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Council discusses accepting donated historic barn and sets $100,000 placeholder for park improvements
Summary
City staff told the council a donor is offering a barn and adjacent land by the Big Sioux River and staff proposed a $100,000 placeholder in next year’s parks budget to preserve the land and pay for immediate repairs if the city accepts the donation.
City staff told the council a donor is willing to give the city a barn and adjacent land overlooking the Big Sioux River and recommended leaving a $100,000 placeholder in next year’s parks budget to cover immediate repairs or improvements and to preserve parkland.
Staff said an ISG cost estimate prepared about a year earlier placed repairs — including roof work and other improvements — at about $85,000, which is why staff included $100,000 in the draft budget. "The cost is what we got from ISG a year ago is $85,000 to **** it up, which included roof and improvement to the side needs, etcetera. That's why we've got a $100,000 in the budget," a…
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