The Ames City Council will again discuss issues relating to the proposed Ames Recreation Center and Aquatic Complex Tuesday, but will not set a date for the bond election.

Ames Mayor Ted Tedesco said a bond election date will not be discussed until later in the year.

The city is expecting reports back from groups who support the facility and will set the date after hearing from those groups, he said.

Nancy Carroll, director of Ames Parks and Recreation, said a group has formed “to be the champion to get the vote out” in favor of the bond.

Attendance costs and other fees relating to the complex will be discussed at the meeting.

Carroll said Parks and Recreation has proposed a $385 annual family rate instead of a $550 rate it had been considering because consultants determined it would bring in 20,000 more visitors per year.

The outdoor facility would be comparable to Nevada’s new outdoor pool in cost and services offered, Carroll said.

The cost for a three-month pass to the Nevada pool is $130 and the outdoor facility of the new aquatic complex would be $125, plus users would have access to an indoor pool.

“If it’s a bad weather day, [users can] just go indoors,” she said.

Councilwoman Judie Hoffman said although residents would be paying additional property taxes if the rate is approved, the actual property taxes paid by residents may not increase because previous bond issues could expire.

“I would guess that taxes would go up, but it’s too early to say at this stage what that would be,” she said.

The bond will take 20 years to pay off.

Parks and Recreation is also recommending facilities at the Community Center and Carr and Municipal Pools stay open.

Attendance and operating costs will be reviewed on a yearly basis, Carroll said.

The City Council will also consider a motion to widen East Lincoln Way from the Skunk River bridge to the I-35 bridge and will vote on a 3.87-acre land addition to Ada Hayden Heritage Park.

Tedesco said East Lincoln Way will be widened to three lanes to account for additional industrial traffic.

“The road has deteriorated quite severely,” he added.

He said widening it to three lanes will be more cost-efficient than making it two-lane traffic in each direction.

An addition to Ada Hayden Heritage Park is being donated by the children of Charles Calhoun, who served on the City Council from 1972 to 1975.

Hoffman said Calhoun ran a nursery during his life.

“The children were interested in the environment as a result of their father’s nursery,” she said.

Tedesco said the land being donated cannot be developed because of flooding concerns, but it does carry the outflow of Ada Hayden Heritage Park to the Skunk River.

“It’s going to be land that will never be built on,” he said. “It is going to stay at a very natural state.”

The land is located on the west side of Dawes Drive, across the street from Ada Hayden, which is currently 437 acres.

“It’s a great gift to the city because it is adjacent land,” Hoffman said.

“It will make it even a better park.”

The council meeting will begin after the 7 p.m. Ames Area Metropolitan Planning Organization in the City Council Chambers at Ames City Hall, 515 Clark Ave.