Photo Courtesy Barker Rinker Seacat ArchitectureThe Southlake community recreation center moved a step closer to reality Tuesday with approval of a design contract for the first phase—the senior and community wings.
The $1.623 million contract with Barker, Rinker, Seacat Architecture of Denver covers design of those portions, plus schematic design for phase two. Cost for completion of design for the second phase, the recreation/fitness/aquatics wing, is estimated at $1.786 million.
Design will start Wednesday morning, staff members told the council. The timeline calls for construction to start in August 2014 and completion in September 2015 for phase one. The city has the money—about $13 million—in hand for that phase.
For phase two, voters would have to approve a change in the way the crime control tax is used in a May 2015 election. The change would not require a tax increase.
