By Kyle Daly | InMaricopa.com
The city council is scheduled to discuss Tuesday whether to continue negotiations with a third party to manage a new city recreation center.
Results of the discussion could decide whether the facility will be run by city staff or a third party – likely the Valley of the Sun YMCA.
The center, being constructed at John Wayne Parkway and Bowlin Road, is part of the Copper Sky Recreation Complex scheduled to be complete in spring 2014. The complex will include the 52,000-square-foot multigenerational and aquatic center and a 98-acre park.
In December, the city requested bids from nonprofit groups and “nonprofit led teams which could consist of for-profit local partners” to enter into a partnership with the city for operation of the multigenerational and aquatic center.
