FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio -- Fairview Park Director of Public Service and Development Shawn Leininger said the city plans to go out to bid this year for the estimated $1.65 million fix for the Gemini Center's leaking natatorium roof.

That figure marks an increase from the original $1.5 million estimate tied to a 2016 Construction Resources study, which recommended replacing the 10-year-old roof that spans the natatorium, as well as a portion of the fitness area.

"It's also been almost 18 months since we did the study," Leininger said. "So there's been an increase in construction costs due to inflation, but also our designers are telling us they're seeing some fluctuation in material prices as a result of the tariffs that are significant."

The issue is weather related and only takes place during frigid winter temperatures where leaking was evident. Fairview Park Mayor Eileen Ann Patton said repairs are scheduled to begin in April and last about five months.

"We have a beautiful recreation center that has a leaking roof over the pool that needs to be addressed," Patton said. "Our duty is to correct the cause of this condensation. The pools will remain open during these repairs."

The extensive roof repair calls for the replacing of the rubber flat roof over the swimming pool area, as well as a portion of the slope to metal roof that's over the fitness floor. Leininger said the two roofs are tied together.

"There will be some times where we have to shut the pools down," Leininger said. "There's a leisure pool, which has the lazy river and the waterslides, and then there's the competition side where swimming events take place.

"Particularly when we have to remove the units that control the air in those rooms, we'll take one pool down at a time, but the other will be operational."

Considering the natatorium roof is only a decade old, the city hired The Vickers Law Group to determine negligence of any of the parties involved in its construction.

Fairview Park Law Director Bill McGinty previously told cleveland.com the city filed an arbitration in the matter, which is expected to take place at the end of the year or in early 2019.

As far as replacing the leaking Senior Center roof, the city is currently going through bids for the estimated $512,000 project expected to start in late fall. The issue is an attic space that overheats in the summer and causes ice dams in the winter.

"We'll soon make a recommendation to the Board of Control and hopefully start construction in the next couple of few weeks," Leininger said. "I can tell you the bids came in under our estimate. The project is phased, so hopefully the contractor can get it done this year or at the latest in the spring."