COEUR d'ALENE - As far as the McEuen Field conceptual plan, here's what's being taken out: Urban water features around the grand plaza, a water feature and picnic area at the eastern entrance to Tubbs Hill and a lookout structure on the hill.

Here is what's under the microscope: The freedom fountain, the freedom tree, the bridge connecting to The Resort boardwalk, the water fountains at the western entrance to Tubbs Hill and its sledding hill, the dog park, the skate park, and the bottom level of parking in the underground parking structure.

What's coming: Estimated costs.

"The money is a big deal," said Woody McEvers, councilman, on the unknown variable of the conceptual draft still working through the planning process. "The money is a huge deal."

Those dollar figures could be here in a month.

During a workshop Thursday, the Coeur d'Alene City Council asked Team McEuen, the design team behind the conceptual plan, to begin figuring costs.

Costs, plural, because there will be a few options while some of the aforementioned items get a closer look. Those designs are being re-evaluated as far as whether they should be eliminated, modified or left alone.

But a base plan, with a bulk of the features, will get an estimated price.

Once the re-evaluated items are tweaked, removed or kept intact, they'll still likely be priced-out. Those prices will be itemized and appear as separate financing options for the City Council to consider when it looks at the plan as a whole.

For example, the team said, the underground parking structure will likely be a big portion of an eventual cost. Comparing the price of a two-level and three-level facility should create more financial options to consider.

Another example is the pedestrian bridge connecting from the boardwalk to the park. It likely won't make the final cut, but will be priced out separately in case a donor wants to pitch in and make that specific part happen, the team said.

Once the numbers are figured, the team will bring them back to the 21-person steering committee that helped craft the plan. The committee will recommend a proposal to the City Council.

The council will weigh that recommendation as well as all other options while deciding the next step.

The council could schedule another public meeting on the plan once it gets the costs.

"I'd be all for that," said Mike Kennedy, councilman.

The team and committee weighed a number of factors when it decided what needs to go, and what needs more evaluation, including more than 1,000 returned surveys, written comments, feedback from the community as well as the group's personal insights.

But by all accounts, everything that's being removed or under consideration generally received the lowest scores on the survey forms.

The plan the steering committee will likely recommend to the council will not have the boat launch, baseball field, and it will include an Americans With Disabilities Act walking trail across the north face of Tubbs Hill.

Those touch on the three most contentious areas of the plan.

As far as the freedom tree, the team said it could look to replace the tree and make it more of a part of the plan while the freedom fountain could become something of a design more interactive with visitors year round. The sledding hill would be less than an acre, about the size of a baseball infield if it's kept.

"It's not a Disneyland," said Dick Stauffer, team designer. "At the end of the day it's a lot of picnic tables, a children's play area, lots of green space; it's a park."

The planners viewed the 20-acre park as a clean slate, and asked what would be put there if it could all be done again. Establishing equal or better replacement facilities will be the responsibility of the city, but as far as the design project, it was to build the park, not just for the next generation, but generations after that, too.

"This is a plan for 100 years out," said Mayor Sandi Bloem.

Cost estimates have been a much-talked about topic, without anyone having a firm answer. Now, they could be here in a month.

"I can live another 30 days," McEvers said of the wait.