playground, natural turf fields, synthetic turf fields, mini-pitches, open-air shelters, and a championship field with spectator amenities, such as locker rooms and large capacity type...
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