2023 City of Shakopee Budget

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Budget Impact:

Capital Improvement Program: The City prepares a five year capital improvement program (CIP). A separate CIP document was approved by Council on October 4, 2022. The CIP book provides a summary of each project location, description and source and use of funds. The CIP book also provides a cashflow for the fund. Preliminary plans were completed for Lions Park and the redevelopment of SandVenture. The existing tennis courts will be converted to pickleball courts in 2023. SandVenture construction should begin September 1, 2023 with completion by June 1, 2024. A new addition will be a restaurant to the complex along with new pool features and new dressing facilities. Final construction plans were completed for a new trailhead park on Levee Drive adjacent to Shakopee Flats. Construction should be completed in 2023. The city's first Edible Landscape Project in Scenic Heights Park was completed by city staff and volunteers. Plants should provide ongoing produce for many years. Council began implementation of the Parks, Rec, and Trails Master plan this year with several projects either completed, under construction or in final planning. Jennifer Lane, a local neighborhood park, began construction in October 2021 and was completed in the summer of 2022 and includes a new playground, benches, landscaping and bankshot, a modern version of horse. The new Xcel Energy Mountain Bike Course at Quarry Lake opened late in 2021 to rave reviews and attracted thousands of riders from throughout the region. The course was used throughout the winter because of its unique design and hosted more than 1100 riders in races by the Minnesota Cycling Association. Final plans are underway for the first major park in Windermere. A new park will include a viewing tower, hammock poles, grilling area and a large scale, multi-age playground along Windermere Way. The city also acquired the first section of the Windermere Bluff for a future trail area that will run east to west in a large nature area. The city created its first pollinator prairie in cooperation with the Scott Soil and Water Conservation District and Xcel Energy. The eight-acre prairie is along Highway 169 and will take several years to establish. Ridge Creek, the largest new park in the system, was completed in late 2021 with punch list items completed in 2022. This area consists of more than 40 acres of wetlands and nature area and includes the outlet channel for Prior Lake. The new park includes a pedestrian boardwalk through a natural wetland area, pond overlooks to observe the diverse species of birds, a paved bike trail along the current outlet alignment and a new meandering outlet with sediment ponding with a natural appearance. This park links to other trails and creates a major trail connection for the city including a trailhead. It is already a new favorite place for the community to ride bikes or enjoy nature. The city prepared plans for the historic Schroeder House and demolished the adjoining non-historic houses and began plans for restoring the home and the livery building. The Schroeder House and Livery were nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. It is anticipated that rehabilitation work on the buildings will begin in 2023. Staff submitted a grant to the Minnesota DNR to restore Memorial Park to its pre-1990s prairie. Signs were finalized for the Vierling Greenway and new city parks. They will be installed beginning in 2023.