The Common Council is scheduled next week to consider and possibly approve spending up to $690,000 on a project to repair the stadium's playing surface, which was destroyed by August flooding.
Without state or federal aid, that cost would be born by city taxpayers, either through a one-time tax levy increase, use of a portion of the city's cash reserves or a combination of those two options.
Because work had not yet begun on the memorial, no materials were lost, but when the floodwater subsided, the memorial committee conferred with city officials and decided Hart Park would no longer be a suitable location.
Construction could get underway as early as next year. Tosa Skateboarders United plans to kick off its new fundraising campaign to add the lights at a "flash mob" event at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at the park.
Heat Haven has begun setting up its mobile saunas and cold plunges at pop-up installations in the region and has proposed a semi-permanent winter sauna park at Wauwatosa's Hart Park.
The city was able to identify just enough space outside of the flood plain and south of the parking lot to fit two single-occupancy restrooms, though installation is at least nine months off.
