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Redmond narrows ice-rink plans: council favors medium-size option to limit urban renewal exposure
Summary
Urban renewal staff presented two rink concepts — a large 'ribbon' requiring roughly $7 million in urban renewal plus a wider capital package, and a medium-size rink with about $5 million of urban renewal investment. Council favored pursuing the medium option and asked consultants to produce concept designs and cost refinements before spending.
Staff from urban renewal told the council that replacing Redmond's temporary rink presents two main paths: a large "ribbon" attraction (door #1) that would require a roughly $7,000,000 urban renewal investment and still leave a substantial funding gap for total project costs estimated near $10–11 million, or a medium-size, more conventional rink (door #2) that staff estimated would need about $5,000,000 of urban renewal commitment and better preserve urban renewal flexibility.
"If the ribbon is pursued...that is 64% of our resources, leaving 6% after that," a…
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