The Prospect Park Pavilion is old and falling apart. The city now has to figure out what to do with the 100 year old building.
The pavilion has seen better days. You can find cracks in walls and broken columns, but now the 100-year-old building has a bigger problem.
"One of the other issues we've seen over the past two or three years is that the structure the pavilion is sliding towards the pond," said city engineer, Scott Hinton.
The cause is unknown, but it's a problem that needs addressed soon.
"At this point it's still usable but we're looking to the future to see how long that will last," said Lori Wilson, parks and rec director.
Tuesday night the city council approved a contract agreement to have a structural study done to figure out how bad of shape the building is in and how much it would cost to fix. A soil test will be done first.
"If the soil underneath it is not stable for one reason or another we certainly want to find that out not invest in a lot of money in a structure that's sitting on something that's moving down the hill," said alderman, John Zelnio.
From that report the city will have to decide the next step. Zelnio says they're looking at all options, "Moving the structure is probably not economically feasible, but at this juncture we're not going to rule that out. Let's look at the first steps first and look at the consequences after that if there are any."
The soil study should take about four weeks. It will cost the city no more than $23,000.