Park Board approves engineering fee for soccer field expansion | Atlantic

Atlantic Park Director Bryant Rasmussen reported past thirty day period the undertaking was originally proposed about a few or four a long time prior to he started as director, and then bought place on the “back burner” until he and Mark Andersen with the soccer association revisited the thought.

Andersen reported previous thirty day period he preferred the expansion for the reason that they have a recreation league with about 575 young ones from Atlantic, Avoca and Harlan (from ages 4 to 14) as well as a summertime league for substantial school pupils. Andersen reported Oakland youngsters have been also interested in joining the recreation league. Occasionally they use the substantial college industry, but Andersen mentioned the turf is hotter than grass, and markings simply cannot be extra to the turf.

The board tabled the action last month because there was a problem who would shell out the cost, and Board member John Krogman suggested tabling it to see if the funds were readily available in the park’s price range.

Krogman questioned Rasmussen Monday evening if spending the engineering fee would impact shelling out for other jobs, and Rasmussen stated no. Many board members agreed the engineering function wanted to be accomplished to establish what operate demands to be done and how much it would expense. Andersen reported there are currently businesses fascinated in executing the function, but they have to have the engineering strategy just before they can do anything at all.