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Council liaison: Pamela Baker Park project moving forward using impact fees and family trust funds
Summary
Councilman Merrill described Pamela Baker Park as a memorial nature park with an amphitheater, walking paths and ponds and said the city plans to use development impact fees plus funds from the Baker family's trust via a cooperation agreement; completion could occur this year if funds are sufficient, or take up to two years.
Councilman Merrill provided details about Pamela Baker Park during the liaison report, describing the park as a memorial nature park that will include an amphitheater, walking paths and ponds.
Merrill said the city will use development impact fees and a cooperation agreement with the Baker family, whose trust will contribute funds, to complete the project; after construction the park will be donated to the city and maintained by the city. "It will have the amphitheater, the walking paths, the ponds, the wonderful things that are in there," Merrill said. He added that if the council and private trust contributions cover costs the city could finish the project this year; otherwise it may take up to two years to secure the remainder of funds.
Why it matters: Pamela Baker Park is listed as a capital-improvement priority and would be paid in part from development impact fees rather than the general fund, but Merrill also said the city's capital picture tightened after bookkeeping corrections that reduced available funds.
