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Board trims Blacktail master plan estimate to $11.5M, debates boat landing and $330,000 gated storage
Summary
Williams County park staff reported design changes that lower the Blacktail master-plan estimate from about $14 million to roughly $11.5 million and detailed options for a boat landing, shoreline access, and a proposed gated storage area estimated at $330,000. Board members raised concerns about neighbor impacts, Game and Fish opposition, and revenue assumptions for gated storage.
Williams County park staff on Dec. 17 walked the Park Board through revisions to the Blacktail master plan, telling board members updated designs and value-engineering have reduced an initial $14 million construction estimate to roughly $11.5 million but left Blacktail about $1 million over some original line items.
Staff reviewed the history of plats and a 2003 land swap with Game and Fish and said there are two small triangular parcels (about 0.3 acres each) and several easements that constrain placement of a northeast boat landing. “If we were to put a boat landing in there, it would be tight,” staff said, warning that a ramp would sit close to private houses.
Staff relayed that…
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