Steamboat Today, April 30, 2015

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INSIDE: Steamboat Sailors boys lacrosse falls to Battle Mountain Huskies, 13-9, on Wednesday night • page 13

Getting ready Botanic Park: Keep Triple Crown out of Emerald Scott Franz

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As the city of Steamboat Springs negotiates a new contract with Triple Crown for 2016 and beyond, stewards of the Yampa River Botanic Park are calling on the city to keep the popular baseball and softball tournament out of a local park. Botanic Park leaders told the Steamboat Springs City Council on Tuesday night that they fear Triple Crown’s entrance into the neighboring Emerald Park would bring unwanted noise and traffic to the area and limit local use of the fields. City staff is considering letting Triple Crown into the park for the first time, but on a limited basis. “They recognize there is a botanic park, and they don’t want to impact that park in an adverse manner,” Parks and Community Services Director John Overstreet said of the organizers of the popular baseball tournament. “We’re talking about a limited use schedule.” He said that could entail only using some of the fields. Triple Crown has also raised the possibility of utilizing shuttle buses into the park to limit traffic impacts. The park currently hosts local baseball, soccer and lacrosse teams, as well as the Steamboat Mountain Soccer Tournament and a lacrosse tournament. Like Triple Crown, the other local tournaments bring teams See Triple Crown, page 3

■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Classifieds . . . . .19 Colorado. . . . . . .16 Comics . . . . . . . .18 Crossword . . . . .18 Deaths . . . . . . . .10

Happenings . . . . .6 Lotto. . . . . . . . . .15 The Record. . . . .11 Scoreboard. . . . .15 Sports. . . . . . . . .13 ViewPoints . . . . . .8

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Steamboat Springs Parks, Open Spaces and Recreational Services employee Jacob Girty rakes Simillion field Tuesday afternoon. Parks and Recreation was getting the field ready for the high school baseball team’s practice and a possible home game this season. The fields are not officially open, and Girty said anyone interested in using the fields should contact the Parks, Open Space and Recreational Services to make sure the fields are open before using them.

Project costs revealed District’s proposed construction could exceed $100 million Teresa Ristow

Construction costs associated with four potential capital projects for the Steamboat Springs School District were revealed during a facilities meeting Wednesday night. The cost to construct a new high school, new pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade school or new elementary school range from $54 million to $80 mil-

lion for construction alone, and could exceed $100 million when the cost of furniture, development fees and various professional consultants are added. “All of the options are based on the premise that there’s a new school building, and then what the impact is on the other schools,” said Matt Porta, an architect with SlaterPaull/HCM. The highest potential pricetag would be for the construction of a new high school on the district’s existing parcel in

■ WEATHER

■ RIVER REPORT

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Chance of rain. High of 69.

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Yampa River flow Wednesday Noon 792 cfs 10 p.m. 948 cfs Average for this date 892 cfs Highest for this date 2560 cfs, 1962 Lowest for this date 314 cfs, 1961 Streamflow reported in cubic feet per second at the Fifth Street Bridge as provided by the U.S. Geological Survey.

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the Steamboat II subdivision. A new high school is estimated to cost about $56 million, which would be added to renovation costs at the existing school campuses outlined in one of three options district officials and community mem-

bers are studying. The total cost of construction on all campuses for this option would be about $78 million, which doesn’t include typical goods and services needed to complete the school, which run from 24 to 32 percent of a total capital project — bumping the total project cost to about $108 million. Porta and engineer Jeff Chamberlin, of RLH EngineerSee Construction, page 3

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