Parks director Jim Ballew said Dec. 2 that a storm combined with a plugged sewer pipe led to a backup the flooded the Ken Baxter Community Center with sewage. The city had planned to replace the floor and paint the building anyway, but now that timetable had to be moved up.

“This will force us to do it earlier,” Ballew said.

He said within 24 hours of the Nov. 20 storm the city relocated the center to an annex at 15524 Smokey Point Blvd. Ballew said the temporary quarters will be used for at least 30 days. The annex is near the new overpass, next to Bruce and Becky’s Furniture.

The heavily used center was able to transfer all but three of its programs to the annex and other city or school buildings around town.

Along with fixing up the center, the city also plans to update its sewage system in the area, which was built in 1946.

“It was older infrastructure,” he said. “We’re going to upgrade that, too.”