HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 7114 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No.— 7114
10ft?' To the Mayor and Members of the City Council May 6, 1986
Subject: LAKE WORTH DEVELOPMENT PLAN - 1986 STATUS REPORT
Recently, an updated evaluation of the status of the Lake Worth Trust Fund
was conducted. The evaluation revealed a considerable difference between the
amount of money originally projected to be available for the project and the
amount of money the project will actually cost.
When the Lake Worth Development Plan was originally adopted in 1980, the en-
tire project, through the year 2000, was estimated to cost $4.5 million. The
revenue to support implementation of the plan was expected to be available
from a combination of lease receipts, the existing base of the Trust Fund,
and the sale of non-essential land. At that time, it was reasonable to anti-
cipate that these revenue sources would cover the $4.5 million cost.
Actual "costs have been substantially greater than originally projected. The
cost for Phase 1, originally estimated at $665,000, will probably exceed
$2,800,000 when completed in 1987. If this trend continues for the remainder
of the development process, the City will have expended between $16-17
million rather than the $4.5 million originally projected by the year 2000.
The chart below illustrates the difference between the original projections
and the actual cost to acquire 17 parcels of property that were in Phase I of
the Lake Worth Park Plan.
Lake Worth Cost Estimates - Phase I
Carter & Burgess Estimate
Approved in Lake Worth Plan Actual Cost
Lease Acquisition Lease Acquisition
$35,000 for 17 Leases $595,000 $76,000 for 17 Leases $1,272,000
Park Development Park Development*
Marion Sansom 14,000 Marion Sansom 45,000
Arrow S 7,500 Arrow S 100,000
Mosque Pt. 12,500 Mosque Pt. 80,000
Marina 500
Sunset Park 6,500 Sunset Park 15,000
Casino 19,000 Casino §
Camp Joy 4,000 Camp Joy § 125,000
Wildwood 6,000 Wildwood §
Demolition 50,000
Appraisals 6,500
Administration 45,000
Security 40,000
Park & Recreation Maint. 185,000
Subtotal 1,963,500
(Actual Expenditure or —_-------
Appropriated)
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Subject: LAKE WORTH DEVELOPMENT PLAN - 1986 STATUS REPORT
Lake Worth Cost Estimates - Phase I (continued)
Carter & Burgess Estimate
Approved in Lake Worth Plan Actual Cost
Requested Fiscal YR 86-87 Costs
to Finish Phase I
Lease Aquisition -
$76,000 for 7 leases 532,000
Demolition 30,000
Administration 45,000
Security 40,000
Appraisals 3,000
Park & Recreation Maint. 254,023
Subtotal 904,023
Original Projected
Phase I Cost $665,000 Estimated Total Cost $2,867,523
The experience to date would indicate that the Trust Fund will consume most
of its available resources at the time Phase I is completed. Beginning in
1987, the Lake Worth Trust Fund only will have lease receipts as revenue to
cover all maintenance and development. Maintenance, administration and
security requirements of about $200,000 a year will leave little money for
pursuing the lease acquisition program.
ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES
A preliminary 5vestigation into alternative sources of revenue is not
encouraging. Listed below are the initial findings:
No federal funding is available and it is extremely unlikely that any
will become available in the forseeable future.
- 0 Some State funding is available but it has been earmarked primarily for
Coastal wetlands. In addition, the grants are arduous to prepare and
only are for amounts of approximately $75,000.
0 The original Lake Worth proposal included the sale of non-essential
land as a major revenue source. However, about half of the non-essen-
tial land is at or below the 650' elevation minimum which will require
t1o, filling prior to development. This will greatly increase development
costs for the area and obviously will be reflected in the selling price
of the land.
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• Increasing lease payments does not appear to be a possible alternat-
ive. The lease agreements do not allow for increases above cost-
of-living which recently has been stable.
• The feasibility of private, commercial development remains open. The
Tarrant County Water Board's experience at Eagle Mountain is not compa-
rable to this situation since they owned very little land in the area
and thus were not a major factor in the area's development. (They were
supportive of the development and intend to follow the same procedure
of selling off their property at their new lake site.)
OPTIONS
Given the circumstances described above, some options for plans beyond 1987
are listed below:
1) Discontinue or delay Plan implementation at the end of Phase I , fund
only maintenance and associated costs out of future lease income,
consolidate the Phase I parks, and leave the other 53 planned lease
acquisitions in lease.
2) Continue the development and lease acquisitions as originally planned
as money becomes available. This will extend the lease acquisition
process to about the year 2041 if maintenance and adminstration costs
continue to be funded out of the Trust Fund. If maintenance and
administration costs are funded by the General Fund, $4,680,000 will
be taken in lease revenue by the year 2000. Lease reclamations will
cost $4,452,000. Park development costs will have to be funded
either out of the General Fund or bond sales or some other revenue
source.
3) Consider letting another gravel lease which may generate additional
revenue for park development or maintenance.
4) Initiate joint residential development projects in conjunction with
private developers. This will undoubtedly require City expenditures
for water and sewer expansion which will be costly.
Before Council acts on any of this information, staff suggests that it would
be appropriate for the Council to make a site visit to Lake Worth. Two dates
tentatively have been set aside for a site visit: May 22 or May 29. If
either of these dates is not acceptable to the Council , other dates can be
arranged.
If additional information is desired, it will be furnished upon request .
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City Manager
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