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Top #10 stories 2021: #9 Deer Park closer to new clubhouse

Work could begin in 2022
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The existing clubhouse is decades old.
YORKTON - Each year Yorkton This Week compiles a list of the top-10 news stories in the city from the past year as identified by the editorial staff. From Dec. 28 through until Jan. 6, YTW will be posting one story a day, culminating with the #1 story on the 6th. Today is #9.

In October a new clubhouse for Deer Park Golf Course was given the green light, sort of, at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council.  

With Councillors Quinn Haider and Darcy Zaharia opposed Council approved a budget of $7,200,000 for the project.  

But, the project will still need to come back to Council after tenders are received, and could be altered, even if the tenders come in below budget.  

There would actually be three related tenders put out in the next few weeks.  

The main building for the clubhouse had a suggested budget of just under $5 million.  

Site work, including demolition of the existing clubhouse, asphalt and landscaping was budgeted at $1.2 million.  

And a tender extending water and sewer services to the course was for $924,000.  

The overall project was budgeted at $7,140,120.  

As part of the original conceptual planning process, a high level estimate range of between $4 and $7 million dollars was provided to Council during the Feasibility Study Council presentation on Oct. 26, 2020.  

The matter was before Council as the Deer Park Clubhouse Steering Committee and aodbt Architecture and Interior Design have completed the 100 per cent design process for a proposed new Clubhouse, explained Darcy McLeod – Director of Community Development, Parks & Recreation, with the City.  

As for paying for the project, if it ultimately moves forward it was suggested it could be funded partially with $2.2 million in realized cost savings on the City Operations Centre Project.  

The City would then need to borrow $5 million, with payments to come from previous Gallagher Centre Debt payments.  

 

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