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Dobbs Ferry trustees signal support for medium-plus Gould Park rec building, target $15–$18 million
Summary
Trustees reached a board-level consensus to pursue a ‘‘medium-plus’’ Gould Park pool house and recreation building and asked staff to pursue construction drawings and an RFP constrained to a not-to-exceed $15–$18 million funding target; the plan prioritizes expanded public bathrooms, indoor programming space and a gym/walking track.
Trustees at the Village of Dobbs Ferry on Monday moved to advance a ‘‘medium-plus’’ feasibility plan for a Gould Park pool house and recreation building and asked staff to seek construction drawings and an architecture/engineering RFP limited to a not-to-exceed funding target.
Desan Davis, representing the Parks & Recreation Commission, told the board the commission’s top priority was ‘‘the bathrooms’’ and urged enough fixtures and family-accessible bathrooms to support summer camp programming and public use. Commissioners also voiced support for a gym, a walking track and a social room for older children.
Board members and staff discussed scale and cost. One staff presentation referenced a professional estimate that produced a $50 million price for larger schemes, but staff said that estimate reflected the largest option and that efficiencies and a reduced footprint could realistically bring the effective cost down. "I think the village should be looking at, you know, 15 to $18,000,000 cost for now," a staff member said during the briefing.
Trustees emphasized that the workshop was intended to set scope and a funding envelope, not final design. The board asked staff to prepare an RFP limited to the medium-plus scope so the village can develop construction drawings and refined cost estimates before any final commitments. If followed, the next formal steps will be authorization of a contract for detailed design and, later, bond or financing approvals.
The board did not adopt a final binding appropriation at the meeting; trustees repeatedly described the $15–$18 million figure as a working target that would require additional design-level decisions, value-engineering and financing steps before a construction contract could be executed.
